The

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competition at the

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took place in July 2022, in

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, at the

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. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Women's tournament was played as official event and men's tournament as invitational event. This was the first time, when both men's and women's field lacrosse were played in a six-a-side format. This was also an absolute debut of the men's tournament in

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programme, because in

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women's played for the first time in the history of this discipline in the

. The games were played in a Sixes format, with both teams having six players on the field. The game was played in eight-minute quarters and emphasizes speed and efficiency.

Qualification

A total of 8 teams for each gender competed in the lacrosse event at the 2022 World Games. Qualification for the men's tournament of the 2022 World Games was based primarily on final placement at the

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. The

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team, who took third at the 2018 championship, were initially disqualified as the

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does not have a

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; after the ruling was overturned, the Irish team vacated their place in their favour. Lacrosse was invented by Indigenous nations including the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee peoples, and the game has spiritual significance for them. For the women's tournament, the

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was supposed to be the basis for qualification. Like their men's counterpart, the

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will be eligible to qualify. However the Women's World Championship was postponed to July 2022.

Women's teams

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Men's teams

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Results

Medal table

Medalists

Men's tournament

Group A Group B ;Knockout stage ;;Seventh place game ;;Fifth place game ;;Semifinals ;;Bronze Medal Game ;;Gold Medal Game

Women's tournament

Group A Group B ;Knockout stage ;;Seventh place game ;;Fifth place game ;;Semifinals ;;Bronze medal game ;;Gold medal game

References

External links

The World Games 2022

Results book
{{EventsAt2022WorldGames 2022 World Games