INDIA U16 MENS TEAM ALL SET TO COMPETE AT THE FIBA U16 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
28/03/2018
Jerome Prince to Represent The Team from Kerala
Babu Davis Asst Coach
Jerome Prince from St Ephrems HSS Mannanam from Kerala will represent Indian U16 boys for the team that will play for FIBA U16 Asian Championship that will be held between 2nd to 8th April 2018 at the Lingan Pearl Gymnasium, Foshan, China. The Team will depart on 30th March 2018. This event was scheduled to take place in 2017 but was later rescheduled. The 16-team tournament will serve as Asia’s qualifier for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018, with the top four finishers booking their tickets for the world spectacle in Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina from June 30-July 8, 2018. Babu Davis who is now working with the railway in Chennai will also be there with the team as the team Asst Coach. Jerome, the sports hostel lad is been coached by Prem Kumar from KSSC and Aji Thomas at St Ephrems Sports Hostel Mannanam Kottayam
The Indian U16
The 16 teams qualified to compete are hosts China, reigning champions Korea, Australia, Bahrain, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines and Saudi Arabia.Thirteen (13) teams will be divided into three (3) groups (A, B, C) of three (3) teams each and one (1) group (D) of four (4). The best-placed Team in each group will qualify directly to the Knock-out stage starting with the Quarter-Finals. 2nd and 3rd placed Teams will proceed to the Play-Offs Round. The 4th placed team in group D will be eliminated. India is placed in Group D alongside Korea, Japan, and Lebanon.
Preliminary Round Schedule:
India Vs Korea (2nd April)
India Vs Japan (3rd April)
India Vs Lebanon (4th April)
Team
Jerome Prince (Kerala) Principal Singh (Punjab) Harshwardhan Tomar,Divya Raj S Rathore ( Madhya Pradesh)Ajmer Singh(Chandigarh)Priyanshu (UP) Prasanth Tomar(Karnataka) Nitish Baniwal(Delhi) Vigneshawar Upadhyay (Telangana) M Mani Kanta (AP) Rajveer Singh Bhati (Rajasthan) Coach Vibhor Bhriguvanshi Asst Coach Babu Davis Manager Ajeeth Singh Rathore (Rajasthan)
