New Delhi, 7 June 2013: Karnataka completed the quarter-final line-up with 4-2 win over Services Sports Control Board in their concluding league match of Pool C at the 3^rd Hockey India Senior Men National Championship played at Major Dhyan Chand National Polygrass Hockey Stadium, Pimpri in Pune on Friday.

Karnataka who led 2-0 at the half time scored through S K Uthappa (17 min), Mohan Muthanna (23 min), MG Poonacha (39 min) and MB Aiyappa (58 min) while Johnny Jasrotia (48 min) and Ignace Tirkey (59 min) scored for Services Sports Control Board.

The quarter-final line-up is: Air India vs Railways, Haryana vs Chandigarh, Punjab vs Jharkhand and Karnataka vs Manipur. All the matches will be played on Saturday.

Earlier, Sports Authority of India defeated Goa 22-1 in Pool C. Sports Authority of India scored through Sunil Yadav (5, 25 min), Kamlesh Yadav (7, 13, 16 min), Neeraj (14, 44, 50, 52 min), Maskalan Bhengra (15 min), Pal Raju (20, 58 min), Sunil (30, 40, 70 min), Deepak Yadav (43, 55, 59, 86, 69 min) and Naveen (61, 67 min) while Amar Bahadur (10 min) scored the only goal for Goa.

In Pool E, Jharkhand beat Himachal Pradesh 3-1.

Results

Pool C- Karnataka 4 (S K Uthappa 17, Mohan Muthanna 23, MG Poonacha 39, MB Aiyappa 58) beat Services Sports Control Board 2 (Johnny Jasrotia 48, Ignace Tirkey 59)

Sports Authority of India 22 (Sunil Yadav 5, 25, Kamlesh Yadav 7, 13, 16, Neeraj 14, 44, 50, 52, Maskalan Bhengra 15, Pal Raju 20, 58, Sunil 30, 40, 70, Deepak Yadav 43, 55, 59, 86, 69, Naveen 61, 67) beat Goa 1 (Amar Bahadur 10)

Pool E- Jharkhand 3 (Shashi Topno 6, Anil Xaxa 14, 42) beat Himachal Pradesh 1 (Udham Preet Singh 11)

Fixture for Saturday, 8 June 2013

Venue- Major Dhyan Chand Polygrass Hockey Stadium, Pimpri

Quarter-final 1- Air India vs Railways (1300hrs)

Quarter-final 2- Haryana vs Chandigarh (1530hrs)

Venue- Shiv Chhatrapati Shivaji Sports Complex

Quarter-final 3- Punjab vs Jharkhand (1300hrs)

Quarter-final 4- Karnataka vs Manipur (1530hrs)