2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship

The 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, the 11th Women's World Championship (previously known as the Women's Lacrosse World Cup), is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament was held at Towson University in Towson, Maryland, United States.

2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	Towson University, Towson, Maryland (in 1 host city)
Dates	June 29 – July 9, 2022
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	United States (9th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	England
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	110
Goals scored	2,034 (18.49 per game)
Attendance	44,000 (400 per game)
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Originally scheduled for July 2021, the tournament was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was won by the United States.^[2]

Hosting

The United States was announced as hosts of the tournament in February 2018. Games were hosted at Towson University in Towson, Maryland.^[3] Two venues were used—the Tiger Field–Lower Fields Complex, consisting of two separate full fields with lighting and scoreboards used by the university's women's lacrosse and women's soccer programs, and Johnny Unitas Stadium, also used by the women's lacrosse program but more noted as home to the school's football and men's lacrosse programs.

Tournament

Qualified teams

A total of 30 nations qualified for the 2021 Women's Lacrosse World Championship.^[4] The top ten nations at the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup automatically qualified while twenty other nations earned their place through participating in the continental qualifiers. China, Chinese Taipei, and Finland participated in the qualifiers but failed to qualify but they were designated as potential participants should a qualified team withdraw from the tournament. Kenya withdrew with China, a participant of the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup unlike the two other teams, named as replacement.^[5] Argentina, Jamaica, Norway, Puerto Rico, and Uganda will make their debut in the world championship.^[6]

2017 WLWC participants (10)  United States (host)  Canada  England  Australia  Scotland  Israel  Wales  New Zealand  Japan  Czech Republic

Africa (2)  Kenya (withdrew)  Uganda (withdrew) Asia-Pacific (2)  South Korea  Hong Kong  China (replacement)

Europe (15)[7]  Germany  Ireland  Netherlands  Latvia  Norway  Austria   Switzerland  Italy  Sweden  Spain

Americas (6)  Haudenoseaunee  Puerto Rico  Jamaica  Mexico  Colombia  Argentina

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	United States (H)	4	4	0	67	26	+41	Qualification for Championship Division		—	16–11	15–9	16–5	20–1
2	Canada	4	3	1	53	30	+23			11–16	—	13–8	9–5	20–1
3	England	4	2	2	47	39	+8			9–15	8–13	—	12–4	18–7
4	Australia	4	1	3	31	41	−10			5–16	5–9	4–12	—	17–4
5	Scotland	4	0	4	13	75	−62			1–20	1–20	7–18	4–17	—

Source: ^[8]
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Israel	4	4	0	57	27	+30	Qualification for Championship Division		—	14–11	–	—	18–6
2	Puerto Rico	4	3	1	50	23	+27			—	—	—	12–4	13–2
3	Netherlands	4	2	2	27	32	−5	Qualification for Platinum Division		5–9	3–14	—	—	—
4	Norway	4	1	3	21	42	−21			5–16	—	4–7	—	—
5	South Korea	4	0	4	20	51	−31			—	—	5–12	7–8	—

Source: ^[8]

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	35	13	+22	Qualification for Championship Division		—	–	10–2	15–4	–
2	Wales	3	2	1	35	21	+14			7–10	—	–	–	–
3	Latvia	3	1	2	18	30	−12	Qualification for Platinum Division		–	7–15	—	–	–
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	13	37	−24			–	4–13	5–9	—	–
5	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew		–	–	–	–	—

Source: ^[8]

Uganda withdrew as they were unable to attend due to visa procurement issues. ^[9]

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	46	20	+26	Qualification for Championship Division		—	10–8	–	–	10–1
2	Ireland	4	3	1	44	37	+7			—	—	12–11(OT)	14–10	–
3	Hong Kong	4	2	2	46	25	+21			8–10	—	—	—	12–1
4	Austria	4	1	3	22	51	−29	Qualification for Platinum Division		3–16	—	2–15	—	–
5	Spain	4	0	4	14	39	−25			—	6–10	—	6–7	—

Source: ^[8]

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	78	13	+65	Qualification for Championship Division		—	13–8	19–1	–	–
2	Haudenoseaunee	4	3	1	57	26	+31			—	—	–	20–5	20–2
3	China	4	2	2	31	45	−14	Qualification for Platinum Division		—	6–9	—	–	11–10
4	Switzerland	4	1	3	21	61	−40			1–21	—	7–13	—	–
5	Argentina	4	0	4	22	64	−42			3–25	—	—	7–8(OT)	—

Source: ^[8]

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	4	4	0	66	24	+42	Qualification for Championship Division		—	–	13–10	19–5	–
2	Mexico	4	3	1	47	29	+18			6–14	—	—	18–6	–
3	Italy	4	2	2	49	29	+20	Qualification for Platinum Division		—	5–8	—	–	17–2
4	Sweden	4	1	3	26	58	−32			—	—	6–17	—	9–4
5	Colombia	4	0	4	13	61	−48			3–20	4–15	—	—	—

Source: ^[8]

Ranking of Third-Placed Teams: Pools B-F

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	D	Hong Kong	4	2	2	46	25	+21	Qualification to Championship Division
2	F	Italy	4	2	2	49	29	+20	Qualification to Platinum Division
3	E	China	4	2	2	31	45	−14
4	B	Netherlands	4	2	2	27	32	−5
5	C	Latvia	3	1	2	18	30	−12

First match(es) will be played: 30 June 2022. Source: ^[8]

Championship Division

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

5 July

United States

21

6 July

Hong Kong

0

United States

18

5 July

Japan

3

New Zealand

3

7 July

Japan

12

United States

17

5 July

Australia

2

Scotland

9

6 July

Haudenoseaunee

11

Haudenoseaunee

3

5 July

Australia

17

Australia

18

9 July

Ireland

4

United States

11

5 July

Canada

8

England

11

6 July

Wales

1

England

13

5 July

Israel

5

Israel

12

7 July

Mexico

3

England

9

5 July

Canada

11

Third place

Germany

9

6 July

9 July

Czech Republic

14

Czech Republic

7

Australia

7

5 July

Canada

15

England

8 (3OT)

Canada

17

Puerto Rico

6

Places 5-8

	Semifinal				5th position game
	8 July
	Japan	12
					9 July
	Haudenoseaunee	6
					Japan	13
	8 July
					Israel	4
	Israel	11
	Czech Republic	10
					7th position game
					9 July
					Haudenoseaunee	11
					Czech Republic	12

Consolation Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				9th position game
	6 July
	Hong Kong	8
					7 July
	New Zealand	15
					New Zealand	8
	6 July
					Scotland	9
	Scotland	9
									8 July
	Ireland	8
									Scotland	3
	6 July
									Wales	9
	Wales	17
					7 July
	Mexico	5
					Wales	9
	6 July
					Puerto Rico	6			11th position game
	Germany	8
									8 July
	Puerto Rico	10
									New Zealand	6
									Puerto Rico	7

Places 13-16

	Semifinals				13th position game
	7 July
	Hong Kong	9
					8 July
	Ireland	13
					Ireland	9(2OT)
	7 July
					Germany	8
	Mexico	6
	Germany	8
					15th position game
					8 July
					Hong Kong	11
					Mexico	15

Platinum Division

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

17th position

6 July

Italy

7(OT)

5 July

Norway

6

Norway

14

7 July

Jamaica

6

Italy

9

5 July

Latvia

7

Sweden

12

6 July

Argentina

10

Sweden

11

5 July

Latvia

12

Latvia

13

8 July

Colombia

1

Italy

7

Netherlands

9

6 July

China

8

5 July

South Korea

5

Austria

7

7 July

South Korea

13

China

8

5 July

Netherlands

13

19th position

Switzerland

5

6 July

8 July

Spain

6(OT)

Netherlands

15

Latvia

6

Spain

2

China

11

Places 21-24

	Semifinals				21st position game
	7 July
	Norway	11
					8 July
	Sweden	3
					Norway	7
	7 July
					South Korea	12
	South Korea	10
	Spain	6
					23rd position game
					8 July
					Sweden	9(2OT)
					Spain	8

Platinum Consolation

	Play-in				Semifinals				25th position game
					7 July
					Jamaica	11
	6 July†
					Argentina	12
	Argentina	14
									8 July
	Colombia	3
									Argentina	6
									Austria	7(OT)
					7 July
					Switzerland	4
					Austria	8			27th position game
									8 July
									Jamaica	5
									Switzerland	8

†Loser of game places 29th

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	8-0
	Canada	6-2
	England	5-3
4th	Australia	3-5
5th	Japan	7-1
6th	Israel	6-2
7th	Czech Republic	7-1
8th	Haudenoseaunee	5-3
9th	Wales	5-2
10th	Scotland	2-6
11th	Puerto Rico	5-3
12th	New Zealand	5-3
13th	Ireland	5-3
14th	Germany	3-4
15th	Mexico	4-4
16th	Hong Kong	2-6
17th	Netherlands	5-2
18th	Italy	4-3
19th	China	4-3
20th	Latvia	3-4
21st	South Korea	3-5
22nd	Norway	3-5
23rd	Sweden	3-5
24th	Spain	1-7
25th	Austria	3-4
26th	Argentina	2-6
27th	Switzerland	2-5
28th	Jamaica	0-6
29th	Colombia	0-6