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INTER IIT SPORTS MEET RULE BOOK

Contents Page

I. Aims and Objectives 3

II. Inter IIT Sports Board 3
Welcome to
III. Eligibility 5
49th Inter IIT Sports Meet Guwahati
IV. Colour of each IIT 6
2013
V. Schedule and Draws 7
VI. Tournaments 7
IIT Guwahati
VII. Trophies and Certificates 9
‘Bhaiti’ is the first ever mascot to be VIII. Officials for the meet 10
introduced in the history of Inter IIT Sports IX. Conduct/Protest 11
Meet. X. Disruption/Postponement 11
XI. Expenses 12
Inspired from the slender yet strong bamboo,
Bhaiti is young, energetic and jovial and is ever XII. General Rules 12
ready to play along any game and enjoys them. XIII. Athletics 14
Bhaiti is wearing a Dhoti, Gomocha (Towel) and XIV. Badminton 17
traditional Shirt to the Assamese men during XV. Basketball 18
the Bihu Celebrations.
XVI. Cricket 19
The Name : ‘Bhaiti’ XVII. Football 21
The word in Assamese for ‘Younger Brother’ XVIII. Hockey 22
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or ‘Loving Brother’. The word is even used to XIX. Squash 23

address strangers whom one meet for the XX. Swimming 23
first time especially among peers and start a
conversation. XXI. Table Tennis 26
XXII. Tennis 28
Creator : Thomas G. Manih (M. Des) & the XXIII. Volleyball 29
Design Team under the guidance of XXIV. Water polo 31
Dr. D. Udaya Kumar.
XXV. Weight lifting 31
XXVI. Disciplinary rules 33
Annexure – I 34
Annexure – II 36

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 The Inter IIT Sports Meet is organized annually among all IITs by
rotation/mutual consent at any one of the Indian Institutes of
Technology.

I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

1. The main objective of Inter IIT Sports Meet is to organize
sports competitions in some selected Olympics recognized
events, to encourage sportsmanship, to promote and create
a better harmony, understanding and friendly interaction
among the students of the IITs as well as to foster a close
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association among them.

2. To make the students aware of the importance of sports and
games in day to day life.
3. To help students to move skillfully and effectively not only
in sports, games and exercises but also in all active life
situations.
4. To raise the standard of sports in IITs and to work for the
development of character and values through sports among
the students of the IITs.
5. To discuss matters related to the organization of the sports
and other such activities as may be supportive to the aims
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and objectives of the Inter IIT Sports Meet, as mentioned

above.
6. The Sports Meet shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions, which are formulated from time to time.

II. INTER IIT SPORTS BOARD

The Sports Board shall be constituted for the purpose of effective
supervision of the Inter IIT Sports Meet. The headquarters of the
Sports Board will be located at that particular IIT where the Inter
IIT Sports Meet is going to be organized that year. The Sports

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 Board is constituted with the membership as follows:
1. The Director of the host IIT is the Chairman of the Sports
Board.
2. One faculty member in-charge of sports from each IIT.
3. One senior staff member from the Physical Education Staff
of each IIT.
4. One student General Secretary (sports)/Sports Secretary
from each IIT.
The faculty member of the host IIT shall be the Convener of
the sports meet. Member of the Physical Education Staff(s) of
the host IIT shall be the organizing Secretaries of the Sports
Meet. The Chairman of the Sports Board shall preside over all
Sports Board’s meetings. In his absence, the convener of Sports
Board shall occupy the chair and conduct the proceedings of the
meetings. The minutes of all the meetings shall be recorded and
circulated amongst the members of all IITs immediately after
each meeting.
The quorum for conduction of the Sports Board meeting shall be
a minimum of 8/16th of the total members of the Sports Board.
All proceedings shall be decided by a majority of votes. In case
of a tie, the Chairman or his nominee shall decide the issue.
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The Sports Board of the Inter IIT Sports Meet may co-opt any
individual in an advisory capacity, if needed, to be a member on
ad-hoc basis, without any voting right.
The Sports Board shall meet at the host IIT, as soon as possible,
after the academic session begins for the year of conduct of the
Inter IIT Sports Meet. The Board shall have 2 more mandatory
meetings, one on the day preceding the inauguration ofthe
Sports Meet and the other before the closing ceremony.
Additional meetings shall be convened as desired by the Board.
In pursuance of the responsibilities vested in the Board, it will
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have the following specific powers in conduction of the Sports
Meet.
1. To co-ordinate the Sports Meet, finalize the dates and to
draws & fixture of theMeet.
2. Addition or deletion of any event.
3. To amend, modify, formulate or remove the Inter IIT Sports
Meet rules with majority of votes among the members
present.
4. Apart from above mentioned powers, the board will be
the final authority to decide any matters arising during the
Sports Meet and its decisions shall be binding on all the
matters.
5. To discuss the matters related to the organization of sports
and to promote other such activities that may be conducive
to the aims and objectives of the Inter IIT Sports Meet.
6. All the competitions will be conducted as per the federation
rules for each game and sport implemented by Indian
Federation till August 10th.
III. ELIGIBILITY
All bonafide full time students of all IITs, who will be getting
a degree/diploma from the concerned IIT, shall be eligible to
participate. A consolidated list of the contingent members,
attested as bonafide students by the Dean of Students Affairs/
Registrar of concerned IIT, should be submitted to the convener
of the meet before its commencement.
The total strength of the individual IIT Sports contingent
strength is fixed to be 162. Out of 162 students for regular event
the number of women should be 39 with the number of men
being 123 as shown in Table 1.
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 Table 1 All the participating IITs will strictly adhere to their allotted
colours. Playing kits (except tracksuit) should be of the allotted
Strength
colours. All the participating IITs should issue tracksuits to their
Men Women Total contingents which should have the monograms at the front and
123 39 162 the name of the concerned IIT at the back. All the contingent
The above strength may be increased or decreased by the members should wear this tracksuit during the march-past and
Sports Board depending upon the requirements of the Inter IIT Awards ceremony.
Sports meet.
V. SCHEDULE AND DRAWS
IV. COLOUR OF EACH IIT The host IIT shall run all the events in accordance with the
The colour for each IIT shall be as follows as shown in Table 2: schedule of date and time as approved by the Sports Board. The
participating IIT contingent list will be sent to the Organizing
Table 2 Secretary well in advance, to ensure a smooth and organized
conduction of the Meet as per the decided schedule. The Winners
II T Major Minor and Runners-Up will be referred to as W, R1, R2 and R3 in order of
BHU, Varanasi Blue Orange the position acquired by the teams in their particular sport held
Bhubaneshwar Black Red during the previous Sports Meet. The pools for the remaining
Bombay Maroon Blue teams would be decided by drawing lots for individual games
Delhi Sky-blue during the first Board Meeting. If one team withdraws its entry
Gandhinagar White Black from the pool of 4 teams, no redraw of fixture will be done. In all
Guwahati Green Black other cases of withdrawal of one or more teams redrawing will
be done and the previous fixture will be considered as null and
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Hyderabad Red White

void. The Organizing committee reserves the right to alternate
Indore White Sky Blue
scheduled program under unusual circumstances.
Jodhpur Violet White
Kanpur Navy Blue White
Kharagpur Golden Yellow Navy Blue VI. TOURNAMENTS
Madras Dark Orange Black Separate General Championships will be awarded to men and
Mandi Blue Black women. The men and women events and the corresponding
Patna Brown points are given in the Table 3.
Roorkee Steel Grey Black
Ropar Light Yellow Green

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 Table 3 championship for men and likewise for women. In case of a tie
for over all championship, the team having the most number of
Sl Events Points Maximum number
No. of participants first positions (Gold) in team events will be taken into account
I II III IV from each IIT for deciding the tie for first place in Overall Championship and
MEN so on.
1 Athletics 20 12 8 4 3 per event Apart from the above mentioned events, there will be March
2 Badminton 10 6 4 2 5 Past, whose points would count to both the Men & the Women
3 Basketball 10 6 4 2 12 General Championship as shown in Table 4.
4 Cricket 10 6 4 2 16 Evaluation details for March Past:
5 Football 10 6 4 2 16
Table 4
6 Hockey 10 6 4 2 16
7 Swimming 10 6 4 2 3 per event
90% Or above attendance of the total 4 points
8 Table Tennis 10 6 4 2 4 contingent
9 Tennis 10 6 4 2 4
<90% Attendance of the total contingent 0 points
10 Volleyball 10 6 4 2 12
Execution and performance 3 points
11 Water Polo 10 6 4 2 11
Appearence and uniform 3 points
12 Wt. Lifting 10 6 4 2 2 per Wt. Group
13 Squash 10 6 4 2 4 The points may be given in the level of 0.5 steps. Rules/
Regulations that are adopted by the Federation of all games
WOMEN
and sports events up to the first Sports Board meeting and
1 Athletics 10 6 4 2 3 per event
approved by the Inter IIT Sports Board will be strictly followed in
2 Badminton 10 6 4 2 3 that particular year’s Inter IIT Sports Meet. Amendments taking
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3 Basket Ball 10 6 4 2 11 place after the first Sports Board meeting shall be followed only
4 Swimming 10 6 4 2 3 per event from the subsequent Inter IIT Sports Meet.
5 Table Tennis 10 6 4 2 3
6 Tennis 10 6 4 2 3
7 Volleyball 10 6 4 2 12 VII. TROPHIES AND CERTIFICATES
All the trophies of the Inter IIT tournament will be running
It should be noted that each IIT shall enter only 1 team for each (rolling) trophies and a stocklist of trophies available for award
competition. The points secured by each IIT in various events shall be maintained by the Sports Board and printed as an
for men and women will be added separately. The IIT securing annexure from time to time in the handbook of competition
the highest points in the men event will be awarded the general rules for the Inter IIT Sports Meet. (See Annexure 1).

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 In team games, trophies (winners, runners 1 and 2 only),
certificates of merit and medals shall be awarded to the winners,
the runners up and the second runners up of each game, signed
by the Chairman, the Convener and the Organizing Secretary
of the Inter IIT Sports Board. In individual events like athletics,
weightlifting, swimming, etc. merit certificates and medals shall
be awarded up to the 3rd positions.
In case of athletics (B&G) and swimming (B&G), best athlete/
swimmer certificates and trophy will be awarded, while for the
weightlifting best weightlifter certificate shall be awarded. No
IIT shall award certificates of its own to any of its participants
in the Inter IIT Sports Meet. Only the Inter IIT Sports Board is
authorized to award certificates of Merit.The logo of Inter IIT
Sports Meet must be used in medals and certificates.
VIII. OFFICIALS FOR THE MEET
The organizing IIT will be responsible for selecting competent
umpires/referees whose decisions on all points of fact shall be
final and binding. The panel of umpires/referees shall be drawn
up by the host IIT well in advance. Only qualified Association/
Federation referees and umpires shall be appointed to supervise
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the Inter IIT Sports Meet. In case of non-availability of Association
Umpires, the Organizing Secretary shall have the power to
appoint suitable officials. In case of athletics, as far as possible,
all the officials of the Inter IIT Athletics Meet should be FTO / AFI
qualified officials. If that is not possible, for any reason, at least
chief referee shall invariably be FTO/ AFI qualified (Referees for
Throws, Jumps, and Track Events).
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IX. CONDUCT / PROTEST
For all games and sports, the decision of the referees and
the umpires will be final and binding. No protests would be
entertained. Therefore, any team leaving the field of play as a
mark of protest and conceding a walk -over shall be deemed to
have lost the fixture and will be eliminated from rest of the event.
Only the remaining teams will be considered as participating in
that event. Protest against the decision of an umpire/referee
on a point of rule and any other protest in connection with the
concerned match / events shall be given in writing addressed
to the Jury of Appeal along with a protest fee of Rs 500.00. The
written protest must reach the Organizing Secretary of the
host institute within an hour of the conclusion of the concerned
game duly signed by the competent authority of that particular
IIT. In case of event being conducted outside the IIT Premises,
the protest in writing shall be handed over to the Organizing
Committee within an hour of arrival.
A team/competitor shall be permitted a grace of 15 minutes
from the schedule timing of the event and then a walk-over shall
be awarded unless genuine reasons are presented and accepted
by the Board.
X. DISRUPTION/POSTPONEMENT
Any event abandoned or disrupted due to unavoidable reasons
shall be postponed or continued, as the case may be, and as
per rules specified in the particular events. In case where the
Federation/Association rules cannot be implemented, the
decision will be left to the Board whose ruling shall be final.
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 XI. EXPENSES
Each IIT shall bear the travelling, incidental and boarding and
lodging expenses of its own teams. The host IIT shall provide the
boarding and lodging facilities for visiting teams.
Medical: The host IIT will provide first aid, and take care of the
injured contingent for further treatment during any emergency,
but the actual bill of treatment hospitals outside will be borne
by the respective IIT. In this connection a caution deposit of 1.5
lakhs has to be paid. If medical expenses go beyond 1.5 lakhs
then the concerned IIT will settle the amount against the loan
given by host IIT.
XII. GENERAL RULES
a) The total strength of the Inter IIT contingent per IIT is fixed
as follows:
• Total contingent size per IIT: 162 as shown in table 1.
• Any common player in aquatics meet and in main meet
will be counted only as one.
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b) The Board, in its first meeting will decide about the
equipment to be used for the Inter IIT Sports Meet. The
equipment approved in the previous meet will be followed
as much as possible under normal circumstances.
c) The order of events / fixtures will be fixed and notified well
in advance to all participating IITs.
d) Host IIT will be providing the latest federation rule book of
all the games at the Control room so that any member can
refer the same.
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e) It will be the responsibility of the Board to provide the
latest changes in rules and regulations during the first
Inter IIT Sports Board Meeting.
f) The host IIT will be issuing empty accreditation cards in
advance to all the visiting teams. The accreditation card
has to be filled by the sports section with the participant’s
photo, which should be endorsed by the Dean of Students
of the respective institute. This card, duly signed, should
be sent to the organizing IIT before the team(s) arrives at
the host institution. The host IIT will also be providing a list
of participants of all IITs to the officials / referee who are
conducting the particular events.
g) Maximum of 9 sports officials (PTIs and part-time coaches)
are allowed to accompany the Inter IIT contingent,
however, individual IIT will be responsible for the conduct
of these coaches during the Meet. The presence of a
permanent staff member is compulsory.
h) It is compulsory for all contingent members to be present
during the March Past. Non-compliance of the same will
lead to disciplinary action by the Inter IIT Sports Board and
its decision will be binding for all contingent members.
i) If needed, the rule book of Inter IIT Sports Meet will be
upgraded every five years.
j) In order to avoid doping issues, the urine samples of the
athletes and weight lifter would be collected before and
after the events for dope test. A panel of referees will judge
the performance based on performance for testing the
sample on doubt. In such cases, all the expenses have to be
borne by the respective IITs. The player will be disqualified
for ever if the results are found positive and disciplinary
action would be taken against the player. In addition, the
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 team from the particular IIT would be banned for three Table 5
years including the current one.
Sl. Events Points for Individual
No. MEN Positions
I II III IV
XIII. ATHLETICS
1 100 m 5 3 2 1
a) The competition shall be conducted under the International 2 200 m 5 3 2 1
Athletics Federation Rules as adopted from time to time 3 400 m 5 3 2 1
by AFI unless otherwise modified in these rules. 4 800 m 5 3 2 1
b) Except for relay races, any IIT will not be entitled to enter 5 1500 m 5 3 2 1
more than three competitors plus one reserve player per 6 5000 m 5 3 2 1
event. For relay races, apart from the four runners entry of 7 110 m hurdles 5 3 2 1
only two reserves per event shall be accepted. 8 400 m hurdles 5 3 2 1
9 4x100 m relay 10 6 4 2
c) As far as possible, changes, if any, should be intimated
fifteen minutes before the start of the event. Lots for lanes 10 4x400 m relay 10 6 4 2
will be drawn as soon as the first call is given. 11 High Jump 5 3 2 1
12 Long Jump 5 3 2 1
d) In a standard track of eight lanes, distribution of lanes 13 Triple Jump 5 3 2 1
and qualifying to subsequence round will be done as per
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standard rules for 100m, 200m, 400m run.
15 Shot Put 5 3 2 1
e) An athlete can participate in a maximum of five events, 16 Discus Throw 5 3 2 1
excluding relays. 17 Javelin Throw 5 3 2 1
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f) The competition in the following event as shown in 18 Hammer Throw 5 3 2 1

the Table-5 for both men and women will be held. The
corresponding points for Athletics Championship are also
indicated in the Table 5. Sl. Events Points for Individual
No. WOMEN Positions
I II III IV
1 100 m 5 3 2 1
2 200 m 5 3 2 1
3 400 m 5 3 2 1
4 800 m 5 3 2 1

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 5 Long Jump 5 3 2 1 II 4.0 2.5
6 High Jump 5 3 2 1 III 1.0 0.5
7 Shotput 5 3 2 1 i) The sum total of points secured in all the events in athletics
8 Discus Throw 5 3 2 1 by an IIT will determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions as a whole.
9 4 x 100m relay 10 6 4 2
j) If an athlete, after qualifying in heats, does not participate
g) In case of a tie for an individual event, points will be shared in the finals without giving a valid reason, as per AFI rules,
by both athletes and their respective IITs as shown in Table he/she may be debarred from the competition and will
6. In case of relay events the points will be double as the not be considered for best athlete.
relay events have double weightage.
k) Best athletes will be decided by the maximum number
Table-6 of medals obtained by an athlete in the athletics
championship.
Positions Tied for No. of Tied Teams
II III IV l) Certificates will be awarded to the first three places in all
I 4.0 3.5 3.0 the athletics events.
II 2.5 2.0 1.5
III 1.5 1.0 0.5
XIV. BADMINTON
h) In case of a tie for the Men Championship, points will be A. The competition shall be conducted under the International
shared as shown in Table 7. In case of a tie for Women Badminton Federation rules as adopted from time to time
championship, points as per Table 8 will be shared. by the Badminton Association of India, unless otherwise
Table-7 modified.
B. The tournament for men and women section will
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Positions Tied for No. of Tied teams

Men II III be conducted on the lines of Inter State Badminton
I 16.0 12.0
Championship. Ties for men and women will be separately
decided according to the pattern given below.
II 8.0 5.0
III 2.0 1.0 C. The tie for men shall be decided by the combined result
of 3 singles and 2 doubles and for women by the results
Table-8 of 2 singles and one doubles. Result of a tie, however, can
Positions Tied for No. of tied teams be declared when either of the competing teams wins 3
Women II III matches in men’s section and 2 matches in the women’s
I 8.0 6.0
section.

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 D. Result (Men and Women) of best of three sets (each set of more than 11 in case of women and not more than 11
21 points). certificates will be awarded to a team.
E. The order of events shall be as follows: d) During matches if the score is same after the end of the
• MEN: First Singles/Second Singles/First Doubles/Third scheduled time, Basketball Federation Rules will be
Singles/Second Doubles applied, i.e. the game shall continue with as many extra
periods of 5 minutes as is necessary to break the tie.
• WOMEN: First Singles/Doubles /Second Singles
e) On completion of the league matches, if two or more
F. Number of players: teams are on same points, then the tie shall be resolved as
MEN: The number of players representing any IIT in a team follows:
can be a maximum of 5 members. i) If two teams are tied, head-to-head wins among the
WOMEN: The number of players representing any IIT in a teams will be considered to break the tie.
team can be a maximum of 3 members. ii) If more than two teams are equal in placing, a second
G. Tie will be resolved by successively applying the following classification will be established, taking into account
criteria: only the results of the games between the teams that
have tied.
1. Individual matches won/individual matches lost.
iii) If there are still teams tied alter the second
2. Games won by the team/games lost by the team. classification, the basket average will be used to
3. Points for/Points against. determine the placing, taking into account only the
results of the games between the teams that tied.
The tally for all the matches played in the league fixture will be
considered. iv) If there are still teams tied, the placing will be
determined using the goal average from the results of
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all their games played in the group.

XV. BASKETBALL
a) The tournament will be conducted according to the
XVI. CRICKET
International Basketball Federation Rules as adopted from
time to time by the Indian Basketball Federation unless a) Matches shall be played according to the ICC rules in force,
otherwise modified. as adopted from time to time by the Board of Control for
Cricket in India, unless otherwise modified.
b) The number of players representing any IIT will not be more
than 12 in case of men and not more than 12 certificates b) All the matches will be conducted on league cum knock
be awarded to a team. out basis and each side is allowed to complete 20 overs
unless the opposing team is dismissed earlier. Each bowler
c) The number of players representing any IIT will not be
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 can bowl a maximum of 4 overs. The semi-finals and finals
also will be of 20 overs.
c) The bowling team is given 2 hours to complete its quota of
20 overs. The penalty for every short over will be decided
by the all captains prior to the meet.
d) No spike shoes will be used by the players.
e) The cricket captains should discuss the rules and
regulations for the conduct of the cricket matches and
should submit the report before the first Sports Board
meeting during the Main Meet. The Board Meeting should
discuss and approve the plan that will be implemented.
f) If there is a tie, the team having the better run rate shall be
considered for deciding placing.
g) The umpires are empowered to rearrange the number of
overs by each side in the event of a delayed start or if play
is suspended. The number of overs for the team batting
second will not be reduced if the team batting first has
been dismissed in fewer than agreed number of overs.
h) Each IIT shall submit a list of players not exceeding sixteen
who may participate in the tournament. Not more than 16
certificates shall be awarded to a team.
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i) Rules regarding the postponement of cricket match due
to rain
• When rain affects play during the innings of the first
team itself, the match will be continued, from where
it has been discontinued. The umpires will decide
whether the ground is fit for play or not.
• When rain affects the play during the innings of the
second team batting and if the team batting second
has not yet batted for half the number of overs, the
match will be manned as in “i”.
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• If the team batting second has batted for more than
half the overs and if further play is not possible on the
same day, the winner is decided to be the team with
better scoring rate at the particular point where and
when the second team stopped batting.
XVII. FOOTBALL
a) Matches shall be played according to the rules of FIFA
as adopted from time to time by the All India Football
Federation unless otherwise modified.
b) The duration of each match shall be 70 minutes (35-5-35).
During the league stage, after the expiry of play-time, if
the tie still persists, the points shall be shared equally.
c) Every IIT should submit a list of players, not exceeding 16,
who may participate in the tournament. Not more than 16
certificates shall be awarded to a team.
d) No extra time will be given in knockout stage of football
matches even if the match is drawn. There will be direct
penalty shootout to decide the winner.
e) The yellow cards given during the league stages would
not be counted in knock out stages.
f) A team will be awarded 3 points for a win, 1 for draw, and
zero for a lost match.
g) In case of tie, goal differences (i.e. Goals FOR minus Goals
AGAINST) of all the matches played by the team shall be
considered. If the tie still persists, the number of goals
‘FOR’ throughout the tournament shall be considered: If
tie still persists, number of goals ‘AGAINST’ throughout
the tournament shall be considered.
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 XVIII. HOCKEY
a) Matches shall be played according to the rules of the
FIH as adopted from time to time by the Indian Hockey
Federation unless otherwise modified.
b) The duration of each match shall be 70 minutes (35-5-35).
The matches shall be played on league cum knock out
basis. During league stage, after the expiry of playtime, if
tie still persists, the points will be shared equally.
c) Every IIT shall submit a list of players, not exceeding 16,
who may participate in the tournament. Not more than 16
certificates shall be awarded to a team.
d) No extra time will be given in knockout stage of hockey
matches even if the match is drawn. There will be no
penalty shootout; only 8 second rule will be followed to
decide the winner.
e) In the 8 second rule, 5 chances shall be given to each team
to score a goal starting from the 25 yard line within a span
of 8 seconds. If a tie still exists after the given five chances,
then there will be sudden death.
f) The yellow cards given during the league stages would not
be counted in knock out stages.
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g) A team will be awarded 3 points for a win, 1 for draw, and
zero for a lost match.
h) In case of a tie according to the points, goal differences,
(i.e. Goals ‘FOR’ minus Goals ‘AGAINST’) of all the
matches played by the team in tie shall be considered. If
the tie still persists, the number of goals ‘FOR’ throughout
the tournament will be considered. If still the tie persists,
numbers of goals ‘AGAINST’ throughout the tournament
will be considered.
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i) Self-goals will be not counted as goals against the FIH
rules i.e. (if the ball touches or is played by a player of the
defending team in the shooting circle, and then travels over
the goal line without first leaving the circle, then it will be
counted as an “own goal” against the defending team)
XIX. SQUASH
a) The rules of the squash Racket Federation of India as
adopted from time to time shall be followed unless
otherwise modified.
b) Every IIT should submit a list of players not exceeding 04.
Not more than 04 certificates shall be awarded to a team.
c) The matches will be played on league cum knockout basis.
All the matches shall be played following a best of 5 sets
format.
d) Scoring will be according to 11 points game.
e) Player taking a 3600 turn has to call and then turn,
otherwise the shot would not be considered legal.
XX. SWIMMING
a) Swimming competition shall be conducted under FINA
rules adopted time to time by the Swimming Federation
of India unless otherwise modified in these rules.
b) The following events, as mentioned in the Table-9a & 9b,
for both men and women will be held. The corresponding
points of each event for Swimming Championship are also
indicated in the table.
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 Table 9a: Events and Corresponding Points (Men) d) If possible no two participants of the same IIT shall
participate in the same Heat.
Sl Events Points for individual positions
No. I II III IV e) A swimmer can participate in a maximum of 5 (five) events
1 Free style 50 m 5 3 2 1 except relays.
2 Free style 100 m 5 3 2 1 f) If a swimmer, after qualifying in heats, does not participate
3 Free style 200 m 5 3 2 1 in finals, without any valid reason, he may be debarred
4 Free style 400 m 5 3 2 1 from the competition / not considered for best swimmer.
5 Free style 1500 m 5 3 2 1 g) If any non-participating student enters the swimming
6 Free style 4X100 m Relay 10 6 4 2 pool during competition, the swimmers of the concerned
7 Breast stroke 100m 5 3 2 1 IIT will be disqualified from that event.
8 Breast stroke 200 m 5 3 2 1 h) In case of a tie for an individual event, points will be shared
9 Back stroke 100 m 5 3 2 1 by both swimmers & IIT’s as shown in Table10. In case of
10 Back stroke 200 m 5 3 2 1 relay event, the point will be double as the relay events
11 Butterfly 50 m 5 3 2 1 have double weightage.
12 Butterfly 100 m 5 3 2 1 Table-10
13 Individual medley 200 m 5 3 2 1
Positions tied for No. of tied teams
14 Medley relay 4x100 m 10 6 4 2
II III IV
Table 9b: Events and Corresponding Points (Women) I 4.5 3.0 3.0
Sl. Events Points for Individual Positions II 2.5 2.0 1.5
No. I II III IV III 1.5 1.0 0.5
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2 Free style 100 m 5 3 2 1 shared as shown in Table 11
3 Breast stroke 50 m 5 3 2 1
Table-11
4 Back stroke 50 m 5 3 2 1
5 Butterfly 50 m 5 3 2 1 Positions tied for No. of tied teams
6 Freestyle relay 4x50 m 10 6 4 2 II III
I 8.0 6.0
c) Except for relay races, each IIT shall be entitled to enter not
II 4.0 2.5
more than 3 competitors plus one reserve per event. For
relay races, not more than 1 entry of four with 2 reserves III 1.0 0.5
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 j) The sum total of points secured by an IIT will decide the d) The result of the tie shall be declared when either of
first, the second and the third position. the team wins three matches. The number of players
representing any IIT shall not be less than three or more
k) Best Swimmer award for both Male and Female will be
than four. Only four certificates shall be awarded to a
decided by the maximum points obtained by a swimmer
winning team.
in the Swimming Championship.
e) Each single shall be played on best of five games basis
l) Certificates shall be awarded to the first three places in all
with each game of 11 points.
swimming events.
f) Women: Matches will be held on the basis of two singles
and one doubles.
XXI. TABLE TENNIS
i) The order of play shall be as follows:
a) The rules of the tournament of the International Table
First Match : A vs. X
Tennis Federation as adopted from time to time by
the Table Tennis Federation of India shall apply unless Second Match : Doubles match
otherwise modified. Third Match : B vs. Y
b) Men: Matches will be held on the basis of five singles. ii) A, B and X, Y shall be determined by a draw of lots. The
c) The order of play shall be as follows result of the match shall be declared when either of the
team wins 2 matches.
i) Three players on one side are numbered A, B and C and
the three players on the other side are numbered X, Y and g) Each match will be played following a best of five games
Z. format, based with each game of 11 points.
a. A > X h) The number of players representing an IIT shall not be less
than two or more than three.
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i) Not more than three certificates will be awarded to a
c. C > Z
team.
ii) Order of play shall be:
j) Tie will be resolved by successfully applying the following
1. A vs. X criteria.
2. B vs. Y 1. Individual Matches Won/Individual Matches Lost
3. C vs. Z 2. Games won by the Team/Games lost by the team
4. A vs. Y 3. Points for/Points against.
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 k) The score standings, when the match is decided, shall be 2. Sets won by the Team/Sets lost by the team.
considered for the calculations indicated above. The tally 3. Points for /Points Against-set score to be taken.
for all matches played among the tied teams in the league
fixture will be considered. g) The score standings, when the match is decided, shall be
considered for the calculations indicated above.
h) The number of players representing an IIT shall not be
XXII. TENNIS less than two and not more than four. Not more than four
a) The rules of the International Tennis Federation as adopted certificates will be awarded to a team.
from time to time by the All India Lawn Tennis Association i) The general rules for Tennis (Women) are the same. The
shall apply, unless otherwise modified. Each match shall sequence followed would be first singles, doubles and
be played following a best of three sets format. The match second singles. The selected players for the matches will
will be played on the following sequence first singles, be submitted by the captain before the start of the match.
doubles and second singles. The two singles players on
one side are named A & B and two singles players on the
otherside are named X & Y. XXIII. VOLLEYBALL
b) The order of play shall be a) The rules of the International Volleyball Federation [FIVB)
1st Match : A vs. X as adopted from time to time by the Volleyball Federation
of India (VFI) shall be followed unless otherwise modified.
2nd Match : Doubles Match
b) Every IIT shall submit a list of players, not exceeding 12.
3rdMatch : B vs. Y Not more than 12 certificates shall be awarded to a team.
c) Players playing at A, B, X and Y will be submitted by the c) The tournament shall be played on league cum knockout
captain before the start of the match. basis. All the matches shall be played on the best of 5 sets.
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d) To win a team has to win 2 out of three matches, if a team d) The following points system will be followed for the
wins first 2 matches then the third match won’t be played matches played on league basis.
and the result will be declared.
1. Match won : 3 points
e) Each match will be best of three sets; tie break will be
played for the first 2 sets and no tie break for the third and 2. Match lost : 0 point
final set. (tie break of 7 points) 3. Technical forfeit : 1 point
f) Tie will be resolved by successfully applying the following e) Any team refusing to play a match without proper
criteria. justification will be eliminated from the competition and
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 f) In case of teams having equal points the following equation Indian unless otherwise modified.
will determine the ranking. b) Each IIT will submit a list of players, not exceeding 11 (7
EXAMPLE: C = A/B playing + 4 reserves), who may participate in the meet.
A Team B Team Not more than 11 certificates will be awarded to a team.

A-Total number of sets won 11 9 c) A team will be awarded 3 points for a win, 1 for draw and 0
points for a lost match.
B-Total number of sets lost 4 3
d) As per SFI rules the total goals ‘FOR’ minus the total
C-Ratio of set “B” team is 11/4=2.75 9/3 = 3.0 Goals ‘AGAINST’ of all the matches played by the team
having highest ratio 3.0 in the league matches shall decide the tie during league
matches.
The team with higher ratio “C” will be ranked higher. If the tie
still remains, then the following system will be applied.
A Team B Team XXV. WEIGHT LIFTING
A-Total number of winning points 120 90 a) The competition shall be conducted under the
International Weight Lifting Federation Rules as adopted
B-Total number of lost points 90 125 from time to time by the Weightlifting Federation of India,
Z = A/B 120/90=1.33 90/125=0.72 unless otherwise modified.
The team with higher ratio “Z” will be ranked higher. If the tie b) The competitions in the following weight class as shown
still remains then the following procedure will be adopted. in the Table 12 will be held. The corresponding points of
Two teams involved: precedence will be given to the team each event for Weightlifting Championship are indicated
winning that match, in which they played against each other. in the table.
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which team ranked higher.
Classes Individual points
The tally of all matches played in the league fixture will be
I II III IV
considered.
Up to 56 Kg 5 3 2 1
The general rules for Volleyball (Women) are the same. The
56 to 62 Kg 5 3 2 1
game will be best of three sets.
62 to 69 Kg 5 3 2 1
69 to 77 Kg 5 3 2 1
XXIV. WATER POLO Above 77 Kg 5 3 2 1
a) The competitions shall be conducted under FINA as
adopted from time to time by Swimming Federation
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 c) Each IIT will be allowed to enter two competitors for each
weight class. The competition for a weight class will be
held even if there is only one competitor.
d) Each IIT will be submitting a complete team list (2
participants) of participants with the weight category in
which they will be participating before the weighing in on
the first day, irrespective of whether the competition for
that weight category is being held on that day or not.
Best Lifter:
A separate prize will be awarded to the best lifter on the basis of
the following formula:
Let ‘X’ be the weight of the lifter
Let ‘a’ be the weight lifted by snatch
Let ‘b’ be the weight lifted by jerk
Then k = (a + b) - 2X
Best Lifter: The lifter with the highest ‘k’.
In case of tie for Weightlifting Championship, the team
winning maximum number of gold medals will be awarded the
Championship. If tie still persists, the team winning maximum
number of silvers will be awarded championship and so on.
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The progression after every successful attempt for the same
weightlifter must be a minimum of 1 kilogram.
Certificate shall be awarded to the first three places in all
weightlifting events.
Best Physique: The competition shall be conducted in
accordance with the rules adopted from time to time by the
Indian Body Building Federation. This event will not carry points
for the General Championship. The winner will be awarded Mr.
Inter IIT title with a prize and a scroll.
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As taking of drugs, to enhance the performance, is banned
universally, it will also be followed strictly in the inter IIT meet.
If any student is found guilty, he will be debarred from the
competition, and awarded medal will be taken back. The coach
of respective event will also be punished. Hence the participants
may be asked to submit an undertaking.
The Competitors should wear only ‘position slips’ and no oil or
grease should be applied to the body at any stage.
XXVI. DISCIPLINARY RULES
1. A disciplinary committee will be constituted by the Sports
Board consisting of at least one person from each IIT and the
decision of this committee will be binding on all IITs.
2. The responsibilities of this committee will be to look after
and maintain discipline during Inter IIT Sports Meet. In case
of any unruly dissent or gesture against theconducting
officials, the concerned IIT shall be warned by the board. In
case offurther violation, the particular team ofthe concerned
IIT will be debarred from the Inter IIT Meet.
3. Unruly behaviour of the student members of any IIT
contingent shall be generally dealt with suitable punishment/
debarring etc.
4. No members, including the Board members, will be allowed
inside the playing arena/track during the meet.
5. Each IIT will nominate one Sports Board member for the
disciplinary committee.
6. Any point not directly covered by these rules, shall be
decided in the light of the rules most nearly applicable and in
accordance with the general tenor and the spirit of the said
rules.
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5. Football Runners-up Trophy
MEN: Inter IIT Overall General Championship Trophy for 1st, 2nd 6. Hockey Runners-up Trophy
and 3rd positions. 7. Swimming Runners-up Trophy
8. Table Tennis Runners-up Trophy
MEN: Championship Trophy 9. Tennis Runners-up Trophy
1. Athletics Championship Trophy 10. Volleyball Runners-up Trophy
2. Badminton Championship Trophy 11. Water Polo Runners-up Trophy
3. Basketball Championship Trophy 12. Weight Lifting Runners-up Trophy
4. Cricket Championship Trophy 13. Squash Runners-up Trophy
5. Football Championship Trophy
6. Hockey Championship Trophy MEN: 2nd Runners-up Trophy
7. Swimming Championship Trophy 1. Athletics Runners-up Trophy
8. Table Tennis Championship Trophy 2. Badminton Runners-up Trophy
9. Tennis Championship Trophy 3. Basketball Runners-up Trophy
10. Volleyball Championship Trophy 4. Cricket Runners-up Trophy
11. Water Polo Championship Trophy 5. Football Runners-up Trophy
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12. Weight Lifting Championship Trophy 6. Hockey Runners-up Trophy

13. Squash Championship Trophy 7. Swimming Runners-up Trophy
14. March Past Trophy 8. Table Tennis Runners-up Trophy
9. Tennis Runners-up Trophy
MEN: 1st Runners-up Trophy 10. Volleyball Runners-up Trophy
1. Athletics Runners-up Trophy 11. Water Polo Runners-up Trophy
2. Badminton Runners-up Trophy 12. Weight Lifting Runners-up Trophy
3. Basketball Runners-up Trophy 13. Squash Runners-up Trophy
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 ANNEXURE – II WOMEN: 2nd Runners-up Trophy
1. Athletic Runners-Up Trophy
WOMEN: Inter IIT Overall General Championship Trophy for 1st, 2. Badminton Runners-up Trophy
2nd and 3rd positions. 3. Basketball Runners-up Trophy
4. Table Tennis Runners-Up Trophy
WOMEN: Championship Trophy 5. Tennis Runners-Up Trophy
1. Athletics Championship Trophy 6. Swimming Runners-Up Trophy
2. Badminton Championship Trophy 7. Volleyball Runners-Up Trophy
3. Basketball Championship Trophy
4. Swimming Championship Trophy
5. Table Tennis Championship Trophy
6. Tennis Championship Trophy.
7. Volleyball Championship Trophy

WOMEN: 1st Runners-up Trophy

1. Athletic Runners-Up Trophy
2. Badminton Runners-up Trophy
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3. Basketball Runners-up Trophy

4. Table Tennis Runners-Up Trophy
5. Tennis Runners-Up Trophy
6. Swimming Runners-Up Trophy
7. Volleyball Runners-Up Trophy

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