The 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship concluded on Saturday after 64 games in 10 days of action in Hong Kong, China, with the United States taking home the gold medal.
The United States bested its rival Canada in the gold medal game, 23-6, to claim its second consecutive women’s U20 championship and sixth overall in eight editions.
World Lacrosse CEO Jim Scherr said: “Congratulations to the United States and to all our participating teams for demonstrating the strength of women’s lacrosse development across the global community. Our growth was reflected in the most competitive edition of the championship yet with many thrilling matches, and our digital footprint shows the appetite for compelling lacrosse content. Of course, I want to thank the Hong Kong, China Lacrosse Association and all of the event staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly to realize the dream of bringing a World Lacrosse championship back to Asia.”
For the first time, World Lacrosse streamed all games of the championship on its own platform, WL TV, offering unprecedented global access live and on replay for the diverse fanbase of the sport.
Heading into today’s medal games, World Lacrosse had amassed 14 million digital media impressions, with 4.6 million video views, a record for any World Lacrosse championship. Follower growth on social media was also over 10 percent.
Canada took home the silver medal, its second in a row and sixth medal overall in the event.
In the bronze medal game, Japan made history with a 14-5 win over Australia, taking home Japan’s first medal in any World Lacrosse championship.
Puerto Rico set a program-best fifth place finish at any World Lacrosse championship and China also tied a program-best finish in ninth place.
Ireland made the largest jump from 19th place in 2019 to 10th place in 2024, and Italy was an impressive debutant in the event with an eighth-place finish.
Israel also showed its growth of its program with a six-spot improvement to 13th place. Mexico and Chinese Taipei both improved their standings from the last edition as well.
With so many rises in the rankings, England and Wales did well to collect wins over other top-10 teams in the event.
- United States
- Canada
- Japan
- Australia
- Puerto Rico
- England
- Wales
- Italy
- China
- Ireland
- Haudenosaunee
- Mexico
- Israel
- Chinese Taipei
- New Zealand
- Hong Kong, China
- Scotland
- Korea
- Germany
- Jamaica
The United States headlined the World Team in Hong Kong with six selections, followed by two for Canada, one for Japan and one for Australia.
- Lydia Colasante, United States
- Shea Dolce, United States
- Kori Edmondson, United States
- Maddie Epke, United States
- Emma LoPinto, United States
- Jami Macdonald, Canada
- Avery Morton, Canada
- Negai Nakazawa, Japan
- Miriam Suares-Jury, Australia
- Madison Taylor, United States
LoPinto was named the Most Valuable Player of the championship with 26 goals and 23 assists over seven games.
The full release on the World Team at the championship can be found here.
