Sri Lanka wins Silver at Asian Federation Cup in Hong Kong

By Shamseer Jaleel 

Sri Lanka stickers stamped their class when they won the Silver at the recently concluded Asian Hockey Federation Cup Hockey in Hong Kong. Sri Lanka lost out to Bangladesh 3/0 in the grand final. 

The Sri Lankans also collected the award for the most disciplined team in the tournament. On their way to the finals Sri Lanka beat hosts Hong Kong 2 to nothing in the semi finals. In the group encounter beat Thailand and Uzbekistan and drew with Singapore. 

Results 

Final 

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka 3/0 

Semi final 

Sri Lanka 2 Hong Kong 0 (half time 1/0)

Damith Bandara, Sandaruwan Priyalanka 

League Round

Sri Lanka 3 drew with Singapore 3 (half time 1/1)

Tharanga Gunawardhane, Sandaruwan Priyalanka, Lahiru Weerasooriya 1

Sri Lanka 2 beat Thailand 0 

Ishanka Jayasundara, Shamika Gunawardane 

Sri Lanka 7 beat Uzbekistan 2 (half time 3/1) 

Sandaruwan Priyalanka (2), Shamika Gunawardhane (2), Anuradha Suresh (1), Madhuranga Wijesinghe (1) and Lahiru Weerasooriya (1)

Officials 

Anuraddha Bandara (Coach) 

Pulasthi Lenarolle (Assistant Coach) 

Thamara Liyanage (Manager) 

Daminda Attanayake (Doctor)

Dinesh Gamage (Physio)