2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship

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2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
DatesJune 29 - July 9, 2022
Venue(s) Towson University, Towson, Maryland  (in 1 host city)
2017

The 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, the eleventh Women's World Championship (previously known as the Women's Lacrosse World Cup), is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament will be held at the Towson University in Towson, Maryland.

Contents

Originally scheduled for July 2021, the tournament was postponed to a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Hosting

The United States was announced as hosts of the tournament in February 2018. Games will be hosted at the Towson University in Towson, Maryland. [2]

Tournament

Qualified teams

A total of 30 nations has qualified for the 2021 Women's Lacrosse World Championship. [3] The top ten nations at the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup automatically qualified while twenty other nations earned their place through participating in the continental qualifiers. China, Chinese Taipei, and Finland participated in the qualifiers but failed to qualify but they were designated as potential participants should a qualified team withdraw from the tournament. Kenya withdrew with China, a participant of the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup unlike the two other teams, named as replacement. [4] Argentina, Jamaica, Norway, Puerto Rico, and Uganda will make their debut in the world championship. [5]

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References

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