Odisha boys made the state proud by finishing a creditable seventh, outplaying defending champions Chhattisgarh 89-76. This was the state`s best performance in the past 10 years of the championship. Guided by former India coach JP Singh, Odisha boys started their campaign on a winning note, trouncing Chandigarh 57-29. They next beat Jammu & Kashmir 66-35 to emerge toppers in Group-D.
After topping pool D, they qualified for the pre-quarterfinals by edging out West Bengal 102-97. They next lost to Haryana 72-93 in the but beat Maharashtra 84-70 in the pre-quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Odisha lost to Punjab 45-91.
But Odisha girls came a cropper in the championship, losing four matches in row before ending their campaign with a win. They lost to Madhya Pradesh 25-66, Maharashtra 17-69, Kerala 9-59 and Punjab 36-73. They registered their lone win, beating Delhi 44-41 in a relegation match.
Despited being prepared well under the guidance of former National coach Siba magon, the girls could not do well because they were clubbed in the upper leve (Pool B) with stronger teams.
National men’s head coach Scott Flemming and National women’s head coach Francisco Garcia (Spain) visited the championship to have a glimpse of the young talents.
OBA had worked out a tentative budget of Rs 57.30 lakhs for the hosting of championship. Major expenses included fooding for 50 teams Rs 20 lakhs, portable pole and board Rs 10 lakhs, electronic score boards Rs 8 lakhs and accommodation Rs 5 lakhs.
Odisha hosted a National basketball championship after a gap of nine years. Incidentally, the J N Indoor Stadium was the venue when Odisha played host to the 54th Senior National Basketball Championship from December 26, 2003 to January 2, 2004.
The 23rd Federation Cup was another major event, which OBA staged at Rourkela from October 28 to November 2, 2007.
ODISHA TEAMS:
BOYS: Amarjeet Pandey, Mohammad Saddam Hussain, Sahid Khan, Firoz Barua, Jatin Kumar Sethi, Rudrakant Sahu, Seikh Aftabuddin, Bharat Tamsoy, Alek Lakra, Mahesh Kumar Panda, Nishant Mishra, Krushna Chandra Bhuyan, S P Rahul, Achyutananda Kahali. Chief coach: J P Singh, Assistant coach: Satya Acharya, Manager: N B Yadav.
GIRLS: Rajashree Swain, Jayshree Baskey, Sibani Nayak, Athren Kujur, Bishnupriya Mallick, Anita Das, Shibani Sahoo, Shalu Arji, Poonam Kiro, Pramodini Nayak, Suvanki Sahoo, Adasiya Priyadarsini Sahoo. Chief coach: Rajesh Singh, Assistant coach: Smarita Samantaray, Manager: Basanti Manjari Nayak.
RESULTS:
GROUP LEAGUE:
BOYS:
1.   Karnataka (Issac Thomas 20, Sowkin Shetty 13) bt Andhra Pradesh (SSVR Krishna 9) 80-52.
2.   Tamil Nadu (S Karthickayan 28, P Vijay 17) bt Madhya Pradesh (BP Singh 15, B Akash 14) 75-64.
3.   Delhi (Pradeep 29, Narendar 26, A Singh Sohal 25) bt Rajasthan (Devendra 22, Navjot 14) 114-86.
4.   Odisha (Firoz Barwa 17, Amarjeet Pandey 16, Bharat Tamsey 10) bt Chandigarh (Naveen 12) 57-29.
5.   Haryana (Naveen 12, Rahul 10) bt Assam (Navin Gaur 11, Idul Ali 11) 65-35.
6.   Pondicherry (R. Amiruddha 13, M. Atchuthan 11) bt Uttrakhand (Aufil 8) 39-36.
7.   Uttar Pradesh (Abhi Kumar Singh 22, R. K. Pandey 11) bt Gujarat (K Upadhyaya 12) 66-35.
8.   Kerala (JG Nair 23, AR Akhil 22) bt Maharashtra (J Mihir 14, K Sanket 13) 95-69.
9.   Madhya Pradesh (A Bhasin 16, S Mishra 16, BP Singh 16) bt Andhra Pradesh (KAV Reddy 7) 106-35.
10. Chhattishgarh (Sanjeev Kumar 29, T Yadav 11) bt Maharashtra (S Shaikh 17, S Yousuf 12) 67-50.
11. Haryana (Pardeep 16, Naveen 13, Udhvir 10) bt Uttrakhand (Kamal 6) 70-15.
12. Punjab (Loveneet 46, Satnam 16, Kushmeet 16) bt Tamil Nadu (S Karthikeyan 28, P Raghunath 28, P Vijay 12) 94-82.
14. Delhi (Pardeep 16, Pankaj 15, AS Sohal 12) bt Chhattishgarh (Sanjeev 18, Shiv Kumar 13, P Rajesh 10) 62-59.
15. Maharashtra (Samson 22, Salman 13, Mihir 12) bt Rajasthan (Abhimanyu 22, Devendra 21, Shubham 17) 72-70.
16. Tamil Nadu (M Harissh 20, S Karthickeyan 13, Nikal Pandian 11, P Vijay 11) bt Andhra Pradesh (KAV Reddy 12) 85-41.
17. Punjab (Khushmeet 15, Loveneet 13, Gurwinder 13, Satnam 10) bt Karnataka (Clinton 8) 68-49.
18. Uttar Pradesh (Himanshu 21, Ravi Kishor 16) bt Himachal Pradesh (Saurav Bagga 20, Rakesh 15) 74-55.
19. Odisha (Amarjit Pandey 21, Firoz Barwa 12) bt Jammu & Kashmir (Gurvinder Singh 11) 66-35.
20. West Bengal (Sourav Singh 16, Sagar Joshi 10) bt Bihar (Dheeraj Ranjan 8) 34-11.
21. Haryana (Rahul 10) bt Pondicherry (S Maghesh 4) 70-18.
22. Uttrakhand (Karnal 19, Amit 14) bt Assam (Bijit Kalita 15, Nabin Gaur 12) 46-41.
23. Kerala (Akhil 24, Arun 14) bt Chhattishgarh (Sanjeev 11, Shiv Kumar 11) 62-51.
24. Delhi (Pankaj 22, Narendra 20, Pradeep 17) bt Maharashtra (Pranav 12) 87-54.
25. Tamil Nadu (S Karthickeyan 30, P Vijay 20) bt Karnataka (Clinton 21, Jeethendar 15) 92-81.
26. Punjab (Satnam 31, Hemant 13, Khushmeet 12) bt Madhya Pradesh (Shubham 12) 91-66.
GIRLS:
1.   Haryana (Prince 24, Suman 24, Savitha 15) bt Delhi (Somya 24, Monika 22, Padmavati 13) 82-72.
2.   Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 44, S Kaur 31) bt UP (Preeti Kumari 20, B Sonkar 14) 92-65.
3.   Kerala (Poojamil KS 21, Garima Merlin 20) bt Punjab (Nirmal Kaur 29, Kulwinder Kaur 12) 62-50.
4.   Karnataka (Supriya MS 16) bt Gujarat (Tulika Bisht 8) 67-13.
5.   Chandigarh (Kirti 12, Akshita 12) bt Pondicherry (N Suganya 6) 37-8.
6.   Jharkhand (Mridula Barla 8, Jidew Barla 5) bt Bihar (Anushka Rai 4) 22-6.
7.   Assam (Kiran 12, Binita 6) bt Andhra Pradesh (Mrunalini Reddy 6, S Nikitha 5) 30-21.
8.   West Bengal (Paulami Chatterjee 8, Swagata Dey 8) bt Uttrakhand (Vedika Tibrewala 3) 32-5.
9.   Madhya Pradesh (Monika Singh 13, Princy Singh 10) bt Odisha (Advasha Sahani 7) 66-25.
10. Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 33, Sangeeta Kaur 25) bt Haryana (Savita Gadwal 19) 95-46.
11. Kerala (Poojamol KS 25, Grima Merlin 21) bt Maharashtra (Shireen Limaye 19, S Menon 17) 69-46.
12. Chandigarh (Akshita 12, Amrinder Kaur 12) bt Jammu & Kashmir (Jasmina 2) 54-11.
13. Himachal Pradesh (T Bisht 18) bt Gujarat (G Talwar 10) 43-32.
14. Rajasthan (N Sharma 18, K.Taragi 11) bt Bihar (Akshara 7) 45-7.
15. Andhra Pradesh (Mrunalini Reddy 12) bt Uttrakhand (Rida Fatima 14) 37-30.
16. West Bengal (Ritu Purna Das 18, Paulami Chatterjee 10) bt Assam (Uma 7) 46-19.
17. Uttar Pradesh (Preethi Kumari 51, B Sonkar 20) bt Tamil Nadu (PM Varghi 18, R Shalmila 17) 83-80.
18. Madhya Pradesh (Monika 21, Monal 19, Amishi 17) bt Punjab (Nirmal 29, Kulwinder 11) 74-72.
19. Uttar Pradesh (Barkha Sowakar 12, Garima Singh 12, Jesslina Mayyou 10) bt Haryana (Komal Yadav 6) 72-28.
20. Tamil Nadu (P Hemalatha 16, R Sharmila 12, R Selvamithra 11) bt Delhi (Monika Vats 16) 73-26.
21. Kerala (Awasthy 14) bt Madhya Pradesh (Princy 7) 54-19.
22. Maharashtra (K Divadkar 18, R Tripathi 13, S Limaye 12) bt Odisha (Rajashree Swain 7, Jayashree Baskey 6) 69-17.
23. Karnataka (Aishwarya Mohan 13) bt Himachal Pradesh (Gurunika Talwar 6) 63-20.
24. Pondicherry (N Suganya 7) bt Jammu & Kashmir (Jasmina 10) 24-22.
25. Rajasthan (Nisha Sharma 20, Kamlesh Taragi 19) bt Jharkhand (Mridula Barla 3) 50-9.
26. West Bengal (Paulami Chatterjee 21) bt Andhra Pradesh (M Sreetha Reddy 7) 49-22.
27. Assam (Uma 22, Binita 16) bt Uttrakhand (Ayushi Dhingra 12) 56-46.
28. Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 63, A Kavita 18) bt Tamil Nadu (R Selvamitra 20, M Keethi 19) 98-67.
29. Maharashtra (Kritika 24, Sruthi 13, Ishwari 11) bt Punjab (Nirmal 24, Kulwinder 10) 77-43.
30. Kerala (Vinaya 20, Aswathy 10, Prami 10) bt Odisha (Rajshree 9) 59-9.
31. Uttar Pradesh (Preeti 33, Niharika 23, Barkha 16) bt Delhi (Soumya 22, Padmavathy 17) 110-68.
QUALIFYING MATCHES:
Boys:
1.  Haryana (Pardeep 23, Naveen 18, Rahul 15) bt Uttar Pradesh (Himanshu 25, Abhyudaya 12) 89-68.
2.  Odisha (Bharat Tamsoy 27, Firoz Barwa 25) bt West Bengal (S Joshi 54, S Jaiswal 15) 102-97.
3.  Delhi (Narendra 25, Pardeep Kumar 19, AS Sohal 14, Pankaj 14) bt Kerala (Jishnu 17, Arun 13, Sreerag 13, Akhil 11) 78-63.
4.  Punjab (Abhishek 13, Jaspreet 13, Gurwinder 13, Satnam 13, Khushmeet 12, Hemant 10) bt Andhra Pradesh (G Rakesh Reddy 12, S Sai Kumar 11) 97-52.
5.  Chhattishgarh (Ravi Kumar 26, Shiv Kumar 21, Ankit Kumar 17, Tarendra 15, Sanjeev Kumar 15) bt Rajasthan (Devendra 36, Shubham 16, Abhimanyu 12) 110-86.
6.  Karnataka (Issac 23, Clinton 17, Sowkin 16, Jeethendar 14) bt Madhya Pradesh (Shubham 15, Ashiv 11, Mohit 10) 78-66.
7.  Haryana (Naveen 31, Rahul 21, Pardeep 17, Himanshu 15) bt Odisha (Firoj Barwa 22, Bharat Tamsoy 21, Amarjit Pandey 14) 93-72.
Girls:
1.  Rajasthan (Usha Chouhan 23, Anita Meena 10) bt Chandigarh (Amrinder 12, Akshita 10) 71-44.
2.  Karnataka (BP Lavanya 6) bt West Bengal 42-7.
3.  Punjab (Kulwinder 28, Nirmal 27) bt Odisha (Rajashree 18, Shibani 6) 73-36.
4.  Tamil Nadu (R Niranjana 16, K Devi Rajlakshmi 12, R Sharmila 12, S Shreyanka 10, P Mathuravani 10) bt Haryana (Savita 12, Suman 10) 85-43.
5.  Maharashtra (Sruthi 22, Kritika 16, Shireen 11, Ishwari 10) bt Madhya Pradesh (Amishi 15, Monika 11, Monal 10) 65-50.
6.  Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 26, Sangeeta Kaur 25) bt Delhi (Monika 22) 91-49.
7.  Rajasthan (Kamlesh Taragi 24, Nishi Sharma 19) bt Karnataka (Babay Bat HV 6) 54-37.
LOSERS KNOCK-OUT MATCHES FOR LEVEL 2 GROUPS:
Boys:
1.  Uttrakhand (Kamal 28) bt Jammu & Kashmir (G Singh 14, A Singh 10) 55-50.
2.  Bihar (Dhaval 26, Rohan Pataoni 12) bt Gujarat (Chandan Kumar 25, Rohit Raj 19) 68-61.
3.  Jharkhand (Gurwinder Singh 25, Avirup Paika Ray 10, Roshan Habil Lugun 10) bt Chandigarh (Naveen 25) 73-54.
4.  Bihar (Chanderan Kumar 21, Rohit Raj 17) bt Uttrakhand (Kamal 20, Amit 16) 57-50.
Girls:
1.  Gujarat (Tulika Bisht 19) bt Jharkhand (M Barla 6) 33-17.
2.  Himachal Pradesh (A Rathour 8) bt Bihar 28-4.
3.  Assam (Uma 8) bt Jammu & Kashmir (Hanuman 6) 42-15.
4.  Andhra Pradesh (M Reddy 10, A Rao 10) bt Gujarat (I Bisht 24) 48-37.
5.  Assam (Kiran 13) bt Himachal Pradesh (Y Negi 9) 34-32.
PRE-QUARTERFINALS (Level-1 knock-out):
Boys:
Odisha (Bharat Tamsoy 16, Alek Lakra 16, Firoj Barwa 15) bt Maharashtra (Mihir Joshi 18, Salam Qureshi 12) 84-70.
Madhya Pradesh (Brigeh 13, Anam 13, Mohit 13) bt Haryana (Pradeep 21, Udhvir 20) 84-70.
Girls:
Karnataka (Kavana 18, Sapriya 10, Baby 10) bt Haryana (P Suman 22, S Prince 18, G Saveeta 11) 71-57. Rajasthan (Nisha Sharma 29) bt Punjab (Nirmal Kaur 33, Kulwinder Kaur 13) 70-68.
QUARTERFINALS:
Boys:
Tamil Nadu (P Ragunath 26, G Anto Bethlen 16, P Viay 13, S Karthickeyan 11) bt Chhattisgarh (Sanjeev 37, Rajesh 15) 80-64.
Kerala (AR Akhil 31, Jishnu G Nair 19, Sreerag N Nair 13, Arun Babu 10) bt Karnataka (M Sharath 22, Issac Thomas 15, AP Clinton 10, Sowkin Shetty 10) 77-72.
Delhi (Narendar 18, Pardeep Kumar 18, Akkijeet Singh Sonal 16, Gaurav Ohlan 15) bt Madhya Pradesh (Akash Bhasin 15) 80-57.
Punjab (Arshdeep Singh 14, Rajueer Singh 14, Satnam Singh 12, Dildar Singh 11, Khushmeet Singh 10) bt Odisha (Alek Lakra 10, Firoj Barwa 10, Amarjeet Pandey 9) 91-45.
Girls:
Maharashtra (Sruti 20, Kritika 19, Shireen 17) bt Uttar Pradesh (Niharika 20, Preeti 18) 70-53.
Tamil Nadu (Hemlata 23, Sharmila 18, Keerthi 18, Selumitra 16) bt Madhya Pradesh (Princy 22, Amishi 21, Monika 17) 90-78.
Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 45, Sangeetha Kaur 29, Pooja 13) bt Rajasthan (Nisha Sharma 25, Usha Chouhan 12) 103-56.
Kerala (KS Poojamul 23, Vinaya Joseph 18, Grima Merlin Vargh 10) bt Karnataka (PT Dechamma 9) 74-29.
RELEGATION (Level-1 to Level-2):
Boys:
Rajasthan (Abhimanu Singh 28, Shubham Tomar 14) bt Andhra Pradesh (SSVR Krishna Reddy 15, MS Durga Prasad 12) 75-52.
Girls:
Odisha (Rajashree Swain 16, Shibani Nayak 12, Jayashree Baskey 10) bt Delhi (Soumya 15) 44-41.
SEMIFINALS:
Boys: Delhi (AS Sohal 37, Pardeep 17, Narendra 17, Gaurav 15) bt Tamil Nadu (S Karthickeyan 23, P Vijay 17, G Anto Bethle 14) 92-75. Punjab (Satnam Singh 26, Rajveer 20, Khushmeet 16, Loveneet Singh 10) bt Kerala (Sreerag 22, Akhil 14, Jishnu 13, Arun 10, Ajith 10) 80-75.
Girls: Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 67, Kavita 16, Sangeeta 16) bt Tamil Nadu (R Selvamithra 17, K. Rajlaxmi Devi 11, S Pavithira 10) 110-79. Kerala (Poojamol 30, Grima 22, Elizabeth 19) bt Maharashtra (Sruthi 24, Shireen 23, Ishwari 14, Krittika 14) 88-84.
Losers` knock-out finals:
Boys: Jharkhand (Gurwinder 20, Sukhdeep 10) bt Bihar (Dheeraj Ranjan 12) 50-31.
Girls: Andhra Pradesh (M Sreetha 23) bt Assam (Prinita 10) 48-33.
CLASSIFICATION:
5th to 8th places:
Boys: Madhya Pradesh (Brigey 21, Ashiv 10) bt Chhattishgarh (Sanjeev Kumar 13, Tarendra Kumar Yadav 11) 74-69. Karnataka (M Sharath 25, Clinton 15) bt Odisha (Amarajit Pandey 27, Firoj Barwa 14) 69-68.
Girls: Rajasthan (Nish Sharma 17, Usha 16) bt Madhya Pradesh (Monal 13) 65-40. Uttar Pradesh (Preeti Kumari 19, Niharika Verma 14, Barkha Sonkar 11) bt Karnataka (Ashwariya 7) 64-36.
3rd and 4th positions:
Boys: Tamil Nadu (S Karthickeyan 38, Nikal Pandian 13, M Harissh 13, P Vijay 11, P Raghunath 10) bt Kerala (Akhil 20, Sreerag 10) 96-57.
Girls: Maharashtra (Ishwari 21, Shireen 19, Krittika 16, Sruthi 13) bt Tamil Nadu (Keerthi 13, Mathurayaani 11, Sharmila 10) 78-66.
5th and 6th places:
Boys: Madhya Pradesh (Abdul 19, Lalit 17) bt Karnataka (Sharath 14, Clinton 14) 88-68.
Girls: Uttar Pradesh (Sakhi Sharma 21, Barkha Sonkar 21) bt Rajasthan (Nisha Sharma 27, Anita 13) 82-58.
7th and 8th places:
Boys: Odisha (Amarjit Pandey 19, Bharat Tamsoy 16, Rudrakanta Sahoo 13) bt Chhattishgarh (Sanjeev Kumar 16, P Murali 16, Tarcndra Yadav 16) 89-76.
Girls: Madhya Pradesh (Monica Gurjar 22, Princy S Rathore 19) bt Karnataka (Ranjeetha 16) 63-55.
9th and 10th places:
Boys: Haryana (Rahul 31, Naveen 25, Pardeep 22) bt Maharashtra (Pranav Wagle 17) 88-64.
Girls: Punjab (Nirmal Kaur 23, Kulwinder Kaur 20, Navdeep Kaur 12) bt Haryana (Suman Pannu 15, Savita Gadwal 13) 82-45.
FINALS:
Boys: Delhi (Pradeep Kumar 26, Ohlan Gourav 23, Pankaj Rathi 17, Narender Rathi 15) bt Punjab (Satnam Singh 24, Loveneet Singh 14, Jaspreet Singh 11, Abhishek Rai 10) 89-82.
Girls: Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 43, Sangeeta 21, Akula Kavita 13) bt Kerala (Poojamol 33, Grima 12) 79-68.
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TOP: Junior women`s champions Chhattisgarh team with their trophy in Cuttack on September 8, 2013.
RIGHT: Delhi team with the junior men`s trophy in Cuttack on September 8, 2013.