#6: 41ST 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 41st 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 22nd to the 28th 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment