[1] The CWL also sponsors the 12th annual Prague Cup as an associated event.

This tournament, held at the same venue as the World Cup, allows international club teams to compete at the same time in the open event.

New entries include: Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, South Korea, and the Netherlands.

In earlier tournaments, clan mothers protested the women's team playing the sacred sport and threatened to lay down on the field to prevent them from playing.

[6] The tournament saw the return of defending gold medal winners Australia, as well as Canada, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, United States, Wales and the Czech Republic.