Sri Lanka crashed down to fourth position after suffering a 49-58 defeat against Hong Kong in the Third Place Playoff on the final day of the Asian Youth Netball Championship at the Hwasan Sradiun in Gongju, South Korea on Saturday (13).
Sri Lanka, the defending champions, faced a dramatic setback in this year's competition which was evident after their early loss to low-ranked Thailand in the first round for the first time in history.
The team had issues of their own from the controversy of the captaincy to a team official, who acted highhandedly above the team's coach and manager to make things worse.
In the first round the Lankan lasses defeated Hong Kong but the team's attitude was visible with their ever dropping poor performances.
The Lankan lasses defeated Maldives and Pakistan on their way to the second round but overall the wins were mainly created by the mistakes of their opponents.
The first quarter was closely battled as Hong Kong claimed it by 12-11 but Sri Lanka did well to regroup to tie after the second quarter by 26-all.
However Hong Kong was more dominant in their approach as they led the third quarter 43-38 before claiming the win of the game by 58-49.
Singapore claimed the Asian Youth Netball Championship defeating Malaysia by 47-43.
Earlier on in the semi-finals Singapore handed Sri Lanka an unexpected 32-58 defeat while Malaysia thrashed Hong Kong by 70-40.
Thailand secured the Fifth Place Playoff defeating India by 64-30 while Chinese Taipei beat Maldives by 51-30 to win the Seventh Place Playoff.
In the Ninth Place Playoff hosts South Korea recorded a thrilling 35-25 win against Pakistan.
The Sri Lanka team will return to the island on Monday (15).
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