UP defeat Chandigarh by 14-7 in nat’l junior girls handball c’ship

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Times News Network

Kanpur: Host Uttar Pradesh defeated Chandigarh by 14-7 in the inaugural match of 43rd national junior girls handball championship held at the Green Park stadium here on Wednesday.

The UP team, taking home advantage and support of the crowd, took the lead in the first half by 4-3. UP girls displaying much better game in the second half, scored 10 more goals. The winners used both flanks beautifully and netted goals with ease. Sheetal, playing in right-wing, netted four goals and Suneeta, from left-wing, too scored the same number of goals.

Earlier, chief guest commissioner Raj Shekhar had inaugurated the tournament. Anandeshwar Pandey, Vinay Pandey Mudrika Pathak, deputy director, sports and other officials were present on thes occasion. Rajat Adita Dixit, president, Kanpur Olympic Association, proposed the vote of thanks.

As many as 19 teams are taking part in the tournament though the organizers have received entry from 32 teams. They divided the 19 teams in 8 pools who in the preliminary round will play their pool league matches. The pool winners would qualify for knock out. The participating teams and their pools are as under:

Pool A: Aryavart Sports Academy , Bihar, Pool B- Haryana , Odisha, Pool C- SAI , Uttrakhand, Pool D- Delhi, Karnataka, Pool E- Rajasthan and Gujarat, Pool—F- UP, Daman and Diu, Chandigarh, Pool- G- Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Leh Ladakh, Pool H- Punjab, West Bengal and Telangana.