<p>Twenty six States will vie for top honours in the boys’ section while 22 teams will battle it out in the girls’ section to decide the champions in the seven-day meet. “The championship was originally scheduled to be held at Hosadurga but due to unavoidable circumstances we have to shift it to Bangalore,” said Karnataka Volleyball Association general secretary K Nanda Kumar at a press meet here on Friday.<br /><br />The championship will be played in a league-cum-knock-out format with top two teams from the four groups making it to the knock out stage. Karnataka boys are drawn in Group D alongside West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Tripura and Assam. The State girls are pooled in Group C and they will face Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa and Mizoram in the league stage.<br /><br />Karnataka boys and girls will be hoping to better their last year’s performance when they were placed fourth and fifth respectively. <br /><br />Tamil Nadu boys won the title last year at Shimoga while Kerala took home the girls’ crown. <br />Groupings: Boys: Group A: Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Goa.<br />Group B: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar.<br />Group C: Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa.<br />Group D: Karnataka, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Assam.<br />Girls: Group A: Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Pondicherry.<br />GroupB: West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Manipur.<br />Group C: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Mizoram.<br />Group D: Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra.</p>
<p>Twenty six States will vie for top honours in the boys’ section while 22 teams will battle it out in the girls’ section to decide the champions in the seven-day meet. “The championship was originally scheduled to be held at Hosadurga but due to unavoidable circumstances we have to shift it to Bangalore,” said Karnataka Volleyball Association general secretary K Nanda Kumar at a press meet here on Friday.<br /><br />The championship will be played in a league-cum-knock-out format with top two teams from the four groups making it to the knock out stage. Karnataka boys are drawn in Group D alongside West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Tripura and Assam. The State girls are pooled in Group C and they will face Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa and Mizoram in the league stage.<br /><br />Karnataka boys and girls will be hoping to better their last year’s performance when they were placed fourth and fifth respectively. <br /><br />Tamil Nadu boys won the title last year at Shimoga while Kerala took home the girls’ crown. <br />Groupings: Boys: Group A: Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Goa.<br />Group B: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar.<br />Group C: Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa.<br />Group D: Karnataka, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Assam.<br />Girls: Group A: Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Pondicherry.<br />GroupB: West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Manipur.<br />Group C: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Mizoram.<br />Group D: Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra.</p>