As the league phase drew to a close, defending champions Bengal and Assam in the women's section qualified for the knock out quarterfinals from Group A, while Petroleum Sports Control Board (PSCB) and Madhya Pradesh (Group B) and hosts Tamil Nadu and Delhi (Group C) made it to the second stage.

However, the picture was not not clear in Group D, though star-studded Railways have virtually assured themselves of a berth. It would be toss up between Punjab and Maharashtra A for the second spot.

In the men's section Punjab and Bengal (Group C), Bengal and Tamil Nadu (Group D) made it to the last eight grade. In Group B title holders PSCB have assured themselves of a berth, while Assam or Delhi would complete the quarter-final line up.

Strong contenderRailways, comprising Kasturi Chakraborty, Anindita Chakraborty and Montu Ghosh, survived a scare before edging out Maharashtra 3-0 for their second win in two matches.

RESULTS

Team Men: Delhi bt Haryana 3-0; PSCB bt Goa 3-0 (Arup Basak bt Amit Naik 21-11, 21-5; Chetan Baboor bt Ajit Ghatkat 21-14, 21-16; S Sriram bt Arun Naik 21-16, 21-13); Kerala bt Himachal Pradesh 3-1; Karnataka bt Tripura 3-0; Railways bt Manipur 3-0; Chandigarh bt Pondicherry 3-2; Uttar Pradesh bt Orissa 3-0; Maharashtra B bt Bihar 3-0 (R Chowdhury bt Rahul Das 24-22, 21-16; S Mehra bt S Karmarkar 21-17, 21-19; U Mulay bt Santanu Banerjee 22-20, 17-21, 21-19); Punjab bt Rajasthan 3-1; Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-0 (Subhajit Saha bt Kunal Solanki 21-12, 21-16; Subham Chowdhury bt Nachiket C 21-17, 21-13; Souvik Dey bt Ganadeep B 21-10, 25-23); Andhra Pradesh bt Madhya Pradesh 3-2; PSCB bt Kerala 3-0 (S Raman bt Rajesh R 21-9 21-12 Arjun Datta bt Sreenivasan 21-10 21-18 Arup Basak bt Sreekumar M 21-14 21-12); Delhi bt Goa 3-0;Assam bt Himachal Pradesh 3-0; Karnataka bt Manipur 3-2; Railways bt Chandigarh 3-0; Gujarat bt Pondicherry 3-2; Rajasthan bt Orissa 3-1; UP bt Bihar 3-0; Punjab bt Maharashtra B 3-0 (Deepak Thukral bt S Mehra 21-8 21-11 Vineet Chopra bt R Chowdhary 21-2 16-21 21-9 Ramakanth bt V Mulay 21-11 10-21 21-17); AP bt J&K 3-0; Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-0; Maharashtra A bt MP 3-1 (Ramaswamy bt Sameer Sarkar 21-12 21-11 Nachiket C lost to Vinay Biswade 16-21 21-15 17-21 Kunal S bt Premraj Jhacak 21-16 12-21 21-16 Ramasamy bt Vinay Biswade 21-14 21-16).

Team Women: Bengal bt Chandigarh 3-0 (Mouma das bt Shikha Sharma 21-11, 21-12; Poulami Ghatak bt Bharka KC 21-11, 21-10; Avanti Sinha bt Shallu Kapoor 21-7, 21-12); Assam bt Kerala 3-0; Haryana bt J&K 3-0; Manipur w/o Himachal Pradesh; PSCB bt Rajasthan 3-0 (MS Mythili bt Rani Chandrima 21-9, 21-10; B Bhuvaneswari bt Poonam Sharma 21-12, 21-13; Kanchan Basak bt Pooja Rawat 21-1, 21-6); Madhya Pradesh bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0; Delhi bt Maharashtra B 3-1 (Nandini Kulkarni btMamta Prabhu 21-10, 21-13; Ekta Bhambri bt Leena Medheker 22-24, 21-18, 21-16; Ishani Barua lost to Sonia Deshpande 11-21, 13-21; Ekta Bhambri bt Mamta Prabhu 21-18, 19-21, 21-9); Gujarat bt Pondicherry 3-0; Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 3-0, Maharashtra A w/o Tripura; Punjab bt Bihar 3-0; Andhra Pradesh bt Orissa 3-0; Chandigarh bt Haryana 3-0; Assam bt J&K 3-0; Bengal bt Kerala 3-0; Madhya Pradesh w/o Himachal Pradesh; PSCB bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (Bhuvaneswari bt Mun Mun Mukherjee 21-7, 21-14; M S Mythili bt Sarojini Negi 21-7, 21-6; Kanchan Basak bt Parvathi B 21-17, 21-15); Rajasthan bt Manipur 3-2; Karnataka bt Gujarat 3-1; Delhi bt Pondicherry 3-0; Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra B 3-0 (NR Indu bt Mamata Prabhu 21-9, 21-9; N Arul Selvi bt Sonia Deshpande 21-13, 21-18; T Pradeepa bt Leena Medhekar 21-23, 21-12, 21-14); Bihar w/o Tripura; Punjab bt Orissa 3-0; Railways bt Maharashtra A 3-0 (Kasturi Chakraborty bt Shalmali Mhatre 17-21, 21-9, 21-11; Anindita Chakraborty bt Mallika Parekh 13-21, 23-21, 21-13; Montu Ghoshbt Jhanvi Deshpande 21-12, 21-15).