Top 20 in the world? Hong Kong lacrosse team aiming high at the world championship
Scott Browning’s team are looking to win at least one of their group games against Luxembourg and Poland to achieve their target
The Hong Kong men’s lacrosse team will meet a familiar foe when they line up for the FIL 2018 World Lacrosse Championship in Israel in July, and coach Scott Browning is confident their opponents will see a very different team.
Hong Kong were beaten 14-4 by Poland in the 2014 world championship in Denver but much has happened to develop the sport in the city since then and Browning has high hopes of an improved performance.
Also in their group are Luxembourg and Browning says their target is to finish in the top 20 of the 48-team tournament from July 11-21.
“We have improved a lot since we played them at the last world championship, we played them two years ago and beat them,” said Browning. “We have about five or six players who are still in the team but a lot has change in the past four years.”
The 48 teams are divided into 16 groups of three with the top team from each pool progressing to the elite play-offs and therefore giving themselves a chance to become world champions.