2017 FIL Rathbones Women's Lacrosse World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
Venue(s)	Surrey Sports Park (in Guildford host cities)
Dates	12–22 July 2017
Teams	25
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	England
Fourth place	Australia

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	86	21	+65	Qualification for Championship Division		—	17–3	—	—	15–6	19–3
2	Canada	5	4	1	46	41	+5			—	—	9–5	—	—	16–7
3	Australia	5	3	2	57	34	+23			8–15	—	—	13–4	12–4	—
4	England	5	2	3	37	48	−11			1–18	6–8	—	—	12–6	—
5	Wales	5	1	4	33	58	−25			—	6–10	—	—	—	11–7
6	Scotland	5	0	5	22	79	−57			—	—	2–19	3–14	—	—

Source: England Lacrosse

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Iroquois	4	4	0	57	23	+34	Qualification for play-in to Championship Division		—	—	17–5	—	18–4
2	Italy	4	3	1	42	36	+6	Qualification for Platinum Division		10–11	—	—	—	9–5
3	South Korea	4	2	2	39	38	+1			—	10–11	—	14–7	—
4	Hong Kong	4	1	3	28	40	−12	Qualification for Diamond Division		4–11	10–12	—	—	—
5	Switzerland	4	0	4	15	44	−29			—	—	3–10	3–7	—

Source: England Lacrosse

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Israel	4	4	0	69	11	+58	Qualification for play-in to Championship Division		—	—	17–3	18–0	—
2	Czech Republic	4	3	1	67	22	+45	Qualification for Platinum Division		8–16	—	—	—	30–1
3	Netherlands	4	2	2	48	35	+13			—	4–10	—	—	21–1
4	Belgium	4	1	3	27	62	−35	Qualification for Diamond Division		—	1–21	9–20	—	—
5	China	4	0	4	5	86	−81			0–18	—	—	3–17	—

First match(es) will be played: 12 July 2017. Source: England Lacrosse

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	86	11	+75	Qualification for play-in to Championship Division		—	10–9	—	27–1	—
2	Germany	4	3	1	53	17	+36	Qualification for Platinum Division		—	—	11–3	—	17–3
3	Latvia	4	2	2	19	45	−26			0–22	—	—	—	9–6
4	Mexico	4	1	3	16	57	−41	Qualification for Diamond Division		—	1–16	6–7	—	—
5	Spain	4	0	4	17	61	−44			1–27	—	—	7–8	—

Source: England Lacrosse

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	52	9	+43	Qualification for play-in to Championship Division		—	—	—	21–0
2	Ireland	3	2	1	43	15	+28	Qualification for Platinum Division		5–10	—	20–2	18–3
3	Sweden	3	1	2	20	43	−23			4–21	—	—	14–2
4	Colombia	3	0	3	5	53	−48	Qualification for Diamond Division		—	—	—	—

Source: England Lacrosse

Championship Division

Play-in

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

19 July

United States

20

18 July

Israel

3

Israel (OT)

8

20 July

Japan

7

United States

19

England

8

19 July

England

9

Wales

5

22 July

United States

10

Canada

5

19 July

Canada

16

18 July

New Zealand

1

Haudenosaunee

2

20 July

New Zealand

9

Canada (OT)

8

Australia

6

Third place

19 July

22 July

Australia

21

England (OT)

10

Scotland

6

Australia

9

Consolation bracket

	Semifinal				5th position game
	20 July
	Israel (OT)	8
					21 July
	Wales	7
					Israel	13
	20 July
					Scotland	17
	New Zealand	5
	Scotland	7
					7th position game
					21 July
					Wales	11
					New Zealand	5

Platinum Division

Platinum Division will define positions 9 to 16.

Play-in 3  Italy 12  Ireland 13

Play-in 4  Czech Republic 4  Germany 7

Play-in 5  Sweden 9  South Korea 14

Play-in 6  Netherlands 12  Latvia 4

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				9th position game
	19 July
	Japan	12
					20 July
	South Korea	4
					Japan	16
	19 July
					Italy	6
	Germany	11
									21 July
	Italy	12
									Japan	10
	19 July
									Czech Republic	7
	Haudenosaunee	19
					20 July
	Netherlands	11
					Haudenosaunee	6
	19 July
					Czech Republic	18			11th position game
	Ireland	6
									21 July
	Czech Republic	9
									Haudenosaunee	17
									Italy	18

Consolation bracket

	Semifinal				13th position game
	20 July
	South Korea	1
					21 July
	Germany	18
					Germany	8
	20 July
					Ireland	14
	Netherlands	1
	Ireland	13
					15th position game
					21 July
					South Korea	8
					Netherlands	6

Diamond Division

Diamond Division will define positions 17 to 25.

Play-in 7  Belgium 8  Mexico 12

Play-in 9 Spain 16  China 4

Play-in 10  Hong Kong 20  Colombia 0

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				17th position game
	19 July
	Colombia	3
					20 July
	Mexico	10
					Mexico	9
	19 July
					Latvia	13
	Latvia	5
									21 July
	Spain	4
									Latvia	10
	19 July
									Hong Kong	9
	Hong Kong	14
					20 July
	Belgium	8
					Hong Kong (OT)	5
	19 July
					Switzerland	4			19th position game
	Switzerland	12
									21 July
	Sweden	1
									Mexico	4
									Switzerland	15

Consolation bracket

	Semifinal				21st position game
	20 July
	Colombia	6
					21 July
	China	8
					China	4
	20 July†
					Sweden	19
	Belgium	6
	Sweden (OT)	7
					23rd position game
					21 July
					Spain	13
					Colombia	5

†Loser of game places 25th

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	8–0
	Canada	6–2
	England	4–4
4th	Australia	4–4
5th	Scotland	2–6
6th	Israel	6–2
7th	Wales	2–6
8th	New Zealand	4–3
9th	Japan	7–1
10th	Czech Republic	5–3
11th	Italy	5–3
12th	Haudenosaunee	5–3
13th	Ireland	5–2
14th	Germany	5–3
15th	South Korea	4–4
16th	Netherlands	3–5
17th	Latvia	5–3
18th	Hong Kong	4–4
19th	Switzerland	2–5
20th	Mexico	3–5
21st	Sweden	3–4
22nd	China	1–6
23rd	Spain	2–5
24th	Colombia	0–7
25th	Belgium	1–6

References

External links

• The 2017 FIL Women's World Cup web site
• Surrey Sports Park