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2026 World Lacrosse Women's Championship

The 2026 World Lacrosse Women's Championship, the 12th Women's World Championship is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament will be hosted in Japan.

This will be the second time, Japan will host the tournament with the first being the 1997 Women's Lacrosse World Cup.

A new format is adopted for this championship with 16 national teams taking part in the main tournament. A Division II will also be held with 16 additional teams.

Participating nations

Qualification

Continental championships will serve as the qualification path form the 16 participating teams. Japan as hosts automatically qualifies.

Draw

World Lacrosse announced the results of a draw on March 19, 2026. The teams were seeded based on their performance in the 2022 World Lacrosse Women's Championship and the continental championships within the past two years. The top seeds were United States, Canada, England and Japan which were allocated across Pools A to D.

Venues

The 2026 World Lacrosse Women's Championship has two venues in Tokyo: Oi Hockey Stadium and the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium with the latter hosting the semifinals and medal round.

Group stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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9th–16th placement round

Places 9–12


Ninth place game

Eleventh place game

Places 13–15


Thirteenth place game

Fifteenth place game

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th placement

Places 5–8

Fifth place game

Seventh place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Marketing

Nissin Foods was named the title sponsor of the tournament in January 2026. The logo was also unveiled at the same time which features a design incorporating the red rising sun, Mount Fuji and seigaiha (wave) patterns.

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