Volleyball reaches last-eight league stage

Published April 19, 2019
PLAYERS of Police and Wapda in action during their National Volleyball Championship match at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Thursday.—M.Arif/White Star
PLAYERS of Police and Wapda in action during their National Volleyball Championship match at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Thursday.—M.Arif/White Star

LAHORE: Defending champions Wapda, along with Police, Navy, POF, Army, Railways, PAF and HEC qualified for the last-eight teams’ league in the Ndure National Volleyball Championship here at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Thursday.

Earlier, the pool matches were decided on the fourth day of the championship.

In their last pool matches, Wapda easily defeated Gilgit-Baltistan 24-4, 25-11, 25-11. Army also faced little resistance from Fata in winning 25-14, 25-9, 25-12. Navy outclassed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 25-17, 25-11, 25-9.

Railways, however, faced resistance from AJK before the former won the battle 25-17, 25-23, 25-23. The HEC beat Islamabad 25-15, 27-25, 25-14.

Friday’s matches (quarters league):

Wapda vs Police; Navy vs POF; Army vs Railways; PAF vs HEC.

Published in Dawn, April 19th, 2019

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