Sub-Junior National Championships tip-off on Friday

The season of National Championships has returned! The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) will be organising the 37th All India National Championship for Sub-Junior Boys and Girls in the picturesque town of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh from the 24th-31st of September. Hosted by the town’s Municipal Corporation Basketball Courts, the championship will feature the youngest members of India’s basketball family.

This will be in invaluable opportunity for the best sub-juniors in the country to showcase their skills. The preliminary group games will take place over the first few days, before the tournament will move on to the knockout stage from September 27th. The Final is slated to be held on Thursday, September 30th.

Only players born on or after January 1st, 1997 are eligible to participate in this competition. The age verification of all the players will be done by the Age Verification Committee/Medical board on Thursday, September 23, one day prior to the beginning of the tournament. The Technical Commission will also conduct the Referees’ Clinic on Thursday at the venue.