Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) has rescheduled the Inter-Departmental National Basketball Championship and will be rolled into action on January 25, 2023, at the Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad.
It is pertinent to mention here that the earlier championship was to be kicked off on November 16, 2022, and was postponed owing to political situation of the capital city Islamabad. Imran Khan’s long march was to arrive in Islamabad on November 26.
According to the organizing secretary of the championship and the Associate Secretary PBBF Ouj-e-Zahoor, all the arrangements have been completed for the successful five-day championship which will be held under the supervision of the Federal Basketball Association (FBBA).
He said that defending champion Pakistan Army, Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF) Wah, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Navy would join group A in the tournament while Pakistan Air Force (PAF), WAPDA and Pakistan Police would comprise Group B.
Ouj-e-Zahoor further said that the inaugural match of the championship would be played between the defending champion Pakistan Army and Navy while POF and Railways, WAPDA and Police teams would compete in the first round of the championship. “Semifinals of the championship will be played on January 28, while the final will be held on January 29, “he concluded.
Schedule:
January 25 (Day-1): Army vs Navy; POF vs Railways; Wapda vs Police
January 26 (Day-2): Army vs Railway; PAF vs Police; POF vs Navy.
January 27 (Day-3): Army vs POF; PAF vs Wapda; Railway vs Navy.
January 28 (Day-4): Semifinals
January 29 (Day-5): Final
