Overview
- Mandaviya, who felicitated both squads Wednesday, urged a push to qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
- The teams earned that platform with February wins in Riyadh, taking Sixes gold as the men beat Iraq and the women beat Pakistan in the finals.
- India next heads to the 3rd Asian Lacrosse Games in Chengdu in April, then to the Asia-Pacific Sixes in Australia in October as part of the qualification route.
- Roughly 100 national sides will chase only six men’s and six women’s Olympic places through regional events that feed into the 2027 World Lacrosse Sixes Championships.
- The squads reflect rapid growth at home with players from many states and recent debuts internationally for the women in 2024 and the men in 2025.