2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup

2013 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–19 July
Teams19
Final positions
Champions  United States (7th title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Australia
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Katrina Dowd (26)

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.

  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.

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 United States 4 4 0 0 0 0
2 Canada 4 3 1 0 0 0
3 Australia 4 2 2 0 0 0
4 England 4 1 3 0 0 0
5 Wales 4 0 4 0 0 0
Source:

Pool B

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

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 New Zealand 5 4 1 0 0 0
2 Ireland 5 3 2 0 0 0
3 Netherlands 5 2 3 0 0 0
4 Finland 5 2 3 0 0 0
5 Latvia 5 0 5 0 0 0
Source:

Pool C

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

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Japan 5 5 0 0 0 0
2 Haudenosaunee 5 4 1 0 0 0
3 Austria 5 3 2 0 0 0
4 Hong Kong 5 1 4 0 0 0
5 Sweden 5 0 5 0 0 0
Source:

Pool D

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

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Israel 5 4 1 0 0 0
2 Scotland 5 4 1 0 0 0
3 Germany 5 2 3 0 0 0
4 Korea 5 1 4 0 0 0
Source:

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
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

All-World Team

Sarah Albrecht
Dana Dobbie
Katrina Dowd
Amber Falcone
Katie Guy
Laura Merrifield
Stacey Morlang Sullivan
Lindsey Munday
Hannah Nielsen
Katie Rowan
Alicia Wickens
Devon Wills

References

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