The Karnataka State Basketball Association under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India hosted the prestigious 72nd Junior National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls at Sree Kanteerava Indoor & Outdoor Stadium, Bangalore from 21st – 27th January 2023.
This was another major National Basketball Championship to be held in Karnataka in addition to holding 7 International events and many National Championships. This event is the most talented level Championship for players at the National level and a launching pad for players of the future stepping into the senior grade of player. The top 16 Teams in Boys & Girls qualified from five zones namely (North, South, East, West & North East Zone) will be participating in the 72nd Junior National Basketball Championship. The 72nd National Basketball Championship 2022 witnessed about 400 players in action supported by 80 coaches apart from 50 technical officials who conducted the matches. This was the inception year of the event being played in the Zonal format and followed by Nationals in U18 category (among the top 16 teams in both Men & Women) after successfully being appreciated at the Senior Level too.
All the participants were provided accommodation in hotels, healthy and hygienic food, Local Transportation, Live telecasting of the games was done throughout the event. Karnataka State Basketball Association is known for its organizing ability and rational hospitality is going all out to make this gigantic venture a grand success.
The game is now witnessing a total transformation in India with players actively participating at various levels. The possibility of opening up of the game in a professional circuit is turning into a reality as the Basketball Federation of India is contemplating of starting a “Pro League” having commenced its own 3×3 and 5×5 Leagues recently too.
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Fixtures for 72nd Junior National Basketball Championship
Karnataka Boys and Girls Team List
Tamil Nadu Women and Uttar Pradesh Men the Junior Champions
Men Finals UP BEAT RAJASTHAN
Women Finals Tamilnadu beat Chattisgarh…
Bangaluru (Karnataka) – Tamil Nadu women and Uttar Pradesh men returned to the top of 72nd Junior national Basketball Championship crown with an 101 -32 victory over Chhattisgarh in women and UP Men over Rajasthan respectively here at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangaluru
In women A Nikitha connected on six three-pointers to score 25 points followed by captain Satya scoring 23 for making Tamil Nadu women the champions with an victory .
In Men after leading 44-30 at the half time Uttar Pradesh scoring lead by Kushal Singh who contributed 31 points and supported by Harsh dagar with 18 ponts defeated Rajsthan 82-61
Bronze for Tamil Nadu men and Punjab women
Tamil Nadu men defeated Punjab 78-64 while Punjab Women took the bronze defeating Maharashtra 90-55
The prizes were distributed by the Hon Minister for Higher education and IT Dr. C N Ashwathnaryanan in Presence of Dr. K Govindaraj MLC, President of Basketball Federation of India and Chandermukhi Sharma Secretary General of basketball Federation of India.
Sri Govindaraj announced a cash award of 2 lakh to the winners and 1 lakh to the runner up and 50,000 to the second runner up.
Detailed Scores
Finals
Men
Uttar Pradesh-82(Kushal Singh 31,Harsh Dagar 18,Aman Kaushik 10) bt Rajasthan-61(Ayush Choudhary 22,Rahul 14,Mohit 12)
Women
Tamil Nadu -101(A Nitika 25,K Sathya 23,R Deepthi 16, Sadhana Verona 15) bt Chhattisgarh -32 (Ishika Singh 07, Moni Adia 06)
3rd & 4th
Women
Punjab-90(Manmeet Kaur 28, Kanveer Kaur 23, Komaalpreet Kaur 14,Nasar Kaur dhillp 13) bt Maharashtra-55(Aanya Bavsar 17,Anisha Gaurav 12, Bhumika Sarje 11)
Men
Tamil Nadu-78(S Praglathan 29,V Sharan 16,B Sub vel 13) bt Punjab-64(Harmonjot Singh 15, Sahibhijit Singh 13, Jashandeep Singh 10)
5th and 6th Place
Women
Kerala-77(Irin Elsa John 18, Ashlin Shiju 13, Aleena Jaison 12,Ruth Anna Blessen 11) bt Uttar Pradesh-74(Vidhi Yadav 18,Ruby Rajput 17, Aanavi Anand 13)
Men
Madhya Pradesh-69(Suryansh Singh Kushwah 16,Som Pratap Singh 16,Jay Raghuvanshi14) bt Karntaka-66(Avinash Nayak 15)
9th t0 16th
Karnataka women and Kerala in lower group finals Karnataka girls beat Haryana (76-52) while Kerala boys beat Andhra Pradesh (78-68) to finish the championship in 9th Position
Finals
Men:
Kerala- 78(Adarsh Kappan 20, Jordan Cherian 18,Alfin Charlley 18) bt Andhra Pradesh-68( Leela Kumar 19,Sathya Prakash 19 )
Women
Karnataka -76 (Neharika Reddy 15,Yaswini14, Aadaya 13 ) bt Haryana -52 (Nancy 18,Anju 11)
Semi finals
Men
Kerala-70(Alfin Charly 18,Emmanuel T Shaibu 16,Jordan Cherian 15) bt Maharashtra -62(Shivraj 16,Zain Lakhani 15)
Andhra Pradesh -78(Sathya Prakash 24,Guru Charan 16) bt Uttarakhand-75(Priyanshu Chand 15,Nikunj Choudhary 14)
Women
Karnataka-103(Adhya 18,Yaswini 12, Nihariika Reddy 10) bt Andhra Pradesh-45(A Anitha 10)
Haryana-98(Anju 32,Mannu 18) bt West Bengal -93(Susmita Kapat 21,Ananya 15)
