The 2017 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the tenth World Cup, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament is being held at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, Surrey, in the South East of England, with 25 nations competing.England Win Bid to Host 2017 FIL Women’s Lacrosse World Cup Rathbones Investment Management plc committed as the title sponsor for the event in 2014.
Introduction The 2017 Rathbones Women's Lacrosse World Cup is an official Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) event and will be organised and managed by the English Lacrosse Association. This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. This will be the third time that England has hosted the World Cup having previously hosted the tournament in 1982 and 2001.
Participating nations
Format The seeding structure for the FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup has been calculated through use of placing positions from the 2013 World Cup in Canada. Nations who are playing in the World Cup for the first time were placed based on previous results, geographic diversity and their 2016 European Championship placing position.2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup Playing Schedule
The pools played a round robin between 12 and 18 July. The top placing teams from Pools B, C, D and E will play off to decide which 2 nations qualify to play in the Championship Division. Pool A members all advance to the Championship Division because it is composed of the top teams, according to World Lacrosse.
The nations were split up to play in the Championship Division (Teams 1-8), Platinum Division (Teams 9-16) and Diamond Division (Teams 17-25).
Group stage
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Championship Division
Consolation bracket
Platinum Division Platinum Division will define positions 9 to 16.
Consolation bracket
Diamond Division Diamond Division will define positions 17 to 25.
Consolation bracket
†Loser of game places 25th
Final ranking RankTeamRecord United States 8–0 Canada 6–2 England 4–44th Australia 4–45th Scotland 2–66th Israel 6–27th Wales 2–68th New Zealand 4–39th Japan 7–110th Czech Republic 5–311th Italy 5–312th Haudenosaunee 5–313th Ireland 5–214th Germany 5–315th South Korea 4–416th Netherlands 3–517th Latvia 5–318th Hong Kong 4–419th Switzerland 2–520th Mexico 3–521st Sweden 3–422nd China 1–623rd Spain 2–524th Colombia 0–725th Belgium 1–6
All-World Team 2017 Women’s World Cup – Final Results
Allyson Carey Taylor Cummings Dana Dobbie Katie Donohoe Megan Douty Erica Evans Laura Merrifield Hannah Nielsen Jen Russell Kayla Treanor Michelle Tumolo Devon Wills
References
External links The 2017 FIL Women's World Cup web site Surrey Sports Park