The U-15 Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball tournament which kicked off on the 17th of February in 12 different locations all around the Island and will now commence Division A games.
The tournament will initially hold the group stage matches where the top two teams of the group will go through to the Quarter finals, from then onwards the tournament will be played on the knockout basis.
The Girls’ category will commence first from the 17th to the 23th while the Boys’ category is scheduled to kick off on the 9th of March and go on till the 13th of March.
A total number of 6 teams will compete in the tournament divided into a total of 2 groups in the category. Each team has the opportunity to field a squad of 25 registered players for the tournament who are eligible to play.
| Group A | Group B |
| Good Shepard Convent | Holy Family Convent |
| St. Bridget’s’ Convent | Lyceum International Wattala |
| Lyceum International School – Nugegoda | St. Joseph’s Convent |
Venue – Holy Family Convent
The Boys’ category of Division A will comprise of 16 teams divided into 4 groups like in the Girls’ category but will comprise of 4 teams taking part in each group.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| 1. St. Joseph’s College | 1. St. Benedict’s College | 1. Royal Colombo | 1. Ananda Colombo |
| 2.Maristella College | 2. St. Peter’s College | 2. Azhar Colombo | 2. Gateway Colombo |
| 3. Kingswood College | 3. S. Thomas` College | 3. Lyceum International School – Wattala | 3. Asian International School |
| 4.Lyceum International School | 4. St. Sebastian’s College | 4. CIS Colombo | 4. Wycherly Internantional School |
Venues – St. Joseph’s College Colombo, St. Benedict’s College Colombo, Royal College Colombo, Ananda College Colombo
Speaking to ThePapare.com the tournament secretary of the Sri Lanka Schools’ Basketball Association expressed that
“The main objective of playing the U-15 tournament is to groom the young Basketball players since it is the foundation level where the players get to play the sport in a sense of a tournament or rather a competitive level”
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