65th National Basketball Championship for Junior Men and Women tips off in Kochi

Team Kerala Salutes Hibi Eden, Ernakulam MLA at the 65th National Basketball Championship for Junior Men and Women.

Kochi, 26^th May 2014: The 65^th National Basketball Championship for Junior Men and Women has tipped off in the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Kochi. Last year’s defending champions Chhatisgarh junior women have got off to a winning start by beating Tamil Nadu quite comfortably 84-63. In the first match of the day at 7:00 AM, Uttar Pradesh junior women won a tense match against Karnataka, after trailing at the end of the third quarter. UP’s tiny senior international point guard Preethi Kumari saved her side with 40 breathtaking points, many of which came after cutting into the teeth of the rival defense due to her mesmerising ball handling skills. In the Junior Men’s section, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and last year’s runners up Punjab registered convincing wins as well.

Results Day 1 (26/5/14) (updated till 8:00 PM)

Men

1)      Rajasthan 95 (Mahipal Singh 20, Raghavendra Singh 14) bt Himachal Pradesh 45 (Sahil Bali 19, Keshav Sood 10) [QT wise scoring: 30-8; 22-17; 26-11; 17-9]

2)      Andhra Pradesh 86 (SSVB Reddy 30, Peter 15, Harsha 10) bt Puducherry 51 (Murali Krishnan 12, Atchuthan 10) [QT wise scoring: 21-10; 21-12; 17-16; 27-13]

3)      Tamil Nadu 90 (Jedidah 24, Muin 15) bt Maharashtra 49 (Qureshi 15) [QT wise scoring: 17-6; 34-15; 23-13; 16-15]

4)      Punjab 75 (Jaipal Singh 23, Arshpreet Singh 17) bt Karnataka 52 (Sachin 11, Sowkin Shetty 10, Pranay Naidu 10) [QT wise scoring: 12-11; 14-6; 18-16; 31-19]

5)      Bihar 59 (Gunjan K 24, Nitesh 13) bt Goa 40 (Shaun 17) [QT wise scores: 16-11; 14-6; 13-12; 16-11]

6)      Chandigarh 77 (Naveen 43) bt Assam 41 (Bijit Kalita 19) [QT wise scoring: 18-11; 21-10; 19-14; 19-6]

7)      Madhya Pradesh 75 (Shubham Mishra 26, BP Singh 16, H Singh 16) bt Kerala 64 (Akhil AR 18, Amal Anto 12) [QT wise scoring: 9-23; 13-16; 28-6; 25-19]

8)      Delhi 83 (Narender 24, Gaurav Ohlan20) bt Haryana 65 (R Sharma 18, Vishal V 15) [QT wise scoring: 22-18; 17-18; 22-21; 22-8]

Women

1)      Uttar Pradesh 85 (Preethi Kumari 40, Barkha Sonkar 20) bt Karnataka 79 (Bhandavya 26, Lopamudra 23)  [QT wise scoring: 21-26; 16-13; 16-23; 32-17]

2)      Himachal Pradesh 63 (Arushi 24, Manisha 18) bt Jammu & Kashmir 19 (Mamta Mishra 8) [QT wise scoring: 16-8; 21-3; 15-6; 10-2]

3)      Haryana 63 (Bharti 22, Prince 21)  bt Madhya Pradesh 49 (Sakshi 21, Princy 15) [QT wise scoring: 22-11; 22-8; 6-12; 13-18]

4)      Delhi 73 (Nishita 20, Soumya Babbar 16, Jyoti Rai 15) bt Puducherry 29 (Suganya 9, Prathusha 8) [QT wise scoring: 20-7; 21-11; 15-4; 17-7]

5)      Chhattisgarh 83 bt (Sharanjeet Kaur 29, Sangeeta Kaur 23) Tamil Nadu 64 (Shrividhya 24, Sharmila 8) [QT wise scoring: 15-21; 25-10; 16-15; 27-18]

6)      Andhra Pradesh 62 (Natasha 15, Sreetha 15, Jyothi 11) bt Goa 50 (Hannah 30, Rachel 10) [QT wise scores: 18-10; 12-15; 12-16; 20-9]

65^TH  JUNIOR NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

FOR BOYS & GIRLS UNDER 18 YEARS (BORN ON OR AFTER 01.01.1996)

ORGANISED BY

BASKETBALL FEDERATION OF INDIA

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

KERALA BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

At ERNAKULAM from 26^th May to 2^nd June 2014

GROUPINGS

BOYS

GIRLS

COMPETITION  INFORMATION

VENUE                  :               REGIONAL SPORTS CENTRE, KADARANTRA, ERNAKULAM, KERALA.

DATES                   :               26^th May to 2^nd June 2014.

PARTICIPATION:               24 Boys and 23 Girls Teams.

GROUPS              :               Level-1                 TWO  GROUPS  “A” & “B” (Boys & Girls)

Level-2                 FOUR GROUPS “C”, “D”, “E” & “F” (Boys & Girls)

FORMAT      :                       LEAGUE – CUM – KNOCKOUT : Top 4 Teams from Level 1 groups and Top 1 Team from Level 2 groups will qualify for Knock-out.

LOOSERS  KNOCK-OUT: The 2^nd and 3^rd Placed teams of Level 2 groups will qualify for the Loosers knock-out.

UNIFORM           :               1.  First Named Team in the programme shall wear WHITE COLOUR Uniform.

2. Second Named Team in the programme shall wear DARK COLOUR Uniform.

TEAM  BENCH :                  The First named team shall occupy the Bench on the Left Side of the scorer table and the Second named team on the right side of the Scorer Table

PROTEST              :               Protest if any should be done as per rules of the BFI.

OPENING CEREMONY:   All the players shall participate in the Inauguration programme in proper Uniform.

Date: 26-05-2014 (MONDAY)

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Date: 27-05-2014  (TUESDAY)

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Date: 28-05-2014  (WEDNESDAY)

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Date: 29-05-2014  (THURSDAY)

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Date: 30-05-2014  (FRIDAY)

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Date: 31-05-2014  (SATURDAY)

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Date: 01-06-2014  (SUNDAY)

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Date: 02-06-2014  (MONDAY)

Mr. Roopam Harish Sharma         Mr. Ajay Sud                                      GM Sampath Kumar

CEO, BFI                                               Secretary General, BFI                   Chairman, Technical Commission, BFI

KNOCKOUT

1              A 1

06/05

2              A 5                                                          “C”

05/05

3              B 4                          “A”                                                                         06/05

“G”

4              A 3

06/05

5              B 2                                                          “D”

07/05

6              B 3

06/05

7              A 2                                                          “E”

8              A 4                                                                                                          06/05

05/05

9              B 5                          “B”                                                                         “H”

06/05

“F”

10           B 1

LOSER KNOCK OUT

1              C 2

03/05

2              E 3

04/05

3              D 3

03/05

4              F 2

05/05

5              E2

03/05

6              C 3

04/05

7              F 3

03/05

8              D 2