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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

Pool A

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

Team	Wins	Losses	Points	WPct.	GF	GA	Assists	PPG
United States	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Canada	3	1	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Australia	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
England	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Wales	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	-	-

Pool B

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

Team	Wins	Losses	Points	WPct.	GF	GA	Assists	PPG
New Zealand	4	1	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Ireland	3	2	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Netherlands	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Finland	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Latvia	0	5	0	0.0	0	0	-	-

Pool C

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

Team	Wins	Losses	Points	WPct.	GF	GA	Assists	PPG
Japan	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Haudenosaunee	4	1	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Austria	3	2	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Hong Kong	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Sweden	0	5	0	0.0	0	0	-	-

Pool D

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

Team	Wins	Losses	Points	WPct.	GF	GA	Assists	PPG
Israel	4	1	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Scotland	4	1	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Germany	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	-	-
Korea	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	-	-

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
1	United States	1
2	Canada	3
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

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

External links

• The 2013 FIL Women's World Cup web site
• Federation of International Lacrosse, WWC brackets
• LaxMagazine, 2012-13 Women's News

References