HANDBOOK OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR INTER-UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENTS ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AIU HOUSE, 16 KOTLA MARG, NEW DELHI 110 002 In University Education, Sports play an important role in the development of integrated personality of the youth. With this in view, AIU has been organizing Inter-University Tournaments. Participation of university students in these tournaments generates a spirit of healthy competition. It is, therefore, necessary that the Inter-University Tourna- ments are governed by a set of 'Rules and Regulations', whkh are up- dated from time to time. AIU had framed 'Rules and Regulations' from the inception of the programme of Inter-University Tournaments in 1941. The first edition of the 'Rules and Regulations' was published in 1945. Subsequent edi~ tions were brought out in 1957, 1964,1968,1977and 1985incorporating the amendments which had taken place during the intervening periods. The present volume is the seventh edition in the series. All the amend- ments made till the end of June 1994have been included in this edition. These rules are an improvement on the rules contained in the previous editions to the extent that some ambiguities of language have been removed, the chapter on 'eligibility has been codified and situations not covered under the earlier rules have been taken care of by bringing in new rules on the basis of the experience gained. It is hoped that the rules contained in this volume will help in the smooth conduct of the competitions amongst the universities and will induce in the participants the underlying idea of 'Play the game in the spirit of the game'. KoB. Powar Secretary General Association of Indian Universities Plge Foreword ................................•.....•...•....• (ill) A Brief History of Spol1I Division ........•.....•.....•... (viii) A. INTRODUcrORY RULEs .. , ..........................•..•. ~ 1 I Interpretation ..........................•....•.•.. "', 1 II Tournam~ts and Zones .... ~.............•....•............•..... 1 III Entries an,d Venues. ........................•........•..•......... 9 IV Allotm~t of Toum~P\en~ ;•..................•........•.• 10 V Eligibility , .. , .......••.............................•....... 10 VI Documents .~~.~.'!. ,e_ ••...•• 't~ '" •• , •••••••••• , •••••••••••••••••••• ~.13 VII Dates, Entries ~mOraws .•.•................................. ,... 14 VIII Trophies and Certificates ..................................•.... 17 IX General Rules '" ,., ,..... '" ...•........................•........ 19 X Expenses ,.. , ...•.... , , t ••••••••••• 27 Xl Annual S\1pscription ' ....................•... :.. 27 XII Saving Oa\1~ •.... , ......................................•...... 27 B. RULES FOR THE CONDucr OF INTER-UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENTS 1. Athletics ...........•............ ", •........•.....•....•......... 28 2. Badminton (Men &l: Women) ...•................................. 30 3. 'Ball Badminton (Mel\ &: Women) ~ ; '" 31 4. Basketball (Men &l: Women) ......•...........................•... 31 5. Bo~ing ....• ; .....•.................. '" ~ 32 6. Chess ,...................•......................... 33 7. Cricket (Men) ......•................................................. 35 8. Cricket (Women)' ..........................................•...... 36 9. Cr.oss Country Races (Men &: Women) '" 37 10. Cycling (Men &: Women) '" •.•.. ~ 38 11. Football (Men &; Women) 40 12. Gymnastics (Men) 41 13. Gymnastics (Women) 47 14. Half Marathon &: Walking 51 15. Handball (Men & Women) '" '" '" '" 51 16. Hockey (Men & Women) '" '" 52 17. Judo '" 00' ••••••••••••• 53 18. Kabaddi .. , ... .., 57 19. Kho-Kho (Men & Women) 57 20. Korfball , " 57 21. Malkhambh '" 58 22. Power Lifting , , '" 58 23. Rowing (Men & Women) " ." 60 24. Softball (Men & Women) '" 62 25. Squash Rackets 63 26. Swimming (Men & Women), Diving and Water-Polo 63 27. Table Tennis (Men) 65 28. Table Tennis (Women) '" 66 29. Tennis '" '" , '" 67 30. Volleyball '" 67 31. i. Weight Lifting , 68 ii. Best Physique .., .. " 70 32.. Wrestling 71 33. Yogasanas ," 72 Eligibility Proforma for Inter-University Tournaments. .. " 73 Proforma for collecting information from the universities while inviting offers for hosting Inter-University Tournaments " 75 Proforma for Organizing Secretary's Repon 78 Proforma for Observer's Report. 82 Sequence of. steps regarding drawing the fixtures. 85 List of Running Trophies for Men and Women. 86 'G' Colours of the Association of Indian Universities and the Member Universities 91 'H' Statement of winners, runners-up and winners of 3rd and 4th places of Inter-University Tournaments 98 'I' Statement of lVinners, runners-up and winners of third place of Dr. B.L. Gupta Inter-University General Championship Trophy. 150 'J' Statement of winners, runners-up and winners of third place of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy. 151 'K' Inter-University Athletic Records. ... 153 'L' Inter-University Swimming Records. 156 'M' Inter-University Weight-Lifting Records ,. 159 'N' Sequence of Events for Inter- University Athletics Meet. 161 '0' Years of introduction of Inter-University Tournaments in various games. .. '" 164 (A) Origin: The origin of the Sports Division can be traced to 1928 when Inter- University Board (IUB), after its existence of only 4 years, decided to undertake a survey regarding the position of the infrastructure of sports facilities existing ili the universities and colleges. As a follow-\\P action an "Inter-University Athletic Board" with its headquarters in.Patna, was set up in 1929. The moving. spirit behind this development was Prof; l.s. Armour of the Patna Government College and Prof; Moinulhaq of the Bihar National College who became its first Chairman afkl Sectetary respectively. The Universities of Allahabad, Banaras, Calcutta, Dacca, Lucknow, Madras and Patna were its founder members. The games initially taken up for organising Inter-University Competitions were Cricket, Football, Hockey and TennIs. In spite of the promising start, hardly any progress could be made in the activities of the "Athletic Board" during the next 4 years on ac- count of the di,sturbed political conditions in the country. The moVe was revived in 1934 when IUB at its 9th Annual Meeting held in Delhi accepted the proposal of the Universities of Annamalai and Mysore~t the youth of the country should be brought together on a common plat- form through the media of sports and debates. The same year, Cricket matches were organised between the Universities of Bombay and Mysore at MYSore and Bangalore. In 1935, IUB decided that regular contests in athletics and other games should be conducted by the hOst university at the occasion of the annual meetings of the Board. The proposal was given effect to at Aligarh in 1936. Concrete steps to project a systematic programme of Inter-University Competitions were, however, taken in 1939 when IUB adopted aresolution to frame uniform rules for the conduct of Inter- University Tournaments in the games of Football, Cricket, Athletics, Hockey, Tennis and Swimming. The assignment of drafting the rules was given to the Universities of Patna, Bombay, Panjab, Lucknow, Allahabad and Madras respectively. A Sub-Committee consisting of the following was. also constituted to consider the draft rules. 1. Pt. Amar Nath Jha; 2. Khan Bahadur Mian M. Afzul Hussain; 3. Professor Kazi Moharmnad Hussain and 4. Mr. R.P. Masani. The Committee met in Bombay in March 1940 to examine the draft rules along with the comments received from the other member univer- sities to which the same were circulated and prepared a comprehensive set of uniform Rules & Regulations in1941. Tournaments in 3 events viz. Athletics, Hockey and Tennis were held in 1940-41 in accordance with these rules. The "Inter-University Athletic Board" was conceived as an inde- pendent organisation to which subsequently was given the name of "Illter-Ulliversity,SportsBoard". A significant development took place in 1941 when the IUB at its 16th Annual Meeting held at Trivandrunl. set up an Inter-"University Sports Representative Committee consistirtg of one I."epresentative from each of the following universities : 1. Aligarh(North Zone) 2. Calcutta' (East Zone) .3. Osmania.(Central Zone) 4. TravatlcQt'e' (South Zone) Chairman and Secretary of the Inter-University Board were desig- natedas ex.:.offido Chairman and ex-officio Secretary. Khan Bahadur Mian M. Afzul Hussain of the Panjab University was' co-opted as a member of this committee. The other member universities were given the option to nominate a .representative each at their own e?q>enses. This .Sub-Committee was, in fact, the "Inter-University Sports Board" in its 'embryo' form. It had its first session in Lucknow on March 24, 1941 which canbe termed as the first annual meeting of the Inter- University Sports Board. The various subjects discussed in this meeting were: (i) recommendationS of the rules sub-committee, (ii) adoption of rules regarding' management and control of the LU Tournaments, (iii) distribution of venues, (iv) eligibility rules, (v) schedule of expenses, (vi) trophies, (vii) merit certificates, (viii) University colours etc. The most important decision of this meeting was that the Inter-University Tournaments will be run under the overall control of the Inter-Univer- sity Sports Board. For the first time, in 1944-45 a booklet of Rules and Regulations for the conduct of Inter-University Tournaments was brought out From 1941 onwards, regular annual meetings of the Sports Board had been held till 1973 when by a resolution