Quimcy Dsouza is just one victory away from creating history and winning India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in teqball after the 24-year-old finished on top of her group during the sport’s debut at the Games in Nagoya on Friday. She staged a comeback to defeat Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto 10-12, 12-11, 13-11 before overcoming Cambodia’s Koemyean Dy 12-9, 12-7.
Quimcy will take on Indonesia’s Sumaya in the women’s singles semifinal on Saturday. A win would guarantee her a place on the podium and a historic medal for India. Even if she is beaten, she will still have an opportunity to claim bronze by facing the loser of the other semifinal between Myanmar’s Wai Khin Hin and Lebanon’s Kamar Dandal.
Her achievement carries added importance after India’s other teqball campaign suffered an early setback in the men’s doubles. Declan Marshall Gonsalves and Mohamed Anas Imran Beg lost both of their Group B matches, suffering 0-2 defeats against Vietnam and South Korea, which ended their campaign before the quarterfinals. Beg, however, remains in the competition and will partner Quimcy in the mixed doubles.
Quimcy’s journey to becoming a potential Asian Games medallist has been an unconventional one. The Mumbai-born athlete previously competed in football and athletics before taking up teqball in 2022. Since then, she has developed into one of India’s leading competitors in the sport.
FROM FOOTBALL TO TEQBALL
Quimcy started her sporting career in athletics, representing Maharashtra before moving into football and playing for the state at the Under-19 level. She switched to teqball in 2022, and what initially began as a transition soon turned into a serious competitive pursuit.
She has gone on to win seven national titles and has also been associated with the Teqball Club of Bangalore, where she has helped promote and develop the sport in India. Away from competition, she works as a test engineer with Decathlon in Bengaluru.
Her combination of high-level competition and contribution to the sport’s development has made Quimcy one of the prominent names in Indian teqball. Her rise has also coincided with the sport gaining greater recognition internationally.
BUILDING A NAME IN TEQBALL
Quimcy has climbed as high as No. 24 in the world rankings and secured ninth place at the 2026 World Championships in Romania. Her rise has been part of a broader effort by Indian teqball players to make an impact on the global stage.
Gonsalves and Beg, who were knocked out of the Asian Games men’s doubles competition, entered the tournament as World Championship medallists. At the 2024 World Championships in Vietnam, they secured India’s first-ever teqball medal by winning bronze in the men’s doubles event.
With Gonsalves now out and Beg still competing in the mixed doubles, attention has turned squarely to Quimcy. Winning a medal in Nagoya would represent a major individual milestone while also delivering India its first podium finish in teqball, a sport making its Asian Games debut.
