Indian Sports Calendar June 2024: Big Events to Expect This Month

Posted On: June 4, 2024

The Indian cricket team is looking to end its 17-year T20 World Cup title drought.

Indian athletes are working hard to qualify for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The month of June in the Indian sports calendar will host many important Olympic and Paralympic qualifying tournaments where athletes will attempt to meet stringent qualification standards .

In May, several Indian athletes made good progress during qualifications. Boxers Nishant Dev, Amit Panghal and Jaismine qualified for the Paris Olympics by reaching the semi-finals of the Bangkok Olympic qualifying tournament.

In wrestling, Aman Sehrawat and Nisha Dahiya helped increase India's total wrestling quota to six in the recent Olympic wrestling qualifiers in Istanbul, Turkey. Their performance ended a successful qualification cycle for Indian wrestlers.

Far from being an Olympic sport, the Indian Premier League cricket tournament ended with Kolkata Knight Riders winning their first title in 10 years by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final.

That being said, here is the list of events to watch out for this month for Indian athletes

Big events to watch out for in June on the Indian sports calendar

Archery

A great month for Indian archery. The last Olympic qualifications will take place on June 15 and 16 in Türkiye. Post that, the Antalya Archery World Cup is scheduled for June 18-23.

June 15-16 – Olympic Qualification Finals
June 18-23 – Archery World Cup in Antalya

Athletics

Indian athletes will aim for Olympic qualifying standards at various events across the world. Neeraj Chopra, who missed several important events due to recovery measures and precautions, will look to make an impression at the Paavo Nurmi Games among the best javelin throwers.

June 2 – Stockholm Diamond League
June 9 – World Athletics Circuit – Gold Event: New York
June 12 – Indian Grand Prix – 3
June 18 – Paavo Nurmi Games – Finland
June 21 – Irena Szewinska Memorial – Poland
June 27-30 – Senior Inter-County Athletics Championships

Badminton

India's top players will be looking to get back to their best form ahead of the Paris Olympics. The Indonesia Open will be a major event scheduled for this month, with the world's best badminton players guaranteeing glory in Indonesia.

June 4-9 – Indonesia Open (BWF 1000)
June 11-16 – Australian Open (BWF 500)
June 25-30 – US Open (BWF 300)

Beach volleyball

The 2023-24 Beach Volleyball Continental Cup will take place in Ningbo, China from June 16 to 23. The competition will also serve as an Olympic qualifier.

June 16-23 – Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Cricket

The 2024 Men's T20 World Cup will take place from June 1 to 29 in the West Indies and the United States. In total, 20 teams will participate. Format: Group Stage -> Super 8 -> Semi-finals -> Final.

Men's T20 World Cup 2024 (Calendar)

India's group stage matches:

June 5 – Ireland v India
June 9 – India vs Pakistan
June 12 – United States vs. India
June 15 – Canada vs India
June 19-24 – Super 8 matches
June 26 and 27 – Semi-finals
June 29 – Final

On the women's side, South Africa will be on a full tour of India – 3 T20s, 3 ODIs and 1 Test.

ODI Series in Bangalore:

Test matches in Chennai:

Fence

Bhavani Devi returns to action after missing the Paris Olympics quota. Indian fencers will seek glory at the Asian Fencing Championships.

June 22-27 – Asian Fencing Championships

Soccer

Sunil Chhetri, long-serving captain and key figure of the Indian national football team, has announced his retirement from international football. Chhetri will play his last match on June 6 against the Kuwait national team at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.

June 6 – India vs Kuwait
June 11 – Qatar vs India

Golf

Aditi Ashok, who has long been India's best female golfer, will make her major debut at the US Women's Open.

May 30 – June 2 – U.S. Women’s Open
June 20-23 – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

Hockey

The FIH Pro League 2024 season will return in the London leg, the Indian hockey team will face Great Britain and Germany. both will seek to consolidate their positions.

Men's equipment:

June 1 – Germany vs India
June 2 – Great Britain v India
June 8 – India vs Germany
June 9 – India v Great Britain

Women's equipment:

June 1 – Germany vs India
June 2 – Great Britain v India
June 8 – India vs Germany
June 9 – India v Great Britain

Modern pentathlon

The 2024 Modern Pentathlon World Championships will take place in China from June 10 to 16. This prestigious event will bring together athletes competing for Olympic quotas, essential to qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It will bring together the best modern pentathletes in the world in a multidisciplinary competition.

June 10-16 – World Championships

Row

Balraj Panwar, who qualified for the men's single scull (M1X) at the Paris 2024 Olympics after securing third place at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualifying regattas, will be in action in June to prepare to compete on the world stage in Paris.

June 1-2, 2024 RATZEBURG INTERNATIONAL REGATTA
June 14-16 – III Rowing World Cup

Cruise

June 12-16 – ASAF Seamanguem Quillard Race Cup, Busan, Korea
June 19-25, 2024 ASAF Keelboat Cup, Penghu, Taiwan

Filming

India sent a 23-member squad to the Munich World Cup. Shooters will be looking to put their best foot forward as the NRAI finalizes the shooting contingent after the coveted event.

Climbing sports

The final round of sport climbing qualifications will take place before the Paris 2024 sport climbing contingent is finalized.

June 20-23 – Budapest Olympic Qualification Series
June 24 and 25 – Innsbruck Para-Climbing World Cup

Pumpkin

The Indian squash prodigy will take center stage when the mega squash event returns this month. The Indian party led by Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh will try to achieve success next June.

June 2-9 – British Open (M/F) – Birmingham, England
June 3-5 – 8th Southeast Asian Cup (M/M) Squash Championships – Manila, Philippines
June 7-9 – Croatian Masters (M/M) – Zagreb, Croatia
June 12-16 – Asian Team Championships (M/F) – Dalian, China
June 13-16 – Junior Italian Open (M/F) – Riccione, Italy
June 14-16 – Danish Masters (M/F) – Copenhagen, Denmark
June 16-22 – 20th Junior Pan American Championships (M/F) – Quito, Ecuador
June 16 – 44th ASF AGM – Dalian, China
June 18-23 – PSA World Tour Finals* (M/M) – to be confirmed
June 21-23 – Portuguese Junior Open (M/M) – Porto, Portugal
June 25-29 – Asian Junior Individual Championships (M/F) – Islamabad, Pakistan
June 27 – July 1 – European Junior Open* (M/F) – to be confirmed

Table tennis

After failing to become WTT Chongqing champion, Manika Batra will aim for success in another tournament scheduled this month.

May 30 – June 3 – WTT Champion Chongqing
June 3-9 – WTT Zagreb competitors
June 11-16 – Star competitors of WTT Ljubljana
June 19-23 – WTT Lagos Competitors
June 24-30 – WTT Tunis competitors

Tennis

After the early departure of Sumit Nagal, India's hopes rest on Rohan Bopanna who will compete in the men's doubles with partner Matt Ebden at the 2024 French Open.

May 20 – June 9 – Roland-Garros 2024 (ongoing)
June 10-16 – Stuttgart Open (ATP 250)
June 10-16 – Rosmalen Grass Court Championship (ATP 250)
June 17-23 – Halle Open (ATP 500)
June 17-23 – Queen's Club Championship (ATP 500)
June 24-30 – Mallorca Championship (ATP 250)
June 24-30 – Eastbourne International (ATP 250)

Struggle

Indian wrestlers like Antim Panghal, Vinesh Phogat and Aman Sehrawat, who recently qualified for the Paris Olympics, will be in action this month at various events.