The event was sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The tournament was first held in 1982 and has been held quadrennially on odd years since 1989.

Nineteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2013 World Cup tournament. New entries included Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, and Latvia. The Czech Republic and Denmark did not return from the 2009 World Cup.

Following Pool play, teams were seeded into a Championship Bracket of 12 teams and a Diamond Consolation Bracket of 7 teams. The Championship Bracket consisted of the teams in Pool A, the top 2 teams in Pools B, C and D and the next highest ranked team. The seven remaining teams were placed in the Diamond Consolation Bracket and re-seeded into two new pools, X and Y, based on rankings and teams previously played in the pool play.

The United States team dominated pool and bracket play, ending the tournament with a perfect 7-0 record. USA faced Canada in the gold medal game and won with a final score of 19-5 to earn its seventh world title. Australia and England faced each other in the bronze medal game, with Australia defeating England 12-6.

Pool Play edit

Teams are divided into four pools, A-D. Pool play games will be played on July 11 through 16.

WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PPG= Points per Game

Pool A edit

All 5 teams guaranteed a berth into Championship Bracket, Top 4 receive Bye to Quarterfinal.

Pool B edit

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.

Pool C edit

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record. Austria advances as best of the 3rd place teams.

Pool D edit

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Bracket, 3rd place eligible based on record.

Diamond Consolation Bracket edit

Pool X: 13th-15th Place

17 July:

• Netherlands   11–10   Finland

18 July:

• Germany   18–3   Finland

19 July:

• Germany   21–2   Netherlands

Germany progresses to 12th place play-off game. Finland relegated to 15th place play-off game.

Pool Y: 16th-19th Place

17 July:

• South Korea   23–7   Sweden
• Latvia   12–11   Hong Kong

18 July:

• South Korea   23–7   Hong Kong
• Latvia   10–6   Sweden

19 July:

• Hong Kong   15–5   Sweden
• South Korea   7–5   Latvia

South Korea progresses to 15th place play-off game.

Championship Bracket edit

Round 1 (17 July)

• (8) Haudenosaunee   19–3   Ireland (9)
• (5) Wales   21–0   Austria (12)
• (11) Scotland   13–12   Japan (6)
• (10) Israel   12–9   New Zealand (7)

Quarterfinals (18 July)

• (1) United States   20–1   Haudenosaunee (8)
• (4) England   10–0   Wales (5)
• (3) Australia   26–2   Scotland (11)
• (2) Canada   17–5   Israel (10)

Semi-finals

1st-4th Place (19 July):

• (1) United States   21–8   England (4)
• (2) Canada   11–7   Australia (3)

5th-8th Place (19 July):

• (5) Wales   15–14   Haudenosaunee (8)
• (11) Scotland   9–7   Israel (10)

9th-12th Place (18 July):

• (9) Ireland   10–4   Austria (12)
• (6) Japan   23–4   New Zealand (7)

Finals edit

15th-place match (19 July):

• South Korea   7–5   Finland

12th-place match (20 July):

• Germany   14–6   Austria (12)

11th-place match (19 July):

• (7) New Zealand   20–5   Austria (12)

9th-place match (20 July):

• (6) Japan   25–4   Ireland (9)

7th-place match (20 July):

• (8) Haudenosaunee   1–0*   Israel (10) (Israel forfeited.)

5th-place match (20 July):

• (5) Wales   8–4   Scotland (11)

Bronze-medal match (20 July):

• (3) Australia   12–6   England (4)

Gold-medal match (20 July):

• (1) United States   19–5   Canada (2)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

• The 2013 FIL Women's World Cup web site
• Federation of International Lacrosse, WWC brackets
• LaxMagazine, 2012-13 Women's News