The 2020
European Lacrosse Championship
The European Lacrosse Championships began in 1995, the same year as the founding of the European Lacrosse Federation (ELF), to determine the best national lacrosse team of Europe. The men's tournament was held that first year, with the women
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will be the 11th edition of the European Lacrosse competition for men's national teams. It will be played in
Wrocław
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Poland
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. The championship was initially dated from 23 July to 1 August 2020. However, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the tournament was postponed to be played from 21 to 31 July 2021.
On 12 March, 2021, the competition was once again postponed, with no future date announced.
This will be the first European Championship that will serve as qualifier for the
next edition of the
World Lacrosse Championship
The World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years.
The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as a ...
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Teams
The 29 participating national teams were confirmed on 13 December 2019. Teams from Croatia, Luxembourg and Turkey will make their debut in a European Championship after their presence in the
2018 World Lacrosse Championship
The 2018 World Lacrosse Championship was the 13th edition of the international men's field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL). As many as 50 countries were expected to compete in the ...
, while Portugal and Ukraine will play their first international tournament ever.
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Draw
Draw was held on 4 January 2020 at the
Olympic Stadium
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in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
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Teams were divided into six pots, with the Blue Division composed by teams already qualified for the
next World Championship. Teams from this division will play against each other before the next stage. Groups B to E were composed by teams from pots 1, 4 and 5 while groups F to I, with teams from pots 2, 3 and 5.
Group stage
Blue Division
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
References
External links
Facebook account
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