Groupings and venues announced for U20 Schools Basketball Tournament

U20 Schools Basketball Tournament 2022

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Schools’ basketball in the island is set to make a long-awaited return with the All Island Under 20 Basketball Championship set to kick off on the 19th of April 2022.

The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) has done a tremendous job in bringing back Sri Lanka basketball back on track starting with the Senior Nationals to the Avant Super Cup and and now Schools Basketball.

The tournament will feature 80 school teams spread across the island with the games to be played in 3 stages. The championship will kick start with the ‘C’ division matches and will move on to ‘A’ division and ‘B’ division respectively.

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‘A’ Division

‘A’ division will feature 20 teams in the Boys’ category. The teams will play their group stage matches under 4 groups with the top two teams of each group booking their slots in the quarter finals.

Six teams will be competing in the Girls’ category. The teams have been divided into two groups, with the top two from each moving on to the semis.

The ‘A’ division group stage matches will be played at 5 different venues.

Boys’ Category

Group A Group B Group C Group D
St. Peter’s College St. Joseph’s College, Wattala St. Joseph’s College, Colombo Royal College
Hindu College, Jaffna Trinity College Gateway College, Kandy Asian International School
Ananda College D.S Senanayake College Angel International School Jaffna Zahira College, Colombo
Loyola College Maris Stella College L.P.F Academy St. Benedict’s College
S. Thomas’ College Gateway College, Rajagiriya Mahinda College, Galle St. Anne’s College K/GA

Girls’ Category

Group A Group B
Holy Family Convent St. Joseph’s Girls School, Nugegoda
Mahamaya College Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo
St. Anthony’s College, Kandy Lyceum International School, Wattala

Venues – Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya, St. Peter’s College, St. Joseph’s College, Colombo, St. Joseph’s College, Wattala, Royal College

‘B’ Division

A sum of 25 teams will be playing under the ‘B’ division. 16 teams will feature in the Boys’ category, while 9 will feature in Girls’. The boys’ teams are grouped into 4, with the top two teams of each group moving on to the quarter finals.

Similar to the A division, the 9 girls’ teams will be divided into 2 groups, with the top two from each group facing off in the semis.

Boys’ Category

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Wesley College Colombo St. Sebastian’s College Lyceum International School Wattala Nalanda College
Kalutara Vidyalaya De La Salle College Maliyadeva College St. Micheal’s College Batticaloa
Azhar Central College De Mazenod College Isipathana College Colombo International School Colombo
Wycherley International School Colombo Lyceum International School Nugegoda Christ King College OKI International School Wattala

Girls’ Category

Group A Group B
Ladies College C.I.S Kandy
C.I.S Colombo St. Paul’s Milagiriya
Gateway College Kandy Hillwood College
Lyceum International School Nugegoda Visakha Vidyalaya
St. Bridget’s Convent

Venues are as follows;

  • Boys’ venues – Wesley College, St. Sebastian’s College, Lyceum Wattala & Nalanda College
  • Girls’ Venues – St. Peter’s College & Police Park

‘C’ Division

19 school teams will feature in the Boys’ ‘C’ division category. The format will follow that of the ‘A’ and ‘B’ divisions, where the top 2 teams from each group will move to the knockouts.

‘C’ division will feature 13 teams in the Girls’ category, with the same group format and knockout format to be followed.

Boys’ Category

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Prince of Wales’ College Moratuwa St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennapuwa St. Joseph’s College Colombo 14 St. Anthony’s College, Wattala
P.De.S. Kularathna College Ambalangoda Colombo International School St. Aloysious College, Galle Maris Stella College, Thimbirigaskatuwa
Karadeniya Central College Cambridge International College Gateway College Dehiwala Lyceum International School Gampaha
Lyceum International School Panadura Dharmashoka College Ambalangoda C.I.S Kandy Thurstan College
Gateway College Negambo Richmond College Galle St. Aloysious Seminary

Venues – Prince of Wales’ College, St. Joseph Vaz, College Wennappuwa, St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 14, St. Anthony’s College, Wattala

Girls’ Category

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Yashodara Gampaha St. Anne’s Wattala Wycherley College Lyceum Panadura
Holy Family Convent Kurunagala Maliyadewa Girls Schools Anula Vidyalaya Asian International School
Bishops College Dharmashoka Devananda Ambalangoda Methodist College
Anula Devi Galle

Venues – Yashodara Balika Vidyalaya Gampaha, St. Anthony’s College Wattala [St. Anne’s B.V]

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