HK finish last in warm-up event ahead of the 2009 East Asian Games
Air India won the third Hong Kong Quadrangular Hockey Tournament after beating Guangdong 1-0 at King's Park earlier this month.
Hong Kong finished fourth, with one win, one draw and two defeats. The February 4-8 competition served as a warm-up for the East Asian Games to be hosted by Hong Kong later this year. Taiwan also took part in the event.
'Apart from the 6-1 blowout by the Guangdong squad, I think our team played up to our standards,' said Hong Kong player Chan Ka-ho.
'We tied with eventual champions Air India and defeated Taiwan 4-2 in the preliminary round. But I was not satisfied with the final result, especially the bronze medal game against Taiwan which we lost 4-2 in a penalty shootout.'
Chan said fatigue was a major reason for Hong Kong's disappointing performance.
