The European Lacrosse Federation (ELF) has announced that the next three editions of the Ken Galluccio Cup will be hosted by Barcelona.
This year’s competition will mark the return of the Ken Galluccio Cup after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Running roughly on an annual basis since 2008, the Ken Galluccio Cup, also known as the KGC, is a men’s and women’s field lacrosse competition that gathers domestic champions from several countries, including Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden, to decide which team is Europe’s best.
Originally named the Champions Cup, the tournament was renamed the Ken Galluccio Cup as a tribute to its creator after his death in 2009 and it is the largest European lacrosse tournament with teams from over 15 countries taking part.
Barcelona will become the competition’s fifth host city after Hamburg (2008, 2010), Manchester (2011), Prague (2012), and Ghent (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
English teams have traditionally performed well at the tournament, winning eight out of the 11 titles in the men’s competition, including the 2019 and most recent edition was won by Hampstead Lacrosse Club.
In the women’s competition, Oxton Lacrosse Club won the title in 2014 while Centaurs were runners-up and winners in 2018 and 2019 respectively!