Irinjalakuda 13^th August 2014: The 31^st Kerala State Youth Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls will be inaugurated by Adv Thomas Unniyadan MLA at the Irinjalakuda Christ Vidyanikethan indoor basketball court on 14^th August 2014 at 5 pm.

Boys and girls from 14 districts will be participating in this five day championship which will be the prelude to the National Basketball Championship to be held in Chandigarh from October 7^th  and the State Team to Participate in the Championship will be selected from this Championship. Thiruvananthapuram in the boys section and Kozhikode in the women’s section are the defending champions.

Groupings

Boys

Group A Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Alapuzha, Kasargod

Group B Ernakulum, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Idukki

Group  C Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kollam

Group D Malapuram, Wayanad, Palakkad

Girls

Group A Kozhikode, Kannur, Ernakulum, Pathanamthitta

Group B Thrissur, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kasargod

Group C Kottayam, Malapuram, Wayanad

Group D Alapuzha, Palakkad, Idukki