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The Poonawalla Fincorp Sakal School Sports League Season 09 is listed for Pune beginning November 19, 2026, with the Schoolympics website directing individual athletes and schools to its registration portals. The event is presented as a multi-sport inter-school championship, with age-group categories, individual and team entries, cash awards for top schools and a match schedule that is still marked as to be announced.
There is an important detail for schools and families preparing entries: different pages on the official website currently show different event dates and totals. The homepage lists November 19 to December 19 and advertises 21 sports, 536 sports events and 2,796 medals, while the registration portal displays November 19 to December 15 and lists 20 sports, 452 events and 2,544 medals. Entrants should confirm the current official figures with the organisers before making travel or participation plans.
The Schoolympics homepage identifies Pune, Maharashtra, as the host city and lists the tournament period as November 19 to December 19, 2026. The separate public registration portal instead shows November 19 to December 15. The schedule page also lists the Season 09 dates as November 19 to December 19, while noting that fixtures, pools, match timings and venue reporting guidance have not yet been published.
The site provides separate options for individual sports entry and school or team registration. It also lists a match schedule and medal tally section, allowing participants to look for updates as the tournament approaches. Since the pages do not agree on all headline details, schools should rely on the latest notice from the organiser rather than assuming every page has been updated at the same time.
The homepage lists a broad programme of sports including archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, chess, cricket, football, gymnastics, judo, kabaddi, kho kho, mallakhamb, shooting, skating, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and wrestling. It categorises six sports as team sports and the rest as individual disciplines, although the exact number of sports differs across pages.
The published age categories are U-12, U-14 and U-16. The homepage lists birth-date eligibility as January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2016, for U-12; January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2014, for U-14; and January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012, for U-16. It states that official birth-certificate proof is mandatory. Parents and school coordinators should check the applicable event rules before completing an entry.
The website lists individual event entry fees of ₹300 or ₹500 per event and a team-sport fee of ₹2,000 per team, with team entries to be handled through the school portal. The homepage also advertises a prize pool for schools: ₹3 lakh for the champion, ₹2 lakh for the first runner-up and ₹1 lakh for the second runner-up.
Those figures are presented on the official site, but participants should check the entry portal for the fee that applies to their specific event and confirm the award conditions in the tournament rules. The website indicates that fixtures and court assignments are being prepared and will be announced later, after school registration closes.
Before registering, schools should confirm the final event dates, the number of sports offered in the current season, the correct age category, the event-specific fee and any required documents. Athletes should also wait for the official match schedule before arranging transport or accommodation, as the schedule page currently marks fixtures and reporting times as pending.
The website lists the tournament office at Floor No. 1, Office No. 1, Smrutigandh Complex, behind Hotel Shivsagar, Jangali Maharaj Road, Deccan Gymkhana, Shivajinagar, Pune 411004. It provides tournament helplines at 9156248200 and 9156247200, along with a separate technical support contact for registration, bulk uploads, online payments and digital pass issues.
Inter-school competitions can give young athletes structured opportunities to compete across different disciplines, while school-based entries can help coaches coordinate teams and manage eligibility paperwork. For families, the most useful next step is to check the official Schoolympics website and registration portal regularly, especially because the currently published pages show discrepancies in dates and event totals.
SportsLine will treat the website’s published details as provisional where pages conflict. Schools and athletes should seek confirmation from the organisers before relying on any disputed date, sports count or event total.
