2013 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–19 July
Teams19
Final positions
Champions  United States (7th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Australia
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Katrina Dowd (26)

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.

WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PPG= Points per Game

  Team earned an automatic quarterfinal berth in the Championship Bracket
  Team earned a berth in the Championship Bracket
  Team advanced to Diamond Consolation Bracket

Pool A

All 5 teams guaranteed a berth into Championship Bracket, Top 4 receive Bye to Quarterfinal.

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
United States United States4000.000--
Canada Canada3100.000--
Australia Australia2200.000--
England England1300.000--
Wales Wales0400.000--

Pool B

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
New Zealand New Zealand4100.000--
Republic of Ireland Ireland3200.000--
Netherlands Netherlands2300.000--
Finland Finland2300.000--
Latvia Latvia0500.000--

Pool C

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record. Austria advances as best of the 3rd place teams.

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
Japan Japan5000.000--
Iroquois Haudenosaunee4100.000--
Austria Austria3200.000--
Hong Kong Hong Kong1400.000--
Sweden Sweden0500.000--

Pool D

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.

TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.GFGAAssistsPPG
Israel Israel4100.000--
Scotland Scotland4100.000--
Germany Germany2300.000--
South Korea Korea1400.000--

Diamond Consolation Bracket

Pool X: 13th-15th Place

17 July:
  • Netherlands Netherlands 11–10 Finland Finland
18 July:
  • Germany Germany 18–3 Finland Finland
19 July:
  • Germany Germany 21–2 Netherlands 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 South Korea 23–7 Sweden Sweden
  • Latvia Latvia 12–11 Hong Kong Hong Kong
18 July:
  • South Korea South Korea 23–7 Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • Latvia Latvia 10–6 Sweden Sweden
19 July:
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong 15–5 Sweden Sweden
  • South Korea South Korea 7–5 Latvia Latvia

South Korea progresses to 15th place play-off game.

Championship Bracket

Round 1 (17 July)

  • (8) Haudenosaunee Iroquois 19–3 Republic of Ireland Ireland (9)
  • (5) Wales Wales 21–0 Austria Austria (12)
  • (11) Scotland Scotland 13–12 Japan Japan (6)
  • (10) Israel Israel 12–9 New Zealand New Zealand (7)

Quarterfinals (18 July)

  • (1) United States United States 20–1 Iroquois Haudenosaunee (8)
  • (4) England England 10–0 Wales Wales (5)
  • (3) Australia Australia 26–2 Scotland Scotland (11)
  • (2) Canada Canada 17–5 Israel Israel (10)

Semi-finals

1st-4th Place (19 July):
  • (1) United States United States 21–8 England England (4)
  • (2) Canada Canada 11–7 Australia Australia (3)
5th-8th Place (19 July):
  • (5) Wales Wales 15–14 Iroquois Haudenosaunee (8)
  • (11) Scotland Scotland 9–7 Israel Israel (10)
9th-12th Place (18 July):
  • (9) Ireland Republic of Ireland 10–4 Austria Austria (12)
  • (6) Japan Japan 23–4 New Zealand New Zealand (7)

Finals

15th-place match (19 July):
  • South Korea South Korea 7–5 Finland Finland
12th-place match (20 July):
  • Germany Germany 14–6 Austria Austria (12)
11th-place match (19 July):
  • (7) New Zealand New Zealand 20–5 Austria Austria (12)
9th-place match (20 July):
  • (6) Japan Japan 25–4 Republic of Ireland Ireland (9)
7th-place match (20 July):
  • (8) Haudenosaunee Iroquois 1–0* Israel Israel (10) (Israel forfeited.)
5th-place match (20 July):
  • (5) Wales Wales 8–4 Scotland Scotland (11)
Bronze-medal match (20 July):
  • (3) Australia Australia 12–6 England England (4)
Gold-medal match (20 July):
  • (1) United States United States 19–5 Canada 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
1United States United States1
2Canada Canada3Increase
3Australia Australia2Decrease
4England England4
5Wales Wales6Increase
6Scotland Scotland8Increase
7Iroquois Haudenosaunee11Increase
8Israel Israeldid not play
9Japan Japan7Decrease
10Republic of Ireland Ireland5Decrease
11New Zealand New Zealand12Increase
12Germany Germany10Decrease
13Austria Austria14Increase
14Netherlands Netherlands13Decrease
15South Korea South Korea16Increase
16Finland Finlanddid not play
17Latvia Latviadid not play
18Hong Kong Hong Kongdid not play
19Sweden Swedendid not play
did not playCzech Republic Czech Republic9
did not playDenmark Denmark15

All-World Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Player Nation
1 MF Sarah Albrecht  United States
2 Attack Dana Dobbie  Canada
3 Attack Katrina Dowd  United States
4 DF Amber Falcone  United States
5 DF Katie Guy  Canada
6 MF Laura Merrifield  England
7 MF Stacey Morlang Sullivan  Australia
8 Attack Lindsey Munday  United States
9 MF Hannah Nielsen  Australia
10 Attack Katie Rowan  United States
11 DF Alicia Wickens  Australia
12 GK Devon Wills  United States

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