JOIN USAn inferior goal difference to Railways meant a 3-2 win over Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) was not enough for Karnataka as they crashed out of the 6th Senior National Men’s Hockey Championship (A Division) here on Tuesday.
Though 10 points from their four ties helped them match the table toppers -- Railways -- in the points bracket of Pool A, an inferior goal difference -- Karnataka with +6 and Railways with +10 -- saw the State side fall short in the race for a place in the semifinals.
Meanwhile, Karnataka signed off with a 3-2 with over CAG.
Results: Division ‘A’: Karnataka: 3 (Poonacha MG 56th, Kusha JP 32nd, Sanjib Dung Dung 52nd) bt CAG: 2 (Chandan Singh 13th, Imran Khan 20th); Namdhari XI: 1 (Harwinder Singh 40th) bt Services: 0; Punjab: 7 (Gurjinder Singh 41st, 43rd, Parvinder Singh 54th, 59tth, Ajit Pandit 31st, Ajay Kumar 24th, Vikramjit Singh 21st) bt Jharkhand: 0; Haryana: 2 (Bharat 32nd, Sandeep Singh 35th) drew with Odisha: 2 (Alok Barla 45th, Teophil Kujur 4th); Gangpur, Odisha: 6 (Pratap Lakra 6th, 53rd, Roshan Minz 27th, Bikash Toppo 29th, Sanjay Xalxo 33rd, Anmol Minz 42nd) bt Patiala: 1 (Lovjeet Singh 12th); Railways: 3 (Affan Yousuf 17th, 28th, Raju Pal 48th) bt FCI: 2 (Mithlesh Kumar 24th, Hansraj 50th).