KGC 2025
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LCC Radotín is proud and happy to host the field lacrosse Ken Galluccio Cup – European Champions Cup on September 12–14, 2025.
The tournament is sanctioned and co-organized by the European Lacrosse Federation. This year top 10 men's teams and 9 women's teams will compete in the tournament.
Tournament system – men
Men's teams will play in two round-robin groups of five. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals, teams ranked 3rd and 4th will play in the 5th–8th place brackets. The 5th teams will match for the final 9th place.
The round-robin groups draw was be held on Thursday August 7th, 2025 at 7 pm. CET. You can watch it here. For the draw, the teams were seeded into five pots according to the results from the previous year. The ranking of the country representative is relevant to the settings, although there is a different club representing the country this year. If the country did not take part in the last year, the results from the previous year were considered and so on.
MEN
Pot 1: Spencer LC (ENG), HTHC Hamburg (GER)
Pot 2: Zürich Lions (SUI), Oslo Saints (NOR)
Pot 3: Barcelona Dracs (ESP), Bologna Lacrosse (ITA)
Pot 4: Delft Barons (NED), Sundbyberg Lacrosse (SWE)
Pot 5: SK Lacrosse Jižní Město (CZE), Wrocław Panthers (POL)
Round-robin Groups
MEN
Group A
Spencer LC (ENG)
Oslo Saints (NOR)
Bologna Lacrosse (ITA)
Delft Barons (NED)
Panthers Wrocław (POL)
Group B
HTHC Hamburg (GER)
Zürich Lions (SUI)
Barcelona Dracs Lacrosse (ESP)
Sundbyberg Lacrosse (SWE)
SK Lacrosse Jižní Město (CZE)
Tournament system – women
Women's teams were seeded into the pots for the draw according to the same principle as the men's teams and in the draw following groups were created.
WOMEN
Pot 1: Rotterdam Jaguars (NED), LCC Girls (CZE)
Pot 2: Centaurs LC (ENG), Christiania Lacrosse (NOR)
Pot 3: Edinburgh University LC (SCO), Bern Titans (SUI)
Pot 4: Dublin Lacrosse (IRL), Schwarz-Weiß Köln (GER)
Pot 5: Poznań Hussars Ladies (POL), Bologna Lacrosse (ITA)+
Group A
Rotterdam Jaguars (NED)
Christiania Lacrosse (NOR)
Bern Titans (SUI)
Schwarz-Weiß Köln 1920 e.V. (GER)
Poznań Hussars Ladies (POL)
Group B
LCC Girls (CZE)
Centaurs Lacrosse Club (ENG)
Edinburgh University Women’s Lacrosse Club (SCO)
Dublin Lacrosse (IRL)
Bologna Lacrosse (ITA)
Unfortunately, the cancellation of the Dublin team was announced after the draw and the tournament system had to be adjusted to 9 teams.
All teams will play in one large group, where each team will play four games against various opponents. In the large group seeding, we have still considered the original groups according to the draw and the top two teams from Group A do not play the top two teams from Group B.
The top two teams from the basic group qualify directly to the tournament semi-finals. Teams in the 3rd to 6th place will play quarter-finals. Teams ranked in the 7th–9th place will match in Group Z for the final 7th to 9th place.
Tournament rules
The men's tournament follows 2021–2023 WL Men's Field Lacrosse Rules, with the exception of the playing time.
The women's tournament uses 2025–2026 WL Women's Field Lacrosse Rules, with the exception of the playing time. The shot clock rule doesn't come into effect.
Playing time 2x 20 mins. In case of a tie at the end of regulation, the 5-minute overtime periods follow until the game is resolved by the golden goal. There are 3 points per game. The winner in regulation receives all points. In case of a tie, each team gets one point and the winner in overtime gets the last point.
Groups tie-breaker*
1. Number of points;
2. Head-to-head match result;
3. Total scored/received goals difference;
4. Total higher number of scored goals;
5. Lower number of penalty minutes,
6. Toss (not applied in Z Group, teams share the final standings).
* If there are three or more teams with the same value of the criteria, after the elimination of one team we start the process from criteria 1 for the remaining teams.
Schedule
Venue
The tournament will be played at the SC Olympia Radotín stadium (Ke Zděři 21, 153 00 Praha-Radotín, map). There is a natural grass pitch for the women's tournament and turf (football type with rubber fillings) for the men's tournament. Make sure the players have proper shoes. Shoes with metal studs are not allowed. As the athletic track may be used for the warm-up up where no cleats are allowed, bring suitable shoes for this surface, too.
Radotín is easily accessible by public transport from the Prague center (S7 trains from Smíchovské nádraží or Hlavní nádraží - Main station, 10 min walk from the Radotín railway station to the venue).
Meals
There will be the grill booth at the venue with basic meals offer. There are also various options for your catering in Radotín. Our tips:
● Beach Arena Radotín – directly next to the venue, a pleasant, easygoing garden restaurant, they serve great burgers.
● Restaurace Sokolovna – LCC Radotín home venue restaurant offers superb, reasonably priced meals.
● Biotop Radotín – indoor and outdoor swimming pool, simple buffet
● Luna Express Pizzeria – good fast food.
● Velo Restaurant – nice modern restaurant.
● Bustan Kebab – fast food.
● Restaurace Na Viničkách – traditional Czech pub with a good kitchen.
● Restaurace Rozmarýn
Do not miss charming Pelíšek Caffé or Caffé U nás.
Local microbrewery Horymír has great beers, unfortunatelly the restaurant provides only limited service recently.
There are Billa and Albert supermarkets and many small grocery stores.
First Aid
There will be ambulance with paramedics at the venue during the whole tournament. Each player is responsible for his proper health insurance.
There are three pharmacies in Radotín, Adonia and Alphega (open only on weekdays and Saturday mornings) and Dr. Max (open on weekdays only).