World Lacrosse have announced the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship will take place 29 June - 9 July 2022 after a unanimous vote by their Board of Directors yesterday.
The tournament, which was originally due to take place in July 2021, was rescheduled to 2022 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
During their monthly meeting, the World Lacrosse Board of Directors finally announced the new dates as well as confirmed the competition will still take place in Towson, Maryland, USA on the the campus of Towson University.
As many as 30 national teams are expected to compete in next year’s tournament and World Lacrosse President, Sue Redfern, believes the newly announced dates represent some good news to start the new year.
“We would like to thank our host National Governing Body, US Lacrosse, and our host venue, Towson
University, for their continued support and partnership in making certain athletes from around the world will have the opportunity to represent their nation at the highest level of World Championship competition in 2022.”
The summer of 2022 is proving to be jam-packed in the world of international lacrosse with no less than six competitions due to take place!
In addition, World Lacrosse have said they expect to confirm the revised dates for the 2022 Men’s U21 World Championship in the next 60 days.