2023 World Lacrosse Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Snapdragon Stadium |
| 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 San Diego, 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), since renamed World Lacrosse, 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]
In January 2022, the championship was relocated another time, as San Diego was announced as the new host city for 2023, with matches set to take place at Snapdragon Stadium at San Diego State University.[7]
Participating Nations
The 2023 World Lacrosse Championship is the first World Lacrosse Championship to set a maximum number of competing teams, capping invitations at 30 national teams. Previous world championship rankings determined automatic qualifiers for 2023 and the number of remaining spots allocated to each Continental Federation. The top 10 full member nations at the conclusion of the 2018 world championship automatically qualified for 2023 with regional qualifiers necessary for remaining teams in the European Lacrosse Federation (11 spots), Pan-American Lacrosse Association (4 spots), Asia Pacific Lacrosse Union (4 spots), and the African Association of Lacrosse (1 spot).[8][9][10][11]
| Team | 2018 Rank | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | Automatic |
 Canada | 2 | Automatic |
 Iroquois | 3 | Automatic |
 Australia | 4 | Automatic |
 England | 5 | Automatic |
 Japan | 6 | Automatic |
 Israel | 7 | Automatic |
 Germany | 9 | Automatic |
 Scotland | 11 | Automatic |
 Ireland | 12 | Automatic |
 Wales | 14 | ELF Regional |
 Finland | 15 | ELF Regional |
 Italy | 16 | ELF Regional |
 Latvia | 18 | ELF Regional |
 Switzerland | 20 | ELF Regional |
 Netherlands | 22 | ELF Regional |
 Austria | 24 | ELF Regional |
 Sweden | 25 | ELF Regional |
 Czech Republic | 26 | ELF Regional |
 Poland | 32 | ELF Regional |
 Denmark | 34 | ELF Regional |
 Puerto Rico | 8 | PALA Regional |
 Jamaica | 13 | PALA Regional |
 Mexico | 38 | PALA Regional |
 Peru | 39 | PALA Regional |
 Philippines | 10 | APLU Regional |
 New Zealand | 21 | APLU Regional |
 Hong Kong | 27 | APLU Regional |
 South Korea | 35 | APLU Regional |
| TBD | TBD | AAL Regional |
References
- ^ a b "2022 FIL Men's World Lacrosse Championship to be Held in Coquitlam, British Columbia". Canadian Lacrosse Association. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 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. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "2022 World Championship Pulled Out of Coquitlam". Lacrosse Bucket. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "2022 World Championships Moving to California". Lacrosse Bucket. 11 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "WORLD LACROSSE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP PUSHED TO 2023, WILL BE IN L.A." US Lacrosse. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "World Lacrosse awards 2023 Men's World Championship to San Diego". World Lacrosse. 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ "Here are your groups for today". ECL 2020 at Facebook. 4 January 2020.
- ^ "The Road to San Diego: 11 men's teams earn world championship qualification". World Lacrosse. 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Peru, Mexico, Jamaica and Puerto Rico qualify for 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship". World Lacrosse. 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Korea; Hong Kong, China; New Zealand and the Philippines Qualify for 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship". World Lacrosse. 8 October 2022.