Senior 3x3 National Basketball Championship 2023 to be held in Chennai from September 22

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Published at :September 6, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Modified at :February 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM

Senior 3x3 National Basketball Championship 2023 to be held in Chennai from September 22

(Courtesy : FIBA.basketball)

Tamil Nadu and Railways are the defending champions in men’s and women’s section respectively

The Senior 3×3 National Basketball Championship 2023 is scheduled to be held from 22 to 24 September, 2023 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Defending champions in men’s – Tamil Nadu and women’s – Railways will be looking to retain their title at the upcoming National championship.

The inaugural edition of the championship was held a decade back in 2013 and since then this specific format has attained huge success among the Indian basketball fraternity.

The Indian U-18 men’s basketball team won two matches and finished third in their respective pool at the recently concluded FIBA U-18 3*3 World Cup 2023. A year prior, the team secured direct qualification to the U-18 World Cup after finishing runner-up at the Asian Cup. This was India’s first direct qualification to World Cup on merit across all age groups.

Moreover, India (men’s and women’s) is set to participate in the Asian Games in the 3*3 format which justifies the growth, the format has seen in India as the 5*5 men’s team couldn’t make it through to the Games.

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In the previous edition of Senior 3×3 National Basketball Championship 2023, Tamil Nadu men’s team secured the top spot by defeating Railways (22-20). In the women’s section Railways got the better of Delhi comprehensively (21-12) to emerge champions. This time, the Tamil Nadu men’s team hold an edge as they will be playing in front of the home crowd.

However, teams like Punjab and Uttarakhand will be tough to beat as they possess good formidable players. Indian captain Vishesh Brighuvanshi led Uttarakhand to third spot in the previous edition.

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