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Army, BJMC stay champs

Sports Reporter
It was once again history repeating Itself when Bangladesh Army beat arch-rivals Bangladesh Navy to Clinch the BGIC 16th national mens volleyball title at the Outer Stadium volleyball court yes terday.
The big crowd which gathered at the volleyball court to witness the final between the familiar foes must have recalled the 15th national final held earlier this year when the
soldiers had gotten the better of the sailors.
But for Army, victory in this year s final was much easier compared to the last occasion when they were extended to five sets before finally prevailing by three sets to two.
Yesterday Army outplayed Navy by three sets to one.
It yas Army's fourth national title In a row while Navy had to settle for the second best five years In succession.
In the women’s event. Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) retained the title with a convincing three -nil victory over Bangladesh Ansars.
The ninth national women's volleyball runners-up Kangpur DSA moved down to fourth position after losing to eight times former champions Khulna DSA 15-13, 15-3 and 15-3 in the third-place deciding match held earlier yesterday.
Champions Army, who beat Bangladesh Air Force 11-15, 15-10, 15-9 and I vk tn the semifinals on SaltiM n afternoon. appeared a side with a mission against whom Navy were no real match.
The sailors, who won the nationals on two occasions, had to struggle hard to beat Bangladesh Rifles 3-15, 15; 10, 15-6, 15-5 and 15-9 In the semifinals, seemed very tired and when they lost the first set 10-15, the spectators had a feeling that Army would record a straight-sets victory. But in the second set, which they managed to win 16-14 to draw level, the spectators rallied again behind, the underdog sailors.
At one stage in the third set some spectators even booed and pelted stones at the soldiers following a controversial call by referee ASM Mofazzal Hossain. Army won the third set 15-8 and then had very little problem in clinching the issue by winning the fourth set 15 10.
One thing to the credit of the soldiers was that they never lost their cool which perhaps helped them win the prestigious contest.
A tremendous late rally by Air Force helped them secure the third position in the play off against Bangladesh Rifles earlier In the morning.
The border guards, who bagged the first two sets quite convincingly 15-6 and 15-8, ran out of steam and lost the final three sets to Air Force 11-15, 11-15 and 10-15.
Eleven teams in four groups competed In the men's event with the four group champions playing in the semifinals.
The women's meet was participated by seven teams in two groups with the top two teams from each group moving into the semifinals.
The top eight male and six female teams of the national championships will participate in the volleyball competitions for the fifth Bangladesh Games scheduled for December 18 to 25.
Law Minister Mirza Golam Hafiz distributed the prizes as chief guest. M A Samad, Chairman and Managing Director of the Bangladesh General Insurance Company, the sponsors was present as a special guest.
The national championships, which began on December 10, were organised by the' Bangladesh Volleyball