33rd Youth National Basketball Championship 2016 tips off
33rd Youth National Basketball Championship 2016 tips off
Hassan, Karnataka, 19th November, 2016: The 33rd Youth National Basketball Championship 2016 tipped off today morning at Hassan in southern Karnataka.
The matches are being conducted at three venues - the indoor and outdoor courts of the Hasanamba Stadium and the courts of the Malnad College of Engineering.
The championship is being organised by Karnataka State Basketball Association (KSBBA) under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India (BFI).
Inauguration Ceremony
Shri Pramod Madhwaraj, Hon’ble Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment & Sports, Government of Karnataka was the chief guest for the inauguration ceremony held in the evening.
Chief Guest Shri Pramod Madhwaraj attempts a ceremonial basket guided by BFI President Shri K Govindaraj
Guests of honour included Shri H D Revanna (MLA & Former Minister), Shri HS Prakash (MLA), Shri MS Gopalswamy (MLC), Shri Anupam Agarwal (IPS & Director, Department of Youth Empowerment & Sports), Shri HS Anil Kumar (President, Hassan City Municipal Corporation) and Mr Prem (Kannada Cine Actor).
From the organizing team, Shri Om Prakash (Chairman, Organizing Committee and President of Karnataka State Basketball Association) and Shri K Govindaraj (MLC/Organizing Secretary/Hon Secretary of Karnataka State Basketball Association/ Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka/ President of Basketball Federation of India).
Traditional percussion and dance performances lent colour to the occasion and were met with resounding applause.
Traditional dance performances during inauguration ceremony
Kerala girls, Rajasthan boys post wins
In Level 1 girls’ fixtures, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh registered comfortable wins against West Bengal and Haryana respectively. The Kerala girls were too hot to handle for Maharashtra, who fell 75 to 46. Kerala’s Sreekala, who was the U14 girls’ MVP back in 2014 scored a game-high 31 points. The Delhi girls steamrolled Puducherry 54-7, while the Himachal Pradesh girls won a close game against Telangana 40 to 38.
In the boys matches on Day 1 morning, Uttar Pradesh boys matched the performance of their girls team with a victory against Chandigarh (79-45). Joint defending champions Delhi cruised to a 67-44 win against Maharashtra with guard Aditya Singh leading the way putting up 20 points.
In the Level 2 games, Rajasthan boys also got off to a winning start with a 69-44 win against Himachal Pradesh, led by Ashish’s 29 points. Uttarakhand and Telangana boys picked up easy wins against Puducherry and Tripura respectively. Despite Shaun Arango’s 30 points for Goa, they could not pull off a win against Andhra Pradesh, who held on for a 78-64 triumph.
RESULTS (19th Nov upto 7 pm)
Girls:
LEVEL 1
Group A:
Madhya Pradesh (Isha 12, Divyani 8) bt West Bengal (Tanya D 11, Faraha Naaz 8) 41-26 (11-0, 13-8, 8-6, 9-12)
Group B:
Uttar Pradesh (Vaishnavi Yadav 39, Harshita Pandey 18) bt Haryana (Saraswati 13, Suman 8) 72-39 (26-9, 13-8, 21-14, 12-8)
Kerala (Sreekala R. 31, Jayalakshmi 13, Anagha Shaji 8) bt Maharashtra (Shreya Dandekar 9, Anshika 3) 75-46 (16-14, 18-11, 21-6, 20-15)
LEVEL 2
Group C:
Delhi (Arushi 19, Ridhima 12) bt Puducherry (Varsha 4) 54-7 (14-2, 18-1, 14-2, 8-2)
Group E:
Himachal Pradesh (Pallavi 20, Arunima 17) bt Telangana (Samhita 12, Lasya 9) 40-38 (12-4, 6-6, 4-14, 18-14)
Boys:
LEVEL 1
Group A:
Tamil Nadu (K Surya 19, M Aravind Kumar 15, P Praveen 10) bt Gujarat (Krishnapal 24, Gurupurab Singh 8) 72-56 [24-14, 8-15, 23-19, 17-8]
Group B:
Uttar Pradesh (Riyanshu 38, Bhagyansh Gulati 24) bt Chandigarh (Rahul 22, D. Kumar 7) 79-45 (24-20, 27-11, 18-4, 10-10)
Delhi (Aditya Singh 20, Abhishek 16, Nitish 12) bt Maharashtra (Shaik Zaid 23, Tanay Thatte 6) 67-44 (20-8, 12-5, 16-11, 19-20)
LEVEL 2
Group D:
Rajasthan (Ashish 29, Sumeet 19, Attaul 12) bt Himachal Pradesh (Karan 10, Sukhvinder 9, Rahul 6) 69-44 (10-4, 16-14, 22-14, 21-12)
Group E:
Uttarakhand (Riyanshu 25, Prashant 16) bt Puducherry (Satya 15) 71-30 (27-6, 9-11, 25-5, 10-8)
Group F:
Telangana (Naveed Khan 13, Meher J 11) bt Tripura (H Rathi 12, Chirag Godara 8) 62-28 (15-9, 17-4, 15-4, 15-11)
Andhra Pradesh (Prasad 20, Sai Krishna 15) bt Goa (Shaun Arango 30, Calvin D’ Mellow) 78-64 (15-16, 27-18, 20-16, 16-14)
About the 33rd Youth National Basketball Championship 2016
The 33rd Youth National Basketball Championship for U16 boys and girls is being held in Hassan, Karnataka from the 19th to the 26th of November, 2016.
The matches are being conducted at three venues - the indoor and outdoor courts of the Hasanamba Stadium and the courts of the Malnad College of Engineering.
The championship is being organised by Karnataka State Basketball Association (KSBBA) under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India (BFI). The inauguration ceremony will be held on Saturday, 19th November at 4:15 pm.
Championship Details
In total, 24 boys teams and 22 girls teams are participating in the eight day tournament. As always, the teams have been divided into upper Level 1 and lower Level 2. Within each Level, the teams are further divided into Groups A & B (Level 1) and Groups C to F (for Level 2 teams).
This is a league cum knockout format, and as many as 122 matches will be played from early morning to late night. The top teams after the group stages will proceed to the knockout rounds. There is also a system of relegation/promotion whereby the bottom two Level 1 teams will get relegated to Level 2 for the next edition, replaced by the top two teams from Level 2.
Prior to the 2016 edition, 32 iterations of the Championship have been held so far. The 2015 edition was held in Bhavnagar & Anand in Gujarat. Due to incessant rains, the finals were washed out. As a result, Tamil Nadu and Delhi boys, and Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh girls were declared joint winners.
For media queries please contact
Mr Mohan Kumar (Karnataka State Basketball Association) - +91 9845479989
Mr Gopalakrishnan R (BFI Media team) - +91 8197235684