Services Sports Control Board stormed into the semi-finals with a crushing 7-0 win over Kerala in the 4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014 (Division B), here today.
Services Sports Promotion Board and Steel Plant Sports Board registered third consecutive wins to stay on the top of their respective groups.
In Pool A, SPSB had an easy outing as they blanked Puducherry 4-0 while SSPB trounced Kerala 7-0 in a group C encounter on day four.
While Bengal Hockey Association beat Gujarat 13-3 to win their second match in a row, Bihar hammered Assam 13-4.
The last match of the day was a closely contested one as Andhra Pradesh edged past Vidarbha Hockey 4-3.
Results of the Day-
Pool A - Steel Plant Sports Board 4 Tejesh Deepak (18 and 31 min), Santosh Baxla (28 min), Shilanund Bilung (70+ min) Vs. Puducherry 0.
Pool C - Bihar 13 Subash Sanga (5, 34, 45 and 59 min), Ravi Kumar (1, 7 and 18 min), Bishram Dodray (8 and 63 min), Manish Kumar Kashyap (21 min), Anand Kumar Bara (30 min), Jony Kumar (48 min) and Prem Rajan Ekka (56 min) Vs. Assam 4 Bedadyuti Chakraboraty (11 min), Pankaj Basu Matary (46 min), Minaj Ali (66 min) and Rituraj Boro (69 min).
Pool C - Services Sports Control Board 7 Ramandeep (4 min), Navpreet Singh (5, 39 and 42 min), Naveen Minz (8 and 55 min) and Anup Minz (62 min) Vs. Kerala 0.
Pool B Bengal Hockey Association 13 Ashok Kujur (4, 51 min), Raushan Kumar (7, 10, 54 min), Rahul Singh (19, 23, 37 min), Nitish Nupani (27 min), Sanjay Paswan (47, 58 min), Buren Kumar Lakra (66 min), Ayan Chakraboraty (69 min) Vs Gujarat 3 Amal (21 min), Pradyumna Gaikwad (36 min), Peter Thomas (68 min)
Pool B Andhra Pradesh 4 Ramkrishan (20, 27, 41 min), Chandar Shekhar (54 min) Vs Vidarbha Hockey 3 Ahfaz Pathan (32, 66 min), Prafulla Lohangare (58 min).
