Sri Lanka team for Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship

19th Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship 2018

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Sri Lanka Team - 19th Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship 2018

Sri Lanka U20 Men’s Volleyball team will be participating in the 19th Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship 2018 in Manama, Bahrain.

The tournament will be played from 21st-28th July with the participation of 24 countries.

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Manama, the modern capital and largest city of the Arabian Gulf island nation of Bahrain, is home to a very diverse population and to Bahrain volleyball. The city is no stranger to hosting several international volleyball tournaments including the 1987 FIVB Men’s U21 World Championship.

Following a significant success in hosting the 2014 Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship, Manama now faces another challenge to become the host city of the 2018 Asian Men’s U20 Championship between July 21 and 28, with 23 teams in total vying for the top honour and two slots to contest the 2019 FIVB Men’s U21 World Championship.

Sri Lanka who finished 7th in the 18th Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship in 2016 are drawn in Pool C alongside Kazakhstan and Australia for this year’s competition. In 2016 Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the group stage and Kazakhstan in the 7th place play-off.

Division I

This is the first Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three pools of 2 divisions to the total amount of the participating teams.

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Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2016 Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C.

Division II

Sri Lanka team will be captained by Nuwan Tharaka Jayalath from St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa and coached by Lalith Premalal. Trainer will be Jagath Sanjaya Senadeera and Thenuka Malinda will be the Manager.

There are four players from Dhammissara National School, Naththandiya, three from Rajasinghe Central College, Ruwanwella and two from St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa. From Davisamara Maha Vidyalaya there are two players and one from Maris Stella College, Negombo.

Squad

Sayuru Kanishka Fernando (St. Joseph Vaz College)Nuwanga Dilshan Fernando (Dhammissara National School)Vidura Prabath Perera (Rajasinghe Central College)Sankha Dilshan Jayarathne (Rajasinghe Central College)Mahela Indeewara (Dhammissara National School)Kaveen Thiwanka Silva (Maris Stella College)Nuwan Tharaka Jayalth (St. Joseph Vaz College)Yohan Sanuka (Dhammissara National School)Pasindu Sandaruwan (Davisamara Maha Vidyalaya)Maleesha Ravishan Jayawardena (Dhammissara National School)Ruchira Sampath Jayathunga (Rajasinghe Central College)Sujith Thilanga Silva (Davisamara Maha Vidyalaya)

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