Despite all that, and a relentlessly attacking N.Railway forward line, the match remained goalless even after extra time and N.Railway just about managed to make it to the title round when ESIC's Vijay Gurung missed a spot kick in the tie break to gift the rivals a 6-5 win. In a tie-break, played almost impeccably by both sides, Harish Bisht opened the account for N.

Railway while Satish Kumar, Yashpal Rawat, Sanjay Sidhu, Shyam Kumar and Vimal Thapa were the other scorers for the winners. Only Vijay Gurung, at the very end, missed for ESIC. Surender Bisht, Thao Apao, Shyam Thapa, Hukum Bahadur Thapa and Jaman Singh scored for the side that missed out on a final date, but only just.