Jharkhand boys enter East Zone Sub-Junior National Hockey final

New Delhi, April 6, 2013: Jharkhand entered the final of the 3rd Hockey India Sub-Junior Men National Championship (East Zone) on Saturday at Nagaon in Assam.

In the first semi-final played on Saturday Jharkhand defeated Mizoram 3-0. Sudhir Munda scored the first goal for Jharkhand in the 32nd minute. Jharkhand who led 1-0 at the half time scored another two goals through Joseph Nag and Petrus Tiru in the 57thand 59th minutes respectively.

In the last league match of the day Odisha beat Bengal 6-2.

Now Odisha will face Manipur in the second semi-final match to be played on Sunday and the winner of this match will play against Jharkhand in the finals to be played on April 8.

Results
Semi-final 1- Jharkhand 3(Sudhir Munda 32, Joseph Nag 57 and Petrus Tiru 59) beat Mizoram 0.

Pool A- Odisha 6 (Amit Chirmako 7, 39, 44, Dipsan Tirkey 14, Suraj Minz 40, Ashwin Kujur 67) beat Bengal 2 (Kundan Kujur 31 and Sah Deepak Kumar 63).

Press release