Selection Process Announced for 2025 Ireland Men’s National Teams (U20 & Senior)

• 24/08/2024
• in featured, General, Headlines

Last updated: 23 August 2024

This is the selection process (as approved by the Ireland Lacrosse High Performance Committee and the Ireland Lacrosse Board) for the two Men’s Field National Teams which are due to compete in 2025:

• Men’s European Championship, Illes Academy, Szombathely, Hungary (10-19 July 2025)
• Men’s U20 World Championship, Seoguipo on Jeju Island, South Korea (18-27 July 2025)

Players who meet eligibility criteria (see National Team Vision) and who wish to be considered for selection for the U20 or Senior national field teams competing in 2025, must attend at least one selection event among those listed below, and on the basis of their performance, may be invited to attend the final National Team Training Camp (NTTC) in Dublin on 17-19 January 2025, following which the final teams for these two 2025 tournaments will be selected. All players must be fully registered members of Ireland Lacrosse (see Membership) to be eligible to participate in any of the events below, and registration will be available through the membership system (login and click ‘Events & Courses’ along the top).

Also, the Ireland Men’s and Women’s Sixes National Teams will be competing in the 2025 European Sixes Championship:

• Men’s & Women’s European Sixes Championship, Monte Gordo, Portugal (3 or 4-8 March 2025)

The selection process for these two teams will be published on this website separately.

2023-2024 Events for Selection:

• Sept 2023-Apr 2024
  Irish Lacrosse League (ILL) Gamedays, Ireland
  
  
• 23-25 February 2024
  EuroLax Sixes Cup, Algarve, Portugal
  
  
• 19-21 April 2024
  EBox, Prague, Czech Republic (Ireland National Box Team Training Camp)
  
  
• 4-5 May 2024
  NKI, Wilmslow LC, Manchester, UK
  
  
• 17 May 2024
  Schools Cup, Rathdown School, Dublin, Ireland
  
  
• 24-27 May 2024
  Heritage Cup, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, USA
  (click here to register for the Open Division, 16+ as of 24 May 2024)
  (click here to register for the U19 Division, 19 or younger as of 27 May 2024)
  
  
• 19-27 July 2024
  Men’s U20 European Championship, Wroclaw, Poland (Ireland Men’s U20 National Team)
  
  
• Sept 2024-Dec 2024
  Irish Lacrosse League (ILL) Gamedays, Ireland
  
  
• 15 September 2024
  Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell, New Jersey, USA (click here to register)
  
  
• 20-29 September 2024
  Men’s World Box Championship, Utica, New York, USA (Ireland National Box Team)
  
  
• 29 September 2024
  Belmont Hill, Boston, MA, USA (click here to register)
  
  
• 25-28 October 2024
  Ireland Lacrosse Coaching Summit, Dublin, Ireland (click here to register)

2025 Events:

• 17-19 January 2025
  National Team Training Camp (final selection of U20 & Senior Teams), Sport Ireland Campus, Dublin, Ireland
  
  
• 18-27 July 2025
  Men’s World U20 Championship, Seoguipo on Jeju Island, South Korea
  
  
• 10-19 July 2025
  Men’s European Championship, Illes Academy, Szombathely, Hungary