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Star-studded Sundargarh won the title in the 12th Nalco Cup State Hockey Championship, scripting a 2-0 win over East Coast Railway in the floodlit final at Barabati Stadium here today. Defending champions Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) finished third, edging out Paradeep Port Trust (PPT) 3-2 in the hard-fought hard-line match earlier in the day.
Earlier in the semifinals, East Coast Railway caused a major upset by beating Rourkela Steel Plant 1-0, while Sundargarh prevailed over Paradeep Port Trust 1-0. Altogether 20 teams participated in the championship, which commenced earlier on May 17.
State Sports Secretary Saswat Mishra handed over the trophy in the closing function. Nalco Director (HR) S C Padhy, CRPR (Bhubaneswar) IG Brigu Srinivasan, Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera, host Hockey Odisha president Justice (Retd) A S Naidu and general secretary Pratap Satpathy were present on the occasion.
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RESULTS: MAY 17: Match No 1: Paradip Port Trust (Prem Sanjay Ekka 4, Nilesh Mahji 2, Santosh Mahji 1) beat Central Reserve Police Force (Bhubaneswar) 7-0. MAY 18: Match No 2: Deogarh (Jyoti Lakra, 35th, 42nd, 46th; Ibrahim Ekka 25th, 28th; Ruben Ekka 4th, Salman Lakra 49th, Rabi Kujur 54th, Raju Barla 57th, Benedict Minz 58th) beat Dhenkanal (Rajesh Behera 5th) 10-1. Match No 3: Ganjam (Generic Barua 55th, 66th) beat Nalco 2-0. Match No 4: Jagatsinghpur (Deepak Bahala 9th, 69th; Beg Tirkey 49th, Rahil Barla 58th) beat Phulbani (Krishna Tirkey 7th, Sajit Kujur 17th) 4-2. MAY 20: Match No 5: Sambalpur (Bhimsen Oram 2, P Tete 1) beat KIIT 3-0. Match No 6: Sundargarh beat Khurda 10-0. Match No 7 (QF 1): Paradeep Port Trust (Roshan Lakra, D Anthony Kiro, Roshan Kiro) beat Ganjam (S Minz, Sanjay Surin) 3-2 in tie-breaker (FT: 1-1). May 21: Match No 8: Cuttack (Ashutosh Panda 4) beat Bargarh 14-0. Match No 9: East Coast Railway (Binay Kujur 3) beat Sambalpur 9-2. Match No 10: Rourkela Steel Plant beat Bolangir 7-2. May 22: Match No 11 (QF 2): Sundargarh (Mathias Minz 4; Arbin Barla 2; Bipin Tirkey, Theophil Kujur, Prasant Tirkey) beat Jagatsinghpur 9-0. Match No 12 (QF 3): East Coast Railway (Dillip Kerketta 2; Suresh Toppo, Anand Tirkey, Sunil Toppo, Sanjit Kujur 1 each) beat Cuttack (Pratap Nayak, Paban Mallick, Asish Bux) 6-3. Match No 13 (QF 4): Rourkela Steel Plant (Ijub Ekka, Dillip Toppo, Felix Baa, Aslem Lakra, Devid Dung Dung) beat Angul (Santosh Lakra, Amrit Lakra, Ranjan Barla, Ranjan Lakra) 5-4 in tie-breaker (FT 3-3). MAY 23: Match No 14 (SF 1): East Coast Railway (Binay Kujur 42) beat Rourkela Steel Plant 1-0. Match No 15 (SF 2): Sundargarh (Amit Rohidas 18) beat Paradeep Port Trust 1-0. MAY 24: Match No 16 (3rd Place): Rourkela Steel Plant (Ashok Lakra 18, 19, 66) beat Paradeep Port Trust (Prem Sanjay Ekka 10, Antony Kindo 47) 3-2. Match No 17 (Final): Sundargarh (Arvin Barla 14, Sunil Ekka 21) beat East Coast Railway 2-0. -------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTOS -------------------------------------------------------------- TOP: State champions Sundargarh team in Cuttack on May 24, 2014. RIGHT: Runners-up East Coast Railway team in Cuttack on May 24, 2014.
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