World Lacrosse have announced the 2022 World Lacrosse Men’s U21 World Championship will take place 10-20 August 2022 in Limerick, Ireland at the University of Limerick.

The Championship was due to be held last summer but was postponed because of the on-going coronavirus pandemic and the new dates were approved by the World Lacrosse Board of Directors following a review of possible dates and consultation with the member-National Governing Bodies expected to send teams.

In a statement released earlier today, World Lacrosse said that “ordinarily, the upper age of eligibility for the age-group World Championship would be U20, but on a one-time basis in 2022, in order to make certain athletes are not deprived of the opportunity to compete, it is being raised to U21.”

Upon release of the statement, World Lacrosse President, Sue Redfern, remarked:

“With helpful input from our membership, we are now able to confirm our second World Championship for the summer of 2022 and can begin looking forward to what will be an exciting summer of international lacrosse competition next year.

“In particular, we would like to thank Ireland Lacrosse and the University of Limerick for their commitment in making certain the U21 World Championship is staged and preserving this important competitive opportunity for athletes from around the world.”

The Men’s U21 World Championship will be preceded in 2022 by the World Lacrosse Women's World Championship (29 June-9 July) in Towson, Maryland, USA and The World Games (7-17 July) in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

You can read the full World Lacrosse statement regarding the new dates for the 2022 Men’s U21 World Championship HERE.

And you can keep up to date with everything 2022 Men’s U21 Men’s World Championship by visiting www.worldlax2022.com.