Tournament details | |
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Host country | Japan |
Venue(s) | Oi Hockey Stadium Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium [1] |
Teams | 16 (main) |
The 2026 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, the 12th Women's World Championship is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament will be hosted in Japan.
This will be the second time, Japan will host the tournament with the first being the 1997 Women's Lacrosse World Cup. [2]
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Continental championships will serve as the qualification path form the 16 participating teams. Japan as hosts automatically qualifies.
Qualification | Hosts | Date(s) | Spot(s) | Qualifier(s) |
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Host nation | N/A | January 2024 | 1 | Japan |
2024 Women's European Lacrosse Championship [4] | Braga | 10–20 July | 7 | England Israel Scotland Wales Ireland Germany Czech Republic |
2025 Asia-Pacific Women's Lacrosse Championship [5] | Sunshine Coast | 6–11 January | 3 | Chinese Taipei Australia Philippines |
2025 Pan-American Women's Lacrosse Championship | Auburndale | 26–30 June | 4 | |
2025 African Women's Lacrosse Championship | TBD | TBD | 1 |
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