India had qualified after winning the South Asian Basketball Qualifiers held in Bengaluru in July and will be one of the 12 participating teams in the tournament.
The teams will be divided into 4 preliminary groups and India has been clubbed with Philippines and Chinese Taipei in in preliminary Group B.
India will play its first match against Philippines on 9th September, while the second match against Chinese Taipei will be held on September 19th.
India had upset China in the previous edition of this tournament in 2014, and will be looking to repeat its strong showing against Asia's best teams. Host Iran is the defending champion.
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The final 12 members of the squad who will represent India at the FIBA Asia Challenge were selected at the end of a nearly one month long training camp held at NMAM Institute of Technology (NITTE) in Karkala, Udupi district of coastal Karnataka.
While the Indian side remains largely unchanged from last month's 38th William Jones Cup International Basketball Tournament, there are a couple of key changes.
Also, teenager Hariram Ragupathy, one of the stars from India's 8th place finish at the 2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship, makes his debut into the senior team.
"On behalf of BFI I convey my sincere thanks to NITTE University management, who for the last two years have been continuously providing us all the training facilities for the Indian team. This is one of the best campus facilities I have seen," said Chander Mukhi Sharma, Secretary General of BFI.
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