The England U20 women’s team claimed victory over Czech Republic in a special tournament in Prague to ensure England’s successful summer of lacrosse ended on a high.
After England’s bronze medal win at the Women’s World Championship, gold medal win at the European Box Lacrosse Championship, and sixth place finish at the U21 World Championship, it was the England U20 team’s chance to show what they could do, albeit in a friendly setting.
And after three days of competition and three games for each team, England White defeated England Red 6-5 in a tight final.
The tournament featured five teams, three from England (Red, White, and Blue) and two from Czech Republic (A and B) and, after three warm-up games against Czech Republic and two against teams based in Prague, the competition could begin.
As an extra test for the teams, England played a friendly after the tournament against the senior Czech Republic side; each of the England teams played 15 minutes each and won 8-7.
As well as playing lacrosse, the players were also able to explore Prague and were taken on a guided tour of the city, visited the castle, went on a river cruise, and enjoyed a barbecue with the Czech Republic players and coaching staff.
Heading to Prague was all part of building the players’ experience of the expectations of international competition and touring together, with the squad for next summer’s 2023 U21 Women’s European Lacrosse Championship in Prague being taken from this touring squad.
Results
Warm-up games
Czech Republic U16 8-11 England Blue
Czech Republic U20 A 5-5 England White
Czech Republic U20 B 0-20 England Red
England Red 9-7 LCC Radotín
England Blue 6-4 Jizni Mesto + Flamingo
Tournament games
Czech Republic U20 B 1-20 England White
Czech Republic U20 A 4-12 England Red
England Blue 4-13 England White
England Red 8-6 England Blue
England White 10-5 Czech Republic U20 A
Czech Republic U20 A 6-6 England Blue
England White 6-5 England Red | Final
England 8-7 Czech Republic senior