Lacrosse at the 2022 World Games

The lacrosse competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The women's tournament was played as an official event and the men's tournament as an invitational event. This was the first time that men's and women's field lacrosse were played in a six-a-side format in a multi-sport competition. This was also an absolute debut of a men's tournament in a World Games programme, as in 2017 women played the traditional lacrosse discipline for the first time in the history of the World Games. The games in 2022 were played in the sixes format, with teams of six players per side, reduced field size, and shorter games as compared to the parent field lacrosse format, which was conducive to daily tournament play. The game was played in eight-minute quarters and emphasized speed and efficiency.

Lacrosse
at the 2022 World Games
VenuePNC Field
Dates12–16 July 2022 (women)
8–12 July 2022 (men)
Competitors from 9 nations
← 2017

Qualification

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A total of 8 teams for each gender competed in the lacrosse event at the 2022 World Games.

Qualification for the men's tournament of the 2022 World Games was based primarily on final placement at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship.[3][4] The Iroquois team, who took third at the 2018 championship, were initially disqualified as the Iroquois confederacy does not have a National Olympic Committee; after the ruling was overturned, the Irish team vacated their place in their favour. Lacrosse was invented by Indigenous nations including the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee peoples, and the game has spiritual significance for them.[5]

For the women's tournament, the 2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship was supposed to be the basis for qualification. Like their men's counterpart, the Iroquois women's national lacrosse team was eligible to qualify.[3] However, the Women's World Championship was postponed to July 2022.

Women's teams

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Men's teams

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Results

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada2002
2  United States*0202
3  Australia0011
  Japan0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Canada
Wesley Berg
Reid Bowering
Josh Byrne
Bryan Cole
Zach Currier
Brett Dobson
Jordan MacIntosh
Clarke Petterson
Drake Porter
Challen Rogers
Dhane Smith
Jeff Teat
  United States
Martin Brandau
Liam Byrnes
Ryan Conrad
Adam Ghitelman
Zach Goodrich
Justin Guterding
Colin Heacock
Jack Kelly
Connor Kirst
Tom Schreiber
Brian Tevlin
Ryan Tierney
  Japan
Yuki Fukushima
Hiroki Kanaya
Yuto Komatsu
Seiya Natsume
Kazuki Obana
Kiyoshi Sano
Dai Sato
Kinori Sugihara
Junichi Suzuki
Shinya Tateishi
Soya Tokumasu
Tomoki Umehara
Women's tournament   Canada
Madalyn Baxter
Lauren Black
Emily Boissonneault
Annabel Child
Aurora Cordingley
Dana Dobbie
Erica Evans
Megan Kinna
Nicole Perroni
Lauren Spence
Lydia Sutton
Brooklyn Walker-Welch
  United States
Madison Ahern
Kasey Choma
Marge Donovan
Madison Doucette
Haley Hicklen
Ellie Masera
Danielle Pavinelli
Paige Petty
Belle Smith
Sam Swart
Meaghan Tyrrell
Caitlyn Wurzburger
  Australia
Tegan Brown
Addie Cunningham
Cassidy Doster
Theo Kwas
Bec Lane
Georgia Latch
Sarah Mollison
Olivia Parker
Sarah Smith
Abby Thorne
Indyah Williams
Bonnie Yu

Men's tournament

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Group A

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1   United States (H) 3 3 0 63 29 +34 Advance to Semifinals
2   Great Britain 3 2 1 44 38 +6
3   Australia 3 1 2 45 40 +5 Advance to 5th place game
4   Germany 3 0 3 28 73 −45 Advance to 7th place game
Source: 2022 World Games
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 73 26 +47 Advance to Semifinals
2   Japan 3 1 2 50 63 −13
3   Haudenosaunee 3 1 2 41 53 −12 Advance to 5th place game
4   Israel 3 1 2 40 62 −22 Advance to 7th place game
Knockout stage
Seventh place game
July 11, 2022 Germany   16−11   Israel Birmingham
10:30 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Fifth place game
July 11, 2022 Australia   12−19   Haudenosaunee Birmingham
12:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Semifinals
July 11, 2022 United States   17−12   Japan Birmingham
14:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field
July 11, 2022 Great Britain   11−22   Canada Birmingham
15:30 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Bronze Medal Game
July 12, 2022 Japan   19−18 (OT)   Great Britain Birmingham
19:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Gold Medal Game
July 12, 2022 United States   9−23   Canada Birmingham
19:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field

Women's tournament

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Group A

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1   United States (H) 3 3 0 57 22 +35 Advance to Semifinals
2   Australia 3 2 1 41 37 +4
3   Japan 3 1 2 33 32 +1 Advance to 5th place game
4   Czech Republic 3 0 3 24 64 −40 Advance to 7th place game
Source: World Games
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 49 22 +27 Advance to Semifinals
2   Great Britain 3 2 1 34 38 −4
3   Israel 3 1 2 35 38 −3 Advance to 5th place game
4   Haudenosaunee 3 0 3 27 47 −20 Advance to 7th place game
Source: World Games
Knockout stage
Seventh place game
July 15, 2022 Czech Republic   8−13   Haudenosaunee Birmingham
10:30 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Fifth place game
July 15, 2022 Japan   12−13   Israel Birmingham
12:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Semifinals
July 15, 2022 United States   21−5   Great Britain Birmingham
14:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field
July 15, 2022 Australia   7−12   Canada Birmingham
14:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Bronze medal game
July 16, 2022 Great Britain   7−13   Australia Birmingham
19:00 Report Stadium: PNC Field
Gold medal game
July 16, 2022 United States   12−14   Canada Birmingham
20:30 Report Stadium: PNC Field

References

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  1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. ^ a b "World Lacrosse Announces Teams for Men's Lacrosse Competition at TWG 2022". The World Games 2022 | Birmingham, USA. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Teams qualified for lacrosse at the 2022 World Games". worldlacrosse.sport. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  5. ^ Glennon, Michael (2020-09-05). "Ireland sacrifice place for good of 'Medicine Game'". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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