Sri LankaYouth VB team for Iran

The Sri Lanka Youth Volleyball Pool (Boys) will participate in a tournament in Iran from May 13 - 20. This is considered as the Asian qualifying round for the forthcoming first ever Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore.

This round comprise of ten teams from the Asian region with the hope of finding a berth for the Youth Games. Sri Lanka will play in Group 'A' along with China, South Korea, Australia and host Iran, while in Group 'B' India, Japan, Chinese Thaipei, Kazakhstan and Thailand battle for the next position in Iran..

Sri Lanka team a which reached the seventh position in the region last year is packed with a new set of talented players are undergoing training before their departure to Iran. The Lankan team under Guidance of coach Charles Tillekeratne while his deputy is Deepal Alwis.

The Sri Lanka Youth Pool:

Deepthi Rumesh (Dudley Senanayaka MV, Mirigama), Sandun Madhusanka (Davisamara MV, Seeduwa), Sammi Amal (Senanayake MMV, Madampe), Manoj Jayasinghe (Anamaduwa MV), Dilanka Sampath (NYSC), Hiranya Kosala (Senanayake MV, Madampe), Sajeewa Lahiru, Madhushka Wickramasinghe (Davisamara MV),Wasantha Lakmal (NYSC), Ushan Sandamal, NisalaMadhusanka (Davisamara MV) Ashen Jeewantha (Thoduwawa Vidyalaya), Isuru Pramodya (Davisamara MV), Shehan Sahintha, Lakmal Priyadharshana (Senanayake MV, Madampe), Namanja Madushanka (Davisamara MV)