Sikkim footsal team. Photo: Sagar Chhetri

Sikkim team finished fourth in the U-20 Youth National Futsal Championship held at Bangalore. The debutant Sikkim team lost to Mizoram 2-3 for the third place.

Sikkim topped the group league matches and entered the quarter-final round. In the quarter-final match Sikkim thrashed Telangana 5-0 but lost to Delhi in penalty shoot-out in semi-final match.

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Team captain, Evan Thapa expressed his satisfaction over the team performance during the entire tournament.

โ€œIt was our first experience in the national futsal tournament and every member of the team gave the best. It was a great learning exposure for us and this would help us to perform better in the future,โ€ he said.

Sagar Chhetri is Northeast Now Correspondent in Gangtok. He can be reached at: [email protected]