New Delhi: Indian Railways women beat Delhi to win the inaugural 3x3 national basketball championship while Tamil Nadu men got the better of Railways to win the title in a close final, here on Thursday.
Railways women recorded a convincing 21-12 win over Delhi in the finals played at the Thyagaraj stadium.
In the men's final, Tamil Nadu registered an extra-time win over Railways (22-20) after both two teams were tied at 20 each at the end of 10 minutes.
RESULTS
Men (Final): Tamil Nadu (Pratham Singh 11, Rikin Pethani 8, CV Dinesh 2, P Axilan 1) bt Railways (Prakash Mishra 9, Arjun Singh 6, Gagandeep Singh 4, Vikram parmar 1) 22-20 in Extra Time (regulation time 20-20)
Third place: Uttrakhand (Vishesh Briguvanshi 10) bt Kerala (Manoj R 6) 21-13
Semifinals: Railways (Arjun Singh 7, Gagandeep Singh 7) bt Kerala (Manoj R 7, Subhash Shenoy 5) 18-12; Tamil Nadu (Pratham Singh 8, Rikin Pethani 5) bt Uttrakhand (Vishesh Briguvanshi 5, Yadwinder Singh 4) 14-11
Quarterfinals: Kerala (Subhash Shenoy 13) bt Delhi (Narender Grewal 15) 20-18; Tamil Nadu (Pratham Singh 7) bt J&K (Surender 4) 22-7; Railways (Prakash Mishra 10) bt Chhattisgarh (Shrawan Kumar 11) 21-20; Uttrakhand (Vishesh Briguwanshi 7) bt Karnataka (Rajesh Uppar 4) 21-10
Pre-quarters: Karnataka (Sanjay Raj 8) bt UP (Ankur Anand 5) 20-11; Delhi (Narender Grehwal 12) bt Punjab (Ranbir Singh 10) 21-18
Women (Final): Railways (Manisha Dange 8, Geethu Anna Jose 7, P Anitha 6) bt Delhi (Raspreet Sidhu 7, Prashanti Singh 4) 21-12
Third place: Maharashtra (Shireen Limaye 7) bt Punjab (Kiranjeet Kaur 5) 19-10
Semifinals: Railways (Geethu Anna Jose 12, S Kokila 6) bt Punjab (Preeti Rani 6) 21-8; Delhi (Pratima Singh 6, Prashanti Singh 5) bt Maharashtra (Amruta Buskute 6, Larissa Fernandes 4) 16-13
Quarterfinals: Maharashtra (Amruta Buskute 8) bt Haryana Salma Devi 3) 21-5; Delhi (Raspreet Sidhu 7) bt Tamil Nadu (Raja Priya 7) 21-16; Punjab (Preeti Rani 8) bt Chhattisgarh (Sharanjeet Kaur 7) 12-11; Railways (Geethu Anna Jose 14) bt Rajasthan (Nisha Sharma 4) 21-6.