In the boys final for under-19 at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh outplayed and outclassed Uttar Pradesh by half a dozen goals without any reply. Chandigarh scored three goals in each half. Their star performers were inside-right Inderjit Singh and centre-forward Sandeep Singh, who scored a brace each. Inderjit, who helped Chandigarh race to a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute, completed his brace with another goal in the 59th minute. Sandeep scored in the 27th and 63rd minutes.

Inside-left Lakhwinder (28th) and outside-left Rajpal (41st) were the other scorers for the winners. Madhya Pradesh finished third by beating Punjab.

However, the hosts were routed in the girls final. Haryana recorded a runaway 5-0 verdict with inside-right Kiran Bala contributing two goals (26th and 57th minutes). The winners led 2-0 at half time. Outside-right Meenakshi (14th), centre forward Simarjit Kaur (28th) and centre-half Gurpreet (65th) swelled the Haryana kitty with one goal each.

Punjab girls captured bronze medal by defeating Himachal Pradesh by a solitary goal scored by outside-right Sandeep Kaur.

Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Jagdish Sagar distributed the prizes.