Lacrosse U19 World Cup: 15-year-old Hannah Kwong eyes future glory after Hong Kong’s best-ever finish of 12th in Canada
- The Cheltenham Ladies College student is looking forward to the 2021 senior World Cup and a second U19 tournament in 2023
- Hong Kong defeated Czech Republic for 12th place after victories over Israel and Belgium
Hannah Kwong Wing-yee is looking forward to showing her high school friends how much she has improved as a goalie after Hong Kong finished 12th in the women’s U19 Lacrosse World Cup in Canada.
In four years, she may be able make the same boast to her university friends. Aged just 15, Kwong will still be eligible for the Hong Kong U19 team at the 2023 edition. She was the youngest player at the tournament in Peterborough, Canada, last week as Hong Kong performed beyond expectations against the best teams in the world.
Many of the U19 squad, including Kwong, are hoping to also represent Hong Kong at the 2021 World Cup in Maryland, in the US.
“I think we definitely all outperformed our expectations,” said Kwong, who studies at Cheltenham Ladies College in England. “I’m incredibly proud of all of us. It’s definitely been an eye-opening experience playing on the world stage, we all handled the pressure really well.
“We have learned to rely on each other and work from the pressure that the crowd was giving us. I surprised myself because I’m quite young and this is the first time I’m playing under such great pressure.
