Sports Authority of India win 6th Hockey India Sub-junior Women National Championship 2016

Sports Authority of India wins the 6th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2016Rohtak: The final match of the 6th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2016 saw no goals from Sports Authority of India nor from Hockey Punjab in the first half of the match. The second half witnessed fast attacking by Sports Authority of India as F. Lalawmpuii from the team took the first goal at the 41st minute and R. Lalrindiki scored the second goal at 48th minute.

Punjab Captain Reet opened the account for Hockey Punjab with their sole goal at the 49th minute. The match ended with a score of 2-1, marking Sports Authority of India as the winner for 6th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2016 and Hockey Punjab bagged the Silver medal in the tournament.

Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy clashed against Hockey Haryana to attain the third position in the tournament. Sneha Singh from Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy scored the first goal at the 48th minute and Sharmila Devi from Hockey Haryana scored the first goal in the 66th minute bringing the match to a tie.

Both the teams continued with shootouts, Hockey Haryana scored 5 goals whereas Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy secured 6 goals and won the bronze medal of 6th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2016.