Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Teqball Makes Asian Games Debut With Football Skills
Teqball is a sport that mixes football and table tennis.
Players kick or head a football over a curved table.
They cannot use their hands or arms.
The curved table can make the ball bounce in surprising ways.
Each team gets up to three touches before sending the ball back.
Players score points by making the other side miss or break a rule.
Matches are played in sets, and the first side to win two sets wins.
Teqball made its Asian Games debut in Nagoya, where India is represented by three players.
Teqball combines football skills with table-tennis-style rallies on a curved table.
Players may use their feet, thighs, knees, chest and head, but not their hands or arms.
Each side has up to three touches, and no body part may be used twice consecutively.
Matches are best of three sets, with each set won at 12 points and by two points at 11-11.
Teqball debuted at the Asian Games with five medal events, while India’s Quimcy Dsouza reached a bronze-medal playoff.
- Who
- India’s Declan Marshall Gonsalves, Mohamed Anas Imran Beg and Quimcy Dsouza are competing, alongside teqball players from other Asian nations.
- What
- Teqball, a football-based rally sport played over a curved table, made its Asian Games debut.
- When
- At the 20th Asian Games; Quimcy Dsouza’s bronze-medal playoff is scheduled for Sunday.
- Where
- The event is taking place in Nagoya, at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Why
- The sport was included to bring its combination of football control, acrobatics and table-tennis-style rallies to the Asian Games.
- Sport
- Teqball
- Asian Games status
- Making its first Asian Games appearance
- Playing equipment
- A football and a curved table
- Allowed body parts
- Feet, thighs, knees, chest and head
- Match format
- Best of three sets
- Set scoring
- First to 12 points; at 11-11, a side must win by two
- Medal events
- Men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles