2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup



The 2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the ninth World Cup played, is the preeminent 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.

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

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

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

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

Diamond Consolation Bracket
Pool X: 13th-15th Place
 * 17 July:


 * Netherlands 🇳🇱 11–10 🇫🇮 Finland
 * 18 July:


 * Germany 🇩🇪 18–3 🇫🇮 Finland
 * 19 July:

Germany progresses to 12th place play-off game. Finland relegated to 15th place play-off game.
 * Germany 🇩🇪 21–2 🇳🇱 Netherlands

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:

South Korea progresses to 15th place play-off game.
 * Hong Kong 🇭🇰 15–5 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * South Korea 🇰🇷 7–5 🇱🇻 Latvia

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)