Puducherry all set to host 6th Junior National Basketball Championship from May 22

The stage is set for the prestigious 76th Junior National Basketball Championship for boys & girls to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Puducherry from May 22 to 29.

The eight-day mega sporting event is being conducted by the Pondicherry Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).

The championship will witness intense competition among the country’s finest young athletes. A total of 30 teams in the men’s section and 25 teams in the women’s section will vie for the ultimate crown. Tamil Nadu enters the tournament with a target on their back, status as the defending champions in both the men’s and women’s categories.

Groupings: Men’s Division:

Group A: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi

Group B: Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Chandigarh

Group C: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Puducherry

Group D: Assam, Goa, Meghalaya, Telangana

Group E: Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Manipur, Uttarakhand

Group F: Andaman & Nicobar, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, West Bengal

Women’s Division

Group A: Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Chhattisgarh

Group B: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan

Group C: Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Goa

Group D: Telangana, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal

Group E: Puducherry, Assam, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand

Group F: Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha