Day 3 started with the final set of Matches being left on the league stage.  

Delhi and Tripura had doubleheaders left with both teams winning one and losing one on the final day of the league stage and making it through to the pre-quarters stage. Maharashtra (Chhattisgarh 13 - 29 Maharashtra) and GOA (Goa 57 - 32 Tripura) followed them through with big wins against Chattisgarh and Tripura. 

Pre quarters had some exciting tie-ups and was kicked off with a dominating show by the Indian Railways as they trounced Andhra Pradesh aside (57 - 15).

The surprise of the day came from Bihar as they won against an inform Karnataka side as the 2nd half show from Bihar got them through to the quarter-finals.

Rajasthan ( 38 - 21 West Bengal ), Punjab ( 49 - 21 Chattisgarh), Himachal Pradesh ( 46 - 15 Gujarat), Maharashtra ( 40 - 28 Jharkhand), Tamil Nadu ( 33 - 15 Goa), and Haryana ( 48 - 22 Delhi) had routines to go into the next stage. 

Indian railways continued their dominance in the quarter-final stage, as well as they, were far too superior side than Bihar, which had no answers for them.

Haraya Knocked out the last remaining side from the south. Tamil Nadu was beaten by 22 - 49 points which sent them home packing.  

Rajasthan VS Punjab and Himachal Pradesh VS Maharashtra were much tighter affairs. Rajasthan and Himachal, both teams winning their respective games but went write down to the wire in the 2nd half.

Semi-final awaits for the Top 4 teams now and the best will come out on top to be an inch closer to the Title.

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