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28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship Grouping & Fixtures

Gopalakrishnan R

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Gopal is an independent basketball writer based out of Bangalore whose articles have appeared in print publications such as Hindu Business Line, Fountain Ink and The Caravan. He also contributes to online platforms sportskeeda.com, tadpoles.in and The Alternative. Email: gopal@ekalavyas.com

Venue – YMCA International Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Date: 4^th to 9^th Jan 2014

Groupings

Men

Pool A	Pool B
Uttarakhand (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation)	Punjab (Border Security Force)
Tamil Nadu (Indian Overseas Bank)	Services (Army Red)
Indian Railways (Northern Frontier Railways)	Rajasthan (Sikar District)
Chhattisgarh (Bhilai Steel Plant)	Kerala (Central Excise)
Gujarat (Bhavnagar District)

Women

Pool A	Pool B
Indian Railways (Southern Railways)	Chhattisgarh
Kerala	Delhi
Maharashtra	Punjab
Gujarat	Karnataka

*Top two teams from each group will qualify for knockouts

Fixtures

4^th Jan 2014

Sr No	Team A	Vs	Team B	Pool	Time
1	Kerala	Vs	Maharashtra	WA	01.00 pm
2	Delhi	Vs	Punjab	WB	02.30 pm
3	Uttarakhand (ONGC)	Vs	Railways (Northern Frontier Railways)	MA	05.30 pm
4	Tamil Nadu (IOB Chennai)	Vs	Gujarat (Bhavnagar District)	MA	07.00 pm

4^th Jan 2014 – Inauguration of the Championship 5pm

5^th Jan 2014

Sr No	Team A	Vs	Team B	Pool	Time
5	Chhattisgarh	Vs	Punjab	WB	08.30 am
6	Railways	Vs	Gujarat	WA	10.00 am
7	Railways (Northern Frontier Railway)	Vs	Chhattisgarh (Bhilai Steel Plant)	MA	11.30 am
8	Rajasthan (Sikar District)	Vs	Kerala (Central Excise)	MB	01.00 pm
9	Delhi	Vs	Karnataka	WB	02.30 pm
10	Uttarakhand (ONGC)	Vs	Tamil Nadu (IOB)	MA	04.00 pm
11	Punjab (Border Security Force)	Vs	Services (Army Red)	MB	05.30 pm
12	Railways (Northern Frontier Railway)	Vs	Gujarat (Bhavnagar District)	MA	07.00 pm

Results- 4^th Jan 2014

Women

Maharashtra (Shruti Menon 20, Shireen Limaye 19) bt Kerala (Neenumol 18, Jeena PS 14) 76-65

Delhi (K Madhu 25, J Neha 15) bt Punjab (K Nirmal 26, Kirandeep 13) 74-48

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