The England senior men’s team qualified for the 2027 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship in Japan after reaching the final four of the 2025 Men’s European Championship yesterday.
The Lions booked their spot in world lacrosse’s top competition after a convincing 18-4 quarter-final victory over France in Wrocław, Poland, on Wednesday.
After winning all four pool stage games against Bulgaria, Netherlands, Latvia, and Finland by an aggregate score of 70-12, their quarter-final win over France sees England progress to the semi-final of the Euros for the 11th time, maintaining their record of reaching that stage of the competition in each iteration since its inception 30 years ago in 1995.
Qualifying for the 2027 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship means England will once again have the opportunity to show their quality on the world stage after a sixth place finish at the 2023 tournament.
2027 will be the first time the World Lacrosse Men’s Championship has been held in Asia with this year’s World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship and next year’s World Lacrosse Women’s Championship also due to be held on that continent in Korea and Japan respectively.
England will bid to qualify for the final of the 2025 Men’s Euros later today as they take on Israel in a repeat of the 2016 final that England narrowly won 7-6 in Budapest, Hungary.
Watch that game on Lax TV HERE and keep up to date with the whole competition HERE.