In the quarter finals of 8th Junior National Hockey Championship 2018, team Hockey Haryana exhibited an impressive show. The team Hockey Haryana defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy by 1-0 in the 'A' Division Girls category. The quarter finals were played here on Thursday.
In this difficult match, the players of both the teams sweated to win their respective teams. In the 12th minute of the match, Haryana's player Amarinder Kaur scored a field goal by leading the team ahead 1-0 and the last time the Academy players were given a chance to score a goal without winning the 1-0 win by the Haryana team The semi-finals have managed to make space.
Similarly, the quarter-final match between Hockey Mizoram and Uttar Pradesh Hockey was an exciting oe. Hockey Uttar Pradesh defeated Hockey Mizoram by 1-0 points. Uttar Pradesh Hockey team player Sonal Tiwari won the first and the victorious field goal in the 28th minute.
Hockey Odisha and Hockey Gangapur Odisha had a tie with 2-2 points.
The match was decided from the shoot-out, in which Gangapur Odisha player Rogita Kujur, Jihani Pradhan and Captain Jivan Kishori Toppo scored 1-1 Goal gave the team a 3-1 win. While skipper Ajmina Kujur scored just one goal from skyscraper Odisha.
In another match Hockey Jharkhand defeated Sports Authority of India (SAI) by 9-0 and reached the semi-finals.
Similarly, in the quarter-finals of the 'A' Division Boys' Group, Hockey Haryana defeated Hockey Chandigarh 4-0 in the one-sided match and Hockey Punjab defeated Sports Authority of India (SAI) by 3-2 points.
The match between Hockey Odisha and Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy was tied at 1-1.
The match was decided through a shootout in which Hockey Odisha defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 3-1 and made it to semi-final.
Similarly, the quarterfinal match between Uttar Pradesh and Gangpur Odisha was tied 2-2 and the match was decided from the shoot-out, in which Gangapur Odisha defeated Uttar Pradesh 4-2 points.