#6:  41^ST SUB-JUNIOR NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – CHHATTISGARH BOYS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE

(Vishnu Ravi Shankar) Nashik, 24 November 2014: On the morning of Day 3, the lower pool matchups produced no major surprises, with the Delhi boys beating Jammu and Kashmir 31-4, while Punjab continued their winning streak beating Tripura 56-20. The Telengana girls put up yet another impressive performance with an easy 47-22 victory against Assam.

Later in the day, defending champs, Chhattisgarh boys continued their dominated performance with a 83-57 win over Odisha. The Andhra Pradesh boys broke no sweat against Jharkhand with a huge 52-12 win. The lower pool matchups produced a couple of close encounters with the Kerala boys beating Bihar 74-71 and the Telengana boys edging past West Bengal 55-54. In the girls matches, Tamil Nadu raced past Andhra Pradesh 42-9, while Uttar Pradesh held off Madhya Pradesh with a 46-35 victory.

The results of the qualifying matches held up to 5.30 p.m. on 24 November 2014 are as follows:

Girls:

Level 1 (Upper Pool) Matches:

1.     Tamil Nadu (G. Jayalaxmi 6, E. Manisha 6) bt Andhra Pradesh (P.S. Susmita 2) 42-9 (16-4, 13-2, 8-3, 5-0)

2.     Uttar Pradesh (Vaishnavi Yadav 22) bt Madhya Pradesh (Shivani Raikwar 12) 46-35 (13-10, 6-8, 18-8, 9-10)

Level 2 (Lower Pool) Matches:

3.     Bihar (Muskan 8) bt Rajasthan (Shivangi Bajad 5) 24-21 (2-8, 2-4, 10-6, 10-3)

4.     Telengana (Anshu 12) bt Assam (M. Raniya 12) 47-22 (12-8, 19-2, 10-4, 6-8)

5.     West Bengal (Liza Deb 10) bt Jharkhand (Swarnlee Chakra 4) 32-4 (16-0, 5-0, 5-0, 6-4)

6.     Manipur (Premita T. 8) bt Goa (K. Barreto 4) 27-13 (4-7, 4-2, 7-2, 12-2)

7.     Himachal Pradesh (Manika 10) bt Uttarakhand (Mandira Mann 9) 27-22 (9-7, 4-2, 10-5, 4-8)

8.     Odisha (Saraswati Berera 27) bt Chandigarh (Rajni Sharma 17) 63-48 (14-18, 7-12, 22-8, 20-10)

Boys:

Level 1 (Upper Pool) Matches:

9.     Andhra Pradesh (V. Nagadurga 8, P. Pawan 8) bt Jharkhand (Sushant Deep 4) 52-12 (19-6, 17-0, 7-4, 9-2)

10.  Chhattisgarh (Saif Ali Khan 27) bt Odisha (Suraj Kumar 20) 83-57 (18-20, 25-13, 11-10, 29-14)

Level 2 (Lower Pool) Matches:

11.  Delhi (Ishaan Sinha 12) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Karan Sharma 4) 31-4 (16-2, 3-0, 6-2, 6-0)

12.  Mizoram (V.L. Remruatpuia 20) bt Himachal Pradesh (Vikas Saklani 10) 54-37 (11-10, 13-16, 18-10, 12-1)

13.  Assam (Sanjay 25) bt Manipur (L. Vikash 10) 81-45 (23-18, 16-13, 20-8, 12-16)

14.  Gujarat (Ashutosh Shrivastava 19) bt Goa (Reuben Fernandes 11) 57-30 (16-5, 16-13, 8-2, 17-9)

15.  Punjab (Navkarman Singh 20) bt Tripura (Kushal Nayak 7) 56-20 (16-9, 16-6, 10-0, 14-5)

16.  Kerala (Abhishek J. Jaison 31) bt Bihar (Bhupender Bahadur 22) 74-71 (11-16, 12-18, 17-11, 34-26)

17.  Chandigarh (Ajmer 26) bt Karnataka (Prashant T. 17) 75-69 (28-12, 21-17, 4-23, 22-17)

18.  Telengana (G. Dinesh Kumar 19) bt West Bengal (R.K. Sahu 20) 55-54 (13-13, 6-9, 18-16, 18-16)

The tentative schedule for the matches to be held on 25 November 2014 is as follows:

Court – 1

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
QUALIFYING MATCHES
74	D1 – WEST BENGAL	VS	E1 – ODISHA	GIRLS	08.00 AM
75	D1 – WEBST BENGAL	VS	E1 – CHANDIGARH	BOYS	09.00 AM
LEVEL 1: LEAGUE MATCHES
76	TAMIL NADU	VS	UTTAR PRADESH	GB	10.00 AM
77	MADHYA PRADESH	VS	DELHI	GB	11.00 AM
78	MADHYA PRADESH	VS	HARYANA	BB	12.00 PM
79	RAJASTHAN	VS	TAMIL  NADU	BB	01.00 PM
80	CHATTISGARH	VS	JHARKHAND	BA	02.00 PM
81	ANDHRA PRADESH	VS	UTTAR PRADESH	BA	03.00 PM
82	CHATTISGARH	VS	PUNJAB	GA	04.00 PM
83	MAHARASHTRA	VS	KARNATAKA	GA	05.00 PM

Court – 2

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
QUALIFYING MATCHES
84	C1 – HARYANA	Vs	F1 – TELANGANA	GIRLS	08.00 AM
85	C1 – PUNJAB	Vs	F1 – ASSAM	BOYS	09.00 AM
LOSERS KNOCKOUT (QUARTER-FINALS)
86	C2 – GUJARAT	Vs	E3 – HIMACHAL PRADESH	GIRLS	10.00 AM
87	E2 – CHANDIGARH	Vs	C3 – JAMMU AND KASHMIR	GIRLS	11.00 AM
88	F2 – ASSAM	Vs	D3 – GOA	GIRLS	12.00 PM
89	F3 – BIHAR	Vs	D2 – MANIPUR	GIRLS	01.00 PM
90	C2  - TO BE DECIDED	Vs	E3 – TO BE DECIDED	BOYS	02.00 PM
91	E2 – KARNATAKA	Vs	C3 – MIZORAM	BOYS	03.00 PM
92	F2 – KERALA	Vs	D3 – TELANGANA	BOYS	04.00 PM
93	F3 – BIHAR	Vs	D2 – DELHI	BOYS	05.00 PM

About the 41^st Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship

The Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament for U-14 boys’ and girls’ teams from states across India. The Nashik District Basketball Association and the Maharashtra State Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India and IMG-Reliance are conducting the 2014 tournament on the two wooden courts at the Meenatai Thakare Indoor Stadium here in Nashik. The tournament will be conducted over a period of 7 days from the 22^nd to the 28^th of November 2014. This year’s tournament is witnessing the participation of 27 boys’ teams and 25 girls’ teams from various states of the country. The 2013 version tournament was conducted in Patna, Bihar. The Chhattisgarh teams won both the boys and the girls category last year, while the Madhya Pradesh boys and the Tamil Nadu girls finished runners-up respectively. 

About the Basketball Federation of India

The Basketball Federation of India or BFI is the governing and controlling body of basketball in India, and is responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels. BFI has been involved in conducting camps, clinics, events, and training sessions at its academies for the development of basketball. BFI came into being in 1935 and took complete control over Indian basketball in 1950. Prior to that time, the Indian Olympic Association handled the conduct of Indian basketball championships. Since 1950, the BFI has been conducting various such championships, from the grassroots to senior team participation in international tournaments. In addition, the BFI has been responsible for the establishment of strong sub-junior and junior level programs. The BFI has to its credit produced several international players of repute, among them 17 have been bestowed with the honor of Arjuna Award. More information at www.indiabasketball.org

About IMG-Reliance

IMG Reliance Pvt Ltd., is an equal joint venture between Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India’s largest and most recognized private sector company, and IMG Worldwide (IMG), the world’s leading sports marketing and management company. The joint venture company will develop market and manage sports and entertainment in India. Its current assets include India’s premier fashion event, Lakmé Fashion Week and South Asia’s only ATP World Tour event, the Aircel Chennai Open. IMG Reliance has entered agreements with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) to create a new professional basketball league and manage all aspects of the commercial rights to the game in India and the All India Football Federation (AIFF), to improve, popularize and promote the game of football throughout India, from the grassroots to the professional level. IMG Reliance has also created a scholarship program to identify and train talented young Indians from sports including – basketball, soccer and tennis at IMG’s world-class sports training facilities at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida.