JOIN USPunjab beat Karnataka 22-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-11, 15-12 and will meet Haryana in the final after they saw-off RPF 38-36, 12-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12 in another five-setter.
Earlier in the quarterfinals Karnataka had beaten CRPF 25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 25-19.
Ther was disappointment for the hosts in the handball event as well as they lost in the last-four stage to CISF 34-22.
Results: Volleyball, semifinals: Punjab bt Karnataka 22-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-11, 15-12; Haryana bt RPF 38-36, 12-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12.
Quarterfinals: Punjab bt Tamil Nadu 29-27, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23; Karnataka bt CRPF 25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 25-19; RPF bt ITBP 25-19, 21-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-8; Haryana bt Kerala 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-8.
Basketball, semifinals: Punjab: 63 (Gurkirpal Singh 17, Jagdeep Singh 21) bt CRPF: 43 (Mahinder Kumar 17, Pawan Kumar 10). HT: 29-17; BSF: 94 (Varinder Singh 26, Vinod Kumar 26) bt Haryana: 89 (Vikash 27, Deepak 25). HT: 48-38.
Handball, semifinals: CISF: 34 (Binu 10, B Kalitha 9) bt Karnataka: 22 (Austin Joyful 5); Punjab: 42 (JAswanth 10, Baljit Singh 8) bt BSF: 40 (Sunny B Raja 11).