England are set to play two Home Nations’ sides at the 2022 European Box Lacrosse Championship in Hannover, Germany after the full schedule for this month’s tournament was released.
England have been drawn in Pool D and will begin their European Championship journey by playing close rivals Scotland on the opening day of the competition before taking on Ireland two days later in what will be a repeat of the fifth place game at the 2017 European Box Lacrosse Championship.
On that day, England came out on top, eventually defeating the team from across the English Channel 17-12 in a game that even saw England goalkeeper, Eliot Pugh, get his name on the scoresheet!
Six players remain from that Championship squad (Eliot Pugh, Matt Marsh, Will Walker, Pete Wilson, Albert Whitehead, and captain Tom Roche) and England will be looking to go at least one step further this year by reaching the third place game.
Which is exactly what they did three years ago at the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship when they pushed an extremely talented USA team all the way in the bronze medal match, eventually finishing fourth.
Head Coach, Walt Christianson recently unveiled his 23-player squad to travel to the European Championship where 14 teams will be competing for the trophy, including holders and inaugural winners, Israel, as well as runners-up from 2017, Czech Republic, and 2017 bronze medallists, Finland.
To view the schedule in full or to find out more about the European Championship, click HERE.
England Schedule (All times BST)
30 July | Scotland (08:30, Arena 1)
1 August | Ireland (15:30, Arena 1)
2 August | Play-in Game (09:30 or 15:15 or 18:30)
3 August | Quarter-Final (08:30 or 12:30)
4 August | Semi-Final (11:30 or 15:30)
6 August | 5th Place Game (12:30)/3rd Place Game (15:30)/Final (18:30)