Blues and Hampstead announce squads ahead of 2024 Ken Galluccio Cup

Blues and Hampstead have announced their squads as they look to be named the best teams in Europe at the 2024 Ken Galluccio Cup over the weekend.

Both squads are packed full of world-class players with the reigning women’s champions, Blues, naming a 13-player squad boasting talents such as Miho Sakurai, Jane Lee, and Izzy Middleton.

Hampstead, who finished third in 2023, take a 20-strong squad to Catalonia as they look to back up their National Club Championship victory with a first Ken Galluccio Cup title since 2019.

Blues have been drawn in Group A alongside Oslo (Norway), Wettingen Wild (Switzerland), and Madrid Osos (Spain) while Hampstead will play a round robin competition against Hamburg Warriors, Oslo Saints, Amsterdam Lions, and Olsen Saints; both competitions will move into a knockout stage following the first round of action.

Starting tomorrow (Friday 6 September) in Barcelona, Spain, the Ken Galluccio Cup was originally named the Champions Cup before being renamed as a tribute to its creator after his death in 2009 and is the largest European lacrosse tournament featuring the best teams from all over the continent.

Fans looking to cheer on the English teams from home can watch every second of action live on Spain Lacrosse’s newly launched YouTube channel HERE.

Hampstead

1 Brian Vandenbossche
2 Vasilios Fokas
3 Jim Parry
4 Carl Klepper
5 Declan Mulholland
6 Bo Fischer
7 Ted Kapp
9 Bubba Wallace
10 Miles Blair
11 Owen Caputo
12 Chris Tully
16 Matt Sheinfeld
17 Aidan Turner
18 Eddy Roberts
20 Will Pickett
37 James Devine
51 John Sirisuth
58 Mason Gorman
61 Zac Guy
74 Cole Palmby

Schedule (all times BST)

Friday 6 September

11:10am | Hamburg Warriors v Hampstead
1:10pm | Oslo Saints v Hampstead
3:50pm | Hampstead v Amsterdam Lions
4:30pm | Hampstead v Olsen Saints

Saturday 7 September

9:50am | Hampstead v Milano Painkillers
12:30pm | Hampstead v Madrid Osos

Squads

Blues

2 Miho Sakurai
4 Emily Thompson
7 Jane Lee (C)
12 Maeve McKenny
14 Pippa Lloyd
15 Sophie Beane
17 Bex Jordache
18 Flora MacPherson
22 Chloe Wyner
23 Darcy Bance
54 Harriett Mann
88 Izzy Middleton
99 Mimi Painting

Schedule (all times BST)

Friday 6 September

9am | Blues v Oslo
3pm | Blues v Wettingen Wild

Saturday 6 September

9am | Blues v Madrid Osos

Blues & Hampstead discover 2024 Ken Galluccio Cup opponents

Blues and Hampstead Lacrosse Clubs have discovered their groups and game schedules ahead of the 2024 Ken Galluccio Cup.

Reigning women’s champions Blues, who won both the 2022 and 2023 editions of the annual competition, have been drawn in Group A alongside Norway’s Oslo, Switzerland’s Wettingen Wild, and Spain’s Madrid Osos.

Hampstead, who finished third in 2023 and won the cup in 2019, will take on Oslo Saints (Norway), Amsterdam Lions (Netherlands), Olsen Saints (Switzerland), Madrid Osos (Spain), Milano Painkillers (Italy), and Hamburg (Germany) in a round robin competition followed by a knockout stage.

Taking place from 6-8 September, the 2024 Ken Galluccio Cup will be the last held at the Camps Municipals La Teixonera-Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain before the competition moves to its new home at LCC Radotin in Prague, Czechia for the 2025, 2026, and 2027 tournaments.

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 is the largest European lacrosse tournament with teams from all over Europe taking part.

English teams have traditionally performed well at the tournament, winning nine out of 13 titles in the men’s and six out of the last 10 titles in the women’s competition.

Groups

Women’s Group A

Blues
Oslo
Wettingen Wild
Madrid Osos

Women’s Group B

Rotterdam Jaguars
LCC Radotin
Edinburgh University
Ghent Gazelles

Men’s

Oslo Saints
Hampstead
Amsterdam Lions
Olten Saints
Madrid Osos
Milano Painkillers
Hamburg

Schedule (English teams)

Men’s competition

Friday 6 | Hampstead v Amsterdam Lions | 10:50am

Friday 6 | HTHC Hamburg v Hampstead | 12:10pm

Friday 6 | Hampstead v Olsen Saints | 5:30pm

Saturday 7 | Hampstead v Milano Painkillers | 10:50am
Saturday 7 | Hampstead v Madrid Osos | 1:30pm

Women’s competition

Friday 6 | Blues v Oslo | 10am
Friday 6 | Blues v Wettingen Wild | 16:00
Saturday 7 | Blues v Madrid Osos | 10am

Prague, Czechia set to host Ken Galluccio Cup from 2025-27

Prague, Czechia is set to host the Ken Galluccio Cup for the next two years after the European Lacrosse Federation announced the winners of the latest round of host bids.

From 2025-27, LCC Radotin, based in Prague, will host the annual 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.

Over the past two years, Barcelona Lacrosse in Spain has hosted the Ken Galluccio Cup and, despite receiving another bid from Spain and one from Poland, LCC Radotin from Prague, Czechia were chosen to host the competition going forwards.

Running roughly on an annual basis since 2008 and 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.

Prague previously hosted the tournament in 2012 with the competition also being held in Hamburg (2008, 2010), Manchester (2011), Ghent (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), and Barcelona (2022, 2023, 2024).

English teams have traditionally performed well at the Ken Galluccio Cup, winning nine out of the 13 titles in the men’s competition.

In the women’s competition, Blues Lacrosse Club are the reigning champions with Oxton and Centaurs also winning in 2014 and 2019 respectively.