England Men begin their 2025 European Championship campaign on Friday morning (10am CET/9am BST) against Bulgaria, taking to the field for the first time in the competition since gold medal success in the 2016 edition nine years ago.

Due to the postponement and then cancellation of the full 2020 Championship, this year’s tournament in Wroclaw, Poland is the long awaited return for the championship with England back to retain a title won at the last four Men’s Euros going back to 2004.

The standard and breadth of competition in Europe has boomed since then though and England are under no illusions that the 2025 tournament will pose the biggest challenge yet, with Head Coach Sam Patterson calling it ‘the toughest European tournament ever’ with countries also competing for one of seven coveted spots at the 2027 World Championship in Japan.

The 24-team tournament features five groups, with England drawn against Netherlands, Latvia, Finland and newcomers Bulgaria in Group A.

The Top 12 teams will qualify for the Championship stage, with England going in search of a 1st place finish in the group to secure a direct route through the quarter finals.

All matches can be watched on YouTube HERE and follow the tournament and stats on Pointbench HERE

You can also of course follow the team’s progress right here across the England Lacrosse website and social media for match updates, reports, interviews and extra content throughout the Championship.

England Group A Schedule

Friday 11 July - BULGARIA - 10:00 CET/09:00 BST
Saturday 12 July - NETHERLANDS - 15:50 CET/14:50 BST
Sunday 13 July - LATVIA - 15:40 CET/14:40 BST
Monday 14 July - FINLAND - 16:30 CET/15:30 BST

England Men’s European Lacrosse Championship Squad

Goal
William Baxter (Poynton LC)
Simon Bellamy (Brock University)

Defence
Nick DeCaprio (Camden LC)
Grady Jackson-Fayle (Stockport LC)
Tom Hallam (Mellor LC)
Josh Poke (Mellor LC)
Luca Schurink (Stockport LC)
Matthew Tatton (Brooklands LC)

Face off
Daniel Madeley (Rochdale LC)
Mac Moreland (Salisbury College)

Midfield
Tim Collins (Brooklands LC)
Dan Flisk (Stockport LC)
Danny Hilditch (Stockport LC)
Edward Loveland (Timperley LC)
Cam Major (Mellor LC)
Tom Roper (Hillcroft LC)
Alex Russell (Poynton LC)
William Shirt (Cheadle LC)

Attack
Drew Bickerton (Mellor LC)
Blair Pachereva (Brooklands LC)
William Prescott (Spencer LC)
Daniel Watson (Spencer LC)