The 2015 FIL Rathbones Women's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship was the sixth FIL Women's Under-19 World Lacrosse Championship, an international

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. It took place from 23 July to 1 August 2015 in

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. The games were played at the

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– Peffermill Playing Fields. The

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team won its first world championship at this event in defeating the

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in the final.

Preliminary round

Fifteen nations were set to participate in the championship; however the Haudenosaunee Nationals team withdrew on the eve of the tournament, due to issues regarding the acceptance of their national passport by UK authorities.Federation of International Lacrosse
"Haudenosaunee Withdraw from U19 Women’s World Championship"
Retrieved 24 July 2015 The fourteen participating teams were placed in three groups. After playing a round-robin, all five teams from Pool A advanced to the championship round along with the top three seeded teams from Pools B and C. The remaining six teams in Pools B and C competed in the Platinum Division for placings nine through fourteen.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool Play

All times are local (

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Bracket Play

Platinum Division

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Championship Bracket

Quarter finals

Consolation semi finals

Semi finals

Final Placement and Medal Games

13th place playoff

11th place playoff

9th place playoff

7th place playoff

5th place playoff

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to the FIL:

References

External links

* {{World Lacrosse U-20 Championship FIL Women's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, 2015 FIL Women's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, 2015

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