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PERIYAKULAM: Kerala State Electricity Board Thiruvananthapuram, Customs amp; Central Excise Kochi, Vijaya Bank Bangalore and South Central Railway Hyderabad entered the semifinal round robin league of the 40th All India Basketball for Suryanaraya Trophy here on Wednesday.

Results: KSEB 67 Projesh Jacob 23, Gopalakrishnan 16, Aju Jacob 11 bt ICF Chennai 62 Arul Venketesh 14, Arul 18, Rajan 11; Customs amp; Central Excise 64 Subash Shenoi 24, Joseph 14 bt TNEB Chennai 44 Sivakumar 20, Senthilvel 10; Vijaya Bank 83 Stalin 12, Austin 16, Muralimohan 24, Basavappa 25 bt Customs amp; Central Excise 61 Ram Mohan 14, Senthilkumar 14, Devanath 20; SCR 68 Vishal Kumar 12, Ravi Kumar 15, Madhusudhana 10 bt Customs amp; Central Excise Coimbatore 61 Rajan 13, Karthikeyan 10, Murali 14.

IOB qualify

TUTICORIN: Defending champion, Indian Overseas Bank IOB Chennai, Punjab Police, Indian Bank and A G8217;s Office, Bangalore qualified for the superfinal league of the 15th All India Volleyball Tournament, conducted by the Tuticorin District Volleyball Association here on Wednesday.

Results: Tamil Nadu Electricity Board lost to IOB 23-25, 11-25, 21.25; Punjab Police bt South Central Railway Secundrarabad 25-17, 24-26, 25-22, 25-17.