Lucknow: Four goals by young Mandeep Singh Punjab enter the quarterfinals of the 2nd Junior National Men Hockey Championship, with a huge 15-0 win over Gujarat played here at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in the Guru Gobind Singh College here today.

Skipper Satvir Singh and Talwinder Singh scored two goals each.

Punjab will now meet MP Hockey Academy (Bhopal).

Defending champions Haryana also booked their berth in the round of eight, defeating Bengal 4-1 in pool A.

Gagandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh and Nikhil were the goal scorers for Haryana, while Rohit Thakur scored for Bengal. Haryana will now take on Himachal Pradesh for a place in the semifinals.

SAI Bhopal defeated Uttarakhand 16-2 to make the quarterfinals from pool E ahead of Maharashtra, whose 5-3 win against Tamil Nadu was not enough to take it to Friday’s knockout stage.

Karnataka men too staged a fine show to beat Jammu and Kashmir 7-1 to complete the quarterfinal line-up. The winners led by 3-1 at the break. She She Gowda and Aiyappa PR Paradanda shared four goals between them.

In the last match of the pool G, Chandigarh beat Kerla by 8-0.