2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup

The 2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the ninth World Cup played, is the pre-eminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament was held at the Civic Recreation Complex in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada from July 10 through July 20, 2013.

The event was sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The tournament was first held in 1982 and has been held quadrennially on odd years since 1989.

Nineteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2013 World Cup tournament. New entries included Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, and Latvia. The Czech Republic and Denmark did not return from the 2009 World Cup.

Following Pool play, teams were seeded into a Championship Bracket of 12 teams and a Diamond Consolation Bracket of 7 teams. The Championship Bracket consisted of the teams in Pool A, the top 2 teams in Pools B, C and D and the next highest ranked team. The seven remaining teams were placed in the Diamond Consolation Bracket and re-seeded into two new pools, X and Y, based on rankings and teams previously played in the pool play.

The United States team dominated pool and bracket play, ending the tournament with a perfect 7-0 record. USA faced Canada in the gold medal game and won with a final score of 19-5 to earn its seventh world title. Australia and England faced each other in the bronze medal game, with Australia defeating England 12-6.

Teams are divided into four pools, A-D. Pool play games will be played on July 11 through 16.

All 5 teams guaranteed a berth into Championship Bracket, Top 4 receive Bye to Quarterfinal.

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record. Austria advances as best of the 3rd place teams.

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.

Pool X: 13th-15th Place

17 July:

• Netherlands 11–10 Finland

18 July:

• Germany 18–3 Finland

19 July:

• Germany 21–2 Netherlands

Germany progresses to 12th place play-off game. Finland relegated to 15th place play-off game.

Pool Y: 16th-19th Place

17 July:

• South Korea 23–7 Sweden
• Latvia 12–11 Hong Kong

18 July:

• South Korea 23–7 Hong Kong
• Latvia 10–6 Sweden

19 July:

• Hong Kong 15–5 Sweden
• South Korea 7–5 Latvia

South Korea progresses to 15th place play-off game.

Round 1 (17 July)

• (8) Haudenosaunee 19–3 Ireland (9)
• (5) Wales 21–0 Austria (12)
• (11) Scotland 13–12 Japan (6)
• (10) Israel 12–9 New Zealand (7)

Quarterfinals (18 July)

• (1) United States 20–1 Haudenosaunee (8)
• (4) England 10–0 Wales (5)
• (3) Australia 26–2 Scotland (11)
• (2) Canada 17–5 Israel (10)

Semi-finals

1st-4th Place (19 July):

• (1) United States 21–8 England (4)
• (2) Canada 11–7 Australia (3)

5th-8th Place (19 July):

• (5) Wales 15–14 Haudenosaunee (8)
• (11) Scotland 9–7 Israel (10)

9th-12th Place (18 July):

• (9) Ireland 10–4 Austria (12)
• (6) Japan 23–4 New Zealand (7)

15th-place match (19 July):

• South Korea 7–5 Finland

12th-place match (20 July):

• Germany 14–6 Austria (12)

11th-place match (19 July):

• (7) New Zealand 20–5 Austria (12)

9th-place match (20 July):

• (6) Japan 25–4 Ireland (9)

7th-place match (20 July):

• (8) Haudenosaunee 1–0* Israel (10) (Israel forfeited.)

5th-place match (20 July):

• (5) Wales 8–4 Scotland (11)

Bronze-medal match (20 July):

• (3) Australia 12–6 England (4)

Gold-medal match (20 July):

• (1) United States 19–5 Canada (2)

Sarah Albrecht

Dana Dobbie

Katrina Dowd

Amber Falcone

Katie Guy

Laura Merrifield

Stacey Morlang Sullivan

Lindsey Munday

Hannah Nielsen

Katie Rowan

Alicia Wickens

Devon Wills

• The 2013 FIL Women's World Cup web site
• Federation of International Lacrosse, WWC brackets
• LaxMagazine, 2012-13 Women's News