Twenty-eight boys and 26 girls’ teams will take part in the 41st Youth National Basketball Championship to be held at Chondhe Patil Sports Complex and Vidya Valley School in Pune from October 27 to November 3, 2026.
In all 96 league matches and 48 knock-out games will be played over the next eight days as the teams will look to put up an impressive show during the championship.
Tamil Nadu boys and Maharashtra girls will be going all out to defend their status while teams from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Karnataka will be looking to give their best shot to be among the medal winners.
Telangana boys’ team had secured the sixth place and the girls’ team finished seventh last time. This time around, they will be keen on putting up a better performance and clinch a higher position in the table.
The Championship will be inaugurated by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Tamil Nadu sports minister Aadhav Arjuna, who is also the president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), and Kulvinder Singh Gill, secretary general of the Basketball Federation of India, will be present on the occasion.
Groups: Boys Group A: Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Kerala. Group B: Rajasthan, Haryana, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Group C: Maharashtra, Bihar, Goa, Tripura, Uttarakhand. Group D: Karnataka, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, West Bengal. Group E: Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha. Group F: Chhattisgarh, Andaman & Nicobar, Jharkhand, Manipur.
Girls: Group A: Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala. Group B: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi. Group C: Rajasthan, Goa, Haryana, Uttarakhand. Group D: Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura. Group E: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Puducherry. Group F: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha.
