CBSE/SPORTS/2019 Date: 30.05.

2019
Circular No.Acad-29/2019
All Heads of Schools affiliated to CBSE
Under Independent Category of Schools
Sub: CBSE Inter-School Sports & Games Competitions (2019-20)
Sports activities help students to stay healthy and fit contributing to overall wellbeing. The Board
has been conducting sports events for the schools affiliated under independent category.
The sports events are organized at Cluster/ Zonal and National level every year in various
age-groups for boys and girls. An online system has been introduced for inviting proposals for
hosting sports events and for applying to participate in sports events. Accordingly, the following
may be noted:
1. List of Games, Age Groups and Clusters/ Regions: The listed 24 games, Age-groups at
Cluster/ Zonal and National level are given in Annexure - A & B.
2. Online Proposal by Schools for Organizing Sports Events: Schools wishing to host any of
the competitions at Cluster/ Zonal or National Level, may apply online on CBSE website
www.cbse.nic.in or www.cbsegames.in before last date. Offline entry shall NOT be accepted.
The link “Apply to Organize” may be clicked for filling online form. Username and Password will
be same as used by the schools in previous years. The schools must ensure that they have all
the facilities befitting to organize the sports events, preferably as per specifications of
infrastructure, available on website of SAI (Sports Authority of India) at the link:
http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/index1.asp?ls_id=1171. The schools must upload a 3-5
minutes video on Youtube showing playground(s) of game which the school wants to organize
alowngwith accommodation facilities and washrooms. The url link of the video uploaded on
Youtube should be pasted in the online application form.
3. Online Registration of Players for Participation in CBSE Sports Events: Schools intending
to sponsor their students/ teams for participation in CBSE sports events should visit CBSE
website www.cbse.nic.in or www.cbsegames.in and complete the following three steps:
a) Registration: The schools may register their students online by filling the online form
available at above mentioned link by clicking “Register Student”. A UID is created for
every student. This registration is to be done once only and the same UID of student will
continue for the coming years till he/ she studies in CBSE schools. If any student already
has UID of previous year(s), then this step of Registration is not to be done again for that
student, and the UID of previous year(s) is to be used to complete the second step as
mentioned below.
b) Apply to Participate: After registering student, click “Apply to Participate”, to put the
student in any game(s). This step is mandatory to participate in CBSE games. If only
registration is done and this step (Apply to Participate) is not completed, the
student/ team will not be allowed to participate in CBSE games.
It may be noted that for new students; both the steps (‘Register a Student’ and
‘Apply to Participate’) are mandatory. However, for those students who were registered
in previous years, only the 2nd step (Apply to Participate) is required. Their previous
year’s Registration Number (UID) will be used for this year also.
c) Send Confirmation to Organizing School(s): After completing both the above steps
(‘Register Student’ and ‘Apply to Participate’), the participating schools should send email
to the organizing school(s) for confirmation of their participation at least one week prior to
the event, so that the organizing schools may make arrangements accordingly.
Note: The schools not completing the above steps (a to c) before last date, will not be able to
participate in CBSE games.
CBSE Office, Preet Vihar, New Delhi – 110092
Telephone: +91-11-22050061 Website: www.cbseacademic.in, www.cbsegames.in
4. How to Login: The already registered schools may use same Username and Password as
used by them during previous years. However, if the same username/ password don’t work, the
school should click ‘Forget Password’.
The new schools that are not registered with CBSE Sports may click the link ‘Login’ and
then click ‘New Registration’. After filling the online form, the school will receive Username and
Password on the registered email address of the school within 48 hours.

5. Mapping of School: The schools are advised to check mapping of school in their cluster.
After login, if a line appears on top of screen as “You are not mapped in any Cluster/ Zone”, the
school should immediately report the same at manjit.cbse@gmail.com and
cbsegames@gmail.com so that the concerned school may be mapped in their cluster/ zone.

6. Age Criteria: A player shall be under 11; 14; 17; & 19 years of age as on 31.12.2019.
Accordingly, for session 2019-20 sports events, the age criteria will be as follows:
a. Under 11 years: Born on or after 01.01.2009
b. Under 14 years: Born on or after 01.01.2006
c. Under 17 years: Born on or after 01.01.2003
d. Under 19 years: Born on or after 01.01.2001
Similarly, age may be calculated for other age-groups also.
7. Participation at CBSE National Level Sports Events: Participation of winners and/ or
Runner-ups of Cluster/ Zone level in CBSE National Sports Events will be as per following:
a. Winner & First Runner-up: Winner & First Runner-up individuals/ teams of following
sports events will participate in CBSE Nationals in each category & age-group separately:
Athletics (Individual events), Table-Tennis, Badminton, Judo, Skating, Swimming,
Taekwondo, Tennis, Football-Girls, Chess (02 top teams), Rifle-Shooting (Top 02
teams & 05 top individuals), Boxing, Archery and Yoga.
b. Winners only: In case of team-events of Athletics, Basketball, Football-Boys, Kabaddi,
Kho-Kho, Volleyball, Handball and Hockey, only the Winner teams will participate in
CBSE Nationals.
The above rule regarding participation at National Level shall also be applicable to all
Foreign Zones/ Clusters/ Schools.
8. Grants: Board provides grant to schools for organizing sports events (Rs.2,00,000/- for Cluster/
Zone level and Rs.3,00,000/- for National level). Sports equipments such as shuttle-cock,
tennis ball, football, volleyball and basketball etc. will be arranged by the host schools.
They may purchase/ hire equipments at their own and meet expenditure out of CBSE grant.
No extra payment will be given by CBSE.

9. Videography: In order to bring transparency and promote fairness in games, CBSE has
decided that videography will be compulsory for all sports events at Cluster, Zone and National
level. The record of videography shall be maintained by the organizing schools for a period of 3
months after the sports events are over. The organizing schools shall meet expenditure on
videography out of CBSE grant. No extra payment will be given by CBSE.

10. Rules: All stakeholders are requested to read ‘Organizational Rules’ and ‘Rules of Sports and
Games’ available at www.cbsegames.in under the menu ‘Sports Information’.

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11. Correct Data Entry: The schools are requested to enter correct details of participants i.e.
name, date of birth, class, game, event etc. No corrections will be allowed after the last date is
over. The Principal of concerned school must ensure correct entry of participants’ details.
12. Annual Sports Fee: All independent private schools are required to remit Rs.10,000/- as
Annual Sports Fee at the time of depositing registration fee online with LOC (List of
Candidates). The Sports Fee should not be sent to Sports-Cell, CBSE, Preet Vihar, Delhi or to
CBSE Regional Office. The Sports Fee would be automatically added in online fee at the time of
registration of class IX/X/XI/XII students in the month of September/ October. So, the schools
are not required to send Sports Fee separately.
13. Schedule of Activities:
Online Proposal by Schools for Organizing Sports 01.06.2019 to 20.06.2019
Events at Cluster/ Zone/ National level
Display of Sports Calendar on CBSE website First Week of August
Online ‘Registration of Students’ and ‘Apply to
Participate’ for various sports events at Cluster/ 01.07.2019 to 10.08.2019
Zone/ National level
Cluster / Zone Level:
Conduct of Sports Events (tentative)
Between 01.09.2019 – 15.10.2019
Note: The schools applying to host CBSE sports events National Level:
should plan to organize the sports events accordingly
Between 01.11.2019 – 30.11.2019
Online Result Uploading by the Host Schools on Within 24 Hours of the conduct of
CBSE web-portal under link ‘Upload Results’ event / preferably immediately
All Independent category private schools affiliated to the Board are requested to take note of the
above and participate accordingly in sports competitions.
For any further query, schools may contact Dr. Manjit Singh, Incharge (Sports) CBSE, Delhi at
manjit.cbse@gmail.com or cbsegames@gmail.com

(Anurag Tripathi, IRPS)

Secretary
Copy to:
1. PPS to Chairperson, CBSE
2. SPS to Secretary, CBSE
3. SPS to Controller of Examinations, CBSE
4. SPS to Director (Information Technology), CBSE
5. SPS to Director (Special Exams and CTET), CBSE
6. SPS to Director (Vocational and Trainings), CBSE
7. SPS to Joint Secretary (Coordination), CBSE
8. The Sr. Public Relations Officer, CBSE
9. All Regional Directors/ Regional Officers of CBSE with the request to send this circular to all
the Heads of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions
10. All Joint Secretaries/ Deputy Secretaries/ Assistant Secretaries, CBSE
11. The Hindi Officer, CBSE
12. The Assistant Librarian, CBSE
13. The Officer in charge of I.T. with the request to put this circular on the CBSE websites
Sd/-
Secretary (CBSE)
CBSE Office, Preet Vihar, New Delhi – 110092
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 Annexure-A
CBSE INTER-SCHOOL SPORTS COMPETITIONS
Age-Groups
Level
SN Discipline/ Game Age Group(s) Under
Cluster Zone National
01 Athletics Yes No Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
02 Basketball Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years
03 Football (Boys) Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years
04 Kabaddi Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years
05 Kho Kho Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years
06 Table Tennis Yes No Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
07 Volleyball Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years
08 Archery No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
09 Badminton No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
10 Boxing No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years
11 Chess No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
12 Football (Girls) No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years
13 Handball No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years
14 Hockey No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years
15 Judo No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
16 Rifle Shooting No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
17 Skating No Yes Yes 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 & 19 years
18 Swimming No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
19 Taekwondo No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
20 Tennis No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years
21 Yoga No Yes Yes 19 years
22 Aerobics No No Yes 11, 14 & 19 years
23 Gymnastics No No Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
24 Rope Skipping No No Yes 14 & 19 years

Note: Age is calculated ‘as on 31.12.2019’

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 ANNEXURE-B
CLUSTERS & ZONES/REGIONS

CLUSTER AREA COVERED REGION ZONE

Assam; Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram
Cluster I Guwahati Region
Nagaland; Sikkim; and Tripura Far East Zone
Cluster II Chattisgarh; Odisha and West Bengal Bhubaneswar Region (FEZ)
Cluster III Bihar & Jharkhand Patna Region
Part of Uttar Pradesh
Districts of Uttar Pradesh that shall be part of Cluster IV –
Gonda; Hardoi; Kanpur; Unnao; Jhansi; Lucknow; Agra;
Barabanki; Mainpuri; Etawah; Ferozabad; Farrukhabad; Jalaun;
Cluster IV Hamirpur; Lalitpur; Sitapur; Lakhimpur Kheri; Behraich;
Mahoba; Balrampur; Shravasti; Kannauj; Rai Bareilly; Banda;
Fatehpur; Auraiya; Mathura; Bareilly; Shahjahanpur; Kasganj &
Etah; Hathras; Aligarh & Pilibhit Allahabad (Prayagraj)
Part of Uttar Pradesh Region
Districts of Uttar Pradesh that shall be part of Cluster V – East Zone
Allahabad; Varanasi; Faizabad; Gorakhpur; Gazipur; Kaushambi; (EZ)
Cluster V Pratapgarh; Mirzapur; Basti; Deoria; Sultanpur; Mau; Azamgarh;
Jaunpur; Balia; Bhadoi; Padrauna; Maharajganj; Siddharth
Nagar; Sonebhadra; Ambedkar Nagar; Sahooji Maharaj Nagar;
Chandoli & Sant Kabir Nagar
Cluster VI Tamil Nadu; Puduchery and Andaman & Nicobar South Zone
Chennai Region
Cluster VII Andhra Pradesh & Telangana (SZ) – I
Cluster VIII Karnataka Banglore Region
Cluster IX Maharashtra & Goa Pune Region
Part of Kerala
Cluster X Districts of Kerala that shall be part of Cluster X
South Zone
Kasargode; Wynad; Kannur; Kozikode; Palghat; Thrissur & Malappuram
(SZ) – II
Part of Kerala & Lakshdweep Thiruvananthapuram
Districts of Kerala that shall be part of Cluster XI Region
Cluster XI
Aleppey; Kollam; Idukki; Trivendrum; Kottayam; Pathanamthitta &
Ernakulam
Cluster XII Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Region
Cluster XIII Gujarat; Daman; Diu & Dadra & Nagar Haveli West Zone
Ajmer Region (WZ)
Cluster XIV Rajasthan
Districts of Haryana
Cluster XV Karnal; Panipat; Jind; Hisar; Sonipat; Rohtak; Bhiwani; Jhajjar;
Gurgaon; Faridabad; Rewari and Narnaul
Panchkula Region
Himachal Pradesh
Cluster XVI Part of Haryana: Panchkula Yamuna Nagar; Kurukshetra;
Ambala; Kaithal; Fatehabad and Sirsa
North Zone-II
Districts of Punjab
(NZ-II)
Cluster XVII Muktasar; Bhatinda; Mansa; Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala,
Roopnagar and Mohali, Chandigarh
Jammu & Kashmir and Districts of Punjab Chandigarh Region
Hoshiarpur; Amritsar; Faridkot; Fatehgarh Sahib; Firozpur;
Cluster XVIII
Gurdaspur; Jallandhar; Kapurthala; Ludhiana; Pathankot; Moga
and Nawan Shehar
Uttarakhand and following part of Western UP
Badaun; Baghpat; Bijnour; Bulandshahar; Gautam Budh Nagar; Dehradun Region and
Cluster XIX North Zone-I
Ghaziabad; Hapur; J P Nagar/Amroha; Meerut; Muradabad; Noida Region
(NZ-I)
Muzaffarnagar; Rampur; Saharanpur; Sambhal and Shamli
Delhi Region and
Cluster XX Delhi Central Zone (CZ)
Delhi West Region
Cluster G-I Bahrain
Cluster G-II Kuwait
Cluster G-III Sultanate of Oman
Cluster G-IV Qatar Gulf
Cluster G-V Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Cluster G-VI United Arab Emirates

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