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.

2013 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates10–19 July
Teams19
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Gold  United States (7th title)
Silver  Canada
Bronze  Australia
Fourth place England
Scoring leader(s)Katrina Dowd (26)
2009
2017

Sponsoring organizations

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.

Teams

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.

Championship

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.

Pool Play

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

WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PPG= Points per Game

  Team earned an automatic quarterfinal berth in the Championship Bracket
  Team earned a berth in the Championship Bracket
  Team advanced to Diamond Consolation Bracket

Pool A

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

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
United States4000.000--
Canada3100.000--
Australia2200.000--
England1300.000--
Wales0400.000--

Pool B

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

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
New Zealand4100.000--
Ireland3200.000--
Netherlands2300.000--
Finland2300.000--
Latvia0500.000--

Pool C

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

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
Japan5000.000--
Haudenosaunee4100.000--
Austria3200.000--
Hong Kong1400.000--
Sweden0500.000--

Pool D

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

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
Israel4100.000--
Scotland4100.000--
Germany2300.000--
Korea1400.000--

Diamond Consolation Bracket

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.

Championship Bracket

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)

Finals

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)
Gold Medal Final
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Final Score
USA 14 5 19
CAN 2 3 5

Final Rankings

2013 World Cup Final Rankings
Rank Country 2009 WC Rank Change
1 United States1
2 Canada3
3 Australia2
4 England4
5 Wales6
6 Scotland8
7 Haudenosaunee11
8 Israeldid not play
9 Japan7
10 Ireland5
11 New Zealand12
12 Germany10
13 Austria14
14 Netherlands13
15 South Korea16
16 Finlanddid not play
17 Latviadid not play
18 Hong Kongdid not play
19 Swedendid not play
did not play Czech Republic9
did not play Denmark15

All-World Team

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
1 Midfielder Sarah Albrecht  United States
2 Attack Dana Dobbie  Canada
3 Attack Katrina Dowd  United States
4 Defender Amber Falcone  United States
5 Defender Katie Guy  Canada
6 Midfielder Laura Merrifield  England
7 Midfielder Stacey Morlang Sullivan  Australia
8 Attack Lindsey Munday  United States
9 Midfielder Hannah Nielsen  Australia
10 Attack Katie Rowan  United States
11 Defender Alicia Wickens  Australia
12 Goalkeeper Devon Wills  United States

References

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