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World Lacrosse Women's Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 World Lacrosse Women's Championship
Sport	Lacrosse
Founded	1982
Countries	World Lacrosse member nations
Most recent champions	United States (9th title)
Most titles	United States (9 titles)
Official website	Official website

TheWorld Lacrosse Women's Championship, formerly known as theWomen's Lacrosse World Cup, is the international championship ofwomen's lacrosse, is held every four years. From its inception in 1982, it was sponsored by the governing body for women's lacrosse, theInternational Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, until that body merged in 2008 with the former governing body for men'slacrosse. Since 2009, the WLWC has been sponsored by the sport's new unified governing body, theFederation of International Lacrosse. The2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was held inGuildford,England, and was won by theUnited States overCanada by the score of 10-5.

Four players took part in all of the first five editions of the Women's Lacrosse World Cup,Vivien Jones of Wales, Lois Richardson of England, and Sue Sofanos and Marge Barlow both of Australia.^[1]

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Year	Host		Champions	Score	Runner-up
1982	Nottingham		United States	10–7 (ET)	Australia
1986	Swarthmore, Pennsylvania		Australia	10–7	United States
1989	Perth		United States	6–5 (SD OT)	England
1993	Edinburgh		United States	4–1	England
1997	Tokyo		United States	3–2 (SD OT)	Australia
2001	High Wycombe		United States	14–8	Australia
2005	Annapolis, Maryland		Australia	14–7	United States
2009	Prague		United States	8–7	Australia
2013	Oshawa		United States	19–5	Canada
2017	Guildford		United States	10–5	Canada
2022	Towson, Maryland		United States	11–8	Canada
2026	Tokyo

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	2	0	11
2	Australia	2	4	3	9
3	Canada	0	3	2	5
4	England	0	2	5	7
5	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		11	11	11	33

Team	1982 (6)	1986 (6)	1989 (6)	1993 (8)	1997 (7)	2001 (8)	2005 (10)	2009 (16)	2013 (19)	2017 (25)	2022 (30)	2026 (16)
Argentina											26th	Q
Australia	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	4th	Q
Austria								14th	13th		25th
Belgium										25th
Canada	3rd	4th	4th	4th	5th	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	Q
Colombia										24th	29th
China										22nd	19th
Chinese Taipei												Q
Czech Republic				8th			8th	9th		10th	7th	Q
Denmark								15th
England	5th	5th	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	Q
Finland									16th
Germany						8th	9th	10th	12th	14th	14th	Q
Haudenosaunee								11th	7th	12th	8th	Q
Hong Kong									18th	18th	16th
Ireland								5th	10th	13th	13th	Q
Israel									8th	6th	6th	Q
Italy										11th	18th
Jamaica											28th
Japan				7th	7th	7th	5th	7th	9th	9th	5th	Q
Latvia									17th	17th	20th
Mexico										20th	15th
Netherlands								13th	14th	16th	17th
Norway											22nd
New Zealand							10th	12th	11th	8th	12th
Philippines												Q
Puerto Rico											11th	Q
Scotland	4th	3rd	5th	5th	6th	6th	7th	8th	6th	5th	10th	Q
South Korea								16th	15th	15th	21st
Spain										23rd	24th
Sweden									19th	21st	23rd
Switzerland										19th	27th
Uganda											w
United States	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	Q
Wales	6th	6th	6th	6th	4th	5th	6th	6th	5th	7th	9th	Q

• Men'sWorld Lacrosse Championship
• World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship

• The 2009 FIL Women's World Cup web site

• Women's Lacrosse World Cup
• Women's world championships
• Recurring sporting events established in 1982

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