Everything You Need to Know About the World Lacrosse Men’s Box Championship

WATCH ON ESPN

All Pool A games will be on ESPN+, with the Sept. 24 matchups (ENG vs. HAU, 4:30 p.m. EDT; USA vs. CAN, 8 p.m. EDT) airing live on ESPNU.

The playoffs (Sept. 25-28) also are on ESPN+. The gold medal game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.

Check our TV Listings page for direct links to all USA games.

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

The 28 teams in the men’s championship have been broken up into seven four-team pools based on their World Lacrosse rankings.

Pool A: Canada, Haudeosaunee, United States, England

Pool B: Israel, Hong Kong, Mexico, Belgium

Pool C: Finland, Switzerland, Japan, Greece

Pool D: Czech Republic, Scotland, Jamaica, Chinese Taipei

Pool E: Netherlands, Austria, Italy, U.S. Virgin Islands

Pool F: Australia, Slovakia, Puerto Rico, Hungary

Pool G: Germany, Ireland, Poland, China

Pool A teams will be ranked 1-4 based on their pool-play results and advance automatically to the quarterfinals.

The top two finishers in Pools B-G will be seeded 5-16, with the 9-16 seeds competing in a four-game play-in round and the 5-8 seeds receiving a bye to the first round. 

Schedule

Sept. 20-23: Pool Play

Sept. 24: Play-In Round

Sept. 25: First Round

Sept. 26: Quarterfinals

Sept. 27: Semifinals

Sept. 28: Bronze Medal Game

Sept. 29: Gold Medal Game

The complete schedule is available here.