Netball: Sri Lanka in Group 'A' for World Youth Championships

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The World Youth Netball Championships is scheduled to be held in Botswana from July 8 to 16.

Sri Lanka has qualified for the eight day contest from Group A.

Twenty teams from Africa, Asia, America, Europe and Oceania have qualified for the tournament. The competition is being conducted by the International Netball Federation (INF).

This is the first time that Sri Lanka has qualified from the Asian Region.

They qualified for the event when they emerged champions at the Asian Youth Netball Championships held in Hong Kong in the year 2015.

Sri Lanka toppled Malaysia 53-48 to emerge champions.

The first three teams at the competition qualified for the World Youth Netball Championships to be held in Botswana.

The teams are: Champions – Sri Lanka, Runners-up – Malaysia and third place winners – Singapore.

The International Netball Federation has classified the teams for the contest.

Group A: New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Samoa.

Group B: Australia, South Africa, Barbados, Zimbabwe and Singapore.

Group C: Jamaica, Botswana, Cook Islands, Malaysia and Uganda.

Group D: England, Fiji, Trinidad & Tobago, Wales and Ghana.

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