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Mathru Cup – 2026
Mathru Cup Cash Prize State Level Basketball Championship for Women for SMN Memorial Trophy Championship held at Sri Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore from 4th to 8th March 2026.
The final and placing matches played on 08/03/2026 at Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore
South Western Railway Champions…..
Final Match Result:
1. South Western Railways 63 (Bhandhavya 16, Sathya 13,) beat Beagles BC 37 (Sanjana 17 Chandana 10) Ht 44-27
3rd Place Match Result:
1. DYES Mysore 60 (Mandara 15 Rakshitha 12) beat Mounts Club 40 (Nidhi Umesh 13 Avni 10) Ht 37- 21
Final Position:
1. South Western Railway, 2.Beagles BC, 3.DYES Mysore 4. Mounts Club.
Best Player of the Tournament Ms Swathi of Beagles
Most Promising Player Ms.Mandhara, DYES Mysore.
The Winners carried a cash prize of Rs.1,00,000/-, and Runners carried a cash prize of Rs. 70,000/- Third Place carried a cash prize of Rs. 35,000/- and fourth place a carried cash prize of Rs. 20,000/-
Best Player of the tournament Rs.7,500/- and Most Promising Player Rs.5,000/- has been awarded.
The prizes were distributed by Dr.K.Govindaraj, MLC , President FIBA Asia & KOA, Dr.N. Manjula, IAS, Secretary to Government, Dept. of Electronics, Information & Technology and Mr R Chethan IPS, Commissioner Dept. of Youth Empowerment & Sports, and also Mr Rahul Choudhary, MD TV9 Networks.
Karnataka Rural Basketball League Championship for Men 2025-26
The KSBBA conducted the Karnataka rural League Basketball Championship for Men final phase at Sri Kanteerva stadium Basketball Courts, Bangalore from 10th to 13th February 2026. The following teams from different zones winners and runner’s teams participated.
1. Bangalore Rural Zone:
a) Pinakini BC -Gowribidanur, b) Chinnadanadu BC-Kolar
2. Belgaum Zone:
a) SAI-Dharwad, b) Whites BC-Dharwad
3. Mysore City:
a) Nationals SC-Mysore, b) Protech Assn BC- Mysore
4. Mysore Rural Zone:
a) Mangalore BC- Mangalore, b) Marians BC-Chikkamagalore
5. Kalburgi Zone:
a) Bhagwan BC-Kalburgi. b) YCBC –Bellary
The Tournament conducted League cum Super League basis The final matches held on 13/02/2026.
Marians BC Chikkamagalore are the champions of 7th Edition KBL -Karnataka Rural League Basketball Championship held today at Bangalore
Finals Results:
1. Marians BC Chikkamagaluru 85 (Om Shetty 20, Rishabh 19) beat National SC Mysuru 65 (Ronak 24, Shlok 17) Ht 44-33
3rd place match:
1. Mangalore BC Mangalore 79 (Deekshith 16, Divith 14) beat Protec Association Mysuru 77 (Ranjith 28, Ranen 22) Ht 41-47
Super League Matches Results
Morning Session
1. National SC Mysuru 80 (Suman 28, Ronak 21) Beat Protec Association Mysuru 70 (Kishan 13, Ranjith 12) Ht 37-35
2. Marians BC Chikkamagaluru 55 (Rishabh 23, Om Shetty) beat Mangalore BC Mangalore 50 (Amruth 17, Aditya 12) Ht 37-27
The Placing are:
1. Marians BC –Winners
2. Nationals SC- Runners
3. Mangalore BC-Third Place
4. Protech Assn- Fourth Place
Cash prize of 75,000/- has been given to winners, Runners up cash prize of 50000/-
Third place cash prize of Rs.25,000/- a total cash prize of Rs.1,50,000/-
The Best Player of the championship was awarded to Mr Ronak of Nationals SC Mysore a cash prize of Rs. 5,000/- was given and the most promising player has been awarded to Mr Keshav of Protech Assn BC Mysore a cash prize of Rs.2,000/- was awarded.
The prizes were distributed by Dr K Govindaraj MLC President, FIBA Asia and KOA, Mr Rajan, Vice President KSBBA, Mr R.Prakash, Associate Secretary-KSBBA and Mr V C Bellary, Associate Secretary-KSBBA.
Karnataka Teams for 5th 3×3 Senior National Championship-2026
Karnataka State Men & Women Teams participated in the 5th 3×3 Senior National Basketball Championship held at New Delhi from 29th to 31st January 2026.
The Team:
Men: Aravind A,(Capt) Sumanth Sathyanarayana, Manoj BM, Dheeraj Reddy YA
Women: Aadhya Gowda R (Capt), Sobhana S, Nidhi Umesh, Aadhya Aithal.
Karnataka Teams for Senior Nationals at Chennai-2026
The following players have been selected to represent Karnataka State Men and Women Basketball teams in the 75th Senior National Basketball Championship for Men and Women to be held at Chennai from 4th to 11th January 2026.
Men Team:
Arvind .A (Capt) Pratyanshu Tomar ( Vice Capt), Anil Kumar BK, Aaron M, Shashank J Rai, Abhishek Gowda, Sumanth S, Dheeraj Reddy YA, Manoj BM, Bathesh S, Likith Bopanna, Gautham PK, Head Coach: Thankachan MC, Asst.Coach: Umashankar BC.
Women Team:
Sanjana Ramesh (Capt), Bhandavya HM, (Vice Capt), Sruthi Arvind, Sobhana S, Ruth Anna B, Aadhya Gowda, Mahek Sharma, Bindushree Gowda, Nidhi Umesh, Sanika Venkatesh, Shravani Shivanna, Mansa TA , Coach: Mrs Jayavanthi S, Asst.Coach: Mohan Kumar JE.
State Association Cup Basketball Championship-2025
The State Association Cup Basketball Championship final league matches results at Sri Kanteerva Indoor Stadium, Bangalore on 29/11/2025.
Young Orion’s Sports Club & South Western Railway are Champions…
Semi-final League Matches:
Morning:
1. Bank of Baroda 90 ( Aravind 36 Ashwij 11) beat Southern Blues 73 (Venkat 20 Akhil 15) Ht:43-31
Evening Final League Matches:
Women:
1. South Western Railway 76 ( Bhandvya 16 Shruthi 15 ) beat Beagles BC 74 (Sanjana Ramesh 36 Tavleen 14) Ht: 32-44
Men
1. Young Orions SC 68 ( Shashank Rai 22 Suraj 12) beat DYES Bangalore 43 ( Adarsh 17 Likith Bopanna 13) Ht: 45-24
In Men Section:
1st Place: Young Orion’s Sports club,2nd Place Bank of Baroda 3rd Place DYES Bangalore 4th Place Southern Blues
In the women section
1st Place South Western railway 2nd place Beagles BC , 3rd Place Mounts Club 4th Place Rajamahal BC
The Cash Prizes for Winners Rs. 50000/- Runners Rs. 25,000/- and Third Place Rs.15,000/- for both Men and Women section with trophies and same was distributed by Dr K Govindaraj MLC President FIBA Asia and KOA & Sri R Chethan IPS Commissioner DYES, Sri R Rajan Vice President-KSBBA, Sri S Gunashekhar, Vice President KSBB were present.
State A B C Division League Championship for Men-2025
Finals of the State A B C Division League Championship was played at Kanteerava Indoor Stadium courts on 20-11-2025.
Bank of Baroda won the State A Division League Basketball Championship….
Results all final league:
1. State A Division League for Prof N C Parappa memorial ever rolling trophy.
A. Bank of Baroda 88( Aaron 23, Karthikeyan 17, Anilkumar 17) bt Young Orion’s SC 85( 85( Shashank Rai 25, Gautam 23, Abhishek Gowda 17) Ht 41-49.
2. State B Division league Championship for M C Srinivasa memorial trophy.
B. GST & Customs 72( Vishnu 28, Bhuvan 21) bt Bharath Su 57( Akshay 22, Kanishka 21) Ht 36-23.
3. State C division league championship for S Rangarajan memorial trophy.
C. MEG & Centre 90 ( Abhishek Y P 41, Juval john 21) bt HBR BC 82( Shashidhar 26, Sai Sanketh 10) Ht 43-37.
The Following Cash Prizes were distributed:
A League winners Rs. 50,000/-, Runners Rs. 25,000/-
B League winners Rs. 40,000/- Runners Rs. 20,000/-
C League Winners Rs. 30,000/-, Runners Rs. 15,000/-
Total Cash Prizes Given: Rs. 1,80,000/-
The Prize distribution function was attended by Dr.K.Govindaraj, MLC President-FIBA Asia & KOA, Shri Soumendu Mukherjee IPS, ADGP-Admin, Shri R Chethan, IPS Commissioner-DYES, Shri R.Rajan Vice President-KSBBA, Shri G.Dilip Former Olympian and Mr R.Prakash, Associate Secretary KSBBA attended the function…
FIBA Asia General Assembly and Release of Book-2025
It was a proud moment for Bengaluru to host the FIBA Asia Mid-Term General Assembly and to welcome Asian Basketball leaders for the FIBA Asia Gala Dinner held on 29th October 2025 at Shangri-La Hotel, Bangalore.
It was also an emotional moment for Dr K. Govindaraj, MLC & President, FIBA – Asia, and KOA that a book on his journey titled “Basketball Believer” was released on the occasion. We, in KSBBA, sincerely hope that it inspires young dreamers to pursue their goals with faith and perseverance.
The occasion was graced by FIBA President Mr Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani, Mr Andreas Zagkils, Secretary General FIBA, Executive Director FIBA Asia Mr Hagoop Khajiraian.
Dr. G. Parmeshwara, Hon’ble Home Minister, Sri M B Patil Hon’ble Minister for Industries and Infrastructure Development, Dr H C Mahadevappa, Hon’ble Minister for Social Welfare, Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil, Hon’ble Minister for Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka and other dignitaries attended the function.
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BFI President Dr. K Govindaraj, MLC, has been elected as President FIBA Asia – 2023
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