The Asia-Pacific Sixes Lacrosse Championships begin Monday, with 21 teams — 11 in the men’s competition and 10 in the women’s — competing in Sunshine Coast, Australia, over six days.
The championship will serve as the second continental qualifier on the Olympic pathway, with the top five teams per gender advancing to the 2027 World Lacrosse Sixes Championships (WLSC) in Colorado Springs. Teams can qualify directly from the WLSC to the LA28 Games.
Live statistics and box scores throughout the event will be available on the event page.
The championships will be streamed live on WL TV with an event pass available for US$30, and tickets for in-person attendance are available through Lacrosse Australia.
Games will be held at Sunshine Coast Stadium in the Kawana Sports Precinct, which hosted the 2025 Asia-Pacific Women’s Lacrosse Championship in January 2025. The championships are hosted by Lacrosse Australia on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Lacrosse Union and World Lacrosse.
Pool play runs Monday to Wednesday, with the men’s event split into two pools of four teams and one pool of three, and the women’s event into two pools of five. Every team plays a round robin within its pool.
In the men’s event, the three pool winners and the best second-place team advance directly to the semifinals and the WLSC. The remaining two second-place teams and the two best third-place teams play in a bracket toward Saturday’s fifth-place game, which decides the last direct qualification spot.
In the women’s event, the two pool winners advance directly to the semifinals and the WLSC. The second- and third-place teams from each pool meet in Thursday’s play-in round, with the two winners joining them in the semifinals and qualifying for the WLSC. The two play-in losers meet in Saturday’s fifth-place game for the final spot. Fifth-place, bronze and gold medal games in both events are set for Saturday, October 10.
Headlining the men’s tournament is Japan, currently the third-ranked team in men’s sixes after winning bronze at The World Games 2022. Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand are also in the event with key figures from their 2026 Asia-Pacific Men’s Lacrosse Championship campaigns leading the way. Those three teams and Japan all qualified for the 2027 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship in field at that event in January.
In the women’s tournament, Australia and Japan lead the pack more than a year after meeting in the bronze medal match in sixes at The World Games 2025, when the Aussies won an overtime thriller. Other squads setting up a fierce battle for WLSC qualification are the Philippines and Chinese Taipei, which recently played at the 2026 WL Women’s Championship, and New Zealand, which took bronze at the 2026 WL Women’s Championship Division II.
