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.
Sponsoring organizations 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.
Teams Nineteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2013 World Cup tournament. New entries included Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, and Latvia. The Czech Republic and Denmark did not return from the 2009 World Cup.
Championship 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.
Pool A All 5 teams guaranteed a berth into Championship Bracket, Top 4 receive Bye to Quarterfinal.
Pool B Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.
Pool C Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record. Austria advances as best of the 3rd place teams.
Pool D Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.
Diamond Consolation Bracket Pool X: 13th-15th Place 17 July: Netherlands 11–10 Finland 18 July: Germany 18–3 Finland 19 July: Germany 21–2 Netherlands 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
Sarah Albrecht Dana Dobbie Katrina Dowd Amber Falcone Katie Guy Laura Merrifield Stacey Morlang Sullivan Lindsey Munday Hannah Nielsen Katie Rowan Alicia Wickens Devon Wills
External links The 2013 FIL Women's World Cup web site Federation of International Lacrosse, WWC brackets LaxMagazine, 2012-13 Women's News
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