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JEHVOUN BYFIELD REPRESENTING U20 JAMAICAN NATIONAL LACROSSE TEAM IN KOREA IN AUGUST
June 13, 2025

JEHVOUN BYFIELD REPRESENTING U20 JAMAICAN NATIONAL LACROSSE TEAM IN KOREA IN AUGUST

Orangeburg, N.Y. (6/16/25)  Freshman defensive midfielder Jehvoun Byfield will be heading to Jeju Island in Korea this August for the World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship, representing his home country of Jamaica.

Byfield earned a spot on their 20-person roster, which was recently announced by the organization.

Byfield appeared in seven games in the 2025 season as a Charger.

Competition will take place at Gongcheonpo Training Center, with six to eight games per day across two fields. The center previously hosted the 2022 Asia-Pacific Lacrosse Union Men's Championship. 

The U20 Championship will be held August 15-24 and will consist of a 62 game schedule.  The event will commence August 15, featuring four games preceding the opening ceremony, with China facing Mexico alongside Ghana facing Hong Kong, China, in the first two matches. After the opening ceremony, host Korea will take on New Zealand while Japan faces the Netherlands. 

The championship will feature 20 teams split into five groups for pool play, followed by playoffs that will include quarterfinals, semifinals and medal games. The top four teams from the 2022 edition of the event – United States, Canada, Haudenosaunee and Australia – were placed into Pool A, while the remaining 16 teams were snake seeded into pools based on their finishes at the 2022 edition of the tournament and balanced by Continental Federation.  

The entire men's U20 Championship field is represented by Australia, Canada, China, England, Germany, Ghana, Haudenosaunee, Hong Kong (China), Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, the United States, and Puerto Rico.  

The eight teams not in action on day one will begin their campaigns on August 16, highlighted by a gold medal rematch between the United States and Canada in the first game of the day. 

Pool play will take place over five days, with each team playing three games. The four Pool A teams will advance directly to the quarterfinal round, while the top two teams from Pools B through E will enter a play-in round on Wednesday, August 20.  

The four play-in round winners will advance to the quarterfinals on Thursday, August 21, before the semifinals and eventual medal round games on Sunday, August 24. 

The schedule for the championship can be found by clicking this link.

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