{"id":1990,"date":"2026-05-30T07:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:09:18","slug":"india-both-genders-and-sri-lanka-mens-team-qualify-for-u-18-basketball-asia-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/05\/30\/india-both-genders-and-sri-lanka-mens-team-qualify-for-u-18-basketball-asia-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"India (both genders) and Sri Lanka (men\u2019s team) qualify for U-18 Basketball Asia Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s teams in both boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 categories secured the championship titles at the South Asian Zone Under-18 Basketball Championship held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka\u2019s men\u2019s team finished as runners-up, earning qualification for the Asia Cup Basketball Championship.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s final of the South Asian Asia Cup qualifying tournament, India defeated Sri Lanka by 78\u201356 to clinch the title.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s final, India also overcame Sri Lanka with a dominant 83\u201357 victory to secure the championship.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s final, India dominated the first quarter, taking a commanding 20\u20134 lead as Sri Lankan players struggled to match the pace and intensity of the Indian side.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka showed improvement in the second quarter, but India still maintained control, winning that period 22\u201318 and extending their lead to 42\u201322 at halftime.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka edged the third quarter 16\u201315, but India remained ahead overall at 57\u201338.<\/p>\n

In the final quarter, India again asserted dominance, winning 21\u201318 and sealing a comprehensive 78\u201356 victory.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s category, Sri Lanka started strongly, leading 20\u201316 in the first quarter. However, India took control thereafter.<\/p>\n

India delivered a decisive 30\u201312 performance in the second quarter, leading 46\u201332 at halftime.<\/p>\n

India continued to dominate in the third and fourth quarters, eventually securing an emphatic 83\u201357 victory.<\/p>\n

Criticism was raised regarding Sri Lanka\u2019s women\u2019s team selection strategy, as only a limited number of players were used throughout the match, leaving substitutes without playing time. Some spectators and analysts expressed concern over the lack of rotation. However, the coaching staff defended the decision, stating it was aimed at minimizing the margin of defeat.<\/p>\n

The conclusion of the tournament highlighted the need for selectors and administrators to review such issues and ensure better team management in future competitions.<\/p>\n

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India\u2019s teams in both boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 categories secured the championship titles at the South Asian Zone Under-18 Basketball Championship held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka\u2019s men\u2019s team finished as runners-up, earning qualification for the Asia Cup Basketball Championship. In the men\u2019s final of the South Asian Asia Cup qualifying tournament, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1998,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990\/revisions\/1998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}