The World Lacrosse Women's Championship, formerly known as the Women's Lacrosse World Cup, is the international championship of women's lacrosse, is held every four years. From its inception in 1982, it was sponsored by the governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, until that body merged in 2008 with the former governing body for men's lacrosse. Since 2009, the WLWC has been sponsored by the sport's new unified governing body, the Federation of International Lacrosse. The 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was held in Guildford, England, and was won by the United States over Canada by the score of 10-5.
History
Four players took part in all of the first five editions of the Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Vivien Jones of Wales, Lois Richardson of England, and Sue Sofanos and Marge Barlow both of Australia.
Results
YearHostChampionsScoreRunner-up 1982 Nottingham 10–7 (ET) 1986 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 10–7 1989 Perth 6–5 (SD OT) 1993 Edinburgh 4–1 1997 Tokyo 3–2 (SD OT) 2001 High Wycombe 14–8 2005 Annapolis, Maryland 14–7 2009 Prague 8–7 2013 Oshawa 19–5 2017 Guildford 10–5 2022 Towson, Maryland 11–8 2026Tokyo16–4
Medal table
Past results Team1982(6)1986(6)1989(6)1993(8)1997(7)2001(8)2005(10)2009(16)2013(19)2017(25)2022(30)2026(16) 26th 9th 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 14th 13th 25th 25th 3rd 4th 4th 4th 5th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 24th 29th 22nd 19th 15th 8th 8th 9th 10th 7th 13th 15th 5th 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 5th 16th 8th 9th 10th 12th 14th 14th 16th 11th 7th 12th 8th 4th 18th 18th 16th 5th 10th 13th 13th 11th 8th 6th 6th 3rd 11th 18th 28th 7th 7th 7th 5th 7th 9th 9th 5th 7th 17th 17th 20th 20th 15th 13th 14th 16th 17th 22nd 10th 12th 11th 8th 12th 10th 11th 8th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 6th 6th 7th 8th 6th 5th 10th 14th 16th 15th 15th 21st 23rd 24th 19th 21st 23rd 19th 27th w 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Wales 6th 6th 6th 6th 4th 5th 6th 6th 5th 7th 9th 12th
See also Men's World Lacrosse Championship World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship
References
External links The 2009 FIL Women's World Cup web site