Team Orisports 05-Feb-2019
Odisha teams _ Hockey Odisha and Hockey Gangpur-Odisha _ failed to live up to expectations in the 9th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship (Division-A), bowing out from the league stage at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh today. Both the teams suffered defeat in respective last pool league match.
Hockey Odisha concluded their campaign with one win, one draw and two defeats in Pool-D. They started campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Namdhari XI and then held Canara Bank to goalless draw. But defeats in the last two matches against Air India and Karnataka cost them dear.
Hockey Gangpur-Odisha won one match and lost three in Pool-C. They beat Uttar Pradesh and suffered defeats against Railways, Punjab National Bank and Punjab & Sind Bank.
