India's junior spikers, preparing�for the World Junior volleyball championship, to be held at Tehran in August, emerged runners-up in�the fourth annual tournament in Tunisia.

According to the Volleyball Federation of India, the team, on an exposure tour, lost to Tunisia 'A' 24-26, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25 in the final.

Tunisia 'A' had lost to the Indians�18-25, 19-25, 24-26 earlier in the tournament.

Vikram, Natarajan, Kishore, Rahul, Sivabala, Ravikanth, Balwant, Vinod and Mithilesh were the main performers for India in the tour.

Earlier, the Indians�defeated Algeria,�bronze medallists in the African championship, in the semi-finals, 25-19, 22-25, 24-26, 25-19, 15-8.

Before that, they triumphed over Algeria in the league phase also, winning 25-23, 25-23, 25-10.

The�spikers are now training in Egypt.

UNI