The Women’s U20 Championship is a quadrennial event featuring the top junior women’s field lacrosse teams competing for a world championship title.
The event has been held eight times, first in 1995, as a U19 competition and was most recently contested in 2024 in Hong Kong, China as the competition took place in Asia for the second time.
The United States, Canada and Australia have all taken home gold medals in the championship, which started with a field of seven teams in 1995 and steadily expanded to a 22-team field in 2019.
2019 Women’s U19 Championship: A Look Back
Americans Reclaim World Lacrosse Women’s U19 World Championship Title
Using its stifling defense, the United States defeated Canada 13-3 to win the 2019 World Lacrosse Women’s U19 World Championship at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Past Results
| Member | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Belgium | 22 | |||||||
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| China | 14 | 9 | ||||||
| Colombia | 12 | |||||||
| Czech Republic | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| England | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Finland | 11 | |||||||
| Germany | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 19 | |||
| Haudenosaunee | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Hong Kong, China | 12 | 16 | ||||||
| Ireland | 19 | 10 | ||||||
| Israel | 14 | 17 | 13 | |||||
I Italy | 8 | |||||||
| Jamaica | 21 | 20 | ||||||
| Japan | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
K Kenya | 18 | |||||||
| Korea | 13 | 16 | 18 | |||||
| Mexico | 15 | 12 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 12 | |||||||
N New Zealand | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 5 | ||||||
| Scotland | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 |
| Chinese Taipei | 20 | 14 | ||||||
| USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 20 |
Championship Summary
| Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold Medal Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Haverford, USA | Australia | USA | Canada | AUS 5, USA 4 |
| 1999 | Perth, Australia | USA | Australia | Canada | USA 15, AUS 8 |
| 2003 | Baltimore, USA | USA | Australia | Canada | USA 21, AUS 8 |
| 2007 | Peterborough, Canada | USA | Australia | England | USA 18, AUS 3 |
| 2011 | Hanover, Germany | USA | Australia | Canada | USA 14, AUS 12 |
| 2015 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Canada | USA | England | CAN 9, USA 8 |
| 2019 | Peterborough, Canada | USA | Canada | Australia | USA 13, CAN 3 |
| 2024 | Hong Kong, China | USA | Canada | Japan | USA 23, CAN 6 |