India make clean sweep of SAF TT Team Championships

Shillong, June 18 (IANS) India won all team titles on offer in the SAF Junior Table Tennis Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex here MOnday.

India's junior boys defeated Nepal 3-0 while the girls finished top in their group to lift the crown.

Barring the junior boys, the winners in other categories were determined by their league standing.

By finishing on top, the junior boys and girls booked their passage for the Asian Junior Championships in Jiangyin (China) July 11-16.

The results (team):

Boys': Junior - Final: India 3 bt Nepal 0 (Abhishek Yadav bt Bilas Shrestha 11-5, 12-10, 11-3; Sudhanshu Grover bt Mani Lama 11-2, 11-6, 11-6; Vivek Bhargava bt Anish Shrestha 11-6, 11-4, 11-9). Semifinals: India bt Sri Lanka 3-0; Nepal bt Pakistan 3-2. League: Group B - Sri Lanka bt Nepal 3-0.

Cadet - Nepal bt Sri Lanka 3-1; India bt Bhutan 3-0; Sri Lanka bt Bangladesh 3-1; India bt Nepal 3-0; Sri lanka bt Bhutan 3-0; Bangladesh bt Nepal 3-0; India bt Sri Lanka 3-0.

Final team standings: 1. India - 8 points, 2. Sri Lanka - 7, 3. Bangladesh - 6.

Girls': Junior - Sri Lanka bt Nepal 3-0; India bt Nepal 3-0; Sri Lanka bt Bangladesh 3-0; India bt Sri Lanka 3-0; Pakistan bt Nepal 3-1.

Final team standings: 1. India - 8, 2. Sri Lanka - 7, 3. Nepal - 5.

Cadet - Sri Lanka bt Nepal 3-0; India bt Sri Lanka 3-0.

Final team standings: 1. India - 4, 2. Sri Lanka - 3, 3. Nepal - 2