Hockey: Sri Lanka play Hong Kong in AHF semis on Sunday

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Due to heavy rain the Fifth Asian Hockey Federation Cup (AHF) second semi-final between Sri Lanka and Hong Kong was abandoned in Hong Kong on Saturday (26) and was re-scheduled to be worked off on Sunday (27) at 8.00am.

If Sri Lanka wins this encounter they face a busy schedule as they have to play the final at 6.00pm.

In the first semi-final defending champions crushed Singapore 8-0 and thus qualified to play in the finals.

If Sri Lanka wins the morning game they will face Bangladesh in the finals.

Even if Sri Lanka does not win the final they have to play Singapore for the third place also on Sunday (27).

In the first round of the competition Sri Lanka beat Uzbekistan 7-2; drew with Singapore 3 all and beat Thailand 2-0 to be Group B champions and thus qualified to be in the semi-finals.

In the first round Bangladesh beat Hong Kong 4-2, Chinese Taipei 4-2 and Macao 13-0.

The tournament was first played in 1997.

The first two editions were won by Hong Kong and the last two editions by Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka won third place in the 1997 and 2002 contests and were placed fourth in 2008 competition.

In the last edition (2012) Sri Lanka occupied fourth place.

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