England’s young lions will take on Jamaica, New Zealand, and hosts Korea in the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship pool stage, World Lacrosse has announced.
The team’s opening match against Jamaica on Friday 15 August will be a replay of England’s play-in match from the last iteration of the competition in 2022 which England won 10-2.
Games against New Zealand on Sunday 17 and hosts Korea on Monday 18 August will follow and mark the first time the England Men’s U20 team has played a competitive match against those teams.
This year’s championship will feature 20 teams split into five groups for pool play, followed by playoffs that will include quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal games.
The top four teams from the 2022 edition of the event – United States, Canada, Haudenosaunee and Australia – were placed into Pool A, while the remaining 16 teams were snake seeded into pools based on their finishes at the 2022 edition of the tournament and balanced by Continental Federation.
Taking place at the Gongcheonpo Training Centre on Jeju Island, Korea, six to eight games will be played per day across two pitches; the centre previously hosted the 2022 Asia-Pacific Lacrosse Union Men’s Championship.
The pool stage will take place over five days, with each team playing three games, after which the four Pool A teams will advance directly to the quarter-final, while the top two teams from Pools B, C, D, and E will enter a play-in round on Wednesday 20 August.
The four play-in round winners will advance to the quarter-finals on Thursday 22 August, before the semi-finals and eventual medal round games on Sunday 24 August.
The full schedule is released just days after England announced their 22-player squad heading to Korea to take part in the competition.
For more information about the competition and the schedule, click HERE.
England Pool Stage Schedule
England v Jamaica | Friday 15 August | 12pm
Sunday 17 August | New Zealand v England | 4pm
Monday 18 August | England v Korea | 11am