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.
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.
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.
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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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