2019 Women's European Lacrosse Championship

The 2019 Women's Lacrosse European Championship was the 11th edition of this tournament. It was held in Netanya, Israel, from 15 to 25 July 2019.

16 teams joined the tournament. England is the defending champion.

Format

Teams were divided into three groups, being the group A composed by the six best teams in the previous edition. The four first qualified teams would join the championship playoffs.

The rest of the teams would need to achieve a 4–0 balance in their groups for being able to join the playoffs.

The European Championships will also be serving as a qualifier for the FIL World Cup for the first time. 15 of the 16 teams competing in Israel this summer are expected to qualify for the next World Cup.^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	0	68	20	+48	10	Qualification to championship bracket		—	11–6	—	—	15–4	16–2
2	Wales	5	4	0	1	57	38	+19	8			—	—	12–8	8–6	—	18–5
3	Israel (H)	5	3	0	2	48	42	+6	6			3–12	—	—	—	12–6	13–2
4	Ireland	5	2	0	3	41	46	−5	4			5–14	—	10–12	—	9–4	—
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	38	55	−17	2	Qualification to play-in games		4–15	8–13	—	—	—	—
6	Germany	5	0	0	5	23	74	−51	0			2–16	—	—	8–11	6–16	—

Source: Pointbench.com
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	57	21	+36	8	Qualification to championship bracket		—	11–5	—	—	19–6
2	Norway	4	3	0	1	36	35	+1	6	Qualification to play-in games		—	—	9–7	12–9	—
3	Latvia	4	2	0	2	31	36	−5	4			5–12	—	—	—	10–7
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	35	42	−7	2			15–5	—	8–9	—	—
5	Italy	4	0	0	4	27	52	−25	0	Qualification to 13th position group		—	8–10	—	6–13	—

Source: Pointbench.com

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	4	4	0	0	84	10	+74	8	Qualification to championship bracket		—	18–8	—	—	21–2
2	Austria	4	3	0	1	54	30	+24	6	Qualification to play-in games		—	—	16–4	13–5	—
3	Spain	4	2	0	2	24	57	−33	4			0–23	—	—	11–10	—
4	Finland	4	1	0	3	24	50	−26	2			0–22	—	—	—	9–4
5	Sweden	4	0	0	4	17	56	−39	0	Qualification to 13th position group		—	3–17	8–9	—	—

Source: Pointbench.com

Playoffs

Championship bracket

	Play-in games				Semi-finals				Final
					England	16
					Czech Republic	10
	Ireland	10
	Czech Republic	12
									England	10
									Israel	7
					Wales	5
					Israel	8			Third place
	Israel	15
	Netherlands	5
									Czech Republic	8
									Wales	13

5th position bracket

	Play-in games				Semi-finals				Fifth position
					Ireland	7
					Scotland	10
	Scotland	18
	Norway	4
									Scotland	19
									Germany	5
					Netherlands	7
					Germany	8			Seventh position
	Germany	11
	Austria	8
									Ireland	12
									Netherlands	7

9th position bracket

	Play-in games				Semi-finals				Ninth position
					Norway	9
					Switzerland	3
	Spain	3
	Switzerland	11
									Norway	8
									Latvia	9
					Austria	7
					Latvia	8			Eleventh position
	Latvia	16
	Finland	4
									Switzerland	8
									Austria	14

13th position group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	41	21	+20	4		—	9–11	11–3	21–7
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	36	25	+11	4		—	—	7–9	18–7
3	Spain	3	2	0	1	22	22	0	4		—	—	—	—
4	Finland	3	0	0	3	18	49	−31	0		—	—	4–10	—

Source: Pointbench.com

Final standings

	England	7–0
	Israel	5–3
	Wales	5–2
4	Czech Republic	5–2
5	Scotland	4–4
6	Germany	2–6
7	Ireland	3–5
8	Netherlands	4–3
9	Latvia	5–2
10	Norway	4–3
11	Austria	4–3
12	Switzerland	2–5
13	Italy	2–5
14	Sweden	2–5
15	Spain	4–4
16	Finland	1–7

References

1. "Schedule Announced for Women's Euros in Israel". Israel Lacrosse. 14 April 2019.

External links

• Official website 2019-06-22 at the Wayback Machine