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Coimbatore 25 March 2017- ONGC Dehradun Scrape past IOB Chennai 55-53 while Chhattisgarh avenged its defeat had from Southern Railway in the league phase defeated them with the score 77-67 to claim the 31st Federation Cup Basketball Title here at PSG tech Indoor Sports Complex, Coimbatore on Sunday

The trophies and Medals were distributed by Aadav Arjuna Chairman Organising Committee The winners receive INR 1 lac as Prizemony while the runner-up with INR 50,000 and Third place received INR25,000

Vishesh Brighuvanshi from ONGC and Poonam Chathurvedi from Chhattisgarh were adjusted as the Most Valuable Player ward

Earlier in the morning for 3rd Position match, Indian Airforce which lost to ASC in the League phase defeated them with the score 85-79
Similarly, in Women division, Tamil Nadu which defeated West Bengal in the league phase had to bow out to West Bengal with the score 81-52

In the Semi finals, Men ONGC had an easy victory over Indian Air force with the score 72-9 while IOB beat ASC 84-64 to reach Final.

In the women, Semi Final Matches 6 ft 11 inches Poonam Chaturvedi made the winning Basket in the final seconds to put Chhattisgarh a99-98 victory while Southern railway defeated Tamil Nadu 73-67 to mark the final

Earlier in league phase Kerala handicapped by Internationals Jeena, semi finalStephy and Poojamol went down to beat Tamil Nadu 73-61 but fail to qualified-final Kerala was unlucky a one more point would have to make Kerala through to the semi-final.

Earlier Kerala lost to west Bengal with margin of 21 points ( 55-76) and Tamil Nadu had in the first day beaten West Bengal by a margin of 5points which resulted in making triple tie between the three teams and better goal difference West Bengal topped the pool and Tamil Nadu came second and Kerala 3rd earlier and from Group BSouthern railway and Chhattisgarh mad the Semi Final

Customs and Central Excise made the exit as they lost their second match to ASC Bangalore 46-73 here on the third day of the on the second day .earlir beaten by Indian Ar Force

The only bright patch for Customs was their only victory against Ludhiana Basketball Academy 78-77, In a dramatical recovery in the second half with as much as 18 three-pointers scored by customs to make this thrilling Victory

The match which Customs started badly and trailed 17-24 in the first quarter and increased the deficit to 25-39 aby the end of first half and reduced its lead over to eight points at the end of 3rd quarter.with 2 minutes to go for the final Punjab draw a foul and 2 free throws while customs which lead 78-77 at the juncture lucky for customs they missed two free throws and the rebound they recovered for Customs Manoj R (8 three-pointers) was the top scorer for Customs with 30 points and Nikhil KR with 23 Points(4 three Pointers) and Jishnu Nar and Abhilash TS making 12 points each for this sweet victory

THE DETAILED RESULTS: FINAL MEN

• ONGC Dehradun-55( Vishesh Briguvanshi17,Amrjoth Singh17) bt IOB Chennai—53( Prasanna Venketesh14,PrathanSingh13)(11-12,10-11,18-14,16-18)

THE DETAILED RESULTS: FINAL WOMEN

• Chhattisgarh-77 (Poonam Chaturvedi 28, Sharanjeet Kaur 27) bt Southern Railways-67 (Anitha PaulDurai. 23, Neena Sandeep 17) [21-20,21-24,19-12,16-11]

THIRD PLACE WOMEN

• West Bengal-81 (Madhu Kumari 22, Libina MJ 16) bt Tamil Nadu-52 (Srividya S 14, V. Srividhya 13) [30-17,27-13,20-10,04-12]

THIRD PLACE MEN

• Indian Air Force -85 (Joginder Singh 33, Narender Grewal 30) bt Army Service Corps – A.S.C-79 (Issac Thomas 26, Jeetendar Singh 20) 85-79 [08-25,22-15,26-18,29-21]

SEMI FINALS MEN

• Indian Overseas Bank (Rikin Pethani 32, Prasanna Venkatesh 15) bt Army Services Corps – A.S.C. (Jeetendar Singh 15, Issac Thomas 13) 84-64 [29-16,20-22,15-10,20-16]
• ONGC Dehradun (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 22, Arjun Singh 15) bt Indian Air Force (Narender Grewal 12, Nikhil Kumar 11) 72-49 [35-11,23-11,10-10,02-19]

SEMI FINALS WOMEN

• Southern Railway (Anitha P 25, Renjini Peter 11) bt Tamil Nadu (R Varshanandhini 22, Srividya S 11) 73-67 [17-12,16-10,23-23,17-22]
• Chhattisgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 59, Sharannjeet Kaur 15) bt West Bengal (Sitamani Tudu 30, Madhu Kumari 27) 99-98 [26-23,20-23,26-27,27-25]

MEN:GROUP A

• Indian Overseas Bank Chennai (Prasanna venkatesh 18, Rikin Pethani 14) bt Central Railway (Raj Khalbhor 19, Amit C. 11) 75-58
• IOB 82 (G. Sivabalan 20, Hareesh Koroth 19) bt Income Tax (Gujarat) 71 (Dhaval P. Ulva 20, Dishan V. Shaji 19);
• ONGC (Uttarakhand) 75 (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 26, Amritpal Singh 19) bt Central Railways 64 (C. Amit 22, Akshadeep 11).
• ONGC-88(Yadwinder Singh22,Vishesh Briguvanshi20) bt Income Tax Gujarath-71(Pratik Parmer15,Dhaval Ulva10)
• Central Railways 68 (Rakesh 16, Amit 15) bt Income Tax (Gujarat) 63 (Dishant 23, Kasi 21).
• ONGC Dehradun (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 30, Yadwinder Singh 14) bt Indian Overseas Bank Chennai (Jeevanatham P. 14, Sathish Kumar 10) 73-56

MEN:GROUP B

• Customs & Central Excise (Kerala) 78 (R. Manoj 30, K.R. Nikhil 23) bt Ludhiana BA 77 (Arshpreet Bhullar 21, Rahul Mehla 16).
• ASC Bangalore-87(Issac thomas26.ShashiKumar18, Varinder Singh15,Jeethendar Singh15) , bt Ludhiana Basketball Academy-64(Rajveer Singh18,Ashpreet Singh19)
• Air Force-87(Narender Grewal20,K Praveen14,K Nikhil13,G Rophit12) bt Customs and Central Excise-37(Eudric Perera22,Jishnu G Nair11
• Army Service Corps (Karnataka) 73 (Issac T. Thomas 18) bt Customs & Central Excise (Kerala) 46;
• Indian Air Force 95 (G. Narender 26, Hemant Sheoran 23) bt Ludhiana BA 80 (Arshpreet Singh 24, Jaipal Singh 22).
• Army Service Corps & Centre (Karnataka) 57 (Isaac Thomas 16, Shashi Kumar 13, Jeethendar Singh 13) bt Indian Air Force 51 (Narendra Kumar 20, Joginder Singh 10);

WOMEN:GROUP A

• Telangana 70 (Divya Palanivel 15, Aswathy 14, M. Gayathri 10) bt Punjab 39 (Gagandeep 10);
• Southern Railway 65 (Raja Priya 15, Amita Minj 14) bt Punjab 52 (Gagandeep Kaur 16, Amanpreet Kaur 14)
• Southern Railways -69 (M Adhirai 19, Anitha P 14, Rajapriyadharshini.R 14) bt Chhattisgarh -51 (Poonam C 15, Sharanjeet Kaur 13)
• Southern Rly. 74 (P. Anitha 24, Raja Priya 18) bt Telangana 57 (Divya Palanivel 19, Aswathy 13).
• Chhattisgarh 105 (Poonam Chaturvedi 42, Riya Verma 18) bt Punjab 75 (Nicha Netam 15, Mahima Bharadwaj 11).

WOMEN:GROUP B

• West Bengal-76(MadhuKumari25,SitamaniTudu14,Libina MJ15) bt Kerala-55(Anjana PG11,Shiji George11,Nimmy George11)
• Tamil Nadu 72 (V Srividhya 16, Hemalatha P 15) bt West Bengal-67 (Libina MJ 21, Sitamani Tudu 20)
• Kerala 73 (P. Anjana 26, P. Surya 12) bt Tamil Nadu 61 (R. Varshana 21, S. Srividhya 13).
• West Bengal 79 (Sitamani Tudu 19, Anjana 15) bt Delhi 50 (Sahiba 11, Princy 11).
• Tamil Nadu 80 (Keerthi 18, Sri Vidya 13) bt Delhi 66 (Garima 12, Sahiba 11).
• Kerala 74 (P.R. Surya 16, P.G. Anjana 13) bt Delhi 36 (Sahiba Maan 12)