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{{Infobox sport overview
| title = Ultimate flying disc sport in India
| image = Flying Disc - Ultimate Frisbee - World Games 2005 (1).jpg
| union = Ultimate Players Association of India
| country = [[India]]
| sport = [[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate]]
}}

'''Ultimate flying disc''' is an emerging sport in India, which is developing a culture of its own, different from the US [[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate]] culture.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKinley |first1=Megan |title=An Observer's Perspective of India's Ultimate Frisbee Mixed National Championship |url=https://aif.org/an-observers-perspective-of-indias-ultimate-frisbee-mixed-national-championship/ |website=AIF |access-date=16 June 2024 |date=14 April 2023}}</ref> The sport is being used as a tool to build social harmony in North-east India.<ref>{{cite web |title=In India, peace building goes ultimate |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2023/0705/In-India-peace-building-goes-ultimate |website=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> [[Chirang district|Chirang]] in [[Assam]] is a hotspot of the sport.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boruah |first1=Maitreyee |title=How ultimate frisbee is blurring ethnic divides in India’s Assam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/14/ultimate-frisbee-ethnic-divides-india-assam-chirang |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mediating peace with a flying disc: Ultimate frisbee in Assam |url=https://idronline.org/ground-up-stories/mediating-peace-with-a-flying-disc-ultimate-frisbee-in-assam/ |website=India Development Review |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>

In June 2025 Indian National Ultimate Frisbee mixed team won silver at the Asian Oceanic Ultimate Beach Championships (AOUBC) held at Shirahama, [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anand |first1=Shilpa Nair |title=Indian National Ultimate Frisbee team wins silver at the 2024 Asia Oceanic Championship held in Japan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/indian-national-ultimate-frisbee-team-wins-silver-at-the-2024-asia-oceanic-championship-held-in-japan/article68299639.ece |access-date=16 July 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=18 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==National tournaments==
* 2018, Gujarat
* 2020, Karnataka
* 2022-2023 Championship Series Mixed National Tournament, [[Surat]], Gujrat<ref>{{cite news |title=Tamil Nadu aces first-ever national Ultimate Frisbee championship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-aces-first-ever-national-ultimate-frisbee-championship/articleshow/94053714.cms |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
* 2023 Bharat Trophy, [[Hyderabad]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anand |first1=Shilpa Nair |title=Kerala Ultimate team at the national flying disc tournament, Bharat Trophy, being held at Hyderabad |url=https://thehindu.com/life-and-style/kerala-ultimate-team-is-set-to-participate-at-the-national-frisbee-competition-on-at-hyderabad/article66914571.ece |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=2 June 2023 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
* 2024 National Championships, Surat
* 2025 National Open and Women's Championship, Bangalore<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baruah |first1=Abhilekh |title=Ultimate Frisbee in Indian is more that flying discs and fun in the sun |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/ultimate-frisbee-in-india-is-more-than-flying-discs-and-fun-in-the-sun/article69399984.ece |access-date=20 March 2026 |work=The Hindu |date=18 April 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://indiaultimate.org/ Indian Ultimate Frisbee Association]

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