Sport - Volleyball

TN teams qualify

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s boys and girls teams finished top of their respective groups, with wins over Manipur and Andhra Pradesh respectively, to qualify for the knock-out stage of the Mini National volleyball championships being held in Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.

The results:

Boys: J & K bt Uttar Pradesh 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-23; Andhra Pradesh bt Jharkhand 25-8, 25-10, 25-4; West Bengal bt Orissa 25-20, 25-17, 25-12; Haryana bt Kerala 27-25, 25-15, 25-17; Rajasthan bt Madhya Pradesh 25-13, 25-10, 25-10; Karnataka bt Assam 25-18, 25-10, 25-9; Delhi bt Maharashtra 27-25, 25-22, 20-25, 24-26, 15-8. Tamil Nadu bt Manipur 25-9, 25-7, 25-11; J & K bt Jharkhand 25-11, 25-13, 25-14; Uttar Pradesh bt Andhra Pradesh 25-22, 24-26, 25-22, 22-25, 15-5; West Bengal bt Kerala 25-11, 25-20, 25-17; Karnataka bt Rajasthan 25-17, 25-23, 22-25, 26-24; Haryana bt Bihar 25-11, 25-22, 25-17; Assam bt Gujarat 19-25, 25-12, 25-19, 25-17.

Girls: Tamil Nadu bt Andhra Pradesh 25-17, 25-20, 25-20; Madhya Pradesh bt Bihar 25-8, 25-4, 25-8; Uttar Pradesh bt Delhi 25-15, 25-12, 25-12; Gujarat bt Manipur 25-10, 25-13, 25-11. Kerala bt Jharkhand 25-3, 25-9, 25-11; Maharashtra bt Assam 25-20, 25-7, 25-4; West Bengal bt Karnataka 25-8, 25-15, 25-19; Rajasthan bt Haryana 25-12, 25-14, 25-9; Kerala bt Maharashtra 25-10, 25-16, 25-12; Assam bt Orissa 25-12, 25-7, 25-14.

Qualifying teams: