2023 World Lacrosse Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | TBD |
| Dates | TBD |
| Teams | 30 |
The 2023 World Lacrosse Championship will be the 14th edition of the international men's field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by World Lacrosse. Initially scheduled for 2022, it was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament will be held in Los Angeles, California.
The tournament will be limited to 30 teams for the first time through regional qualifying tournaments.[1]
Hosting
The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) gave its member associations until the end of September 2016 to formally make its intent to bid known to the international sports body and March 2017 to submit their bid. The winning bid was announced in June 2018.[1]
On June 25, 2018, FIL President Sue Redfern announced that Canada will host the 2022 World Lacrosse Championship in Coquitlam, British Columbia. According to the bidding team of the Canadian Lacrosse Association, it chose Coquitlam as the proposed host city for its bid citing the locality's previous hosting experience of the 2008 and 2016 men's U-19 world championships.[2] On 18 October 2019, the organizing committee withdrew its bid to host the event in Coquitlam.[3] Matches were to be held at the Percy Perry Stadium from July 14–23, 2022.[2]
In October 2019, after the withdrawal of the organization, the championship was moved to California with the aim for better promoting lacrosse for a return to the Summer Olympics.[4][5] In June 2020, the championship was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Los Angeles named as host city.[6]
Tournament
The maximum number of teams to participate in the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship is 30. Regional qualifiers shall be held to determine the participating teams. The top 6 nations from the 2018 edition have already qualified for the championship.
Blue Division
United States (1)
Canada (2)
Haudenosaunee (3)
Australia (4)
England (5)
Japan (6)
Other directly qualified teams
References
- ^ a b "2022 FIL Men's World Lacrosse Championship to be Held in Coquitlam, British Columbia". Canadian Lacrosse Association. 25 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Field lacrosse world championship coming to Coquitlam". Tri-City News. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Logue, Brian (2019-10-18). "2022 World Lacrosse men's world championship moving from Coquitlam". US Lacrosse Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "2022 World Championship Pulled Out of Coquitlam". Lacrosse Bucket. 18 October 2019.
- ^ "2022 World Championships Moving to California". Lacross Bucket. 11 November 2019.
- ^ "WORLD LACROSSE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP PUSHED TO 2023, WILL BE IN L.A." US Lacrosse. 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Here are your groups for today". ECL 2020 at Facebook. 4 January 2020.