Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 17: The 6th day of the ongoing 71st B N Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Championship 2023 passed off with great enthusiasm and high spirit today.
On the day, 11 matches including 8 pre-quarter-final matches among the men and 3 women league matches were played at three different venues which include Bakshi Stadium, Synthetic Turf Polo Ground and Kashmir University Ground.
The matches witnessed exciting clashes; hard-fought battles were seen among teams for securing a spot in the next round of the championship.
At Synthetic Turf Ground, 4 matches of the pre-quarter finals of men were played with great spirit and anticipation. The event hosted by the J&K Police team was knocked out by CISF in a one-sided match and lost the game to CISF by 4-0 goals.
The match played between Assam Rifles Vs Sikkim Police was won by Assam Rifles by 4-0 goals and advanced to the QF. Another match was played between Punjab Police Vs RPF which was won by Punjab Police by 4-0 and qualified for the QF. The match played between Mizoram Police Vs Assam Police was won by Mizoram Police in a thrilling game by 2-0 goals.
At Kashmir University, 3 matches of the pre-quarter finals of men were played. CRPF won the knock-out game against Tamil Nadu Police by 3-0 goals and qualified for the QF. In a thrilling game, Kerala Police knocked out Maharashtra through penalty shootout and won the game by 4-2 and entered the quarter finals. Moreover, in another pre-quarterfinal match played between BSF Vs Jharkhand Police which was won by Jharkhand Police in a one-sided game by 3-0 goals and advanced for the QF.
Moreover, at Bakshi Stadium, the pre-quarterfinal match of men’s was played between West Bengal Police Vs Rajasthan Police which was won by Rajasthan Police in a tiebreaker by 5-4 goals and qualified for the quarter final.
At Bakshi Stadium, 3 league matches of women’s teams for the advancement to the pre-quarter finals were played. In the first match played between SSB Vs Manipur Police which was won by SSB Women in a one-sided game by 3-0. Another match played between CRPF Women Vs Jharkhand Police Women was won by CRPF Women by 7-0 goals and qualified for the pre-quarterfinals.
The match was played between event hosts J&K Police women Vs Odisha Women in which the J&K Police women’s team failed to defend their team and lost the game to Odisha Police women by 16-0 goals and knocked them out of the Championship.
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