Kerala players celebrating after scoring a point in the quarter final match between Kerala and Karnataka late in the evening.
The pre-quarter and quarter final matches of the ongoing National Boys-Girls Under-14 Volleyball Competition were played on Friday at the Amphitheater Ground of BHU. In the pre-quarter match played in the morning, where the boys team of Uttar Pradesh defeated Maharashtra and reached the quarter
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In the girls’ category, the Uttar Pradesh team was eliminated from the tournament after losing in the pre-quarterfinals. The most thrilling match of the day was the quarter-finals of the girls’ category between Kerala and Karnataka. The match was delayed for more than two and a half hours. In which, after a crushing defeat in the first set, Kerala made a comeback and won three consecutive sets and made it to the semi-finals. Kerala will face Haryana at 8 am on court number 3.
Uttar Pradesh boys team reached semi-finals The Uttar Pradesh team, a strong contender for the gold medal in the quarter-finals of the National Volleyball Competition, won the pre-quarterfinal and quarterfinal matches held on Friday. The quarter final match took place on court number one of Uttar Pradesh against Tamil Nadu. In this match, the trio of Abhishek, Shakir, Prabhakar and Shivam never allowed Tamil Nadu to take hold in the match. The result was that the team won three consecutive sets and made it to the semi-finals. Uttar Pradesh won the match 25-14/21-18/25-17. Uttar Pradesh will face Gujarat in the semi-finals today.
Gujarat defeated Uttarakhand in 3 and a half hours In the quarter final match held on court number one, Gujarat and Uttarakhand competed in the boys category. In this, after falling behind 21-25 in the first set, Gujarat team came back and defeated the match in three consecutive sets 25-19/25-22/25-12 in a tough match that lasted for three and a half hours and entered the semi-finals. .
Kerala defeated Karnataka in a thrilling match in the girls category. The quarterfinal match of the girls’ category between Kerala and Karnataka held on court number three was the most thrilling match of the day. This fight lasted for two and a half hours. In which Karnataka defeated the Kerala team, which looked weak in the first set, by 12-25. After this, Kerala made an unexpected comeback and entered the semi-finals by defeating Karnataka 25-21/25-23/15-9 in three consecutive sets.
There will be a semi-final match between these teams Semi-final and final matches will be played on the last day of National Volleyball. The semi-final matches will start at 8 am. In the boys category, the first semi-final will be played between Uttar Pradesh vs Gujarat and the second match will be played between Bihar vs Rajasthan. Whereas in the girls category, the first match will be played between Kerala vs Haryana and the second match will be played between West Bengal vs Tamil Nadu. The final match of both the categories will be played on court number one from 2 pm onwards. Minister of State Ravindra Jaiswal will be the chief guest of the final match.
