38th State Level Junior and Veteran Men's Handball Tournament underway
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 07 2026: The 38th edition of the State Level Junior (Boys and Girls) and Veteran Men's Hanball Tournament kicked off today at Chajing handball ground, Lilong Chajing.

The tournament hosted by the Chajing Youth Development Organisation, Lilong (CYDOL) is featuring 7 boys teams clubbed into two pools, 4 girls' teams and 4 veteran men's teams.

In the junior girls' opening match, KVWA, Mayang Imphal got the better of YLK, Chingarel Tejpur 17-8 to kick off their campaign in style.

38th State Level Junior and Veteran Men's Handball Tournament underway

Th Mathoi, Th Likla, S Jandabi and M Ratika scored three goals apiece to set up the big win as Th Thoicha and Sh Tomthinnganbi scored 2 goals each and Th Jenimax scored 1 .

Kh Soma scored four goals for YLK as N Aliya scored two goals.

N Sophiya and Ch Mitsana also contributed a goal apiece for the Chingarel Tejpur side.

Later in the day, SSC, Khurai played out a 14-14 draw with YLK, Chingarel Tejpur.

N Taibangsatpi took centre-stage scoring 8 goals alone for the Khurai side as Kh Kajal, S Rabiya and Th Priya scored 2 goals apiece.

N Sophiya meanwhile led the scoring for YLK netting five goals as N Aliya and Kh Soma scored 4 goals apiece and Th Maxina added one.

In the junior boys' Pool B opening match staged later in the day, hosts CYDOL beat IMC, Thoubal 20-16 thanks to leading performances from Y Indrajit (6 goals) and Kh Borish (4 goals).

K Yaikumar also scored 3 goals for the winners as Kh Lanchenba, A Meghachandra and Kh Hector scored two goals apiece and Y Rabikanta scored one.

For IMC, L Nelson (5 goals), I Paikhomba (4 goals), Veeraj L (3 goals), L Tenjarin (2 goals), Arvin L (1 goal) and S Rajdeep (1 goal) were on target.

In an exhibition match featuring veteran women, Manipur veteran beat KKLYDO, Kongpal team 5-2 .

In the veteran men's tournament opener, CYDOL pulled off an 18-9 victory over PC, Top Khongnangkhong.

CYDOL enjoyed the dominating win thanks to Barnikanta's five goal feat.

N Boby, I Dina and Kh Ingocha also managed 3 goals apiece for the Chajing side as A Sanjay scored 2 goals and P Kumar and Th Robindro scored 1 goal apiece.

K Randhir (4 goals), Nishikanta (2 goals), K Jayanta (2 goals) and W Hemanta (1 goal) were on target for PC .