First Pan India Basketball competitions take the sport to the
Country's Grassroots & also " Road to Olympics" project of
Basketball Federation of India.
The Basketball Federation of India,announced the inaugural season
of the Indian National Basketball League to be held from March,18 To
May,29,2022. The INBL is to be conducted across 20 cities in India.The
20 cities are Aizawal,Bengaluru,Bhavnagar,Bhilai,Chandigarh,Chennai,
Cuttack,Delhi,Guwahati,Hyderabad,Indore,Jaipur,Kangra,Kochi,Kolkata,
Ludhiana,Lucknow,Mumbai,Panjim & Puducheri simultaneously.
FIBA 3 X 3 competitions will be held across Four categories.They are :
Men,Women,Under 18 Men, & Under 18 women.The Champions from
each city will qualify to play the national Finals scheduled to be held
at Bengaluru from May 27 To 29,2022.The inaugural weekend of march
18-20 will see action in the BFI-INBL 3 X 3 season 1 at Bengaluru at
Sree Kanteerava Stadium (outdoors) and the West Bengal Basketball
Association courts in Kolkata.More than 200 teams will be in action,
120 team in Bengaluru & more than 90 teams in Kolkata. There is
Prize money for the top Four teams in each category at the city
level & the National Finals.
Speaking on the occasion of launch of INBL,Dr.K.Govindaraj,MLC
President,Basketball Federation of India said," The INBL is formed
to build awareness & popularity and to identify & develop thousands
of promising basketball talent in the country.The unique competition
format that we have put together takes basketball to the grassroots.
We are playing in 20 cities providing an opportunity for players in
those cities to play right at their doorsteps and yet be a part of the
FIBA 3 X 3 world ranking system.This is our first step and we are
hoping it will take us all the way for India to qualify for the
2024 Paris Olympics ".
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