News

Field Set for The Quarter Finals

Bhav Nagar 9th Jan 2019- Field is set for the Quarter Finals of the 69th National Basketball Championship for Men and Women -in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to play on today Thursday 10th Jan 2019

In the Quarterfinals women Indian railway will take on the winners of Maharashtra and Punjab while Kerala will take on the winners of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka will meet Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu Will meet Telangana

In Men Tamil Nadu will take on the winners of Kerala and Haryana, Punjab will meet Utharkhand, Karnataka will meet Indian railways, winners of Rajasthan and Delhi will meet the winners of Services

Today in league matches in women Chhattisgarh defeated Telangana(75-60) Tamil Nadu beat West Bengal (73-62) Kerala beat Uttar Pradesh (73-47) Indian Railways beat Delhi ( 86-36)

In Men division Kerala beat Chandigarh (72-46) Karnataka beat Rajasthan(98-90)

Kerala men will now take on Haryana while Rajasthan will meet Delhi in the Pre quarter-finals and in women Pre quarter Maharashtra will take on Punjab and Delhi will take on Madhya Pradesh

Detailed Scores

Men
Group A

1. Karnataka – 98(shasankan J Rai23,Aravind A23,Anil Kumar BK20,RahulSharath14,) bt Rajasthan -90(Kamran Khan35,Sharad Ddhich16,Yogesh Kaneriya14) (30-24,23-29,23-15,22-22)
2. Tamil Nadu-80(R Hairam19,Jeevanatham 18, Justin J16, Rokin Pathani11) bt Punjab-59(Amrithpal Singh26,Jagdeep Singh16) (14-12,19-15,25-13,22-19)

Group B

1.  Kerala-72(Robin s19,Sejin Mathew16,Jishnu G Nair13, br Chandigarh-46(Ravi bhardwaj13) (19-17,22-1,16-8,15-10)
2.  Services-76(Nikhil Kumar23,Mahipal singh15,joginder singh15,Issac thomas13) bt   Utharkhand -61(Vishesh bruguvanshi20,Yadwinder Singh14) (15-18,17-11,23-16,21-16)

Women

Group A

1.  Tamil Nadu-73(Dharshini t17,Pushpa s13,Sathya s12,Srividhya v10) bt West  Bengal-62(anjana daisy27,Kamalesh Jat12) (22-14,19-17,19-12,18-19)
2.  Indian Railways –86(Bhandavya 16,Renjini Peter14)  bt  Delhi -36(Tavleen Kaur 10) (32-9,13-6,18-11,23-10)

Group B

1. Chhattisgarh-75(Poonam Chuturvedi42) bt Telengana-60(MonikaPasa17,Hemalatha14,Anjusree12) (19-8,20-14,17-24,19-14,)
2. Kerala-73(Anjana P J18,Stephy Nixon15,Poojamol KS12,Aswathy jayasankar10) bt Uttar Pradesh-48(Preethikumari15,Minnu George13) (21-15,20-8,11-15,21-8)

Defending Champions Confirm Quarter Final berth

Bhav Nagar Gijaarth – 8th Jan 2019 – Defending Champions Indian railways in women and Tamil Nadu in Men confirmed the Quarter final berth along with Punjab, and Utharkhand unbeaten in their group along with Services, Indian railways and Karnataka in men while in women ,Kerala ,Karnataka,Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Telengana here on the 4th day of the 69th National Basketball Championship for Men and Women –in Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Today Kerala women made their 3rd successive victory in women division B as they scrape past last year runner up Chhattissgarh 65-64 in a . gam e that the lead changing 7 times and tied up 7 . Chhattisgargh started the first quarter taking the biggest lead in the match of 15-8 and ending up the first quarter with 17-10 lead . Kerala then slowly catch up the momentum to level the score at 23-23 at the mid of 2nd quarter and ended up the 1st half leading 35-32 and made the 3rd quarter with 52-48 lead. The last quarter saw Chhattisgarh coming back in to the game through 6ft 9 inches poonam Chathurvedi and took the lead again 58-55 before losing the match to Kerala 64-65 .For Kerala Jeena and Stephy Nixon top scored with 15 points each Anjanna came up with 13 and Poojamol contributing 10 for Chhattisgarh Poonam was the leading scorer with 24 points Seema Sing with 14 and Akansha Singh and Deepa scoring 10 points each

In Men division after a loss from Karnataka defending champion Tamil Nadu finds his rhythm back to beat Rajasthan 111-79 to make their second straight victory in the Group A while Karnataka beat Gujarat 87-69 for their third victory and services defeated Indian railways (97-74)

In the league matches today in women Delhi beat West Bengal (90-71) Tamil Nadu beat Karnataka(94-79)Maharashtra beat Uttar Pradesh (72-51) Gujarath beat Goa(42-14) Puducherry beat Utharkhand(27-24)

In Men Delhi beat Haryana(80-43) Uttar Pradesh beat Odhisa (76-63) Haryana beat Jammu &kashmier(78-69) Bihar beat Puducherry(58-45) Madhya Pradesh beat Assam (70-47) ,Jharkhand beat Tripua(71-16) Manipur beat Nagaland(60-43) Maharashtra beat West bengal (74-56)

Detailed Scores

Men
Group A

1. Tamil Nadu-111(Justin J 31,P jeevanatham18,Hariram11,G Sivabalan10) bt Rajasthan-79(KamaranKahan30,Sharam p21) (31-27,26-15,23-18,31-19)
2. Karnataka-87(Anil Kumar BK22,Shsasank rai21,Aravind A19) bt Gujarath-69(Vinay kausik26,Vivek Goil15,M Kashirajan14,Inder Vijai Gohil12 )

Group B

1. Services – 97(Nikhil Kumar25,Issac Thomas19,Mahipal Singh13) bt Indian railways -74(Rajan S17,Rakesh Singh14,Lovneet Singh12,Gagandeep Singh12) (22-22,28-14,31-20,16-18)

Group C

1. Delhi- 80(Rahul18,Sunil16,Vishal14) bt Telengana-43(Visu p22) (27-13,21-2,10-11,22-17)

Group D

1. Chhattisgarh-54(P Rajesh15,Rudhrax14) bt Himachal Pradesh-43(Arvind10) (22-13,13-8,9-4,10-18)
2. Manipur-60(Jackson14) bt Nagaland-43(Ruopfuhetuo15)(7-9,20-8,13-15,20-11)

Group E

1. Haryana-78(Vikas18,Sahil14,Abhishek13,Rinku11) bt Jammu & Kashmier-69(Iqbal20,Shubam15)(13-16.20-19,24-11,21-23)
2. Bihar-58(Dheeraj Ranjan20) btPuducherry-45(Achuthan21) (13-21,17-12,12-8,16-4)
3. Maharastra-74(Sidhant Shinde16,ajinkya Mane15) bt West Bengal-56 (Dheeraj Shaw21,Gurjot Singh13,Harish Khairi13,Deepak Kumar12)(20-11,15-13,19-14,20-18)

Group F

1. Madhya Pradesh-70(Raju24,Subham13) bt Assam-47(Birendra Sing 19,ameet K12)
2. Uttar Pradesh-76(Pulkit Shehdeva 21,Tushal Singh 17) bt Odhisa-63(Sahid15,G Sai15) (13-18,24-10,22-14,17-21)
3. Jharkhand-71(Vishal Bagh16,Abhinandan13) bt Tripura-16(18-7,21-0,14-6,18-3)

Women

Group A

1. Delhi-90(Raspreeth sandhu30,Bharati Sihag26) bt West Bengal-71(Anjana ekka24,Nivyaraj21)(24-13,16-24,29-14,21-20)
2. Tamil Nadu-94( S pushpa25,S Sathya 18,Vandana15,V Srividya12,Iswarya10) bt Karnatka-79(R Varsha 23,Lopamudra18)(22-15,22-19,29-21,21-24)

Group B

1. Kerala-65(jeena PS  15,Stephy Nixon15, Anjna P g13,Poojamol KS10) bt Chhattisgarh-64(poonam Chathurvedi24,Seema Singh14,Ldeepa10,Aakansh Singh10) (10-17,25-15,17-16,13-16)
2. Maharstra-72(Shireeen limaye23,Anshika k17,Nisha S11) bt Uttar Pradesh-51(Minnu George15,Snadhya K10) (23-10,6-17,2512,18-12)

Group C

1. Puducherry-27(G Sharmila 14) bt Utharkhand-24(Shalu10) (4-8,8-8,7-4,8-4)
2. Gujarat-42(Thanisha shah17) bt Goa-14(Rachel Raposa9) (1-15,2-8,7-8,4-11)

Punjab , Tamil Nadu,Uthrakhand advances

Indian railways Unbeaten in women

Defending champion Tamil Nadu started their campaign in Group A as they beat host Gujarat 85- 44 while Punjab registered their second Victory in Group A with their over Rajasthan In women section defending champion Indian railways made short wamriork against west Bengal with the score 109-63 to register their 2nd Straight victory in the Group here on the second day of the 69th National Basketball Championship for Men and Women -in Bhavnagar, Gujarat

In the Tamil Nadu Gujarth match Tamil Nadu made use of the full bench after leading 47-22 at the half time to win the match with 85-44 score while the Punjab rajasthan encounter saw Rjasthan leading 43-42 at the end of the first half and Kept their lead till the mid of the 3rd quarter as rajsthan lead 57-56 before giving up thematch to Punjab with score 101-80 Amrithpal lead scoring tally for Punajb with 31 points and arshpreet making 17 for rajsthan Sarad top scored with 25 points followed by Abbas ali with 20 and Kamran Kahn with 19

In Group B men division Utharkhand continued their winning streak as they beat Indian Railways 82-77 after leading 35-26 at half time Yadwinder lead the scoring for utharkhand with 34points yesterday they won against Kerala 66-46

In another exciting women match Telenganna scrape past Maharashtra 60-59 . Maharashtra at the half time trailed 24-34 at the half time came back strongly through sherin Limaye in the third quarter to reduce its lead to 41-45 before losing it at 59-60

Detailed Scores

Men
Group A

1. Tamil Nadu-85(G Sivabalan15,RHariram13, Justin Gnanaraj11,Muin Bek10) bt Gujarath-44(Vinay kaushik14,Vivek Goti14) (23-6,24-16,22-14,16-8)
2.  Punjab-101(Amritpal Singh31,arshpreetsing 17,Gauraw Patwal12,Jagdeep Sing 10) bt Rajasthan-73(sharad Dadhick25,Abbas Ali20,Kamran Khan19)

Group B

1. Utharkhand-66(Vishesh Brighuvanshi20,Yadwinde singh10) bt Kerala-46(Sejin Mathew16)
2. Utharkhand- 82(Yadwinder Singh34,Vishesh brighuvashi15,Murali Krishna15) bt Indian Railways -77(Gagandeep Singh22,LovneethSingh12,Akash Basin12) (21-14,14-12,19-23,28-28)

Group C

1. Telengana-75(Chandrahas Reddy 20,Visu P19,Rajath Srhrivasthava12) bt Mizoram-57(Zonosanga18,Larina Renthlet16) (23-14,19-15,20-19,13-8)
2.  Delhi-78(Sunil Kumar16,Rachit12) bt Goa-44(ShivKumar12)(26-8,23-11,13-13,16-12)

Group D

1. Andhra Pradesh- 59(Kumar verma18,TharunKumar11) bt Himachal Pradesh47(Vikram16,Aman13)(18-18,16-6,17-8,8-15)
2. Chhatisgargh-60(Rudrakshu16,Saif12,) bt Nagaland-34(Sleyi Evizo 16) (22-6,12-8,8-9,18-11)

Group E

1. Haryana- 82(Abhishek20,Deepak Rathee15,Rinku15) bt Maharastra-80(SiddaniShinde21,Subaham Yadav17,Edwin Irvin16) (15-20,22-21,28-22,17-17)
2. Westbengal-64(DShaw25,H Kanri18) bt Bihar-48(R Manikandan13) 20-10,25-10,9-15,10-13)
3. Jammu & Kashmir-62(Shubham20,Iqbal Singh16) bt Puducherry-41(Atchuthan15,NmaSiva12) (17-5,15-11,19-13,11-12)

Group F

1. Uttar Pradesh-60(Vishal12,Priyanshu10) bt Madhya Pradesh-42(Pramod13,Shubaham12) (22-9,17-15,15-10,6-8)
2. Odhisa-97(Rudrakant Sahu23,S K Riaz18) bt Tripura-32(L Singh10) (27-11,27-3,25-8,18-10)
3. Assam-75(Birendar17,Ameeth18) bt Jharkhand-46(Manish14,Arjun11) (16-6,16-16,20-15,23-9)

Women

Group A

1. Indian railways -109( Sruthi Aravind24, Madhukumari19,Sitamani Tudu12,Renjini Peter11,ramya r11,Gulbhashaali 11) bt West Bengal-63(Anjanna daisy Ekka26,Nivyaraj19) (33-14,18-17,28-16,30-16)
2. Karnataka-77(Harshita KB20,UjjanaiDesirazu12,Lopamudra T 12) bt Delhi -65(Bharati Sihag27,Tavleen Kaur14) (25-10,10-17,24-22,18-16)

Group B

1. Chattisgargh-83(Poonam Chaturvedi41,Aakansha Singh15,Seema Singh13) bt Uttar Pradesh-63(preetikumari26,Minnu George13,Pushpa Nishad11) (28-20,17-22,17-13,22-8)
2. Telenganna-60(Anjusree AM19,Trittymol Joseph13,Monika Polasa12) bt Maharastra-59(SruthiSherigar19,Shireen Limaye13) (21-5,13-19,11-17,15-18)

Group C

1. Gujarath-52(Nidhi Tanl20,SHarvari Kulkarni12) bt Utharkhand-17(Priyanka Kanyal9) (12-5,11-12,16-0,13,0)

Group E

1.  Madhya Pradesh-75(Nia Doma27,Namaria 19) bt Himachal Pradesh-65(Muskan15,Suman Chauhan14) (24-10,15-16,21-23,15-6)

Kerala Women Start with a Victory

Kerala Women started with an victory over Mahrastra as they beat them with the score 70-46  with jeena oS top scoring with 25 points here for the 69th National Basketball Championship for Men and Women -in Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Earlier  Shri Vijaybhai Ruapani Hon Chief Minister of Guajarat inaugurated , the biggest festival of domestic hoops in India – the. The ‘Senior Nationals’, organised by the Gujarat State Basketball Association and the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), will featurean array of the top state and unit teams from January 5-12, 2019 at the city’s Sisdar Sports Complex.

In the opening day in Men Punjab beat Karnataka(85-77) Indian railways scrape past Chandigarh (75-74) Rajasthan beat Gujarath(89-71)Uthrpradesh bt Jharkhand(63-27) Haryana Nt Bihar(66-45) Maharashtra bt Jammu & kashmier (73-51)  Delhi bt Mizoram(63-45) Himachal Pradesh beat Jharkhand (54-35)West Bengal  bt Puducherry(59-45)

IN women defending champions Indian Railways started their campaign defeating Karnataka(82-47) while Tamil Nadu got better of  Delhi (64-49) Punjab beat Utharkhand(83-19) Rajasthan beat Assam (64-31) Jharkhand beat jammu and Kashmir((59-29)

Last year’s  in Chennai, and the host Men’s team – Tamil Nadu – took home the gold medal in a final win over Services. While in  women’s Indian Railways blowout over Chhattisgarh. All four of these teams will again be among the favourites for the title at Bhavnagar, as well as Punjab and Indian Railways (Men) and Karnataka and Kerala (Women).

Groupings 

Men

1. Level 1, Group A: Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat.
2. Level 1, Group B: Services, Indian Railways, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Kerala.
3. Level 2, Group C: Telangana, Delhi, Goa, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
4. Level 2, Group D: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland.
5. Level 2, Group E: Haryana, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Puducherry, West Bengal.
6. Level 2, Group F: Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh.

Women

1. Level 1, Group A: Indian Railways, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, West Bengal.
2. Level 1, Group B: Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana.
3. Level 2, Group C: Punjab, Goa, Gujarat, Puducherry, Uttarakhand.
4. Level 2, Group D: Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Haryana, Odisha.
5. Level 2, Group E: Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
6. Level 2, Group F: Rajasthan, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand.

Detailed Scores

Men
Group A

1. Punajb-85(Jagdeep Singh bains21,amritpal Singh15,Gurvinder Singh Gill14,Rajbir Singh12,Arshpreet Singh Buller10,Gaurav Patwal10) bt Karnataka-77(AnilKumar B K20,harissh M16,Aravind A16,Rahul Sarath10) (19-20,20-16,24-16,22-25)
2. Rajasthan-89(Sharad Dadich31,KaranKhan22,Gaurav Chandel19) bt Gujarath-71(Harpalsingh Vaghela23,Indervijay Gohil15,Vivek goti14)  (19-14,24-20,19-20,27-17)

Group B

1.  Indian railways -75(Rakesh singh21,Himanshu Sharma17,Lovneet Singh15) bt Chandigrgh-74( Amit24, Jain Shokhanda21,Ravi Bhardwaj17) (13-20,22-15,20-24,20-15)

Group C

1. Delhi -63(Vishal Hooda15,sunil Kumar15,Arshdeep Singh15) bt Mizoram-45(Zonun Snaga22,Lalrina Renthalei 16) (27-7,12-2,13-23,11-13)

Group D

1. Hmachal Pradesh-54(Vikram Thakur26) bt Nagaland-35(Kevisesituo9) (9-7,19-10,9-9,17-9)

Group E

1. Maharashtra- 73(Ajinkya asokrao Mani 18,Subam Yadav11) bt jammu & Kahmir-51(Iqbal10)
2. West bengal-59(Ragunath P17,Bhrigendra16) bt Puduchery-45(Achuthan M14) (8-6,12-21,11-13,14-19)
3. Haryana-66(Rinku17,Sahil13) bt Bihar-45(Sanjeev Kumar17,Abhishi Pratap12) (25-5,8-13,17-15,16-12)
4. Uttar Pradesh- 63(Pulkit14,TushalSingh11) bt Jharkhand-27  (Rajandeep kaur21)

Women

Group A

1. Indian Railways-82(MadhuKumari19,Sitamani Tudu14,Sruthi Menon11) bt Karnataka-47(Lopamudra Timmaiah14,Anusha I P 11,Varsha1 Nandini 10) (23-7,19-12,14-19,26-9)
2. Tamil Nadu-64(Pushpa sntilkumar22, S sathya15,Dharshini  t 14) bt Delhi-49(RaspreetSidhu15)

Group B

1. Kerala-70(Jeena PS25,Anjanna P G12,Rojamol 11)  bt Maharastra-46(Shireen Limayae15,Anshika Kanoja10)

Group C

1.  Punjab-83(Anmolpreeth Kaur24,Rajandeep Kaur21) bt Utharkhand19 (29-8,26-4,12-7,16-0)

Group E

1. Madhya Pradesh-74(Nima Doma Bhutia 25,namrata16) bt Bihar-54(Divya Pandey20,KiranYadav12) 21-17,22-10,18-13,17-10)

Group F

1. Rajasthan-64(Nisha Sharma33,Rashi Kotani12) bt Assam-31(kiran Kumari16) (23-2,19-7,14-9,8-13)
2. Jharkhand-59(Alka Samad15,Jayakumari10) bt Jammu and Kashmir-29(partibha9) (13-10,24-6,11-6,11-7)

Punjab Men and Indian railways women Unbeaten

Karnataka Men stuns Defending Champion Tamil Nadu

Bhav Nagar – 7th Jan 2019 – Indian railway women and Kerala women continued their Victory in GroupA and Group B similarly while Punajb and Utharkhand stayed unbeaten group A and B respectively in men while Karnataka defeated defending champiom Tamil Nadu here on the 3rd day of the 69th National Basketball Championship for Men and Women -in Bhavnagar, Gujarat

In women Indian railways made their 3rd straight victory against Tamil Nadu (91-67) while Kerala had their second straight victory in Group B women over Thelengana 79-27

The match of the day was indeed between defending champion Tamil Nadu and Karnataka where Karnataka stunned the defending champion with the score 84-80 . the match which sat the lead changing 6 times tying up the score 3 times . Karnataka which had a good start and lead 34-20 at the fag end of 2nd quarter and the 3rd quarter saw tamil Nadu coming back in to the game and lead 73-62 , The last quarter saw Karnataka again coming back to the game and beat Tamil Nadu (84-80), Anil kumar was the leading Scorer for karnatka with 25 Points supported by Aravind making 17 points for Tamil Nadu Hariram lead the scoring chart with 22 points

In other league matches in women Punjab beat Puducherry (73-26) Chhattisgarh beat Maharastra (84-60) Karnataka beat West Bengal(94-78) Amdhra Pradesh beat Odhisa (42-28) Chandigarh beat Haryana (45-42) Utharkhand beat Goa(36-31)

In Men Indian railways beat Kerala (76-56) Pinajb beat Gujarath( 75-54) Uttar Pradesh beat Assam (78-25)

Chhattisgarh beat Andhra Pradesh (69-54) and again Manipur (68-59) Odhisa beat Jharkhand (75-54)Himachal Pradesh beat Manipur (47-39) J &K beat West Bengal(61-45) Madhya Pradesh beat Tripura (66-49) Mizoram scrape past Goa(58-53) and Haryana had a win over Puducherry (67-54)

Detailed Scores

Men
Group A

1. Karnataka-84(Anil Kumar BK 25,, Aravind A 17, Abhishek gowda10, Rahul Sharath10) bt Tamil Nadu-80(R Hariram 22, G Sivabalan 14, Jeevanath pandiian 14,Prasanna Venkatesh 11) (20-18,18-11,20-31,26-20)

Group B

1. Indian Railways -76(Rajan Sharma24,Himanshu Sharma21,Gagandeep Singh12) bt Kerala -56Akhil Ar14,Jishnu G Nair14,Sejin Mathew10)
2. Services – 76(Nikhil Kumar19,Joginder Singh18,Issac thomas12,Mahipal Singh10) bt Kerala -74(Sejin Mathew27,Eudrick Perera14,Robin S14)(27-21,19-15,9-17,21-21)

Group C

1. Mizoram-58(Rina22,Dennis Lalmuan Pula 13) bt Goa-53(ShivkumarV20) (7-6,12-20,10-18,29-9)

Group D

1. Chhattisgrh-69(Saif Hashmi 21,Rudrakash Pandey18,A Rajesh15) btAndhra Pradesh-54 ( GJagdesh18,JangamTarun Kumar12)
2. Himachal Pradsh-47(Komal Thakur24) bt Manipur-39(Jakson10)

Group E

1. Haryana-67(Rahul15,Virendar14) bt Puducherry-54(Achuthan24) (20-9,14-4,16-16,17-24)
2. Jammu & Kashmir-61(Ranbir s15,iqbal s12) bt West bengal-45(D Shau46,A Khatri15) (17-12,8-13,16-12,20-80)

Group F

1. Madhya Pradesh-66(Pramod Yadav12,Aswini P12) bt Tripura-49(P Ghosh22) (26-317-10,14-16,9-20)
2. Uttar Pradesh-78(Vishal Kumar 20,Tushal Singh 20) bt Assam-25(,7-18,13-3,22-5)Ameeth khan15) (25-10,7-18,13-3,22-5)
3. Odhisa-75(Rudrakant23,Sahid21) bt Jharkhand-54(Sukpreet 21) (19-10,16-14,20-21,20-9)

Women

Group A

1. Indian Railways -91(SrutiMenon22,Sitmani tudu16,Raja Priya darsini 15) bt Tamil Nadu-67(S pushpa22,Dharshini13, V Srividya 10) (19-14,19-19,23-12,30-22)
2. Karnataka-94(R Varsha Nandini24,Mohan Bala17,Harshita KB17) bt West Bengal-78(Anjana Daisye26,Sukurmoni Oraon16,Kamalesh Jai15) (13-14,30-24,26-17,25-23)

Group B

1.  Kerala-79(Jeena PS 14 ,Kavitha Jose 12,Aswathy Jayasnakar11, Stephy Nixon10) bt Telengana-27(23-8,17-6,20-4,19-9)
2.  Chhattisgarh-84(poonam Chathurvedi30,Akansha Singh15) bt Mahrastra-60(MughhaAmroaotkar17,Shruti Sherikar14,Anshika Kanojia11) (25-12,20-17,18-10,21-24)

Group C

1. Punjab-73(Anmol Preeth Kaur23,Harjeet Kaur13) bt Puducherry-26(G Sharmila10)( 23-8,20-9,14-5,16-4)

Group D

1. Odhisa-42( Urbasi Mallik 17) bt Andhra Pradesh-28(Purna Sai jyothi 11)(12-10,12,11,12-2,6-5)

Group F

1. Indian railways -76(Rajan Sharma24,HimamshuSharma21,Gagandeep Singh12) bt Kerala-56(Akhil A R14,Jishnu G Nair14,Sejin Mathew10) (22-14,18-11,14-20,22-13)

Program in Kerala Tips off in Kochi
With 300 trainers from Central Kerala received training at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium Kadavathara from Scott Flemming

Reliance Foundation and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program, The main objective of the programme is to develop and promote youth basketball across the country and make a positive impact on the lives of Indian boys and girls. It’s expected that it would engage more than 4.5 million youth and 4,500 physical education instructors and coaches across 34 cities in the country

The Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program tipped off at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi on Tuesday with “The Coaches Academy ” program. headed by Scott Flemming from USA former Indian Coach and Now the senior Director and operational Head of NBA in India. The coaches academy will follow at Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode later after Christmas Holidays. Each participating school have received free of cost the essential equipment to encourage and facilitate participation among its students, including an India-specific coaching guide with curricula for in-school and after-school programs, basketballs, cones, and a Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA T-shirts.

Returning for the Fifth consecutive year, the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program in Kerala tip-off with more than 300 PETS from Kochi, Thrissur, Alappuzha Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki schools participating in it these coaches trained at the Coaches Academy will execute basketball led PE/Sports classes for kids in their respective schools for a period of 8 weeks.

The program, which remains free for participants, will include a train the trainer initiative for local coaches, 5on5 Tournaments for U12 and U14 finals in each city featuring 5-on-5 competition and addition, each participating city will host three RF JR. NBA Skills Challenge which go through a circuit based basketball competition. Age groups: U14/U12 Boys & Girls

The All-Star Teams selected from state competition at Kerala will compete against 11 other teams at the RF Jr. NBA National Championship. (All-Star Teams: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kerala, Punjab & 4 Regional All-Star Teams: North, South, East, West)

At the National Championship, players will be selected for a training camp that will immediately follow this competition. From this camp, 10 boys and 10 girls will be selected to represent JR.NBA India at the Junior NBA World Championship in Orlando. Age group: U14 Boys & Girls.

NBA International Basketball Operations staff will be based in each of the cities for three months to oversee the program

We are grateful to the NBA for sharing their world-class expertise and resources, and to the schools, coaches and physical education instructors who continue to support this initiative.” Said P J sunny President Kerala Basketball Association

Program Tips off in Kochi, With 300 trainers from Kerala received training at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium Kadavathara from Scot Flemming

Reliance Foundation and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program, a comprehensive youth basketball initiative that applies the values of basketball to positively

The Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program tipped off at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi today with “Train The Trainers” program headed by Scott Flemming from the USA former Indian Coach and now the operational Head of NBA in India

Returning for the fifth consecutive year, the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program started with“Train The Trainers” Programme in Kochi on 18th concluded at Silver Hill Basketball Indoor Stadium in Kozhikode with more than 300 school participating in it.

We are grateful to the NBA for sharing their world-class expertise and resources, and to the schools, coaches and physical education instructors who continue to support this initiative.

The program, which remains free for participants, will include a train the trainer initiative for local coaches, elite training camps and 5 on 5 Tournaments for U12 and U14 finals in each city featuring 5-on-5 competitions.

NBA International Basketball Operations staff will be based in each of the cities for three months to oversee the program. Each participating school have received essential equipment to encourage and facilitate participation among its students,youth-oriented including an India-specific coaching guide with curricula for in-school and after-school programs, basketballs, cones, and a Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA T-shirts In addition, each participating city will host three youth-oriented basketball festivals featuring mini hoops for kids aged 6-14.

Athirampuzha – Thiruvananthapuram retained Men and Women Title as they beat Kollam(81-66) in women and Thrissur(81-66) in Men here for the 63rd Senior State Basketball Championship, at the St Aloytius Ground Athirampuzha organised by JCI Athirampuzha and Kottayam District Basketball Association under the aegis of Kerala Basketball Association, while Ernakulum men and women grabbed the Bronze medal as they beat Kozhikode (64-42) and Palakkad (44-31)

The women final With both teams dominating the players from KSEB final match was an evenly contested one till the end of the third quarter as the score reads (50-49) in favour of Trivandrum but the ten minutes saw experience International trio of Trivandrum Jeena , Stephy and Anjana made all difference to make them the champions for the sixth consecutive year. Stephy Leads the scoring chart for Trivandrum with 30 points followed by Anjanna scoring 25 and Jeena with 13, for Kollam Kavitha was the leading scorer with 19 points and was supported by Minnu Maria and Amrutha making 18 points each.

The men the Trivandrum out fit also anchored by Players from KSEB Played a collective game as they lead 28-11 at the interval, defeated the Younger Out Fit Thrissur virtually the Kerala Varma College Team 63-50

PS Viswappan Gold Medal for Jishnu Nair and Stephy Nixon

PS Viswappan Gold Medal to the Best Men and Best women Player awarded to Jishnu Nair and Stephy Nixon both from KSEB Trivandrum. The award instituted in memory of PS Viswappan, former International referee and Coach

The trophies and Mementos were distributed by sri Suresh Kurup Ettumanoor MLA

Detailed Results

Final

Women

– Thiruvanthapuram – 81(Stephy Nixon 30, Anjanna PG 25, Jeena PS13) bt Kollam- 66(Kavitha Jose 19, Minnu joy 18, Amrutha ES 18)

Men

– Thiruvanthapuaram-63(Sugeethnath 15,Akhil AR 14, Ashin Xavier 13,Jishnu G Nair 10) bt Thrissur-50(Antony Johnson 20,Shanazil Muhammed 12)

Bronze Medal Match

Women

– Ernakulum-44(Aneesha Cleetus 15,Anjana 13) bt Plakkad-31(Rhea Jinendran 10)

Men

– Ernakulum-64(Amith Sebasitian 23,Basil Phip 11) bt Kozhikode-42(Tins Thomas 16)

Semi Final on Saturday

Women

– Kollam-51(Amrutha 18) bt Ernakulun-48(Aneesha Cleetus 17, Chippy Mathew 12, Athulta 10))

– Trivandruml-68(Jeena PS 2, Stephy Nixon 17, Anjana Pg 12) bt Palakkad-43(Neenumol PS 19, Poojamol KS 8)

Men

– Thrissur-64(Antony Ohnson14, Grigo Mathew12, Chacko C simon8) bt Ernakulum-59(Amith Sbastiian 21, Shanazil Muhammed 12)

– Trivandrum-72(Akhil AR 15, Sreenath Nair 13,Sarath S 11) bt Kozhikode-60(Shinumon Augustine 18

Quarter Finals

Men

– Kozhkode-72(Shinumon Augustine 32,Bony Mathew 15, Albin Baby 10) bt Kottayam-65(Sam Jose Sunny 18, Sudarshan 10)

– Ernakulum- 57(Ebin Wilson 15, Amit Sebastian 14) bt Alapuzha-36(Jomon Jose 13, Sumesh 10)

Women

– Thiruvanthapuram-62(Jeena PS 29, Stephy Nixon 14, Anjana PG 9) bt Kottayam-47(Aiswarya 14, Jayalakshmi 12, Athira MS 9, Anumara 8)

– Kollam-46(Kavitha Jose 23,Nimmy George 9) bt Alapuzha-29(Angha 17)

17year old Sejni Mathew the Kerala player who hails from Tiruvalla and now with Mar Ivanios College in Thiruvananthapuram got selected in the Indian Senior Men’s Team that will be participating in the Super Kung Shueng Cup (SKS) in Hong Kong from 11th – 16th December 2018. India would be playing Hong Kong and Thailand in its early stages of the championship. In the previous SKS Cup held in 2016, India secured a Bronze medal beating Hong Kong 90-60 in the third-place game.

Sejin (17) will be the youngest one from Kerala to get a senior Indian cap
The team will be captained by Aravind Arumugam from Karnataka, coached by Sat Prakash Yadav of Rajasthan and Assisted by Aman Sharma from Jammu and Kashmir and managed by Shafeeuqe shaik from Gujarath.
TheTeam

1. Jeevanatham Pandi, Arvind Kumar, Akilan Pari and Justin Joseph ( all from Tamil Nadu)
2. Arvind Arumugam (C) Pratyanshu Tomar, Anil Kumar BK (all from Karnataka)
3. Loveneet Singh & Atwal Principal Singh( Punjab)
4. Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Uttar Pradesh)
5. Jatin Shokhanda (Chandigarh)
6. Sejin Matthew (Kerala)

Athirampuzha – Defending champions Trivandrum Men and women entered the final of along with Thrissur men and Kollam women here for the 63rd Senior State Basketball Championship, which begins at the St Aloytius Ground Athrampuzh they will now meet the winners of Kollam and Ernakulum in the final while in men will meet the winners of Ernakulam and Thrissur. The tournament, hosted by the JCI Athrampuzha and Kottayam District Basketball Association under the aegis of Kerala Basketball Association, have 14 Districts in Men and 13 in women participate and to be played on a League cum Knock out Format.
In the women semi-final, Trivandrum anchored by KSEB International trio Jeena Stephy and Anjanna beat Palakkad (63-43) who had Internationals in Pooja mol and Neenumol to Meet Kollam who defeated Ernakulum (51-48). In Men 1st Semi Trivandrum dominated by players from KSEB beat Kozhikode who dominates players from Customs with the sore (72-60) to meet the Young outfit Thrissur dominated by the players from Sree Kerala Varma college stunned Ernakulum anchored by senior Internationals Eudric Perera and Basil Philip with the score (64-59). Earlier on late quarterfinal matches in Men Kozhikode beat Kottayam(72-65) and Ernakulum beat Alapuzha(57-36) make the Semi-Final. In Women quarter-finals, Trivandrum overcomes Kottayam(66-47) while Kollam beat Alapuzha(46-29) to make the Semi Final.

Detailed Results
Semi Final
Women

1. Trivandrum-68(Jeena PS 2, Stephy Nixon 17, Anjana PG 12) beat Palakkad-43(Neenumol PS 19, Poojamol KS 8)
2. Kollam-51(Amrutha 18 beat Ernakulam-48(Aneesha Cleetus 17, Chippy Mathew 12, Athulta 10)

Men

1. Trivandrum-72(Akhil AR 15, Sreenath Nair 13, Sarath S 11) beat Kozhikode-60(Shinumon Augustine 18)
2. Thrissur-64(Antony Johnson 14, Grigo Mathew 12, Chacko C Simon 8) beat Ernakulam-59(Amith Sebastian 21, Shanazil Muhammed 12)

Friday late Quarter Finals
Men

1. Kozhikode-72(Shinumon Augustine 32, Bony Mathew 15, Albin Baby 10) beat Kottayam-65( Sam Jose Sunny 18, Sudarshan 10)
2. Ernakulam- 57(Ebin Wilson 15, Amit Sebastian 14) beat Alappuzha-36( Jomon Jose 13, Sumesh 10)

Women

1. Trivandrum-62(Jeena PS 29, Stephy Nixon 14, Anjana PG 9) beat Kottayam-47(Aiswarya14, Jayalakshmi 12, Athira MS 9, Anumara 8)
2. Kollam-46(Kavitha Jose 23, Nimmy George 9) beat Alappuzha-29(Angha 17)

Athirampuzha – Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode in both men and women then Pathanamthitta, Kollam, and PalakkadWomen the Quarterfinals berth here on the 2nd day of the 63rd Senior State Basketball Championship, which begins at the St Aloytius Ground Athrampuzha here on December 4th 2018. The tournament, hosted by the JCI Athrampuzha and Kottayam District Basketball Association under the aegis of Kerala Basketball Association, have 14 Districts in Men and 13 in women participate and to be played on a League cum Knock out Format.

In the league matches in men Thiruvananthapuram beat Kollam( 54-42), Kannur beat Malappuram(75-68) Kasargod beat Wayanad (44-23)Ernakulum beat Palakkad-(70-36)Kozhikode beat Pathanamthitta(53-35)Thrissur beat Kottayam(-62-44), Kottayam beat Kollam (68-55) Trivandrum beat Thrissur(67-60) Eranakulum beat Pathanamthitta(53-28). In women, Kollam beat Palakkad (65-59) again beat Kannur-59-37, Thrivanthapuaram beat Malappuram( 29-19). Thrissur beat Kasargod (64-35)Thrissur beat Kottayam ( 49-47) Pathanamthitta got better of Alapuzha (54-39) Kottayam beat Kasargod((42-18)Pathanamthitta beat Kozhikode(83-63)
Detailed Results League Matches
Men

1. Thiruvananthapuram- 54( Jishnu G Nair 15, Tony K Mathew 12) beat Kollam – 42(Shan Shoukathali 12)
2. Kannur-75(Mohammed Ali 18, Judson 18, Sanu 14) beat Malappuram-68(Dheeraj 28)
3. Kasargod-44(Nikhil Roy 8, Prem Prakash 8, Syam 8) beat Wayanad-23
4. Ernakulum-70(Robin S 14) beat Palakkad-36(Sreeejoth N 15)
5. Kozhikode-53(Bony Mathew 18, Shinumon Augustine 15) beat Pathanamthitta-35(Harkrishnan 8)
6. Thrissur-62(Grigo Mathew 18, Chacko C Simon 11) beat Kottayam-44(Sudarshan P 15)
7. Kozhikode-67(Shinumon Augustine 19, Mozin N M 11) beat Palakkad-52(Sreejith N Nair 19)
8. Eranakulum-53(Amith Sebastian 16, Robin S 12, Eudric Perera 9) beat Pathanamthitta-28(Sarath Krishna 10)
9. Kottayam-68(Sam Sunny 19, Sharun 14) beat Kollam-55(Suhaz 14)
10. Trivandrum-67(Sreerag N Nair 21, Jishnu G Nair 12, Sharath S 10, Akhil A R 10) beat Thrissur-60 (Shanazil 12, Antony Johnson 11, Amilnath 11, Grigo 9)

Women

1. Kollam – 65(Kavitha Jose 23) beat Palakka-59(Poojamol KS 17, Surya PR 15)
2. Kollam-59(Amirtha 15,Kavitha Jose 15, Nimmy Mathew 11) beat Kannur-37(Amritha AS 14)
3. Thrivanthapuaram-29(Anjanna PG 8) beat Malapuram-19
4. Thrissur-64(Aleena Seby 15, Aswathy Jayasankar 15, Ann Mary Johnny 13) beat Ksargod-35(Kaladevi 15)
5. Thrissur-49(Aswathy Jayasankar 15, Lithara K 15) beat Kottayam-47(Rose Mary Sajan 15)
6. Pathanamthitta-83(Sreekala R 48, Aneeta PV 14) beat Kozhikode-63(Angelenna Sunny 21)

Bangalore – Sree Kala R who hails from Thiruvananthapuram and now With Mar Ivanios College Thiruvananthapuram was the leading contributor for India from Kerala as she scored 43 points from five matches with 24 rebounds and 17 assists Played average of 21 minutes per game followed by Anu Maria who hails from Wayanad and was now with Assumption college Changancherry contributed 21 points from five matches with 28 rebounds and 5 Blocks Played average of16 minutes per game both left from Bangalore to Joint their respective University Kerala and MG Uty at SRM Chennai for the South Zone Inter-University Basketball Championship (women) the third one was Ann Mary Zacharia, she is the Youngest of the Lot in the India team with 15 years who hails from Kottayam and the Student of Mount Carmel School Kottayam.

The teams Asst coach who hails from Chandanakampara Kannur was the Coach of MEG Team Bangalore was the Senior coach for the first Phase of the camp before Zoran took over

India they did in the previous two age division events in Bengaluru, entered this tournament in Division B. Once again, the man at the helm of the squad was Zoran Visic, the Serbian coach who has been managing India’s women’s basketball for the past few years at all levels. Despite the home familiarity, however, India had a reason for caution, missing several of their top players and fielding a captain – Pushpa Senthil Kumar – who was injured in the run-up to the tournament.

India was in Group A of Division B, along with Iran, Guam, and Singapore, and once the tournament got underway, they showed their class to devastate all opponents.

India’s first game the most nervous affair, against Iran. Leading 46-38 before the beginning of the final quarter, India made several costly errors and allowed Iran to come all the way back. Fortunately, a couple of smart plays in the last few minutes helped India hold their nerve and survive for a 73-65 win. Sreekala Rani led India with 19 and Anu Maria also contributed with 11 points and 15 points while Iran’s best player was Fatemeh Aghazadegan Ghazvini, who scored a game-high 22 points.

Once they got the first-game jitters out of the way, India was ruthless in their next contest, as they beat inexperienced Guam 107-42 and the next game against Singapore 79-49. Then in the semi-final, India was matched up against Group B runners-up Hong Kong and confidently beat them 83-38
The final were India Played against – Kazakhstan -, in what was supposed to be a closer one bur from the start, India led 32-18 after the first half and pushed the lead to 54-30 after three quarters. The final score read 68-45 as India celebrated their Division B victory. Karnataka Bopaiah, who definitely emerged as the team’s knockout stage MVP, finished with 74 points and 59 rebounds from 5 Matches.

Aleena Jaison from Little Flower Convent HSS Koratty and Mohammed Sahal from H S Thiruvalayannur, Thrissur District will Lead Kerala Sub Junior State Team for the 45th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls organized by Basketball Federation of India in association with Himachal Pradesh Basketball Association at Kangra from 12th to 18th November 2018.
The Girls team will be coached Prem Kumar from Ernakulum and managed by Binu Jaison of Thrissur and Boys by Sreenath S from Thiruvanthapuram and managed by Sherin Sebastian of Akapuzha.
The Teams were Selected after a 15 days camp held at Thiruvananthapuram Central Stadium (Boys) and at Little Flower HSS Koratty (Girls).

Girls
Akla P A ,Reema Ronald & Gouri Krishna (Kozhikode ) Aleena Jaison Devika Sunilkumar & Achumol K S (all from Thrissur ) Neharika Varma & Merisha Luiz(Ernakulum) Anagha S Nath & Alka Vinod (Trivandrum) Aiswarya Prasad (Kottayam) Tiyona Ann Philip (Kannur) Coach Prem Kumar (Ernakulum) Manager Binu Jaison (Thrissur).

Boys
Alexander M B,Joshua Sanish, Dan Louis (all from Ernakulum) Jipson Reji& Devanand S (Kottayam) Mazin A V & Athamm Jathari (Kozhikode) Mohamed Sahal (Thrissur) Sohan Joseph (Alappuzha) Sanu Jacob John (Pathanamthitta) Savio George Bino(Kollam) Muhammed Aslam A (Thiruvanathapuram) Coach Sreenath S (Trivandrum) Manager Sherin Sebastian Alappuzha.

India beat Hongkong 83-38 and will meet Kazakhstan in the Final of Group B here for FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore
Kazakhstan who lost two matches in their group Phase one to Hong Kong 73-80 and to Syria 40-56 and has to play against Iran in the quarterfinal were they beat them with the score 71-56 and in the Semifinal avenged their defeat beating Syria76-56 to make the Final
Detailed Scores Group B
Semi-Finals

1. India -83(HarshithaBopaiah18,Dharashini15,Pushapa S12,Shristi Suren11,Swarya janardhanan10) bt Hongkong-38(wing Niga Poon11)
2. Kazakhstan- 76(Inna Kulikova19, Diana Bushmeleva18, Maria Zaitseva11) bt Syria-56(Noura Bshara23, Rawaa Alhag Ali14)Quarter Finals
3. Kazakhstan-76(Inna Kulikova 19, ,Maria Zaitseva16) bt Iran-56 (,Sahar Goodarzi 11,Fatemeh Aghazadegan10)
4. Hong Kong -67(wing Niga Poon18) bt Singapore -37 Briana Bao Yu Lee11

Japan Will Take on China in Division A final

Defending Champion China will take on runner Up Japan in the final of Group A FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship
Japan Produced Power packed Display against to beat Australia 90-77 while 15-time champions China beat Korea 69-51 and made their 20th final clash

Detailed Scores
Semi-Finals

1. China-69(Mingking Chen19,Ziting Tang13) bt Korea-51(Jihyun Park20,SoheeLee14,Inah Park10)
2. Japan-90(Nanako Todo21,Ririka Okayama17,Chinatsu Omeki12,Norika Kono11( bt Australia-77(Miela Good Child26,Isabel Leigh Palmer9)

Anu Maria from Assumption College Changancherry, Sreekala R from Mar Ivanios College Thiruvananthapuram and Ann Mary Zacharia from Mount Carmel HSS Kottayam were selected to represent India at the FIBA U18 Women Asian Championship M C Thankachan from Chandanakampara will also be in the Squad as Asst Coach No1. The FIBA U18 Asian Women’s Championship 2018 is set to tip off in Bengaluru, India on 28th October and will conclude on 3rd November
The team will be coached by Serbian coach Zoran Visic. There are sixteen (16) teams split into two Divisions, A & B. Each Divison has eight teams who are equally distributed into groups of two. The teams have been paired on the basis of their current FIBA World Ranking Youth Women in Asia & Oceania.
The Top Four teams from Division A will qualify for the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2019, while the winner of Divison B will earn promotion to Division A for the next edition of FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship.
India is in Division B and will play their first match against Iran on 28th Nov 2018
Division B Groupings

1. Group A: India, Singapore, Guam, and Iran
2. Group B: Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Syria and Samoa

Division A Groupings

1. Group A: Australia, Korea, Chinese Taipei and Indonesia
2. Group B: China, Japan, New Zealand and Malaysia

Player Details

1. Dharshini Thirunavukkarasu {TN}
2. Pushpa Senthil Kumar {TN}
3. Srishti Suren {TN}
4. Ishwarya Janardhanan {TN}
5. Sreekala R (Kerala)
6. Ann MaryZachariah (Kerala)
7. Anumaria C(Kerala)
8. Sushantika Chakravortty (WB)
9. Sakshi Sharma (Punjab)
10. Arya Achuta Sreeramaneni (Telangana)
11. Harshitha Kelttira Bopaiah (Karnataka)
12. GulabshaAli (Chhattisgarh)

Coach Details

1. Coach Zoran Visic (Serbia)
2. Asst. Coach 1 Thankacham MC
3. Asst. Coach 2 Priyanka Bhandari

BENGALURU (FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship 2018
On Tuesday, the Indian team advanced to the semifinals of Division B of the FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship with three wins against Iran73-65, Singapore 79-49and Guam 107-42 and Syria with three wins against Hong Kong, Kazakisthan and Samoa. On Friday India will now take on the winners of Hong Kong and Singapore while Syria will meet the winners of Iran and Khazakisthan in the Semifinal Clash.
India on their last league match defeated Singapore 79-49 after a lead of 38-25 a the Interval forward Gulabsha led India with 21 points, The top placed team from division B gets promoted to Division A for the 2020 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women. The bottom-placed team from division A gets relegated to division B for the 2020 championships.
The FIBA U-18 Asian Championship comprises of eight teams each, in Division A and Division B. Teams from Division A compete for the title and to secure their qualification for the 2019 FIBA U-19 World Cup.
In Group A Korea and Japan Upset higher ranked Australia and China to make themselves to the Semifinal
In an eventful round of final group phase action, Korea and Japan are directly through to the semifinals and have also secured berths in the 2019 FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup. Korea made history by posting its first-ever win over Australia in the Asian Championship, beating the fancied Oceania side 63-62, in a thrilling Group A encounter. Later in the day, China and Japan stayed neck and neck in the first twenty minutes before Japan went on a decisive 29-16 third-quarter run to seal the surprisingly comfortable 94-79 victory. In the Semi-Final Japan will meet the winners of Australia and New Zealand while Korea will meet the winners of China and Chenees Thaipai in the Semifinal.
Tuesday RESULTS Group A

1. Korea bt Australia, 63-62
2. China bt Japan, 94-79
3. Chinese Taipei bt Indonesia, 99-54
4. New Zealand bt Malaysia, 99-32

The 2018 45th Kerala State Sub Junior Championship for Boys and Girls concluded on the 21st October 2018 at Jyothi Niketan Public School Punnapara Alapuzha. It was an exciting five days of basketball in which the skills of District teams from Girls were exhibited. With old rivalries being rekindled and new ones created, the entire Championship was intense as teams from the 14 District in Boys and 12 in Girls battled with Kozhikode Girls team and Ernakulum Boys Bagged the 1st Places.
In the Boys division, K M Alexander from Ernakulum made all differences as he scored more than 39 points on the final as they beat the young and enthusiastic Kottayam boys 63-57 who played against peers in exciting matches. For Kottayam, the short Devanad Vettikkatil displayed his talents on the court and amazed spectators with their level of skill.
KM Alexander of Ernakulum who was also the top scorer of the championship as he scores 12points from the five matches he played who was awarded Viswappan Trophy for Best Player along with Reema Ronald from Kozhikode Aleena Jaison from Thrissur and Devanad Vettikkattil was declared as the MVP
In Girls better sized Kozhikode anchored by Akla PA and Reema Ronald scrape past short and Skilled Thrissur 43-41 anchored by Aleena Jaison For the third position matches in Boys Kozhikode drubbed Alapuzha 68-41 and in girls, Trivandrum piped Ernakulam 52-51.
The championship also has shown some Close matches in the preliminary faces of boys Pathanamthitta VS Kottayam(45-48) Pathanamthitta Vs Kozhikode (49-53) Thrissur beating Kozhikode (48-44) Alapuzha beating Kozhikode (35-34) Thrissur beating Alapuzha (46-38).
Detailed Results
Finals
Girls

1. Kozhikode-43(Reema ronal13,Akila PA 8) bt Thrissur-41(Aleena Jaison15,Devika sunil Kumar12)

Boys

1. Eranakulum- 63(Alexander M B 35,Joshua Sunish13) bt Kottayam -52(Devanad S Vettikkattil20,Jipson reji10,Joel Mathew10)

Bronze Medal
Girls

1. Trivandrum-52(Safina LS20,Akila VA10) bt Ernakulum-51(Monisha Louis 18,Neharika 13)

Boys

1. Kozhikode-68(Athang Jathari19, Mazin A V15, Hashmith Gopal 14) bt Alappuzha-41(Rohan K roy 15)

Semi Final
Girls

1. Thrissur-52(Devika Sunil Kumar14, Aleena Jaison13, Achumol KS8) bt Ernakulam-39(Neharika Varma 11, Amanda Maria 9)
2. Kozhikode-45(Reema ronald14, GouriKrishna 12) bt Thiruvananthapuram-32(Angha S Nath 12)

Boys

1. Kottayam-65(Jipson Reji 23, Devanad Vettikattu 17, Joel Mathew 10) bt Alappuzha-41(Sohan Joseph 13)
2. Ernakulam-66(Alexander MB 20, Dan Louis 10, Vinay sankar 10) bt Kozhikode-43(Mazin A V 13, Ashimath Gopal 10, Athamm jathari 10)

Quarter Finals
Girls

1. Thiruvananthapuram-49(Alka VV 16, Anagah G Nair ) bt Kottayam—44(Aishwarya Prasad 11, Ruth Anna Blessen 10).
2. Thrissur 48(Aleena Jaison13, Devika Prasad 12, Anaga Xavier 6) bt Kasargod-5
3. Ernakulum-50(Neharika Varma 16, Merisha uis 11,Sona Rajan 10) bt Kannur-13( Tiyana Ann 7)
4. Kozhikode-27(Akla PA 69,Reema ronald 5) bt Alapuzha-12(Tamanna Rafiq 7)

Boys

1. Kozhikode-53(Attham fathari 16, Mezin A V 16, Hashmith Gopa l8) bt Pathanamthitta-49(sidharth S 12, Jeevn thomas 9, Nikhil K anil 9, Vishnu v 9)
2. Ernakulum-65(Alexander MV 21, Immanuel John 18) bt Trissur-30 (Joseph Benny 12)
3. Kottayam-48( Jipson Reji 12, Devanath S Vettikattu 10) bt Trivandrum-26(Neeraj BR 12, Alen J Alex 9)
4. Alapuzha-56(Rohan K Roy 17, Sohan Jacob 11, Aswin Krishna 10) bt Kannur-46(P M Adarsh 15,Merin K Binoy 14)

League matches
Boys
Group A

1. Kottayam-48( Jipson Reji 21, Joel Mathew 8, Devanad S Vettathu 7) bt Pathanamthitta-45(Vishnu V 15, Jeevan Thomas 10, Nikhil K Anil 8, Sidharth S 7, Sanu Jacob 6)
2. Pathanamthita-69(Sanu Jacob 18, Nikhil K Anil 14, Joel K Varghese 12) Beat Kannur-38(Merin K Benny 10, Mischel George 6)
3. Kottayam-63(Devanad S Vettikkattu 20, Jipson Riji 10, Joyal Johny 9) Beat Idukki -16
4. Pathanamthitta-50(Sanu Jacob 13, Joel Varghese 12, Sidharth S 10, Vishnu V 4) bt Idukki-23(Bosco Jommy 14, Goutham K J 8)
5. Kottayam-72(Jipson Reji 23, Devanad D Vettath 20, Joel Mathew 12, Joyal Jinny 6) bt Kannur-30( Merin K Biinoy 7, Mischel George 7)
6. Kannur-77( Jomin Johnson 28, Merin K Binoy 19, Mischel George 12, Abhinav TS 6) bt Idukki-20(Bosco Tomy 13)

Group B

1. Alapuzha -40(Rohan K roy 12, Sohan Joseph 8, Bichu B 8) bt Kollam-22(Abhijith B 9, Savio George 5)
2. Kozhikode-65( Hashmith Gopal 19, Mozin AV 8, Chris George 8, Akash Varghese 7) bt Kollam-45(Savio George Bno 22, Mishak Jinnan 8, Krishna Nag 5)
3. Thrissur-46(Mohammed Sahil 11, Joseph Benny 10, AdilManoj 6) bt Alapuzha-38(Aswin Krishna 5, Irfan Muhammed 7, Rohan K Roy 7)
4. Thrissur-48(Muhammed Sahal 18, Joseph Benny 12, Allan Benny 8) bt Kozhikode -44(Atham Jethari 9, Hashimith Gopal 13, Mozin AV 5)
5. Thrissur-60(Mohammed Sahail 16, Joseph Benny 12, Adil Binoj 10) bt Kollam-27(Abhijith b 13, Savio George 4)
6. Alapuzha-35(Sohan Joseph 10, Sooraj 9) bt Kozhikode-34(Attaham Jethari 8,Mozin Av 5)

Group C

1. Maapuram-48(Hrishikesh Narayanan 17,Ahinav K M 8) bt Wayanad-12
2. Ernakulum-58(Alexander M B 17,Joshua Sunish 12,Immanuel John 8) bt Wayanad 12
3. Ernakulum-71(Alexander MB 26, Immanuel John 17, Joshua Sanissh 5) bt Malapuram-11

Group D

1. Trivandrum-79(Sachin VS 20, Neerath B R 12, Kevin Leander 10) bt Kasrgod -8
2. Trivandrum -61( Neerj 13, Kevin Leander 12) beat Palakkad-18
3. Pallakad-44(Muhammed Shamil 17, Divin Das 13) beat Kasargod-15 (Muhammed Shamil 7)

Girls
Group A

1. Trivandrum-3( Anagha S Nath 11, Amulya R 6) beat Kollam-39-2
2. Trivandrum-31(Anagha S Nath 10, Safina 6) bt Kasargod-4
3. Kollam-32(Anamika K 16) bt Kasargod-6

Group B

1. Alapuzha-28( Thammina Rafia 9) beat Malpura-6
2. Eranakulum-42( Neharika varma 15, Amanda Maria Rocha 7, Shiva Kumari 6) bt Alapuzha-16(Thamanna Rafiq 8)
3. Eranakulum-27(Neharika Varma 10, Merisha Luis 6)

Group C

1. Kozhikode-34(Gouri Krishna 10, Akla P A 8, Reema Ronald 6, Harinanada 6) bt Palakkad-4
2. Kannur-28(Tinona Ann 21) bt Pallakkad-1
3. Kozhikode-45(Akla PA 15, Reema Ronald 13, Harinanada 5) bt Kannur-19(Tiyana Ann 10)

Group D

1. Kottayam -48(Aiswarya P 14, Amritha 9) beat -7
2. Thrissur-55(Aleena Jaison 20, Achu KS 14, Angha Xavier Anil 9) bt Kottayam-40(Aiswarya Prasad 17)
3. Trissur-47(Aleena Jakson 22, Liza Sony 8, Angha 6) bt Pathanamthitta-7

Boys

Group A 

Group B

Group C

Group D

Girls

Group A 

Group B 

Group C 

Group D 

Patrick Baumann, the 51-year-old secretary general of basketball’s world governing body, has died of a heart attack at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) said on Sunday.
“Basketball has lost a leader, an advocate and a friend and our thoughts are with Patrick’s wife and two children at this tragic time,” it said.
Baumann was a former player, coach and referee who first joined FIBA as a lawyer in 1994 and was appointed FIBA Secretary General in 2002, after previously serving as deputy. The Swiss national was influential in Olympic circles and an International Olympic Committee member since 2007. He led an IOC panel overseeing the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
He was in forefront in making FIBA its radical changes to governance structure, successfully building and moving into its own state-of-the-art Headquarters outside of Geneva as well as launching 3×3, its urban discipline which became a part of basketball’s program at the Olympics. He was also instrumental in the process of ‘ONE FIBA’, the coming together of all of FIBA’s Regional Offices into one corporate group, with everyone looking and heading in the same direction for the best interests of our beloved sport. Last but not least, he led the way in the creation and implementation of FIBA’s New Competition System.

Thomas Bach, IOC president
“This is a great shock which has hit us all very hard. We can hardly believe this terrible news. Particularly since, even today, we have seen him working hard, as we always knew him, for the sport he loved,”, said.

Adam Silver NBA Commissioner:
“I am deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Patrick Baumann. We were just together for the first FIBA World Basketball Summit in Xian, China — an event he established to bring together basketball stakeholders from around the world. Nobody was more dedicated to the growth of basketball than Patrick. He loved the game and recognized its power to transform people’s lives. He was also a dear friend and colleague who I attended countless games and events with over the past 20 years. The NBA family mourns the loss of Patrick and we send our heartfelt condolences to his wife Patricia, his children Bianca and Paul, and his many friends in the basketball and Olympic communities.”

Both the defending champions Thiruvananthapuram Girls and Kottayam Boys retained the Basketball Title Finals here for the 35th Youth State Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls here at the New Indoor wooden Court of St. Pius X College, Rajapuram will be played on today (Thursday)

In the Girls final after a lead of 36-21 came on to beat Thrisur 71-23 for Thiruvananthapuram Krishna Priya was the leading scorer with 26 points followed by Haleema Jan scoring 16 for Thrissur Akshaya Philip was the leading scorer with 16 points for Thrissur.

In the boys final Kottayam beat Thrissur 73-57 after a lead of 33-21 at halftime for Kottayam Aaron Blessen was the leading scorer with 15 points was the top scorer and the Jr International Jerome Prince contributed with 13 for Thrissur Niyath ES came with 23

Bronze for Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur
Thiruvananthapuram Boys beat Ernakulam 52-30 while Kannur Girls beat Kozhikode 60-51 to take the Bronze title. Earlier on Late semi-final matches, Thrissur boys and girls entered the Finals as they beat Ernakulum 60-38 in boys and Kannur 57-29 in Girls
In Girls quarterfinal matches Thiruvananthapuram beat Kollam 18-5, Kozhikode got better Kottayam 55-51, Kannur beat Ernakulum 45-17 and Thrissur had an easy victory over host Kasargod 33-15
Special awards
Best Players Jerome Prince (Kottayam ) in boys and Akshaya Philip(Thrissur) and Ameesha Jose (Thiruvananthapuram)

Promising Players
Boys

1. Pranava Prince(Trivandrum)
2. Aaron Blessen(Kottayam)
3. Niyath Salil(Thrissur)
4. Benjamin Thomas (Ernakulam)

Girls

1. Aleena Antony (Thrissur)
2. Jesly PS(Kannur)
3. Haleena Jan(Trivandrum)

The Guest of Honors on the day Surendran Dysp Kanhagad and president Sulaiman District Sports Council
Detailed Scores – Finals
Girls

1. Thiruvanthapuram-71( Krishnapriya 26, Haleema Jan1 6, Ameesha Jose 10) bt Thrissur-43(Akshaya Philip 16)

Boys

1. Kottayam-73(Aaron Blessen 15, Jerome prince 13, Shahim Sha 13, David CB 12, Akhil Michael 12 ) bt Thrissur-57(Niyath S C 23, Mahesh K 11)

Bronze Medal
Boys

1. Thiruvanthapuram-52(Pranav prince 25, Harigovind C V 11, Navaneeth 10) bt Ernakulam-30(Benjamin Thomas 11)

Girls

1. Kannur-60(Ashlin Shibu 18,Sandra Francis 15,Jesly P S 14)bt Ernakulum-30(Anupama V 22,Malavika S Manoj 14)

Late Semi finals
Boys

1. Thrissur-66(Niyath ES 17,Yajur das 12) bt Eranakulum-31(Benjamin Thomas 14)

Girls

1. Thrissur-67(Akshaya Philip 33,Saga Biju 11) btKannur-45(Sreelakshmi K 14,Jesly PS 10,Aslin Shiju 10)

Both the defending champions Thiruvananthapuram Girls and Kottayam Boys entered the Finals and will meet the winners of Kannur and Thrissur here for the 35th Youth State Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls here at the New Indoor wooden Court of St. Pius X College, Rajapuram will be played on today (Thursday).
In the first Semifinal in Girls section defending champion, Thiruvananthapuram defeated Kozhikode 48-19 after leading 29-15 at the halftime interval for Thiruvananthapuram Ameesha Jose was the leading scorer with 19 points and for Kozhikode made they Now will meet the winners of Thrissur and Kannur.

In boys, 1st Semifinal Kottayam beat Trivandrum 57-29 after a safe lead of 36-17 at Lemon time Aaron Blessen was the leading scorer for Kottayam with 25 points and Pranav Prince scored 16 for Trivandrum
Earlier in the morning In Boys quarterfinal matches Defending champions Kottayam beat Palakkad 52-23, Thrissur beat Idukki 66-57 Trivandrum beat Kozhikode 65-53 and Ernakulum defeated Pathanamthitta71-59
In Girls quarterfinal matches Thiruvananthapuram beat Kollam 18-5, Kozhikode got better Kottayam 55-51, Kannur beat Ernakulum 45-17 and Thrissur had an easy victory over host Kasargod 33-15
Detailed Scores – Semi finals
Girls

1. Thiruvanthapuram-48(Ameesha Jose 19, Haleema Jan 13, Abhirami R 10) but Kozhikode -19

Boys

1. Kottayam-57(aaron Blessen25,Jerome Prince10) bt Trivandrum–28((pranav Prince16)

Detailed Scores – Semi finals
Boys

1. Trivandrum-65(Pranav prince30) btKozhikode -53(Nithin Boby 12, Brian D Justin 10).
2. Eranakulum-71(benjamin Thomas 2,Vimal Raj 15) bt Pathanmthitta-59(Prithin Murali 16,Cherian K Joseph 14)
3. Kottayam-32 bt Pallakd-23(Bny 13)
4. Thrissur-66(Nijath ES 24,Mahsh K 10) bt Idukki-57(Nikhil 19,Albin 12)

Girls

1. Thrissur-33(Akshaya Philip15, Athira Das11) bt Kasargod-15
2. Kannur-45(Sandra Franciis16,Jesly PS 10) bt Eranakulaum-37(Rebecca Martin 12)
3. Trivandrum-18 bt Kollam-5
4. Kozhikode-55(anupama 16,anjana G Nair 14) bt Kottayam-51(Swapna 17)

Defending champions Kottayam along with Thrissur and Kozhikode from Pool A, Trivandrum, Ernakulam and winners from Idukki and Alappuzha then Pathanamthitta from PoolC and Palakkad from Poll D have mad the final eight in Boys section.
While in Girs defending champions Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur and Kozhikode from Pool A Kottayam, Thrissur and Ernakulam from B Kasargod from C and Kollam from D find their places in the Quarterfinals of the 35th Youth State Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls here at the New Indoor wooden Court of St. Pius X College, Rajapuram.

In boys league matches today Kottayam drubbed Thrissur 65-28 to top the Pool A and in other exciting boys matches Kozhikode beat Kannur 59-58, Palakkad beat Kollam 68-63 Pathanamthitta drubbed Kasargod 50-9 Ernakulam got better of Idukki53-40 and Trivandrum boys drubbed alalpuha38-10
In girls Thrissur drubbed Kottayam 65-28, similarly, Trivandrum defeated Idukki 52-18 Ernakulam scrape past Alapuzha 38-34, Kollam beat Wayanad 29-11.
Detailed Scores
Boys

1. Kozhikode -59(Brian D Justin 40) bt Kannur-55(Joseph Antony 25, Amal Thomas 14)
2. Pathanmthitta-50(Jeelan Raji 10) bt Kasargod-9
3. Palakkad-68(Boney31, Praful 11) bt Kollam-63(Muhammed Subin 39, Shefeer Muhammed 14)
4. Kottayam-65(Akhil Michael 18, David C B 14, Aaron Blessen 10) bt Thrissur-28 (Yajur Das 10)
5. Eranakulum-53(Benyamin Thomas27, Ahit 12) bt Idukki-40(Albin 18, Nikhil 13)
6. Trivandrum-38(Vinil Kailas 14,Pranav prince 9)

Girls

1. Kasargod-42(Athulya Ratnakaran 15) bt Pathanamthitta-17
2. Eranakulaum-39(Rebecca Martin 17) bt Alapuzha-34
3. Trivandrum-52 bt Idukki-18
4. Thrissur- 46(Akshaya Philip 21,Aleena Antony 10) bt Kottayam-28(Swapna 10)
5. Kannur- 28(Mariya KV 13,Ashlin Shiju 10) bt Idukki-29(Ardra xavier 10)
6. Thiruvanthapuram-41(Haleena Jiju 14,Ameesha Jose 10) bt Kozhikode-31(Anupama V 12)

P Karunakaran MP meeting captains

Defending champions Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram had easy victories in Boys and Girls Divisions here for the 35th Youth State Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls here at the New Indoor wooden Court of St. Pius X College, Rajapuram, In boys, Kottayam defeated Kannur 55-26 while in Girls Thiruvananthapuram beat Kozhikode 41-31.

In Boys other league encounters Palakkad bt Malappuram 52-36, Thrissur after trailing 15-26 at the Interval defeated Kozhikode 66-60, Similarly, Ernakulum, after trailing 17-28 came on to beat Alapuzha 49-46 and Trivandrum, beat Idukki 73-49 and in Lower group Pathanamthitta beat Wayanad 48-28 and Kollam scrape past Malappuram 49-42

In girls league Matches Kottayam scrape past Ernakulam 38-36 similarly Kannur overcome Kozhikode 69-67 then again the evening beat Idukki 50-29and Thrissur drubbed Alapuzha 52-11, In Girls lower group matches Pathanamthitta beat Palakkad 41-17, Wayanad beat Malappuram 34-16
Detailed Scores

Boys

1. Palakkad-52(Boney32) bt malapuram-36(Sonu9)
2. Thrissur-66(Niyath ES19, Abinan C K12.Leo lonappan10) bt Kozhikode-60(Nithin Baby16, AdwaithVK10)
3. Kottayam-55(Jerome Prince16,AaronBlessen13) bt Kannur-26(Relbin MB9)
4. Pathanamthitta-48(Cherian Thomas16,Jordan Cherian14) bt Wayanad-28
5. Kollam-49(Sujin28) bt Malapuram-42(Sanu P11)
6. Thiruvantahpuram-73(Pranav prince18,Vinil15) bt Idukki-49(Julian19)

Girls

1. Wayanad-34(Akla9) bt Malapuram-16
2. Kannur-69(Aslin Shiju17,Sandra francis16,jesly PS14) bt Kozhikode-67(Angha G Nair14,shilpa Subash10)
3. Thrissur—52(Anjanna20,Saaga10) bt Alapuzha-11
4. Kottayam-38(Swapna 14,Sandra13) bt Ernakulum-36(Rebeca18)
5. Kannur- 28(Mariya KV13,Ashlin Shiju10) bt Idukki-29(Ardra xavier10)
6. Thiruvanthapuram-41(Haleena Jiju14,Ameesha Jose10) bt Kozhikode-31(Anupama V12)

Kasargod defeated Pallakad 31-10 on the first match of the Youth State Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls here at the New Indoor wooden Court of St. Pius X College, Rajapuram, Kasargod Athulya Ratnakaran scored 10 points for the winners

The official Inauguration will be on Tomorrow

The Championship is a prelude to the 35th Youth National Basketball Championship organized by Basketball Federation of India in association with Rajasthan State Basketball Association in UDAIPUR, Rajasthan from 30th August to 7th September 2018

The State team to participate in the above nationals will be selected from this. The championship is been organized by Kasargod District Basketball Association under the Auspicious of Kerala Basketball Association on 2 Basketball Courts 14 teams in boys and Girls division.

The matches will be Played on a League cum Knock out Basis. Three teams from Group A and B and 1 each from C and D will qualify for the Knock out stage

Kottayam in Boys and Thiruvanthapuram in Girls are the defending champions
Groupings
Boys

1. Group A Kottayam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, and Kannur
2. Group B Idukki, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, and Trivandrum
3. Group C Kasargod Pathanamthitta and Wayanad
4. Group D Malapura Kollam and Palakkad

Girls

1. Group A Trivandrum, Kannur, Idukki and Kozhikode
2. Group B Thrissur Kottayam Ernakulum and Alapuzha
3. Group C Kasrgod,Pathanamthitta and Palakkad
4. Group D Kollam, Malappuram and Wayanad

NB will send one match result with action Photo also at 7 pm

Jayalakshmi and Anu Maria from Assumption College Changancherry,Sreekala R from Mar Ivanios College Thiruvananthapuram Aparna Sadasivan from St Josephs College Irinjalakuda Ann Mary Zacharia of Mount Carmel School Kottayam and Saachia Nathan from Shanthal Jyothi Public School Muttam have been called at the National Basketball Coaching Camp for Indian U18 Women’s to be Held at Kanteerava Indoor Stadium Bangalore started on today the 20th August 2018.
The camp is in preparation for the FIBA U18 Women Asian Championship to be held at Bangalore from 28th October to 3rd November 2018

Goa-born Saachia Nathan who is now studying in Shanthal Jyothi Public School Muttam was selected to the camp representing Goa

4 Malayalees In the Indian women Squad

Jeena P S from Kerala State Electricity Board will be the 2nd Malayalee and the 1st Malayalee from Kerala to lead an Indian team in Basketball for the ASIAN Games starting in Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 find their place in the final 12

Earlier Smruthy Radhakrishnan from Central Railway Mumbai had lead India in the 2014 Asian Game

This was the second Asian Games for Jeena earlier she represented India in the 17th Asian Games held at Incheon in Korea 2014.

Four Malayalees who have selected for the William Johns cup retained their place in the final 12 along with Jeena, Stephy Nixon, Anjana PG all from Kerala State Electricity Board and Palakkad born Priyanka Prabhakar from Karnataka

There is only one replacement in the team that toured Thailand for the William Johns cup last month Sanjana Ramesh from Karnataka is replaced with Nisha Sharma from Rajasthan

India is not sending their men’s contingent as well as for 3on3 format.

India is grouped in Group Y along with Korea, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan and Indonesia

India will play the first match which was against Kazakhstan on 17th August 2018

Indian Team

Stephy Nixon,Jeena P S & Anjana P G(Kerala) Bhandhavya HM(IR), Priyanka Prabhakar, (Karnataka) RajaPriyadarshini, Madhu Kumari(Indian Railways) Sangeetha Kaur (Chhattisgarh/I R) Shireen Limayae (Maharashtra) Pushpa Semthil Kumar (tamil Nadu) Raspreeth Sidhu(Delhi) Nishi Sharma ( Rajasthan) Coach Sheeba Magoon

Sejin Mathew Finds his place in Final 12

Sejin Mathew from Kerala’s departed with the Indian Contingent to compete in the FIBA Asia U18 Championship that kicks off this Sunday in Nonthaburi Thailand.

The 16 teams which are grouped into four groups and all of their players will be taking the court on August 5 over the course of 7 days and 39 games before settling the claim for the best of Asia on August 11 in the Championship Game.

The top four finishers in the 16-team tournament will qualify for the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019

India will face Chinese Taipei, Korea, and Syria in the qualifying phase.

India With an average height of 6-foot-4, and with six players standing 6-foot-6 or taller, this is definitely the tallest U18 Indian team we have ever fielded.

Iran is the defending champions

India’s first match will be against Chinese Taipei on the opening day the 5th August 2018

All groups will be seeing action across two venues (Stadium29 in Nonthaburi and Thai-Japanese Stadium in Bangkok) throughout the entire three days of the Group Stage.

Indian Team had Sejin Mathew who graduated from the NBA academy in NOIDA also had the major contribution from the NBA Academy which includes Principal Singh(C) and Jagshaanbir Singh (both from Punjab) Rajveer Singh Bhati(Rajasthan) Harshwardhan Tomar (Madhya Pradesh) Prashanth Singh Rawath (Uttarkand) Aravind Kumar Muthukrishnan (Tamil Nadu) other members are Prathyanshu Tomar and Prashanth Tomar(both Karnataka) Tushal Singh(UP) Abhishek Sharma (Delhi) Rajeev Kumar (Rajasthan)

The team will be coached by Aman Sharma (J&K) Assisted by Laldinsanga Hanging (Mizoram)

Dr. Prince K Mattom Hon Secretary of Kerala Basketball Association and Rakesh R from Karnataka will also be there in Thailand as Indian participation as Match Commissioner and Referee

Groupings

· Group A -Iran, Japan Indonesia and Kazakhstan

· Group B – Lebanon, UAE, China and Philippines

· Group C – Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Bahrain

. Group D – India, Chinese-Taipei, Korea and Syria

The women’s tournament 2018 William Jones Cup – an invitational basketball tournament held in New Taipei City, Taiwan from 25Th to 19th August 2018 concluded with a dominant fourth quarter display the New Zealand Tall Ferns as they defeated Asian champions Japan 85-74 emerging as champions –with a (5-1 )

The win, New Zealand’s first title in the 40th edition of the William Jones Cup, follows recent successes at the Commonwealth Games (where the team claimed bronze) and the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup where gold was struck.

New Zealand trailed by double figures for most of the second and third periods but outscored the Asian champions 28-12 in the final ten minutes.

The two leading scorers in the tournament Ashleigh Karaitiana playing in WNBL in Australian for Bendigo Spirit also the leading scorer, averaging 22 points per game Stella Beck who also playing in Townsville Flames in WNBL Australia Formerly St Mary’s College, California once again led the Kiwi effort with 25 points and 24 points respectively.

This round-robin tournament with six participating nations of this year’s like the previous year India’s lost every game with a blowout margin to finish at the bottom.

The William Jones Cup was a prelude to the 2018 Asian Games from August 19 to September 1 in Jakarta, Indonesia…

Team India was coached by the former national player and referee Shiba Maggon and led by the squad’s most-talented player as captain, Jeena Scaria who was the leading scorer with 56 Points for India averaging 11.2 and the rebounder with 33 rebounds averaging 6.6 r for India. Other important names in the roster included experienced guard Raspreet Sidhu, Shireen Limaye, Anjana Prasannan Geetha, Stephy Nixon, and more.

India began their campaign with the biggest loss against New Zealand, who routed with a 114-39 victory. Karaitiana single-handedly outscored 38 points in the win.

In Game 2, Japan with six players scoring in double digits to beat India 94-38 and in the third game to South Korea (Eunsil Choi 22) 101-48.

India bettered their scoring performance in their fourth game Republic of China 1, Taiwan A, but the hosts still won comfortably 102-54. Jeena led India with 17 points in the loss and finally lost to the second host team, Taiwan B, 91-60 which was the closest game where more chances were given to the Bench with 17-year-old Tamil Nadus and Pushpa Senthil Kumar led the squad with 16 points. Wei Yu Chun with 20) and Hsi-Yeh Liu with 17 were the scorers for Taiwan.

The 5×5 basketball tournament at the 2018 Asian Games India is in Group X of the tournament along with Korea, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan.

Jeena to Lead India
4 Malayalees In the Indian women Squad for the William Jones Cup Basketball
Jeena P S from Kerala State Electricity Board will lead India at the 40th William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament to be held in Xinzhuang Gymnasium New Taipei City, Taiwan. Four Malayalees have found their place in the final 12 along with Jeena, Stephy Nixon, Anjana PG all from Kerala State Electricity Board and Palakkad born Priyanka Prabhakar from Karnataka.

India this was an exposure one before the Asian Games starting in Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 India has not send their men’s contingent for the tournament which started on 14th and ended on 22nd July 2018, which is now participated by 9 teams.

The women’s tournament will be held from 25–29 July 2018 and will be contested by six teams. Indian women will be competing against New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Republic of China 1 and 2 which will be played on a single round robin format.

India will play the first match which was against New Zealand on the opening day, 25th July 2018

Indian Team
Stephy Nixon,Jeena P S & Anjana P G(Kerala) Bhandhavya HM(IR) ,Priyanka Prabhakar,Sanjana Ramesh(Karnataka) RajaPriyadarshini, Madhu Kumari(Indian Railways) Sangeetha Kaur (Chhattisgarh/I R) Shireen Limayae (Maharashtra) Pushpa Semthil Kumar (tamil Nadu) Raspreeth Sidhu(Delhi) Coach Sheeba Magoon manager Sreenivas Murthy

Dr. Prince K Matton Hon Secretary of Kerala Basketball Association and Assistant Surgeon
with PHC Kodikkulam Health Services Department, Kerala has been appointed as
FIBA Commissioner for FIBA U18 Men Asian Championship 2018 to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 5th to 11th August 2018

He also will be the Commissioner for FIBA Asia Champions Cup for East Inter Sub-zone Qualifiers starting at the same venue on 30th July to 1st August

This was his first overseas assignment for him after becoming a FIBA commissioner on 2012