Top eight basketball teams from different departments and divisions will showcase their talent in the National Basketball Championship being played from Thursday at Sports Board Punjab Basketball Courts. Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) has made good arrangements for holding the five-day national premier basketball event in a trend setting manner.Five  departments and three divisions qualified for this national event after participating in their qualifying rounds. Army, Railways, Lahore and Faisalabad, WAPDA, Navy, Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) and Peshawar Division have confirmed their participation in the five-day championship.

Army, the power house of national basketball, is likely to face a tough challenge from Wapda in the event. All the matches will be played under floodlights. Pakistan Railways and Lahore Division will play the inaugural match of the championship which will start at 5:00 pm. Four matches will be played on the opening day and the final will be played on January 15.

Punjab Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs Jahangir Khanzada will grace the occasion as chief guest at the concluding ceremony.Participating teams have been placed in two groups.