Ireland and Czechia secured their places at The World Games 2025 with semi-final wins at the 2025 EuroLax Sixes Cup in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal over the weekend.
With USA, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain having already qualified for the Games by finishing in the top four at the 2022 competition, China qualifying as hosts, and Japan as the Pan-Asia regional qualifiers, there were just two spots up for grabs as 12 European teams came together for the EuroLax Sixes Cup.
And after six days of competition, Ireland confirmed their place at August’s World Games by defeating Israel in an over-time thriller that finished 11-10 while Czechia booked their spot with a huge 15-5 win over Germany.
Ireland claimed the 2025 EuroLax trophy with a tight 12-11 win against Czechia but the big prize was already won with both teams heading Chengdu, China to take part in The World Games from 7-11 August.
Czechia will make their second appearance at The World Games after competing in the sixes competition in 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Ireland will make their debut in the event after a strong year for its various women’s teams, participating in the European Women’s Lacrosse Championship, the World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship and the World Lacrosse Women’s Box Championship.
Great Britain will feature in the competition for the third time after finishing fourth in both 2017 and 2022.
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