Inter University Tournaments in India started in 1941. Sports Department of Indian Universities allocates the tournaments to different universities for organising interuniversity tournaments in different games and sports for participation of University students. The tournaments are organised annually on all India basis/4 zone basis and played on Knock-out/League/League cum Knock-out basis. Only member universities/institutes of the association are eligible to enter their teams to participate in the Inter University tournaments, with only one team from each university.