The road to the 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship continues with the 2025 Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship, set for June 26-30 at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.
Eight teams will compete for the continental championship: Argentina, Canada, Haudenosaunee, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and the United States.
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Five spots in the 16-team field for the 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship in Tokyo will be awarded to the top finishers. Eleven spots have already been claimed during the 2024 European Women’s Lacrosse Championship and 2025 Asia-Pacific Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
Pool play will run from Thursday, June 26, to Saturday, June 28, with four games scheduled for each day. Pool A includes Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and the United States, while Pool B includes Argentina, Canada, Haudenosaunee and Jamaica.
The top two teams in each pool will advance to the semifinals and secure automatic qualification for the 2026 Women’s Championship. Additionally, the winner of the fifth-place game on the final day will also qualify.
The semifinals are scheduled for Sunday, June 29, beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET. The medal round is set for Monday, June 30, with the gold medal game scheduled for 2 p.m. The fifth-place game is set for Monday at 9 a.m.
Live results and statistics throughout the championship can be found here. The championship will be streamed on WL TV, with an all-event pass available for US$20.
Seven out of the eight teams in the field appeared at the last edition of the WL Women’s Championship in 2022, with the United States and Canada finishing 1-2, and the Haudenosaunee and Puerto Rico finishing in the top half of the final standings.
Argentina claimed the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan-American Lacrosse Association Sixes Cup in Kingston, Jamaica. In the bronze medal game, Gretta White had four goals and Mercedes O’Neil had three. Both players will return for the 2025 Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. At the 2022 Women’s Championship, Argentina finished 26th with two wins.
At the 2022 Women’s Championship, Canada tied its best-ever result with a silver medal, repeating its performance in 2013 and 2017. Canada’s roster features 12 returners from the 2022 squad.
The Haudenosaunee earned the gold medal at the 2023 PALA Sixes Cup, capping off a dominant run in the tournament with a 22-11 win over a previously unbeaten Puerto Rico team in the championship. The Haudenosaunee finished with a 5-0 record and won by at least 11 goals in every game. Fawn Porter and Sierra Cockerille led the attacking efforts in 2023, and both return for the 2025 Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. At the 2022 Women’s Championship, the Haudenosaunee finished eighth with five wins.
Jamaica finished seventh in its home country at the 2023 PALA Sixes Cup. At the 2022 Women’s Championship, Jamaica finished 28th after narrow losses to Switzerland and Argentina.
At the 2023 PALA Sixes Cup, Mexico claimed fifth place with a 17-9 win over Jamaica. In 2022, Mexico finished 15th with four wins, an improvement from its 20th-place finish at the 2017 Women’s Championship.
Peru finished fourth at the 2023 PALA Sixes Cup, narrowly falling in the bronze medal match to Argentina. Peru is aiming for its first ever appearance at a World Lacrosse Women’s Championship.
At the 2022 Women’s Championship, Puerto Rico finished 11th with a 5-3 record in its women’s championship debut. Puerto Rico lost in the gold medal match at the 2023 PALA Sixes Cup, suffering its only loss in the tournament.
Meanwhile, the United States will be participating in a Pan-American Championship for the first time. The United States has won the last four women’s championships, bringing home the title in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2022. Headlining the roster are six members of the championship-winning team from 2022: Sam Apuzzo, Ally Kennedy, Ally Mastroianni, Marie McCool, Charlotte North and Caylee Waters.
This event marks the third and final continental qualifier for the 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship. An additional continental spot has been reallocated to the Pan-American Lacrosse Association for a total of five spots. The top 16 women’s field lacrosse teams in the world will compete based on the following allocations by Continental Federation:
Asia Pacific Lacrosse Union: 4
European Lacrosse Federation: 7
Pan-American Lacrosse Association: 5
The 2026 Women’s Championship will mark the first in World Lacrosse’s new championship format, with 16 teams competing based on results from continental qualifiers. All 16 teams must earn their place in the championship at a qualifying event, except for Japan, which automatically qualified as the host nation. World Lacrosse will also host a Division II Women’s Championship in 2026 with an additional 16 teams participating.
