Hosts Manipur ease into finals of the 68th National School Games Sepaktakraw for U-17 boys & girls and U-19 boys
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 19 2025: Hosts Manipur are in the finals of the 68th National School Games Sepaktakraw for U-17 boys & girls and U-19 boys being underway at Khuman Lampak Indoor Stadium.

The State U-17 boys will play Bihar in the title clash tomorrow evening while U-17 girls will play Assam in the title clash.

Both the matches begin at 4 pm.

Manipur will meanwhile take on Odisha in the final of the U-19 boys' competition from 4.45 pm.

Hosts Manipur ease into finals of the 68th National School Games Sepaktakraw

U-17 Boys

Manipur breezed past Tamil Nadu by 15-5, 15-10 sets in the first quarterfinal match this morning before defeating Uttar Pradesh 15-9, 15-4 in the semi-final encounter.

Bihar meanwhile eased 15-4, 15-7 past Gujarat in the second quarterfinal match earlier in the day before edging out Nagaland 9-15, 15-6, 15-13 in the second semi-final match to complete the final line up.

In other two quarterfinal matches staged earlier in the day, Nagaland defeated Maharashtra 15-6, 15-7 and Uttar Pradesh beat Andhra Pradesh 15-13, 15-10 to make their places in the semi-finals.

U-17 Girls

Manipur U-17 girls in the meantime reached the final with a 15-7, 15-6 win over Andhra Pradesh in the first semi-final match today before Assam defeated Nagaland by 2-1 sets (8-15, 15-6, 15-7) in the second semi-final match.

U-19 Boys

Manipur reached the U-19 boys final today with a 15-5, 15-5 win over Maharashtra in a semi-final match this afternoon after Odisha outlasted Kerala 15-8, 15-10 .

Earlier in the day, Manipur sealed their place in the semi-final with a 15-6, 15-10 quarterfinal win over Uttar Pradesh while Odisha edged out Bihar 13-15, 17-15, 17-15 in a closely fought quarterfinal match.

In other quarterfinal matches, Maharashtra defeated Madhya Pradesh 15-7, 15-7 and Kerala defeated Tamil Nadu 15-10, 15-6 .

In the hard line match staged later in the day, Maharashtra fought back to defeat Kerala by 2-1 sets (4-15, 15-4, 17-8) .