71st Junior National Basketball Championship

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Punjab and Rajasthan emerged as the “girls” and “boys” champions respectively in the 71st Junior National Basketball Championship held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

• Rajasthan boys trounced Chandigarh 82-­61, while Punjab withstood a spirited fightback from Rajasthan (57- 52) to win women’s title.

The 71st edition of Championship was hosted by Madhya Pradesh Basketball Association (MPBA) from 4th to 10th January 2022, under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India (BFI) to help in identifying potential basketball stars and providing them with the platform and opportunity to turn their inherent talent into a real-life profession.

• MBPA trains the kids to learn to be great basketball players with 360-degree development. It also trains the underprivileged children to give them equal chances as well.