2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup Explained

Tourney Name:FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Year:2013
Country:Canada
Dates:10–19 July
Num Teams:19
Venues:1
Cities:1
Winners Women:United States
Count:7
Second Women:Canada
Third Women:Australia
Fourth Women:England
Scoring Leader:Katrina Dowd (26)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2017
Updated:20 Sep 2013

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.

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

Pool A

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

Team Wins Losses Points WPct. GF GA Assists PPG
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.

Team Wins Losses Points WPct. GF GA Assists PPG
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.

Team Wins Losses Points WPct. GF GA Assists PPG
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.

Team Wins Losses Points WPct. GF GA Assists PPG
Israel4100.000--
Scotland4100.000--
2300.000--
Korea1400.000--

Diamond Consolation Bracket

Pool X: 13th-15th Place

17 July:

18 July:

19 July:

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

Pool Y: 16th-19th Place

17 July:

18 July:

19 July:

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

Championship Bracket

Round 1 (17 July)

Quarterfinals (18 July)

Semi-finals

1st-4th Place (19 July):

5th-8th Place (19 July):

9th-12th Place (18 July):

Finals

15th-place match (19 July):

12th-place match (20 July):

11th-place match (19 July):

9th-place match (20 July):

7th-place match (20 July):

5th-place match (20 July):

Bronze-medal match (20 July):

Gold-medal match (20 July):

Gold Medal Final
Team1st Half2nd HalfFinal score
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align=center CANalign=center 2align=center 3align=center 5

Final rankings

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+RankCountry2009 WC RankChange
United States 1
Canada 3
Australia 2
4 England 4
5 Wales 6
6 Scotland 8
7 Haudenosaunee 11
8 Israel did not play
9 Japan 7
10 Ireland 5
11 New Zealand 12
12 Germany 10
13 Austria 14
14 Netherlands 13
15 South Korea 16
16 Finland did not play
17 Latvia did not play
18 Hong Kong did not play
19 Sweden did not play
did not play Czech Republic 9
did not play Denmark 15

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