Top teams move into pre-quarterfinals of National sub-junior table tennis

Kochi, December 9: All top teams took their appointed place in the pre-quarterfinals—majority of them without a whimper and a few with minor hiccups on the second day of the New India Assurance 73rd Cadet and Sub-Junior National Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Friday.

Holders West Bengal boys and Andhra girls in sub-junior as well as in Cadet sections maintained their top-perch positions in Group A. The other group leaders in the boys’ sub-junior section included PSPB A, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Maharashtra B, North Bengal and Karnataka. Similarly, the sub-junior girls team of West Bengal, Maharashtra A, North Bengal, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, hosts Kerala and Maharashtra B finished atop their groups, leaving the second place crumb to lesser teams.

In Cadet section, Delhi boys and girls moved into the pre-quarterfinals, particularly the latter blanking out their opponents in a four-team Group D. Maharashtra girls huffed and puffed their way to lead Group B, while both their boys teams leading Group B and G.

The North Bengal boys and girls did exceedingly well, giving a scare to their opponents in the second stage. Rajasthan boys and girls finished second in their groups, qualifying for the next stage. But the PSPB A boys, who were expected to make a ripple, struggled before topping Group H, thanks to Uttarakhand who gave a harrowing time. While the boys from Goa just about managed to qualify, their girls bowed out finishing fourth in Group C.

The pre-quarterfinals that start in the evening could throw up some hard-fought battles with hosts Kerala boys taking on North Bengal, Gujarat meeting Delhi, PSPB running into Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal meeting Karnataka in Cadet boys’ section. The Gujarat vs Tamil Nadu match, North Bengal and PSPB A promise to be good pre-quarterfinal outings. As for the sub-junior girls, all but one match between North Bengal and PSPB A should prove a nut-cracker.

In Cadet girls’ category, the battle between Andhra and Gujarat could be a mouth-watering affair and Kerala could put some pressure against West Bengal with the crowd rooting for the host team. Delhi girls have a fairly easy draw as they take on Pondicherry for a place in the quarter-finals while their boys could run into a rough weather in Gujarat. Maharashtra A and North Bengal should equally give the spectators something to watch out for.

Results:

SUB JUNIOR BOYS TEAM EVENT

GROUP : A

West Bengal bt Manipur 3 - 0

West Bengal bt Chandigarh 3 - 0

Chandigarh bt Manipur 3 - 2

GROUP : B

PSPB - A BT Madhya Pradesh 3 - 0

Gujarat BT Himachal Pradesh 3 - 0

PSPB – A BT Gujarat 3 - 0

Madhya Pradesh BT Himachal Pradesh 3 - 0

PSPB - A BT Himachal Pradesh 3 - 0

gujarat BT madhya pradesh 3 - 0

GROUP : C

pondicherry BT goa 3 - 1

haryana BT bihar 3 - 1

haryana BT goa 3 - 0

pondicherry BT bihar 3 - 0

goa BT bihar 3 - 0

haryana BT pondicherry 3 - 1

GROUP : D

tamil nadu BT mizoram 3 - 0

assam BT chattisgarh 3 - 0

tamil nadu BT assam 3 - 2

mizoram BT chattisgarh 3 - 1

tamil nadu BT chattisgarh 3 - 0

assam BT mizoram 3 - 1

GROUP : E

delhi BT punjab 3 - 1

andhra pradesh BT orissa 3 - 0

delhi BT orissa 3 - 0

andhra pradesh BT punjab 3 - 2

delhi BT andhra pradesh 3 - 0

orissa BT punjab 3 - 2

GROUP : F

kerala BT maharashtra b 3 - 1

uttarakhand BT meghalaya 3 - 1

maharashtra b BT uttarakhand 3 - 0

kerala BT meghalaya 3 - 0

maharashtra b BT meghalaya 3 - 0

kerala BT uttarakhand 3 - 0

GROUP : G

north bengal BT rajasthan 3 - 0

maharashtra a BT tripura 3 - 0

maharashtra a BT north bengal 3 - 2

rajasthan BT tripura 3 - 0

north bengal BT tripura 3 - 0

maharashtra a BT rajasthan 3 - 0

GROUP : H

KARNATAKA bt JHARKHAND 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt KARNATAKA 3 - 1

JHARKHAND bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 1

KARNATAKA bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt JHARKHAND 3 – 0

SUB JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM EVENT

GROUP : A

andhra pradesh BT punjab 3 - 0

andhra pradesh BT rajasthan 3 - 0

punjab BT rajasthan 3 - 1

GROUP : B

WEST BENGAL bt CHHATTISGARH 3 - 0

WEST BENGAL bt PONDICHERRY 3 - 0

PONDICHERRY bt CHHATTISGARH 3 - 0

GROUP : C

MAHARASHTRA A bt TRIPURA 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt GOA 3 - 0

MAHARASHTRA A bt UTTAR PRADESH 3 - 0

GOA bt TRIPURA 3 - 0

MAHARASHTRA A bt GOA 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt TRIPURA 3 - 0

GROUP : D

NORTH BENGAL bt JHARKHAND 3 - 1

ASSAM bt MANIPUR 3 - 0

NORTH BENGAL bt ASSAM 3 - 0

JHARKHAND bt MANIPUR 3 - 1

NORTH BENGAL bt MANIPUR 3 - 0

ASSAM bt JHARKHAND 3 - 1

GROUP : E

GUJARAT bt UTTARAKHAND 3 - 0

MADHYA PRADESH bt MIZORAM 3 - 1

GUJARAT bt MADHYA PRADESH 3 - 1

UTTARAKHAND bt MIZORAM 3 - 2

GUJARAT bt MIZORAM 3 - 0

MADHYA PRADESH bt UTTARAKHAND 3 - 2

GROUP : F

TAMIL NADU bt CHANDIGARH 3 - 0

KARNATAKA bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 0

TAMIL NADU bt KARNATAKA 3 - 0

CHANDIGARH bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 1

TAMIL NADU bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 0

KARNATAKA bt CHANDIGARH 3 - 1

GROUP : G

KERALA bt BIHAR 3 - 0

DELHI bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

DELHI bt KERALA 3 - 0

BIHAR bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 2

KERALA bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

DELHI bt BIHAR 3 - 0

GROUP : H

MAHARASHTRA - B bt HARYANA 3 - 1

MEGHALAYA bt ORISSA 3 - 1

MAHARASHTRA - B bt ORISSA 3 - 2

MEGHALAYA bt HARYANA 3 - 1

MAHARASHTRA - B bt MEGHALAYA 3 - 1

ORISSA bt HARYANA 3 - 0

CADET BOYS TEAM

GROUP : A

WEST BENGAL bt BIHAR 3 - 1

WEST BENGAL bt PONDICHERRY 3 - 0

BIHAR bt PONDICHERRY 3 - 0

GROUP : B

DELHI bt MEGHALAYA 3 - 0

MAHARASHTRA A bt CHANDIGARH 3 - 1

MAHARASHTRA A bt DELHI 3 - 1

CHANDIGARH bt MEGHALAYA 3 - 1

DELHI bt CHANDIGARH 3 - 0

MAHARASHTRA A bt MEGHALAYA 3 - 0

GROUP : C

KERALA bt MANIPUR 3 - 0

GOA bt HARYANA 3 - 0

GOA bt KERALA 3 - 1

MANIPUR bt HARYANA 3 - 1

HARYANA bt KERALA 3 - 1

GOA bt MANIPUR 3 - 1

GROUP : D

TAMIL NADU bt MIZORAM 3 - 0

RAJASTHAN bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

TAMIL NADU bt RAJASTHAN 3 - 0

JAMMU & KASHMIR bt MIZORAM 3 - 0

TAMIL NADU bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

RAJASTHAN bt MIZORAM 3 - 2

GROUP : E

GUJARAT bt MADHAYA PRADESH 3 - 0

ASSAM bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 0

GUJARAT bt ASSAM 3 - 0

MADHAYA PRADESH bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 0

GUJARAT bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 0

ASSAM bt MADHAYA PRADESH 3 - 0

GROUP : F

KARNATAKA bt PUNJAB 3 - 1

NORTH BENGAL bt ORISSA 3 - 0

NORTH BENGAL bt KARNATAKA 3 - 0

ORISSA bt PUNJAB 3 - 2

KARNATAKA bt ORISSA 3 - 0

NORTH BENGAL bt PUNJAB 3 - 0

GROUP : G

MAHARASHTRA B bt TRIPURA 3 - 0

ANDHRA PRADESH bt CHHATTISGARH 3 - 0

ANDHRA PRADESH bt MAHARASHTRA B 3 - 0

CHHATTISGARH bt TRIPURA 3 - 1

MAHARASHTRA B bt CHHATTISGARH 3 - 0

ANDHRA PRADESH bt TRIPURA 3 - 0

GROUP : H

P S P B - A bt JHARKHAND 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt UTTARAKHAND 3 - 1

UTTAR PRADESH bt P S P B - A 3 - 1

UTTARAKHAND bt JHARKHAND 3 - 1

P S P B - A bt UTTARAKHAND 3 - 2

UTTAR PRADESH bt JHARKHAND 3 – 1

Cadet Girls Team Event First Stage

GROUP : A

ANDHRA PRADESH bt MANIPUR 3 - 0

ANDHRA PRADESH bt RAJASTHAN 3 - 1

RAJASTHAN bt MANIPUR 3 - 1

GROUP : B

MAHARASHTRA B bt JHARKHAND 3 - 2

MAHARASHTRA B bt GOA 3 - 2

GOA bt JHARKHAND 3 - 2

GROUP : C

TAMIL NADU bt CHANDIGARH 3 - 0

PONDICHERRY bt MADHYA PRADESH 3 - 1

TAMIL NADU bt MADHYA PRADESH 3 - 0

PONDICHERRY bt CHANDIGARH 3 - 1

TAMIL NADU bt PONDICHERRY 3 - 0

CHANDIGARH bt MADHYA PRADESH 3 - 0

GROUP : D

DELHI bt UTTARAKHAND 3 - 0

PUNJAB bt TRIPURA 3 - 1

DELHI bt PUNJAB 3 - 0

UTTARAKHAND bt TRIPURA 3 - 0

DELHI bt TRIPURA 3 - 0

UTTARAKHAND bt PUNJAB 3 - 2

GROUP : E

NORTH BENGAL bt ORISSA 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt HARYANA 3 - 1

UTTAR PRADESH bt NORTH BENGAL 3 - 0

HARYANA bt ORISSA 3 - 1

NORTH BENGAL bt HARYANA 3 - 0

UTTAR PRADESH bt ORISSA 3 - 0

GROUP : F

KARNATAKA bt BIHAR 3 - 0

KERALA bt CHATTISGARH 3 - 0

KARNATAKA bt KERALA 3 - 1

BIHAR bt CHATTISGARH 3 - 1

KARNATAKA bt CHATTISGARH 3 - 0

KERALA bt BIHAR 3 - 0

GROUP : G

WEST BENGAL bt MEGHALAYA 3 - 0

GUJARAT bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

WEST BENGAL bt GUJARAT 3 - 0

JAMMU & KASHMIR bt MEGHALAYA 3 - 0

WEST BENGAL bt JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 - 0

GUJARAT bt MEGHALAYA 3 - 0

GROUP : H

MAHARASHTRA A bt MIZORAM 3 - 0

ASSAM bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 0

MAHARASHTRA A bt ASSAM 3 - 0

MIZORAM bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 1

MAHARASHTRA A bt HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 - 0

ASSAM bt MIZORAM 3 - 1

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