The 2026 World Lacrosse Women's Championship, the 12th Women's World Championship, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament was hosted in Tokyo, Japan.
This is the second time, Japan is hosting the tournament with the first being the 1997 Women's Lacrosse World Cup.
A new format is adopted for this championship with 16 national teams taking part in the main tournament. A Division II was also held in Wrocław, Poland, with 12 additional teams.
The United States won their fifth consecutive and tenth overall titles, after defeated Canada 16–4 in the final.
Participating nations Qualification Continental championships served as the qualification path form the 16 participating teams. Japan as hosts automatically qualifies. Chinese Taipei and the Philippines made their debuts.
Qualification Hosts Date(s) Spot(s) Qualifier(s) Host nation N/A January 2024 1 2024 Women's European Lacrosse Championship Braga 10–20 July 7 2025 Asia-Pacific Women's Lacrosse Championship Sunshine Coast 6–11 January 3 2025 Pan-American Women's Lacrosse Championship Auburndale 26–30 June 5
Draw World Lacrosse announced the results of a draw on March 19, 2026. The teams were seeded based on their performance in the 2022 World Lacrosse Women's Championship and the continental championships within the past two years. The top seeds were United States, Canada, England and Japan which were allocated across Pools A to D.
Pool APool BPool CPool D Venues The 2026 World Lacrosse Women's Championship has two venues in Tokyo: Oi Hockey Stadium and the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium with the latter hosting the semifinals and medal round. TokyoOi Hockey StadiumChichibunomiya Rugby StadiumCapacity: 15,000Capacity: 27,188
Marketing Nissin Foods was named the title sponsor of the tournament in January 2026. The logo was also unveiled at the same time which features a design incorporating the red rising sun, Mount Fuji and seigaiha (wave) patterns. Group stage Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
9th–16th placement round Places 9–12
Ninth place game
Eleventh place game
Places 13–16
Thirteenth place game
Fifteenth place game
Final round
Quarterfinals
5th–8th placement Places 5–8
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final ranking RankTeamRecord 6–0 5–1 5–14th 3–35th 5–16th 3–37th 3–38th 2–49th 3–210th 2–311th 2–312th 1–413th 2–314th 1–415th 1–416th 0–5 All-World Team AttackMidfieldDefenseGoalkeeper Shea DolceSource: World Lacrosse
Award Most valuable player Ally Kennedy
Notes
See also 2027 World Lacrosse Men's Championship
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