Wales' indoor hockey teams have missed out on promotion at the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Challenge in Rouen, France.
The Men's team finished second after losing 5-1 to France in the final of the competition.
Women's captain Emma Keen led her side to joint fourth, just one point behind third-placed Sweden.
It is the first time in 20 years that Wales have had an indoor team competing.
The Men's team opened with an 11-3 defeat to France which was followed up by an 8-0 win over Finland and a 16-1 thrashing of Norway before meeting France again in the final.
Wales men remain in Challenge II for the next European tournament in 2012 while France will play in Challenge I.
"The team obviously felt frustrated to finish second," said player-coach Zak Jones.
"They also felt pretty frustrated with the mistakes they made but overall we are pretty proud of our achievements."
The women's team lost their opening three matches, 5-4 to Croatia followed by a 6-0 defeat to eventual winners England and then an 11-1 thrashing by second-place France.
But they bounced back with a 5-3 win against Turkey and a 1-0 win over third-placed Sweden, but finished fifth in the competition on six points with Croatia who were fourth.
"We were gutted when we lost to Croatia because it was so close," said Keen. "But we learnt so much - it would be silly to be negative."
"We are really encouraged by our performance but to miss out on third place and a medal by a point was hard.
She added: "Two years ago England were in the same position as we are now.
"We're focused on developing and bonding as a team and we're really confident of success in the future."
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