National Basketball Championship (men)

National Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1950
Country	India
Most recent; champion(s)	Tamil Nadu (1st title) ; (2023)
Level on pyramid	3 (since 2023); 1 (1950–2023)

The National Basketball Championship is a men's national level basketball tournament, held by the Basketball Federation of India, governing body of basketball in India. The competition is contested among the regional state teams affiliated under Basketball Federation of India.

The league was the first tier of basketball in the country, but later changed to the 2nd and even 3rd tier (since 2023).^[2]

2019 edition

2019 marked the 70th time the Indian Senior National Basketball Championship was held. It took place in the Guru Nanak Indoor Stadium.^[3]

Punjab won against Tamil Nadu 93-75. The team consisted of Amritpal Singh, Amjyot Singh and Princepal Singh for Punjab and, Jeevanantham Pandi and Aravind Annadurai were among the top adversaries fot Tamil Nadu.

In the semifinals, Punjab’s team secured a 79-67 win over Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu secured a 65-63 win against Indian Railways.^[3]

Championships

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Ref.
2017	Uttarakhand
2018	Tamil Nadu
2019	Punjab^[4]	Tamil Nadu^[3]
2020	Punjab^[1]
2023	Tamil Nadu	Railway	^[5]

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player

- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hoop and the hype: Meet the promising basketball talent knocking on Team India doors Shivani Naik (The Indian Express), 9 January 2020. Accessed 12 January 2021.
^ "Indian National Basketball Championship, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 70th National Basketball Championship: Punjab men and Railways women repeat as champions Gopalakrishnan R (Sportskeeda), 1 April 2020. Accessed 13 August 2021.
^ 70th Senior National Basketball Championship, Ludhiana: Groups, Fixtures, and Schedule Yash Matange (NBA.com), 21 December 2019. Accessed 2 February 2021.
^ "Tamil Nadu men, Railways women lift National Basketball Championship trophies". Hindustan Times. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ पिता के बाद अब बेटा खेलेगा सीनियर इंटरनेशनल बास्केटबाल, फीबा एशिया कप के लिए चयन Skand Shukla (Dainik Jagran), 19 February 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021.(in Hindi)

External links

[Naik-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hoop and the hype: Meet the promising basketball talent knocking on Team India doors Shivani Naik (The Indian Express), 9 January 2020. Accessed 12 January 2021.

[2] "Indian National Basketball Championship, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

[Gopalakrishnan-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 70th National Basketball Championship: Punjab men and Railways women repeat as champions Gopalakrishnan R (Sportskeeda), 1 April 2020. Accessed 13 August 2021.

[4] 70th Senior National Basketball Championship, Ludhiana: Groups, Fixtures, and Schedule Yash Matange (NBA.com), 21 December 2019. Accessed 2 February 2021.

[5] "Tamil Nadu men, Railways women lift National Basketball Championship trophies". Hindustan Times. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

[6] पिता के बाद अब बेटा खेलेगा सीनियर इंटरनेशनल बास्केटबाल, फीबा एशिया कप के लिए चयन Skand Shukla (Dainik Jagran), 19 February 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021.(in Hindi)

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