Hyderabad basketball league to begin on September 17

The Hyderabad District Basketball Association will conduct the GM Sampath Kumar Annual League Basketball Championship 2026 from September 17 at YMCA Secunderabad. The tournament will feature 45 men’s teams and six women’s teams across three levels

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad District Basketball Association will conduct the GM Sampath Kumar Annual League Basketball Championship 2026 at YMCA Secunderabad.

The league matches will kick off on September 17 at the YMCA Secunderabad Basketball Grounds, featuring 45 men’s teams and six women’s teams.

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The men’s teams are divided into three levels, with the top teams grouped based on their performance in last year’s edition. The six women’s teams will play on a league basis.

Level III comprises 21 teams divided into five pools, with four pools of four teams each and one pool of five teams. They will play on a league-cum-knockout basis, with the top four teams from Level III progressing to Level II, where they will join 12 teams.

Level II, with four pools of four teams each, will be played on a league-cum-knockout basis. The top four teams from Level II will progress to Level I, which has 12 teams.

Level I, with four pools of four teams each, will be played on a league-cum-knockout basis, with the top two teams from each pool progressing to the quarterfinals. The knockout matches will decide the champion.

Keystone Basketball Academy and Titans, last year’s winners and runners-up, respectively, have been given the top seeding and placed in Pool A and Pool B in Level I.

LEVEL I: Keystone Basketball Academy; Titans; South Central Railway; Nizam Basketball Academy; Sanathnagar PG; Victory PG; G9; YMCA Secunderabad; CGST & Customs; Income Tax, Hyderabad; State Bank of India, Hyderabad; Army Ordnance Corps.

LEVEL II: YMCA Hyderabad; BITS, Hyderabad; Loyola Academy; Secunderabad Club; Stadium Club; Rising Star, Secunderabad; BHEL Club; City College Old Boys; Young Men Guild; Good Training Academy; Saints; St Francis Boys.

LEVEL III: 125 INF Battalion; All Saints; All Star KVBR; Alpha Basketball Academy; BITS, PHC; Freestyle Ballers; Gymkhana Club; Greyhounds; HAL-Golden Phoenixes; Hoopsters Club; KVBR; Mahendra Hills Basketball Club; Mamata Medical College; Nehru Nagar PG; Rahimpura PG; Sunday Ballers; State Bank of India, Amravati; Titans ‘B’; Trinity Basketball Promotions; RBVR Club; SSBA, Tarnaka.