Ahmedabad to host Federation Cup basketball championship

The 28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship will be hosted at YMCA International Centre here from January 4, the BFI announced today.
Defending champions ONGC (Uttarakhand) men and Tamil Nadu women will hope to replicate their last year's scintillating performance at the tournament to be played from January 4-9.
In all 18 teams, nine men's and as many women sides, will participate in the competition played on league-cum-knock-out basis.
The winner will take home Rs one lakh while the first and second runners-up will receive Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively.
The event will showcase some of the best Indian men and women international players turning up for their club/state teams like Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Yadvinder Singh, Trideep Rai, Amritpal Singh, Narender Grewal, Palpreet Singh, Rikin Pethani, P Anitha, Raja Priya Dharsini, P S Jeena, Manisha Dange and Shireen Limaye.

"I am pleased to announce that the 28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship for Men & Women will be held in Ahmedabad. Federation Cup National Basketball Championship continues to be one of the most competitive basketball tournaments in India at the highest level and has been growing year after year," Roopam Harish Sharma, CEO, BFI said.

Teams:
Men - ONGC (Uttarakhand, Bhilai Steel Plant (Chhattisgarh), Bhavnagar District (Gujarat), Northeast Frontier Railway, Central Excise (Kerala), Border Security Force (Punjab), Distt. Sikar (Rajasthan), Army Red (Services) and India Overseas Bank (Tamil Nadu)
Women - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Southern Railway, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi and Chhattisgarh.