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{{Short description|Cancelled multi-sport event in Goa, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox games
| name = 2020 National Games of India
| logo = Goa 2020 logo.png
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| host_city = [[Goa]], India
| motto =
| teams = 37 (expected)
| athletes = 7000 (expected)
| events = 30
| opening = 20 October 2020 (planned)
| closing = 4 November 2020 (planned)
| opened_by =
| closed_by =
| athlete_oath =
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| torch_lighter =
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| previous = [[2015 National Games of India|2015]]
| next = [[2022 National Games of India|2022]]
}}

The '''2020 [[National Games of India]]''', also known as '''Goa 2020''', were to have been held between 20 October and 4 November 2020 in [[Goa]].

In May 2020, it was announced that games would be indefinitely postponed as a result of the global [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/sports/36th-national-games-in-goa-postponed-indefinitely-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic-4042667/|title = 36th National Games in Goa Postponed Indefinitely Due to Coronavirus Pandemic|website=India.com|date = 29 May 2020}}</ref> They were ultimately cancelled with the [[2022 National Games of India|next national games]] scheduled to be held between 27 September and 10 October 2022 in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/gujarat-to-host-36th-national-games-starting-sept-27/article65614885.ece#:~:text=Gujarat%20will%20host%20the%2036th,be%20conducted%20in%20six%20cities | title=Gujarat to host 36th National Games starting Sept 27|website=Thehindubusinessline.com | date=8 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/national-games-2022-start-date-venue-announced |title=National Games 2022 to be held in Gujarat in September-October|website=Olympics.com|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>

==Expected teams==
Teams were expected from all 28 [[States of India|states]] and eight [[union territories]] of India as well a team representing [[Services Sports Control Board|Indian Armed Forces]]. The new union territories of [[Ladakh]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]] were expected to have made their National Games debut at these games.

==Marketing==
The official logo of the games and the mascot, Rubigula the [[Bulbul|Flame-Throated Bulbul]], were unveiled in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/goa-2020-national-games-unveils-rubigula-as-mascot-120013102006_1.html|title = Goa 2020 National Games unveils 'Rubigula' as mascot|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 31 January 2020}}</ref>

==Venues==
[[File:Fatorda Stadium, Goa.jpg|thumb|right|205px|[[Fatorda Stadium]] was to have hosted the opening and closing ceremonies]]
Venues that were to have been used during the 2020 National Games included:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsvenue-technology.com/news/six-new-complexes-for-national-games-2016|title = Six new Sports Venues for upcoming National Games 2016|website=Sportsvenue-technology.com}}</ref>
*[[GMC Athletic Stadium]] – athletics
*Campal Swimming Pool – aquatics
*[[Campal Indoor Complex]] – boxing, table tennis, wrestling
*[[Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium]] – basketball, volleyball
*[[Fatorda Stadium]] – opening and closing ceremonies
*[[Miramar, Goa|Miramar Beach]] – beach handball, beach volleyball
*Peddem Indoor Stadium – badminton
*[[Tilak Maidan Stadium]] – football

==Sports==
The games would have featured 37 sports as follows:<ref>[http://www.goa2020.org/results.php] {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sports event !! Number of medals
|-
| [[Aquatic sports|Aquatics]] || 50
|-
| [[Archery]] || 15
|-
| [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]] || 44
|-
| [[Badminton]] || 7
|-
| [[Baseball]] || 2
|-
| [[Basketball]] || 2
|-
| [[Beach handball]] || 2
|-
| [[Beach volleyball]] || 2
|-
| [[Billiards]] and [[snooker]] || 5
|-
| [[Canoeing]] and [[kayaking]] || 36
|-
| [[Cycle sport|Cycling]] || 20
|-
| [[Fencing]] || 12
|-
| [[Association football|Football]] || 2
|-
| [[Gymnastics]] || 20
|-
| [[Handball]] || 2
|-
| [[Field hockey]] || 2
|-
| [[Judo]] || 14
|-
| [[Kabaddi]] || 2
|-
| [[Kho-kho]] || 2
|-
| [[Lawn bowls]] || 8
|-
| [[Modern pentathlon]] || 16
|-
| [[Netball]] || 2
|-
| [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] || 18
|-
| [[Rugby sevens]] || 2
|-
| [[Shooting sports|Shooting]] || 38
|-
| [[Squash (sport)|Squash]] || 2
|-
| [[Sepak takraw]] || 4
|-
| [[Table tennis]] || 7
|-
| [[Taekwondo]] || 16
|-
| [[Tennis]] || 7
|-
| [[Triathlon]] || 4
|-
| [[Volleyball]] || 2
|-
| [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]] || 15
|-
| [[Wrestling]] || 24
|-
| [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] || 15
|-
| [[Yachting]] || 4
|}

== See also==
* [[Khelo India Youth Games]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://www.goa2020.org/index.php}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/nationalgamesgoa Goa 2020 on Facebook]
* [https://twitter.com/goa2020 Goa 2020 on Twitter]

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