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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.

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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.

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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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Karnataka Women & Men Win Silver and Bronze in U-23 Nationals 2025

March 24, 2025: We are happy to inform that the President FIBA Asia & KOA, Hon Secretary KSBBA Dr. K.Govindaraj Sir has announced  cash award of Rs.5.00 lakhs to Karnataka State Basketball Women  team which has won the Silver Medal in U-23  National  Basketball Championship and Rs.3.00 lakhs to Karnataka Men Team which has won bronze medal in this National championship held at Guwahati-Assam.

He has congratulated all the players of both the teams along with coaches and managers and wished them all the very best for this achievement. This is the Frist U-23 National Basketball Championship which has taken place.

Results

Basketball U23 National  Karnataka Women Team Secured Runners up Silver Medal and Men Team won the Bronze medal.

In the women’s final Tamil Nadu which trailed by one Point in the first half (29-28) came back strongly in the Third Quarter through Harima Sundari who scored 22 points and took 16 rebounds to Put Tamil Nadu ahead  (54-42 ),  Nitika Was  the top scorer for Tamil Nadu with 27 points for Karnataka Sanjana and Sathya scored 16 Points each.

Bronze for Karnataka Men and Delhi Women

In Men Karnataka took the third spot defeating Rajasthan(80-62) while in women Delhi claimed the final spot on the podium after they defeated Kerala  (69-63 ) with a strong finish in the Third Place Game, on Monday.

Detailed Scores

Finals

Women

Tamil Nadu  76 ( Nitika A 27, Harima Sundari 22, Krithika S 18) bt  Karnataka 58 ( Sathya K 16, Sanjana N K 16) (11-4,17-15,26-13,22-16)

3rd Place game

Men

Karnataka 80 (Gautham P K 20, Manoj B M 20) bt  Rajasthan 62 (Akshit Hooda 28, Lokesh Sharma 11) (22-14,18-10,27-18,13-20)

In Women Photo: Standing Left to Right:  Nidhi Umesh, Pavanai Sangwan, Mekhala Gowda, Niharika Reddy (Capt), Zarina  PS (Coach), Mohan Kumar JE (Manager), Yashaswini, Shakthi, Sathya K, Ruth Anna Blessen,

Kneeling Left to Right: Sanjana N Kumar, Prathistha Shetty, Hamsa and Preethi Mallappa.

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Karnataka Rural Basketball League Championship 2024-25

5-Apr-2025: Participating Teams from :  Bangalore Rural Division: 1. Pinakini Gowribidanur, 2. YFBC Kolar, Mysore Division: 1. Nationals Mysore, 2.Vijayanagar BC Mysore, Mangalore Division: 1.Mangalore BC 2.VBC Mandya Belgaum Divsion: 1. Mallsajjan BC Dharwad, 2. Inspire BC Dharwad  and Kalburgi Division:1. Kuvempu BC Kalburgi 2. YCBC, Bellary

The Matches were played on League cum Super League basis.

Mangalore BC Champions..

Super league matches Morning:

1. VBC Mandya 56( Shashank gowda 16, Shrujan 13) bt Kuvempu bc Kalburgi 27( Sirajuddin 7) Ht 42-20.

2.Mangalore bc 84( Prastik 25, Deekshit 14) bt Mallasajjan BC Dharwad 51( Manjunath 15, Karthik 11) Ht 48-20.

Super league Final match:

1.Mangalore BC 90( Prastik 31, Shashank Rai 19) bt VBC Mandya 58(Shashank Gowda 20) Ht 39-29.

Third Place match:

1. Kuvempu BC Kalburgi 98( Suresh 32, Sirajuddin 32) bt Mallasajjan BC Dharwad 97( Manjunath 52, Karthik 29) Ht 54-41.

The winners carry a cash prize of Rs. 75,000/- Runners Rs.50,000/- Third Place Rs.25,000/- and fourth place Rs.15,000/-

The Best Player of the Tournament Mr Prastik of Mangalore BC a awarded cash prize of Rs.5000/-

The Total cash prize awarded to teams Rs.1,70,000/-

Dr. K. Govindaraj MLC, President FIBA Asia  and Mr Dayananda, IPS  Commissioner of Police & President-KSBBA and Shri R Rajan , Vice President –KSBBA  awarded the trophies and cash prizes to the winning teams.

Placings :

1. Winners- Mangalore BC

2. Runners- VBC Mandya

3. Third place – Kuvempu BC Kalburgi

4. Fourth place- Mallasajjan BC Dharwad

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Karnataka Team for Youth Nationals 2025

The following players have been selected to represent Karnataka State Youth Boys and Girls teams respectively in 40th Youth National Basketball Championship to be held at Pondicherry from 9th to 16th April 2025.

Boys Team:

Kushal Singh M (Capt), Asher D’Souza, Samveh Rathore, Akshath A, Vasisht Prasanna, Advith Anand, Rishtih Basuray, Avyam Gupta, Divith V Shenava, Chatura M Sachu, Krish Bishnoi, Ujwal Jadhav K, Coach: Pramod SK, Manager:Srinivasa Murthy H

Girls Team:

Aditi Subramanina, (Capt)  Sheethal MR , Nireeksha BC, Swathi Prabhu, Mahek Sharma, Srisha N, Aanchal P Seervi, Avni Marda, Anvitha Sanner, Shravani Shivanna,Hanisha Shinde,Shiva Bai C Math, Coach: Sathyanarayana K, Manager: Bhavana R.

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Karnataka State teams for the First U-23 National Basketball Championship

The following players are selected to represent the Karnataka State Basketball teams in the  First U-23 National Basketball Championship for Men & Women held at Guwahati, Assam from 18th to 24th March 2025.

Men Team:

Manoj BM (Capt), Sanketh ( Vice Captain), Goutham PK, Ashwij V Vashist, Kushal Gowda, Sthu J, Sai Samayam, Faaz Ahamed, Dinesh Kumar, Vishnu NM, Amarathya, Sai Sanketh, Coach: Sachin S Belavadi, Manager: RajIve M V

Women Team:

Niharika Reddy (Capt), Mekhala Gowda (Vice Capt), Pavani S, Preethi Mallappa, Sanjana N Kumar, Yashaswini, Ruth Blessen, Sathya K, Nidhi Umesh, Prashitha Shetty, Shakthi YK, Hamsa RN, Coach : Zarina PS, Manager: Mohan Kumar JE

Groupings:

Men :  Group G: Karnataka, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh

Women: Group F: Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andhara Pradesh, Uttarakhand

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Mathru Cup Women’s Championships-2024 and Felicitation of State teams

Results of the matches played at Kanteerava courts on 08 March 2025

FINALS:

1. South Western Railway 75 (Bhandavya 23, Sathya 17, Sathiya 17) bt Beagles BC 66 (Sanjana Ramesh 26, Chandana 13, Mekhala 13) Ht 47-33.

Third place match:

2.DYES Mysore 51 (Jeshtnavi 14, Preethi 11) bt Mounts Club 49 (Nidhi 24, Niharika 14) Ht 27-30.

The Winners carried a cash prize of Rs. 75,000/- Runners Rs. 50,000/- Third Place  Rs. 30,000/- and Fourth Place Rs. 15,000/- were given.

Placing: 1. South Western Railway 2. Beagles BC 3. DYES Mysore. 4. Mounts Club

Best Player of the tournament Ms Mohanbala of SW Railway and Most Promising Player  Ms. Sanjana N Kumar of Beagles BC

STATE TEAMS FELICITATION

The Karnataka State Basketball Association felicitated the following state teams securing gold and silver medals in the recently held Nationals. A total cash prize of  Rs. 14.5 lakhs were given to state team players.

1. Gold Medal – 39th Youth National Basketball Championship-Girls Team.  Awarded Rs. 7.5 lakhs.

2. Silver Medal – 39th Youth National Basketball Championship-Boys Team. Awarded Rs. 5.0 lakhs.

3. 74th Senior Nationals – Men Team secured 4th place. Awarded Rs. 2.0 lakhs.

On the occasion of women’s  day the following guests  distributed the cash awards:

The guests were Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS Chief Secretary, Govt of Karnataka, Dr. K. Govindaraj, MLC, President FIBA Asia and KOA, Mrs. Anu Prabhakar, Kannada Cine Actress.

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38th National Games Karnataka Women Secured Bronze Medal – 2025

Karnataka Women team won the bronze medal in 38th National Games at Dehradun, Uttarakahand from 28th January to 2nd February 2025.

Karnataka 77( Sanjana Ramesh 18, Sobana 17, Mohan Bala 14, Mekhala 13) bt Punjab 76( Komalpreet 28, Amolpreet 21, Kanishka 15) Ht 38-34

Team: Bhandavya HM (Capt), Anusha P, Mohanbala, Sanjana Ramesh, Chandana, Supritha, Mekhala Gowda, Yashaswini, Ruth B, Sobhana, Aadhya Nagalinga and Preethi Mallappa. Coach: Mrs Zarina PS  Manager: Mohan Kumar JE

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State Basketball Teams for National Games-2025

The following players have been selected to represent 5X5 & 3X3 for the Karnataka State Women team in the 38th National Games to be held at Uttharkhand  from 28th  January to 4th Feb 2025.

Men Tam :  Aravind A, (Capt) Anil Kumar ,Abhishek Gowda, Sumanth, Dheeraj Reddy, Manoj BM, Achintya, Aaron M, Arjun Yadhav, Aaron B, Prathyanshu Tomar, Shashank Rai, Coach: Mr GRL Prasad, Manger cum Asst Coach Mr Umashankar.

Women Team ( 5X5) : Bhandvaya HM (Capt), Anusha P, Mohanbala, Sanjana Ramesh, Chandana, Supritha, Mekhala Gowda, Yashaswini, Ruth B, Sobhana, Aadhya Nagalinga, Preethi Mallappa. Coach: Mrs Zarina PS,  Manager: Mohan Kumar JE

Women Team (3×3): Grishma N (Capt), Shakathi, Nidhi Srinivas, Deepika.

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M A Parthasarathy and Abhishek Gowda honoured with Prestigious KOA Awards-2024

1st December 2024: Mr M A Parthasarathy Sir and Mr Abhishek Gowda were honoured with the Prestigious Karnataka Olympic Association Awards-2024 Presented by Hon’ble Chief Minister Mr Siddaramaiah, Home Minister Dr. G. Parmeshwara and FIBA Asia President Dr. K. Govindaraj. The function was held at Yavanika Hall.

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