The draw for the groups for the European Box Lacrosse Championships 2026 was conducted on Monday 23rd February.

Women’s Competition

No draw as such as all seven nations will be playing a round robin format. The top four teams will progress to the semi-finals. The bottom three teams will have placing games. England, as the top seeds, based on 2024 Worlds placings, will be seeking a spot in the Semi Finals.

Men’s Competition

A new format for this championships sees the top 8 ranked teams from the 2024 Worlds placings drawn into two groups, Blue and Red. England, as top seeds, have been drawn to play Ireland, Finland and Netherlands in the group stage. The top two teams will progress to the Quarter Finals. The bottom two teams will have an additional ‘play-in’ game against a team from the Green and Yellow groups.

The 10 remaining lower ranked teams have been drawn in two groups, Green and Yellow. This includes Scotland and a first time appearance from Wales. Both these groups should be very competitive. The top two teams will face the bottom two teams from the Blue and Red groups in a play-in game to progress to the Quarter Finals.

See the dates and venues for training sessions and squad selection trials for both the England Box men’s and women’s programmes leading up to the 2026 European Lacrosse Box Championships in Czechia.

This comms post from England Lacrosse includes more details and links to the player sign-up forms.

July 2025

The North men retained the trophy, which they have now won three years running, after the three game series this past weekend in Oxford. In the parallel women’s competition, with players split across two teams, regardless of geography, the Washington Allstars beat the Boxford Blaze 13-9 over two games. The North also won the men’s B two game series, but by only a single goal, 11-10.

See the game sheets for each game.

Men A

Game 1: North 7:6 South (1:1, 1:3, 4:5, 7:6)

Game 2: North 15:3 South (4:1, 9:1, 10:2, 15:3)

Game 3: North 10:5 South (2:1, 4:3, 6:4, 10:5)

Women

Game 1: Washington Allstars 7:4 Boxford Blaze (4:0, 6:0, 7:4, 7:4)

Game 2: Washington Allstars 6:5 Boxford Blaze (2:1, 4:2, 6:4, 6:5)

Men B

Game 1: North B 5:7 South B (2:3, 2:4, 3:5, 5:7)

Game 2: North B 6:3 South B (1:0, 2:1, 4:2, 6:3)