HOST: SOA University, under the aegis of Odisha Basketball Association
DESCRIPTION:
*     As many as 21 men’s and seven women’s teams will participate in the four-day championship.
*     Bhubaneswar Athletic Association will start as favourites to retain titles in both the categories.
*     Other teams include SOA University, KIIT University, Samanta Chandrasekhar Club, Orissa Students’ Club, Celtics Club, Rovers Club, Supreme Club, Rourkela Steel Plant and several districts.
*     The performance of the players will be keenly watched as it will serve as the selection trial for the state men’s and women’s teams for the 64th Junior National Basketball Championship to be held at Cuttack from September 1 to 8.

TEAMS:
Khurda: Nishant Mishra, Subham Samal, Chiranjit Karan, Suvendu Mohapatra, Biswa Bighnesh Das, Soumya Ranjan Moharana, Anurag Panda, Mahesh Panda, Suraj Sahoo, Lingaraj Das.
Bhubaneswar: Prasanna Kumar Nayak, Suraj Patra, Subham Mohanty, Swaroop Nayak, Sarthak Mishra, Suman Saurabh Baliarsingh, Arnab Guru, Smruti Ranjan Swain, Abhishek Dash, Abhishek Nanda.