West Bengal Boys & Chhattisgarh Girls lift 39th Sub-Jr National Basketball Championship in Goa

By the time the whistle rang for the final time on Saturday evening at Salcete, Goa, the assembled basketball fans had witnessed two opposite spectrums of a sports-lovers experience. On one hand was the Chhattisgarh Girls team, steamrolling through competition as the perennial favourites, and not letting down their fans by winning an incredible 11th consecutive title. On the other hand were the West Bengal Boys, a team from a state who has been underwhelming in Indian basketball for far too long, who completed their Cinderella Story with a fairytale run through the tournament and to lift the trophy as underdogs.

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49 teams descend to Goa for 39th Sub-Junior Basketball Nationals

They may be young, but years from now, it will be these same young faces who will dominate basketball in India.

The sunny beaches of Goa welcomed 49 under-14 basketball squads from 26 states across India for the 39th National Basketball Championship for Sub-Junior Boys & Girls. The 'Sub-Junior Nationals' are being held from May 6-12, 2012 at the Agnel Charities in Agnel Ashram at Verna, Salcete. The tournament is being organised by the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and the Goa Basketball Association.

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39th Sub-Jr National Basketball Championship in Goa from May 6-12

The youngest members of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) family - the Sub-Junior (U14) boys and girls from across the country, will assemble to the sunny beaches of Goa for the 39th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls, which will be held at the Agnel Charities in Agnel Ashram at Verna, Salcete, Goa from May 6-12.

The tournament will be organised by the BFI and the Goa Basketball Association.

Only players born on or after January 1, 1999 are eligible to take part. Age verification for the players has been scheduled one day prior to the start of the tournament, on May 5th, 2012, by the Age Verification Committee/Medical Board.

The previous (38th) Sub-Junior Nationals were held in Lucknow and won by Maharashtra (Boys) and Chhattisgarh (Girls).