Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Teqball Could Deliver India’s First Asian Games Medal
Teqball is a sport that mixes football and table tennis.
Players kick, head, or use their bodies to send a football over a net on a curved table.
They can use three touches before returning the ball.
In doubles, teammates must pass the ball to each other.
Teqball began in Budapest in 2012.
It is appearing at the Asian Games for the first time.
India’s Quimcy Dsouza is playing for a bronze medal in women’s singles.
Quimcy and Md Anas are also competing for bronze in mixed doubles, which could give India an early medal.
Teqball, a football-based sport played on a curved table, is debuting at the Asian Games.
India’s Quimcy Dsouza reached the women’s singles bronze medal match.
Quimcy Dsouza and Md Anas also reached the mixed doubles bronze medal match.
The sport combines football skills with exchanges similar to table tennis.
Teqball India says a medal could strengthen efforts to gain recognition from India’s Sports Ministry.
- Who
- Indian Teqball players Quimcy Dsouza and Md Anas, along with other competitors at the Asian Games.
- What
- Teqball is making its Asian Games debut, with Indian athletes competing in bronze medal matches.
- When
- At the 2026 Asian Games.
- Where
- Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, including Nagoya.
- Why
- India could win its first medal at these Games through a sport that is still developing and is not yet recognised by the country’s Sports Ministry.
- Sport
- Teqball
- Asian Games debut
- 2026
- Indian singles contender
- Quimcy Dsouza
- Indian mixed doubles team
- Quimcy Dsouza and Md Anas
- Sport origin
- Budapest, Hungary, in 2012
- Indian player pool
- 180 registered players
- Domestic organisation
- Teqball India began developing the sport in 2019