Sri Lanka led by Kavindu Perera, finished fourth in the 2025 Asia Rugby Men’s Sevens Series – China leg after a 17-22 defeat to hosts China in the third place playoff game in Hangzhou, on Sunday (21).

China led 17-05 at half time but Dinal Ekanayake scored back-to-back tries to level the scores in the second half.

However, China managed to take the game after scoring a try in the dying stages of the encounter.

Earlier in the morning, Sri Lanka lost to Hong Kong 33-00 in the semi final of the Cup segment.

Although Sri Lanka lost to Japan 38-07 in the opening group game of the tournament on Saturday (20), the Tuskers claimed a 24-07 win against Thailand and a 34-07 victory against Singapore, to qualify for the Cup semi final.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka finished ninth in the women’s segment of the tournament.