Teenage players in the Hong Kong water polo B team were praised by their coach after they won last weekend's Seventh Asian-Pacific Water Polo Tournament at Kowloon Park Swimming Pool.
Hundreds of spectators cheered as Hong Kong B scored a thrilling 7-6 win over Japan and also beat Guangzhou 11-8 in the decisive round-robin championship matches on Sunday.
Hong Kong's Armenian coach Benyamin Simonyan said the side's young players had played a key role in the success.
The team's 'baby' was Chung Ching-nam, a 15-year-old student at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. More than half the team are still at school.
'Fung Wing-hei, Ku Yat-wa and Chung Ching-nam, all under 18, played very well, and have great potential,' said Simonyan.
'The team have been recruiting young members for the past seven years. They have good discipline and are willing to devote much time to training.'
