World Lacrosse today announced the pools for the 2024 Box Championships, set for September 20-29 in Utica, New York, with 28 teams in the men’s box championship and 10 teams in the first-ever women’s box championship.
The men’s field of 28 teams is split into seven pools of four and the women’s field is split into two groups of five teams.
The men’s field is the largest in the competition’s history, with 11 teams competing for the first time and three Continental Federations represented. All top 10 finishers from the 2019 Men’s Box Championship return to this year’s event.
The top four seeded men’s teams make up the A pool: Canada, the Haudenosaunee, the United States and England. The remaining teams were split into pools B-G using snake seeding, with adjustments made for continental balance. For seeding, final rankings from the last men’s box championship and finishes in past field world championships for teams making their first appearance were considered; for CF balance, teams from at least two continental federations were placed in each pool.
In the women’s competition, the teams were snake seeded based on final rankings from the 2022 Women’s Championship, also with adjustment for continental balance.
The schedule will be released later this week, as well as details on the format of the competition and progression into the playoffs.
The pools can be found below with teams listed alphabetically within each pool.
Men’s Box Championship
Pool A
Canada
England
Haudenosaunee
United States
Pool B
Belgium
Hong Kong, China
Israel
Mexico
Pool C
Finland
Greece
Japan
Switzerland
Pool D
Czech Republic
Jamaica
Chinese Taipei
Scotland
Pool E
Austria
Italy
Netherlands
U.S. Virgin Islands
Pool F
Australia
Hungary
Puerto Rico
Slovakia
Pool G
China
Germany
Ireland
Poland
Women’s Box Championship
Pool A
England
Haudenosaunee
Hong Kong, China
Netherlands
United States
Pool B
Australia
Canada
Finland
Germany
Ireland
