Originally, the Junior tournament was to be held in conjunction with the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in Buffalo, NY.
With flights planned, the Junior Tournament was moved to Six Nations, ON and named the 2015 U19 World Lacrosse Challenge and featured 12 teams, including regional squads from Canada and Iroquois.
Junior national teams from Czech Republic, Israel, and the United States along with German club Deutschland Adler rounded out the field.
[6] The event returned to Ontario in 2019 – this time in Mississauga at Paramount Fine Foods Centre.
[7] The 2021 IIJL Word Junior Lacrosse Championship was a cumulative goal three game series against Canada East and Canada West due to the global pandemic resulting in other countries not being able to travel or restrictions that prevented them from participating.