Auburndale, FL, June 24th, 2025 – The 2025 Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship will take place from June 26-30, 2025, at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.
The international women’s lacrosse tournament will feature eight national teams from the Pan-American region and will serve to qualify five teams from the Pan-American region for the 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship. Eleven spots have already been claimed during the 2024 European Women’s Lacrosse Championship and 2025 Asia-Pacific Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
Teams and schedule
The participating countries and their rosters can be found here:
The schedule features three days of pool play games and two days of placement and championship games. The full schedule is available on the event’s Instagram account, along with live updates. Games will be live-streamed on World Lacrosse TV.
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.
Final World Championship qualifier
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.
About PALA
The Pan-American Lacrosse Association covers North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean and currently includes 22 member nations. The mission of PALA is to promote and develop the sport of lacrosse across its region, maintain communication between PALA nations to share best practices for development and resources, promote and encourage the exchange and development of sports camaraderie among PALA nations, and facilitate and organize PALA sanctioned competitions for PALA nations. PALA conducts regional qualifying events for World Lacrosse competitions, in addition to the PALA Sixes Cup. Find out more at https://panamericanlacrosse.org/
About World Lacrosse
World Lacrosse is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the international governing body for lacrosse, responsible for providing effective leadership and governance of the sport internationally while supporting its continued growth worldwide.
World Lacrosse’s mission goes beyond mere administration of the sport; it actively works to develop and nurture lacrosse at all levels, from grassroots initiatives to elite competitions. It collaborates with national lacrosse governing bodies, leagues, clubs, coaches, players, and enthusiasts to foster the sport’s growth and accessibility. Find out more at https://worldlacrosse.sport/
