World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship
{{Short description|International youth women's lacrosse championship}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox sports league
| logo =
| sport = Women's lacrosse
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1995}}
| founder =
| organiser = World Lacrosse
| teams =
| most_champs = {{Flag decoration|USA}} United States
(6 titles)
| countries = World Lacrosse member nations
| champion = {{Flag decoration|USA}} United States
(6th title)
| related_comps = World Lacrosse Women's World Championship
World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship
| website = {{official website|https://worldlacrosse.sport}}
| title = World Lacrosse Women's U-20 Championship
| current_season = 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship
}}
The World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship, formerly known as the World Lacrosse Women's U19 Championship, are held every four years to award world championships for the under-20 age group in women's lacrosse. The tournaments are sanctioned by World Lacrosse.
History
The championships were first held for women in 1995. The 2015 games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Haudenosaunee Nationals women's lacrosse team could not participate due to British passport requirements.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-19 |title=Passports Rejected: Haudenosaunee Women's LAX Withdraws From World Championships |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/passports-rejected-haudenosaunee-women-s-lax-withdraws-from-world-championships-ac-1o9fqrk2xC-1LaKk-CQ |access-date=2023-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919015126/https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/passports-rejected-haudenosaunee-women-s-lax-withdraws-from-world-championships-ac-1o9fqrk2xC-1LaKk-CQ |archive-date=2020-09-19 }} Canada won its first gold medal, defeating the United States 9–8 in the final.
The 2019 games saw the United States decisively beat Canada 13–3 in Peterborough, Canada.{{Cite web |last=Rareview |date=2019-08-10 |title=U.S.A. Defeats Canada to Win Gold Medal |url=https://worldlacrosse.sport/article/u-s-a-defeats-canada-to-win-gold-medal/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=World Lacrosse |language=en-US}}
The next tournament was held as an under-20 event in 2024 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Results
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| width="50" |Year
! width="175" |Host ! rowspan="12" style="width:5px;" | ! width="150" |Champions ! width="100" |Score ! width="150" |Runner-up |
|---|
| 1995
| {{flagicon|USA}} | {{iflw-big|Australia}} |5–4 | {{iflw-big|United States}} |
| 1999
| {{flagicon|Australia}} | {{iflw-big|United States}} |15–8 | {{iflw-big|Australia}} |
| 2003
| {{flagicon|USA}} | {{iflw-big|United States}} |21–8 | {{iflw-big|Australia}} |
| 2007
| {{flagicon|Canada}} | {{iflw-big|United States}} |18–3 | {{iflw-big|Australia}} |
| 2011
| {{flagicon|GER}} | {{iflw-big|United States}} |14–11 | {{iflw-big|Australia}} |
| 2015
| {{flagicon|SCO}} | {{iflw-big|Canada}} |9–8 | {{iflw-big|United States}} |
| 2019
| {{flagicon|Canada}} | {{iflw-big|United States}} |13–3 | {{iflw-big|Canada}} |
| 2024
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} | {{iflw-big|United States}} |23–6 | {{iflw-big|Canada}} |
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = iflw
| event =
| team =
| gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 0
| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 4 | bronze_AUS = 1
| gold_ENG = 0 | silver_ENG = 0 | bronze_ENG = 3
| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 3
| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1
}}
Past results
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||
| Team
!1995 !1999 !2003 !2007 !2011 !2015 !2019 !2024 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="left" |{{iflw|AUS}} | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | 4th
|bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd | 4th | |
| align="left" |{{iflw|BEL}}
| | | | | | |22nd | | ||||||||
| align="left" |{{CAN}} | 4th | bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd | bgcolor="#cc9966" |3rd | 4th | bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd | bgcolor="gold" |1st
|bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | |
| align="left" |{{CHN}} | |14th | 9th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{iflw|COL}} | 12th
| | | |||||||
| {{iflw|CZE}}
| | | |9th |9th |10th |13th | | ||||||||
| align="left" |{{iflw|ENG}} | bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd | 4th | 4th | bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd | 4th | bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd
|4th | 6th | |
| align="left" |{{FIN}} | 11th
| | | |||||||
| align="left" |{{GER}} | 11th | 10th | 9th
|8th | 19th | ||||
| align="left" |{{iflw|Haudenosaunee|name=Haudenosaunee}} | |6th | 8th | |
|10th | 11th | ||||
| align="left" |{{HKG}} | |12th | 16th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{IRL}} | |19th | 10th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{iflw|ISR}} | 14th
|17th | 13th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{ITA}} | 8th | |||||||
| align="left" |{{JAM}} | |21st | 20th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{JPN}} | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th
|5th | bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd | |
| align="left" |{{iflw|KEN}}
| | | | | | |18th | | ||||||||
| align="left" |{{MEX}} | |15th | 12th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{NED}} | 12th | |
| | ||||||
| align="left" |{{iflw|New Zealand}}
| | | |10th |11th |5th |6th |15th | ||||||||
| align="left" |{{PUR}} | |9th | 5th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{iflw|SCO}} | 5th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 8th
|11th | 17th | |
| align="left" |{{KOR}} | 13th
|16th | 18th | ||||||
| align="left" |{{iflw|Chinese Taipei}}
| | | | | | |20th | 14th | |||||||
| align="left" |{{Flag decoration|USA}} United States | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="gold" |1st |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|WAL}} Wales | 6th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 5th | 7th
|7th | 7th |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship winners}}
{{Federation of International Lacrosse}}