The Coimbatore District Basketball Association has been successfully conducting the All India Basketball Tournament for Men for the past 57 years and for women for the past 21 years.
This year, these tournaments were scheduled from 28th May 2025 to 1 th June 2025. Eight leading men’s & women’s teams of the country participated.
The winning teams in the Men & Women section were awarded cash prizes, with the men getting Rs. 1 lakh along with the Nachimuthu Gounder cup, and the women’s winner getting Rs. 50,000 and C.R.I. Pumps Trophy.
In Men’s Category
The winning team, Indian Bank (79) of the All India Basketball tournament, was awarded with Rs 1 lakh cash, with 58 th Nachimuthu Gounder Cup for men, and the runner-up team, Indian Air Force (67), was given Rs 50,000 and the Dr N Mahalingam trophy
The third place winner Indian Navy (73) team, was given Rs 20,000 and the fourth winner Income Tax (56), was given Rs 15,000.
The Best Player Award was won by Pranav Prince of the Indian Bank Team.
In Women’s Category
The winning team KSEB (91) was given Rs 50,000 and CRI Pumps trophy while the runner up team South Western Railway (51) with Rs 50,000 and trophy while the third winners Income Tax (72) team with Rs 20,000 and the fourth winner South Central Railway (57) team with Rs. 15,000.
The Srikala of KSEB was awarded the best player award.
Manickam, Chairman, Sakthi Group was the Chief Guest at the Prize Distribution function and gave away the prizes to the winners and runners.

