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FIBA ASIA Cup for Women at China-2025
Dr. K. Govindaraj, President of FIBA Asia & KOA presenting the Championship Trophy to Team Australia at the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Final in Shenzhen, China.
Australia clinched the title with a thrilling 88-79 win over Japan! 🇦🇺🇯🇵
Mandya Distt State Level Basketball Tournament-2025
Mandya District Basketball Association Under the aegis of Karnataka State Basketball Association conducted State level Invitational Floodlit Basketball Tournament for Men and Women at Sir MV Stadium,Mandya from 10th to 13th July 2025.
Round Robin League Matches Results:
Men:
1. Young Orion’s sc 70( Shashank Rai 14, Sumanth 12) bt DYES Bangalore 48( Kushal 13) Ht 45-28.
Women :
1. DYES Mysore 57( Preethi 22, Sanika 15) bt Beagles bc 44( Mekhala 15, Chandana 10) Ht 22-31.
Men:
1. DYES Bangalore 63( Manoj 18) bt JSC 53( Dinesh 20) Ht 33-31.
Women:
1. JSC 48( Sanjana 16, Taarushee 12) bt DYES Mandya 42( Manasa 15, Deepushree 10) Ht 28-19.
Final standings:
Men: 1. Young Orion’s SC 2. DYES Bangalore 3. JSC.
Women : 1. DYES Mysore 2. Beagles BC 3. JSC.
Young Orion’s sc in Mens and DYES Mysore in Women’s section are the champions of this championship.
The Cash Prizes for Winners Rs.50000/- Runners Rs.30,000/- and Third Place Rs. 20,000/- was distributed for Men and Women section respectively.
Sri N Cheluvarayaswamy, Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture and Mandya District In-charge Minister; Dr. K. Govindaraj, MLC, President FIBA Asia & KOA; Sri Ravi Kumar, MLA Mandya City; and Dr. Sathyananda, President of Mandya District Basketball Association, was present at the final match on this occasion, Dr. K. Govindaraj was felicitated by the Mandya District Basketball Association for his outstanding contributions to the growth of sports in Karnataka.”
Taarushee Tarun to Represent India for Basketball Without Borders at Singapore
We are happy to inform you that the Ms.Taarushee Tarun of Karnataka has been selected to represent India at the prestigious Basketball without Borders Asia Camp organised by FIBA and NBA to be held at Singapore from 19th to 22nd June 2025.
Wishing her the very best as she takes this exciting step forward on the international stage.
State Junior Championships-2025
MOUNTS CLUB AND CHIKKAMAGALUR DISTRICT ARE THE CHAMPIONS..
15-June-2025: State Junior (U18) championship for boys and girls for D N Rajanna memorial trophy.
Results of the matches played at Kanteerava Courts on 15-6-2025.
Finals:
Boys:
1. Chikkamagalur District 91( Nishanth 30, Netla Chanakya 20, Rehan khan 18) bt DYES Bangalore 78( Bathesh 29, Likith 12) Ht 36-44.
Girls:
1. Mounts Club 54( Nilaaya reddy 20, Nakshatra 16) bt Mysore District A 47( Kusuma 21) Ht 21-19.
Placing’s in the championship:
Boys : 1. Chikkamagalur District 2. DYES Bangalore 3. Hoops 7 BC 4. HBR BC.
Girls: 1. Mounts Club 2. Mysore District A 3. Mandya District 4. Bangalore Vanguards.
The cash prizes for Winners Rs 30,000/- Runners Rs 20,000/- and third place Rs 10,000/- for both the categories and carrying a total cash prize of Rs 1,20,000/-
The prizes were distributed by Dr. K Govindaraj, MLC, President FIBA ASIA , President KOA, and Mr. Rajan Vice president KSBBA and Mr. Gunashekhara Vice president KSBBA.
Karnataka Women are Runners in First U-23 3×3 Nationals
14-June-2025: We are happy to inform you that the Karnataka State Women Team secured the Runners Up (Silver Medal) in the 1st U23- 3X3 National Basketball Championship held at Kochi-Kerala from 12th to 14th June 2025.
Results:
Group F
Karnataka beat Haryana by 21-14
Karnataka beat Bihar by 21-10
Karnataka beat J & K by 20-08
Pre Quarter Finals: Karnataka beat Punjab by 21-15
Quarter Finals: Karnataka beat Tamil Nadu by 21-18
Semifinals: Karnataka beat Madhya Pradesh by 21-19
Finals: Kerala beat Karnataka 19-11
Photo: Standing Left to Right: Sathya K, Mekhala Gowda, Niharika Reddy, Nidhi Umesh.
Karnataka Girls won the Khelo India Youth Games Basketball – 2025
15-May-2025: The Karnataka Girls Basketball Team won the Khelo India Youth Games Basketball event today at Patna, Bihar in the Girls finals Karnataka beat Haryana by 86-61 earlier in the semi-finals Karnataka beat Maharashtra by 79-65.
Final Match Result:
Karnataka 86 (Nidhi Umesh 27, Mahek Sharma 21, Nidhi Srinivas 17, Tisha V 10) beat Haryana 61 ( Bhumi Kataria 22, Kafi 22,Vaishnavi 13) ht: 46-25.
The winner’s photo is enclosed herewith
Standing from left
Konduru Aadya Prati, Sharvani S, Nireeksha B C, Mrs. Pavithra N (Asst. Coach), Mr. Sathyanarayana K (Head Coach), Dr. R Bhavana ( Sports Physio), Nidhi U, Taarushee Tarun, Mahek Sharma.
Kneeling from left
Shreya V, Nidhi Srinivas (C), Tisha, Devipriya C Sajish, Archana Giri, M R Sheetal.
Sub Junior Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls – 2025
23-Apr-2025: The Final Matches of the State Sub Junior Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls were Played today at Sri Kanteerava Stadium Basketball Courts, Bangalore.
Beagles Girls and Vimanapura Boys were the Champions…
In Girls finals, Beagles beat Mandya District by 44-42 and won the trophy by close match. In boys finals, Vimanapura BC beat MCHS by 58-42
3rd & 4th Place Matches:
Girls: MCHS BC beat Young Orions BC by 39-31
Boys: Mysore District beat Southern Blues by 63-26
Finals Results:
Girls: Beagles BC (Saanvi GS 19, Ojasvi L 08, Syed Avra 08) beat Mandya District 42 (Akshara 15, Harshitha CA 08, Sadhana 07) ht: 24-27
Boys: Vimanapura BC 58 (Avinash K 20, Siddesh 12, Daksh 06) beat MCHS BC 42 (Anav Singh 12, Yuveer 10, Rithwik 08) ht: 25-27
3rd & 4th Place Matches:
Girls:
MCHS BC 39 (Sree Krithy 12, Hanvitha 12) beat Young Orions BC 31( Tashvi 18) ht: 16-10
Boys:
Mysore District A 63 (Aarav 16, Prabudh 12, ) beat Southern Blues BC 26 (Shaurya 12, Trinabhi 06) ht: 30-14
The Best Player of the Championship in the girls section was Saanvi GS of Beagles. In the boys section, Avinash K of Vimanapura BC was the best player.
Cash prize of Rs. 30,000/- was given to winners. Runners up were given Rs. 20,000/- and Third Place Teams awarded a sum of Rs. 15,000/- (both boys and girls teams)
Dr.K.Govindaraj, MLC Political Secretary to Chief Minister and President FIBA-Asia and KOA, Mr Prabhakar, Vice President-KOA & Director, Gopalan Groups, Mr R.Rajan, Vice President, KSBBA, Mr S. Gunashekhar Vice President, KSBBA, Mr R Prakash, Associate Secretary, KSBBA & Mr .G.Dilip Former Olympian distributed the prizes and trophies to the winning teams.
Karnataka Girls Team Runners up in 40TH YOUTH NATIONALS AT PONDICHERRY
16-Apr-2025: We are happy to inform that the President FIBA Asia & KOA, Hon Secretary KSBBA Dr. K. Govindaraj has announced a cash award of Rs. 5.00 lakhs to Karnataka State Basketball Youth Girls team which has won the Silver Medal in 40th Youth National Basketball Championship at Pondicherry today.
He congratulated all the players of both the Girls & Boys teams along with coaches and managers and wished them all the very best for the continued achievement in the National Championships.
Results Girls Final:
Maharashtra 76 (Reva Kulkarni 26, Shravani Shivana 10,Vaishnavi Pardeshi 25, Siya Bhonsle 19) bt Karnataka 49 (Mahek Sharma 16, Aditi Subramaniam 10, Nireeksha BC 10)
Ms. Aditi Subramanian of Karnataka received best three pointer shooter award a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/-
Runners up photo is attached herewith: Standing Left to Right: Mahek Sharma, Sirisha N, Sheethal MR , Bhavana (Manager) Srinivasa Murthy H (Chief Manager), Sahtyanarayna K (Coach), Aditi Subramnaian (Capt), Nireeksha BC, Shravani Shivanna.
Sitting From Left to Right: Shivu Bai, Anvitha S, Anchal P Seervi, Swathi Prabhu, Avni Marda, Hanisha S Sindhe.
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BFI President Dr. K Govindaraj, MLC, has been elected as President FIBA Asia – 2023
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