JCI All India Basketball Tournament tipped off in Athirampuzha, Kerala

ONGC (Men) will be looking to defend their title as the 4th JCI All-India Basketball Tournament tipped off at the St. Aloysius in Athirampuzha of Kottayam district, Kerala, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. A total of six Men’s teams and four Women’s teams will be competing for the crown in this annual club tournament.

ONGC – from Dehradun – feature many of the stars from the Uttarakhand Men’s side that won the recently concluded Senior National Basketball Championship in Ludhiana. Last year’s women’s champions in the JCI Tournament – Southern Railway – are surprisingly absent from this year’s tournament. Southern Railway feature many of the stars who were part of the Indian Railways Women’s side that also won the Ludhiana Senior Nationals.

The participating teams are:

Men: ONGC (Dehradun), IOB (Chennai), Vijaya Bank (Bangalore), Customs & Central Excise (Kochi), KSEB (Thiruvanathapuram) and Kerala Police (Thiruvanathapuram).

Women: Central Railway (Mumbai), South Central Railway (Hubli), KSEB (Thiruvanathapuram), Kerala Police (Thiruvanathapuram).

The competition will run till January 13.