2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup Explained

Tourney Name:FIL Rathbones Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Year:2017
Country:England
Dates:12–22 July 2017
Num Teams:25
Venues:Surrey Sports Park
Cities:Guildford
Winners Women:United States
Count:8
Second Women:Canada
Third Women:England
Fourth Women:Australia
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2022
Updated:20 Sep 2013

The 2017 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the tenth World Cup, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament is being held at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, Surrey, in the South East of England, with 25 nations competing.[1] Rathbones Investment Management plc committed as the title sponsor for the event in 2014.

Introduction

The 2017 Rathbones Women's Lacrosse World Cup is an official Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) event and will be organised and managed by the English Lacrosse Association. This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. This will be the third time that England has hosted the World Cup having previously hosted the tournament in 1982 and 2001.

Format

The seeding structure for the FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup has been calculated through use of placing positions from the 2013 World Cup in Canada. Nations who are playing in the World Cup for the first time were placed based on previous results, geographic diversity and their 2016 European Championship placing position.[2]

The pools played a round robin between 12 and 18 July. The top placing teams from Pools B, C, D and E will play off to decide which 2 nations qualify to play in the Championship Division. Pool A members all advance to the Championship Division because it is composed of the top teams, according to World Lacrosse.

The nations were split up to play in the Championship Division (Teams 1-8), Platinum Division (Teams 9-16) and Diamond Division (Teams 17-25).

Group stage

Pool E

Championship Division

Consolation bracket

Platinum Division

Platinum Division will define positions 9 to 16.

Consolation bracket

Diamond Division

Diamond Division will define positions 17 to 25.

Consolation bracket

†Loser of game places 25th

Final ranking

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8–0
6–2
4–4
4th4–4
5th2–6
6th6–2
7th2–6
8th4–3
9th7–1
10th5–3
11th5–3
12th5–3
13th5–2
14th5–3
15th4–4
16th3–5
17th5–3
18th4–4
19th2–5
20th3–5
21st3–4
22nd1–6
23rd2–5
24th0–7
25th1–6

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.englishlacrosse.co.uk/lacrosse-talk/england-tops-double-european-gold-with-2017-womens-world-cup-bid-win-3409 England Win Bid to Host 2017 FIL Women’s Lacrosse World Cup
  2. http://englacrosse.s3.amazonaws.com/portals/2017/04/PLAYING-SCHEDULE-1.pdf 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup Playing Schedule