2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship

The 2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, the eleventh Women's World Championship (previously known as the Women's Lacrosse World Cup), is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament will be held at the Towson University in Towson, Maryland.

2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesJuly 7-17, 2021
Venue(s)Towson University (in Towson, Maryland host cities)
← 2017

Hosting

The United States was announced as hosts of the tournament in February 2018. Games will be hosted at the Towson University in Towson, Maryland.[1]

Tournament

Qualified teams

A total of 30 nations has qualified for the 2021 Women's Lacrosse World Championship.[2] The top ten nations at the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup automatically qualified while twenty other nations earned their place through participating in the continental qualifiers. China, Chinese Taipei, and Finland participated in the qualifiers but failed to qualify but they were designated as potential participants should a qualified team withdraw from the tournament. Kenya withdrew with China, a participant of the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup unlike the two other teams, named as replacement.[3]Argentina, Jamaica, Norway, Puerto Rico, and Uganda will make their debut in the world championship.[4]

References
  1. "United States To Host 2021 FIL Women's World Cup At Towson University". World Lacrosse. February 14, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Shefferd, Neil (April 18, 2020). "Record 30 nations to contest 2021 Women's Lacrosse World Championship". Inside the Games. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. "2021 WLWWC Newsletter #2" (PDF). World Lacrosse. March 18, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. "Record 30 Nations Confirmed for World Championship". US Lacrosse. April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. "Schedule Announced for Women's Euros in Israel". Israel Lacrosse. 14 April 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.