The England men’s box World Championship training squad will take on Finland, Czech Republic, and a touring Canadian team at the 2024 E-Box event in Prague, Czechia in April.

At the parallel She-Box event, the England women’s World Championship training squad, making their debut appearance at 2024 competition, will play matches against Hong Kong, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, and a Women’s Global Network team.

Taking place from 19-22 April, the tournaments mark a significant test for both England teams as they continue their preparations ahead of the first ever joint men’s and women’s World Lacrosse Box Championship in Utica, NY, USA in September.

For the men, their game against Finland will be the first competitive match-up with the Nordic team since the 2019 World Championship play-in match that ended with a 15-6 England win.

Their following game against the hosts, Czechia, sees England come up against their 2022 European Championship semi-final opponents; in that match, England claimed a narrow 13-12 victory on their way to European Championship glory.

Over in the women’s competition, the 2024 She-Box event marks England’s first ever competitive international games with four of England’s opponents also being involved in the World Championship.

It will be the first chance for Head Coach, Rob Clark, to see his players in competitive action before he slim-lines his squad ahead of the World Championship in September.

At last year’s E-Box event, England men won two out of their three games defeating Switzerland 14-5 and Norway 24-3 either side of a 13-8 loss to fellow European Championship finalists Germany.

Southern Box Lacrosse’s Ravens represented England at last year’s She-Box event bringing home the trophy after winning three of their four games.

England Schedule