33RD FEDERATION CUP BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
17/06/2019
Noida 16th June 2019 : Punjab Police and Eastern Railway emerged triumphant in the men’s and on women’s sections in the 33rd Federation Cup Basketball Championship organised by the Uttar Pradesh Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India at Gautham Budda University in Noida .
The Punjab Police men with 2 professionals in Amjoth and Amrithpal the side beat Indian Army 91-71 in a well contested final with Arshpreet Singh leading the way with 24 points. Followed by Amjoth Sing with 20 points.
Sunil was the leading scorer for Indian Army with 18 points
In the women’s final, Eastern Railway out played Tamil Nadu , winning 86-67 to came as the New champion in women
After a good start of 29-15 in the first quarter Eastern Railway slowly loses the control and Tamil Nadu close the gap and the 1st half allowing the lead only 46-42 , the Eastern Railway looked in control as they kept scoring regularly. For Eastern Railway, the tall post players Libina came up with 28 points followed by 6 ftr Poonam Chathurvedi contributing 26 with Madhu Kumari 13 pts and Sithamani Tudu with 12 Supporting them well for Tamil Nadu Dharshin agains came as the leading scorer making 19 points 4 rebounds and 7 assists
Kerala Women and Income Tax Chennai Secure Third Place
Kerala beat Maharashtra 91-70
The Kerala Women faced the Maharashtra Women today morning to decide the 3rd and 4th places.The Kerala team got off to a strong start with 24-18 lead at the end of the first quarter and completed the 1st half with a 52-28 lead . Kerala’s International player Anjanna P.G top scored with 26 points and 12 rebounds , supported by Captain Poojamol KS with 16 and Stephy Nixon Scoring 15 Shruthi Aravind was the lone warrior for Maharashtra with 41 points and 5 rebounds and 2 steals.
Income Tax Chennai beat Guru Gobind College Chandigarh 96-70
The Men 3rd and 4th place match was between Income Tax Chennai and Shri Guru Gobind college Chandigarh . The Income tax had an comfortable lead of 62—41 in the first half itself Sivan Balan top scored for Income Tax with 34 points while another center player Jeevanathan came up with 17 points and 10 rebounds For Shri Guru Gobind College International player Ravi Bhardwaj did the bulk of the scoring with 33 point.
Prize & Souvenir Distribution ceremony
The Honourable Minister for Youth affairs & Sports and Minister of States for Minority affairs Shri Kiran Riju was the Guest of the valedictory function and gave away the prizes and cash awards to the players.
The top three teams received trophies and medals. In the tune of 1 lakh for winners runner up 50,000 and 3rd place 25000
Individual players were also awarded in the following two categories:
Most Valuable Player:
- Libina M J Eastern Railway in Women ,
- Harshpreeth Singh Buller from Punjab Police in Women
Detailed Results Finals
Women :
Eastern Railway 86 (Libina M J28,Poonam Chathurvedi26,Sitamani Tudu 13, Madhu Kumari 12) bt Tamil Nadu-67(T Dharshini 19,M Nishanthi 13, Iswarya 11) (29-15,17-227,21-13,19-12)
Men
The detailed results of the 3rd and 4th place:
Women
Kerala-91 (P G Anjanna 26 K S Poojamol 16,Stephy Nixon 15,K G Rojamol 14 ) bt Maharashtra- 70 (Shruthi Aravind 41, Shakshi Pande 11) (24-18, 28-10, 17-22, 22-20)
Men
Punjab Police -91 (Harshpreet Singh Buller 24, Amjoth Singh 20,Ranbir Singh 18,Amritpal Singh 10 ) bt Indian Army -71(Sunil 18 ,Gopal Ram16, Suresh Kr Bijarnia 10)
Income Tax Chennai-96( G Sivabalan 34,P Jeevanathan 17,PAkhilan 12,M A Raghueam 11) bt Shri Guru Gobind College Chandigarh 70 (Mithun Das 21, P. Pandey 17, A. Rai 14) 76-62 (32-26, 30-15, 21-15, 13-14)
