2023 World Lacrosse Championship

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2023 World Lacrosse Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	Snapdragon Stadium Torero Stadium SDSU Sports Deck
Dates	June 21 – July 1
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	United States (11th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Haudenosaunee
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	107
Attendance	82,000 (766 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Iroquois Austin Staats
Awards
MVP	United States Brennan O'Neill
← 2018 2027 →

The 2023 World Lacrosse Championship was 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 was held in San Diego, California.

The tournament was limited to 30 teams for the first time through regional qualifying tournaments.^[1] The United States won the tournament on July 1, 2023, in front of a crowd of 15,112,^[2] the championship was its 11th in the history of the event.^[3]

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.^[4] On 18 October 2019, the organizing committee withdrew its bid to host the event in Coquitlam.^[5] Matches were to be held at the Percy Perry Stadium from July 14–23, 2022.^[4]

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.^{[6] [7]} In June 2020, the championship was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2021 World Games to 2021 and 2022 respectively. Los Angeles was named as host city.^[8]

In January 2022, the championship was relocated another time, as San Diego was announced as the new host city for 2023. The main venue was Snapdragon Stadium at San Diego State University, with matches also taking place at Torero Stadium at the University of San Diego and three other fields at San Diego State.^[9]

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).^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

In March 2022, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian teams, athletes, and officials were suspended from participation in World Lacrosse events and qualifiers, and it was decided that no World Lacrosse or European Lacrosse Federation events would be held in Russia.^[14]

Finland initially qualified through the European qualifiers, however they withdrew due to funding challenges and were replaced by France, who was the next highest ranked European team.^[15]

Qualifying National Teams

Team	2018 Rank	Federation	Qualification	Appearances	Squad
United States	1	PALA	Automatic	13	Ref[16]
Canada	2	PALA	Automatic	13	Ref[17]
Haudenosaunee	3	PALA	Automatic	7	Ref[18]
Australia	4	APLU	Automatic	13	Ref[19]
England	5	ELF	Automatic	13	Ref[20]
Japan	6	APLU	Automatic	7
Israel	7	ELF	Automatic	2
Puerto Rico	8	PALA	Regional	1
Germany	9	ELF	Automatic	6	Ref[21]
Philippines	10	APLU	Regional	1
Scotland	11	ELF	Automatic	6
Ireland	12	ELF	Automatic	5	Ref[22]
Jamaica	13	PALA	Regional	1	Ref[23]
Wales	14	ELF	Regional	6	Ref[24]
Italy	16	ELF	Regional	4	Ref[25]
Latvia	18	ELF	Regional	4
Switzerland	20	ELF	Regional	3
New Zealand	21	APLU	Regional	5
Netherlands	22	ELF	Regional	4	Ref[26]
Austria	24	ELF	Regional	3
Sweden	25	ELF	Regional	5
Czech Republic	26	ELF	Regional	6
Hong Kong	27	APLU	Regional	5
Poland	32	ELF	Regional	3
France	33	ELF	Regional*	3
Denmark	34	ELF	Regional	3
South Korea	35	APLU	Regional	5	Ref[27]
Mexico	38	PALA	Regional	3
Peru	39	PALA	Regional	1
Uganda	40	AAL	Regional	2

National teams not competing in the tournament
2018 placement in parentheses

Lost Qualifying Matches	Withdrew	Participated in 2018 but not in 2023
Norway (17)  Greece (19)  Slovakia (23)  Hungary (28)  Belgium (30)  Spain (31)  France (33)*  Chinese Taipei (41)  China (42)  Croatia (43)  Turkey (44)  Colombia (45)  Kenya (–)  Portugal (–)  Slovenia (–)  U.S. Virgin Islands (–)	Finland (15)*	Argentina (29)  Russia (36)  Bermuda (37)  Luxembourg (46)

* Finland replaced by France after an announcement that they were unable to travel to the 2023 tournament^[28]

• Wednesday, 21 June – Opening Game (United States vs Canada)
• Thursday, 22 June to Monday, 26 June – Pool Play
• Tuesday, 27 June - First Round Playoff Games & Placement Games
• Wednesday, 28 June - Quarterfinal Games & Placement Games
• Thursday, 29 June - Semifinal Games & Placement Games
• Friday, 30 June - Placement Games
• Saturday, 1 July - Bronze and Gold Medal Games

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification	United States	Canada	Iroquois	Australia	England
1	United States (Q)	4	4	0	46	16	+30	Advance to quarterfinals	—	7–5	9–7	12–3	18–1
2	Canada (Q)	4	3	1	34	21	+13		5–7	—	8–7	10–3	11–4
3	Haudenosaunee (Q)	4	2	2	42	28	+14	Advance to playoff	7–9	7–8	—	10–6	18–5
4	Australia (Q)	4	1	3	20	36	−16		3–12	3–10	6–10	—	8–4
5	England (Q)	4	0	4	14	55	−41		1–18	4–11	5–18	4–8	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification	Japan	Wales	France	Denmark	Uganda
1	Japan (Q)	4	4	0	70	6	+64	Advance to playoff	—	14–1	15–2	23–3	18–0
2	Wales (Q)	4	3	1	32	30	+2	Qualify for 2nd Place table	1–14	—	7–6	7–6	17–4
3	France (Q)	4	2	2	34	31	+3	Qualify for 15th-30th Placement Games	2–15	6–7	—	13–4	13–5
4	Denmark (Q)	4	1	3	22	45	−23		3–23	6–7	4–13	—	9–2
5	Uganda (Q)	4	0	4	11	57	−46		0–18	4–17	5–13	2–9	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification	Israel	Puerto Rico	Philippines	Czech Republic	Sweden
1	Israel (Q)	4	4	0	44	17	+27	Advance to playoff	—	12–6	8–4	14–4	10–3
2	Puerto Rico (Q)	4	3	1	45	29	+16	Qualify for 2nd Place table	6–12	—	9–7	14–6	16–4
3	Philippines (Q)	4	2	2	31	24	+7	Qualify for 15th-30th Placement Games	4–8	7–9	—	11–4	9–3
4	Czech Republic (Q)	4	1	3	26	46	−20		4–14	6–14	4–11	—	12–7
5	Sweden (Q)	4	0	4	17	47	−30		3–10	4–16	3–9	7–12	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification	Jamaica	Germany	Poland	New Zealand	Switzerland
1	Jamaica (Q)	4	4	0	31	18	+13	Advance to playoff	—	5–3	6–4	10–6	10–5
2	Germany (Q)	4	3	1	39	23	+16	Qualify for 2nd Place table	3–5	—	11–8	9–6	16–4
3	Poland (Q)	4	2	2	32	28	+4	Qualify for 15th-30th Placement Games	4–6	8–11	—	11–7	9–4
4	New Zealand (Q)	4	1	3	31	36	−5		6–10	6–9	7–11	—	12–6
5	Switzerland (Q)	4	0	4	19	47	−28		5–10	4–16	4–9	6–12	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification	Italy	Hong Kong	Scotland	Mexico	Austria
1	Italy (Q)	4	4	0	60	23	+37	Advance to playoff	—	13–5	15–5	13–9	19–4
2	Hong Kong (Q)	4	3	1	37	33	+4	Qualify for 2nd Place table	5–13	—	9–7	14–7	9–6
3	Scotland (Q)	4	2	2	33	36	−3	Qualify for 15th-30th Placement Games	5–15	7–9	—	9–8	12–4
4	Mexico (Q)	4	1	3	39	41	−2		9–13	7–14	8–9	—	15–5
5	Austria (Q)	4	0	4	19	55	−36		4–19	6–9	4–12	5–15	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification	Republic of Ireland	Netherlands	Latvia	Peru	South Korea
1	Ireland (Q)	4	4	0	48	24	+24	Advance to playoff	—	12–6	8–7	14–9	14–2
2	Netherlands (Q)	4	3	1	30	23	+7	Qualify for 2nd Place table	6–12	—	4–1	8–7	12–3
3	Latvia (Q)	4	2	2	22	22	0	Qualify for 15th-30th Placement Games	7–8	1–4	—	7–6	7–4
4	Peru (Q)	4	1	3	39	34	+5		9–14	7–8	6–7	—	17–5
5	South Korea (Q)	4	0	4	14	50	−36		2–14	3–12	4–7	5–17	—

All participating teams in Pool A are awarded the 1-5 Seeds based on the Pool A Standings. The remaining 5 Pool winners are awarded the 6-10 Seeds based on their records and Goal Differential. The 4 best Pool Runner-Ups from all pools besides Pool A are awarded the 11-14 Seeds.

The top 4 teams in the 2nd Place Table make the Championship Playoff Bracket as seeds 11-14. The last place team in this table becomes the 15th seed in the Placement Games

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany (Q)	4	3[a]	1	39	23	+16	Advance to Playoffs
2	Puerto Rico (Q)	4	3[a]	1	45	29	+16
3	Netherlands (Q)	4	3	1	30	23	+7
4	Hong Kong (Q)	4	3	1	37	33	+4
5	Wales (Q)	4	3	1	32	30	+2	Qualify for Placement Games

Teams who lose in the Quarterfinals will play for 5th through 8th Place. Matches based on seedings entering playoffs, with highest 2 seeds playing for 5th place and lowest 2 seeds playing in 7th place.

Teams who lose in the First Round playoff will play for 9th through 14th place. The losers of the 8 vs 9 and the 7 vs 10 First Round playoff games receive a "bye" into the second round of this bracket for winning their respective pools.

Teams who lose their first round game in the above bracket play in the below bracket for 19th through 22nd place.

Teams who lose their first round game in the above bracket play in the below bracket for 27th through 30th place.

The top five teams in the final standings will be in Pool A in the 2027 World Lacrosse Championship. Due to its violation of eligibility requirements, the Philippines, which finished 15th in the standings, was shifted to 30th.^[29]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1st place, gold medalist(s)	United States	7	7	0	86	28	+58
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Canada	7	5	2	73	39	+34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Haudenosaunee	8	5	3	83	52	+31
4	Australia	8	3	5	56	70	-14
5	Japan	7	6	1	92	24	+68
6	England	7	1	6	30	79	-49
7	Israel	7	6	1	61	48	+13
8	Jamaica	7	5	2	46	52	-6
9	Italy	7	6	1	90	39	+51
10	Puerto Rico	8	5	3	79	54	+25
11	Germany	8	5	3	66	59	+7
12	Ireland	7	4	3	66	45	+21
13	Hong Kong	7	4	3	56	63	-7
14	Netherlands	7	3	4	46	60	-14
15	Mexico	7	3	4	62	63	-1
16	Scotland	7	4	3	52	60	-8
17	France	7	3	4	55	52	+3
18	Wales	7	5	2	52	57	+6
19	Poland	7	3	4	55	52	+3
20	Latvia	7	3	4	45	45	0
21	Peru	7	1	6	58	70	-12
22	Czech Republic	7	4	3	53	65	-12
23	Sweden	7	2	5	47	72	-25
24	New Zealand	7	3	4	67	58	+9
25	South Korea	7	1	6	33	76	-43
26	Switzerland	7	2	5	45	63	-18
27	Austria	7	1	6	42	76	-34
28	Denmark	7	2	5	40	68	-28
29	Uganda	7	0	7	19	92	-73
30	Philippines	7	5	2	63	38	+25

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament.^[30]

MVP: United States Brennan O'Neill

Best Attacker: Iroquois Austin Staats (revoked)^[31]

Best Midfielder: United States Brennan O'Neill

Best Defenseman: Iroquois Jacob Piseno

Attack	Midfield	Defense	Goalkeeper
Iroquois Austin Staats Canada Jeff Teat Japan Shinya Tateishi	United States Brennan O'Neill United States Michael Sowers Canada Josh Byrne	Iroquois Jacob Piseno Canada Graeme Hossack United States JT Giles-Harris	United States Blaze Riorden

^[32]

Rank	Points	Goals	Assists	Faceoffs Won	Save Percentage*
1	Iroquois Austin Staats (38)	Iroquois Austin Staats (30)	Iroquois Randy Staats (17)	Philippines John Dugenio (89)	Latvia Ryan Richters (65.0)
2	Italy Christian Cuccinello (35)	Japan Hiroki Kanaya Germany Pers-Anders Olters Japan Shinya Tateishi (21)	Italy Christian Cuccinello Scotland Christopher Willox (15)	Italy Will Vitelli (74)	Japan Shogo Oshima United States Blaze Riorden (59.5)
3	Japan Shinya Tateishi (32)	Wales Tomos Rosser (68)
4	Germany Pers-Anders Olters (27)	United States Rob Pannell Israel Robert Schain Mexico Josh Sanchez Canada Jeff Teat Germany Florian Werner (12)	Puerto Rico Nicholas Vazquez (63)	Philippines Dan Morris (56.0)
5	Japan Hiroki Kanaya Italy John Piatelli (26)	Italy Christian Cuccinello (20)	Japan Keiji Victor Ishii (61)	Israel Andrew Morris (55.6)
6	Mexico Will Cabrera (18)	New Zealand Will Clarkson (60)	Republic of Ireland Joe Walsh (54.2)
7	Iroquois Randy Staats (25)	South Korea Ethan Ashley Republic of Ireland Conor Foley Italy John Piatelli Israel Nathaniel Solomon (16)	United States Trevor Baptiste (59)	France Joseph Varela (52.6)
8	Republic of Ireland Conor Foley (24)	United States TD Ierlan (53)	Switzerland Andre Bremgartner Puerto Rico Will Mark (51.9)
9	Hong Kong Logan Ip Peru Andrew Ortega Mexico Josh Sanchez (23)	Japan Shinya Tateishi (11)	Scotland Alex Mulholland (51)
10	Canada Josh Byrne Peru Andrew Ortega Italy John Piatelli Germany Lasse Volquardsen (10)	Sweden Luke McCallion (50)	Australia Sean Aaron (51.5)

*Minimum of 200 minutes played

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