The experience of Roshan Randima and the court-craft of Isuru Perera gave Fair First Insurance (FFI) (formally Union Assurance General) a thrilling 9/7 win over DFCC Bank (DFCC) 'B' in the Men's Gold Category Final at the 2nd edition of theMercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA) – Dialog Axiata 3x3 Basketball Championships 2017, at the Sir Edward Henry Pedris floodlit courts.
The tournament was a resounding success with 43 teams participating viz, 36 Men's teams in 3 categories and 7 Women's teams in 2 categories.
The Preliminary round matches too were concluded at the same venue.
Sri Lanka has qualified for the FIBA 3x3 World Championships 2017 to be held in Nantes, France later this year. MSBA Senior VP, Rimaz Hassan and General Secretary, Mafaz Mohideen liaised closely with the SLBF to ensure a slot for the country at this World Championships.
Awards were presented by MSBA office bearers, Brawin Fernando (President), Rimaz Hassan (Snr. VP), Mafaz Mohideen (Secretary General) and Maharam Bandara (Treasurer).
Gold - Men
Semifinals
DFCC 'B' beat Sampath Bank 14/12; FFI beat Commercial Credit 14/8;
Final
FFI (Roshan Randima, Shehan Udayanga, Nimesh Fernando and Isuru Perera) beat DFCC 'B' 9/7
Gold - Women
League: HNB 'A' beat Seylan Bank 15/12 and beat NTB 16/8; Seylan Bank beat NTB 7/2;
Final
HNB 'A' (Kumarinie Silva, Gayani Dissanayake, Umanga de Zoysa and Anjalee Ekanayake) beat Seylan Bank 18/14.
Silver - Men
Semifinals
MAS Holdings beat LBF 'Blacks' 21/6; NDB Bank 'A' beat NTB 'A' 9/7
Final
MAS Holdings (Andrew Alphonsus, Vaheesan Sanmugasuntharalingam, Ismail Salahudeen and Sudesh Paiva) beat NDB Bank 'A' 19/7.
Silver - Women
Semifinals
HNB 'B' beat JKeells 14/3; David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC) beat NDB Bank, 8/6;
Final
HNB 'B' (Shashika Samarasinghe, Pabasara Gunasekera, Janith Gunapala and Gayanjali Amarawansa) beat DPMC 16/10
Bronze - Men
Semifinals
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) 'Green' beat Union Bank (UB) 'B' 12/8; UB 'A' beat Virtusa, 8/6
Final
UB 'A' (Nithishka Morias, Shenal Thambiraja, Gayath Wickramasinghe and Hasitha Fonseka) beat SCB 'Green' 17/13
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