1997 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
{{Infobox International Lacrosse Competition
| tourney_name = Women's Lacrosse World Cup
| year = 1997
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| caption = Women's Lacrosse World Cup
| country = Japan
| dates = April 27 – May 4
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| venues = Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
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| winners_men =
| winners_women = United States
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| count = 4
| second_men =
| second_women = Australia
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| third_women = England
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| prevseason = 1993
| nextseason = 2001
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The 1997 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was the fifth Women's Lacrosse World Cup and was played in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan from 27 April – 4 May 1997. The United States defeated Australia in the final to win the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF501211364&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title="England finish third." Times [London, England] 5 May 1997|publisher=Times Digital Archive}} {{cite web|url=https://teamusa.uslacrosse.org/us-women/us-women-history/results|title=US Women's History|publisher=US Lacrosse}}
Results
=Group=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" | |||
| width=130| Date
!width=200| Team 1 !width=200| Team 2 !width=100| Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27 | United States | Australia | align=center |4-6 |
| Apr 27 | England | Canada | align=center |10-4 |
| Apr 27 | Wales | Japan | align=center |9-6 |
| Apr 28 | United States | Wales | align=center |13-2 |
| Apr 28 | Scotland | Japan | align=center |9-4 |
| Apr 28 | Australia | Canada | align=center |6-0 |
| Apr 29 | United States | England | align=center |7-5 |
| Apr 29 | Wales | Canada | align=center |9-8 |
| Apr 29 | Australia | Scotland | align=center |9-3 |
| Apr 30 | Canada | Japan | align=center | |
| Apr 30 | England | Scotland | align=center | |
| Apr 30 | Australia | Wales | align=center |6-5 |
| May 1 | United States | Japan | align=center |12-2 |
| May 1 | Australia | England | align=center |3-0 |
| May 1 | Scotland | Canada | align=center |6-4 |
| May 2 | United States | Canada | align=center |12-3 |
| May 2 | England | Japan | align=center |12-2 |
| May 2 | Wales | Scotland | align=center |9-5 |
| May 3 | United States | Scotland | align=center |12-3 |
| May 3 | Australia | Japan | align=center |15-2 |
| May 3 | England | Wales | align=center |9-2 |
=Table=
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|res_col_header=Q
|for_against_style=none
|winpoints=2
|team1=AUS|name_AUS=Australia
|team2=USA|name_USA=United States
|team3=ENG|name_ENG=England
|team4=WAL|name_WAL=Wales
|team5=SCO|name_SCO=Scotland
|team6=CAN|name_CAN=Canada
|team7=JPN|name_JPN=Japan
|win_AUS=6|draw_AUS=0|loss_AUS=0|gf_AUS=0|ga_AUS=0
|win_USA=5|draw_USA=0|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=0|ga_USA=0
|win_ENG=4|draw_ENG=0|loss_ENG=2|gf_ENG=0|ga_ENG=0
|win_WAL=3|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=3|gf_WAL=0|ga_WAL=0
|win_SCO=2|draw_SCO=0|loss_SCO=4|gf_SCO=0|ga_SCO=0
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=0|loss_CAN=5|gf_CAN=0|ga_CAN=0
|win_JPN=0|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=6|gf_JPN=0|ga_JPN=0
|col_A=#ADFFD6|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
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=Fifth Place (May 4)=
- Canada v Scotland 6-5
=Third Place (May 4)=
- England v Wales 18-4
=Final (May 4)=
- United States v Australia 3-2 (OT)
Final ranking
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
!Rank !width=162|Team | |
| File:gold medal icon.svg | align=left|{{iflw|USA}} |
| File:silver medal icon.svg | align=left|{{iflw|AUS}} |
| File:bronze medal icon.svg | align=left|{{iflw|ENG}} |
| 4th | align=left|{{iflw|WAL}} |
| 5th | align=left|{{iflw|CAN}} |
| 6th | align=left|{{iflw|SCO}} |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Women's Lacrosse World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Lacrosse World Cup}}