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How Lacrosse scoring works

Each goal is worth 1 point and is awarded when the ball fully crosses the goal line within the goal frame. In all World Lacrosse formats (field, box, women's and Sixes) and in Olympic lacrosse, each goal counts for 1 point; a 2-point arc exists only in some professional leagues (e.g. the Premier Lacrosse League), not under World Lacrosse or Olympic rules. The team with the most points wins. Refer to the rules of the format being played for the exact goal value.

Match format

Duration and structure vary by format. Field lacrosse is generally played in four quarters; Sixes is played in short periods (for example four periods) with a shot clock. Refer to the official rules of the format and competition for exact durations.

How to win

The team that has scored the most goals at the end of regulation time wins. In the event of a tie, overtime (often sudden death) or a tie-breaking procedure may apply depending on the format and competition.

Recommended ScoreZen setup

Set up lacrosse in points-scoring mode with an increment of 1 per goal. Choose the Official preset to track periods and the clock, or the Casual preset for a simple goal count; set the number of periods to match the format played (field or Sixes).

How a lacrosse goal is credited, and in which variant

Lacrosse has one unit of score: the goal, worth one. Men's field rule 38.1 spells it out at length - the ball, loose or not, must pass from the front completely through the imaginary plane formed by the rear edges of the goal line as a base, the crossbar as the top and the posts as the sides. Sixes rule 6.6.1 is the same idea in one line. Women's field 11.A.2 words it differently again: the whole ball must pass completely over the goal-line, between the posts and under the crossbar, from above the Goal Line Extended. A ball resting on the line has not scored, and no World Lacrosse rule book - men's field, women's field, Sixes or box - contains a two-point shot.

Who gets credited depends on the variant, and this is where sheets go wrong. Men's field (38.1) and Sixes (6.6.2) agree: the goal belongs to the last attacking player who gave the ball enough force or impetus to cross the plane. Men's AR 38.2 and AR 38.3 settle deflections - a shot bouncing off the shoulder of a motionless team-mate stays with the shooter, while a team-mate who moves an arm into it and changes the ball's direction is credited instead. Women's field does the opposite: 11.B.3 disallows the goal outright when the ball comes off the person or body of an attack player.

The own goal splits the same way. In men's field a ball put through by a defender counts for the attacking team and is credited to that team's In-home (38.1), the In-home the head coach nominates to the officials before the game (22.1); Sixes does the same (6.6.2), and there the Official Scorer keeps both teams' In-Homes on the sheet (4.2.3). Women's field counts a goal propelled by a defensive player's crosse or body (11.A.2) but has no In-home to credit it to.

Plenty of balls cross the line without counting, and the lists are not the same. Men's field 38.2: after the period has ended, after any whistle including an inadvertent one, with any part of an attacking player's body touching the goal crease area, with too many attacking players on the field, with the attacking team offside, or when the head of the shooter's stick comes off during the shot - and a goal falls afterwards if, before the next live ball, that player's stick is declared illegal. Sixes 6.6.3 has neither offside nor a crease clause: it adds a shot released after the shot clock expired, interference with a goalkeeper inside their crease, an ineligible or expelled scorer, and the attacking goalkeeper being in their own offensive zone.

Shot clocks are per variant too. Men's field is 80 seconds (43.1), and the rule book dates that rule to 1 January 2026, to be enforced in World Championship play at the 2027 Men's World Championship. Sixes runs 30 seconds (4.2.4). Women's field rule 24 also sets 80 seconds, but its own text states the rule takes effect on 1 January 2027, and that where no shot clock is in use rule 24 does not apply at all.

Field, Sixes, box: one goal, four different sheets

Men's field is ten a side - one goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders, three attackers (19.1) - in four quarters of 15 minutes (29.1), with 2 minutes between quarters and 10 at half-time (29.3). The clock stops after the whistle for a goal, for the awarding of time-serving penalties, and whenever the ball becomes dead in the last 30 seconds of the first three quarters and the last 2 minutes of the fourth and of any overtime (29.2). Each team has two 90-second time-outs per half (44.7, 44.9).

Women's field allows any number of players up to ten on the field, one of whom may be a goalkeeper (5.A.3), and also runs four 15-minute quarters - except that for domestic games the officials and the captains or coaches may agree an alternative quarter length (12.A.1). Its clock stops on the officials' whistles in the last 30 seconds of quarters one to three and the last 2 minutes of the fourth and overtime (12.A.6). Each team gets two 90-second time-outs for the whole of regulation and none in overtime (12.B.1, 12.B.1.a).

Sixes is six a side, five field players and a goalkeeper (3.1.3), on a field 70 m long and 36 m wide (1.1.1): four quarters of eight minutes (5.1.1), 2 minutes between quarters and 5 at half-time (5.1.2, 5.1.3), and one 60-second time-out per team per half (6.10.5). Box lacrosse is six on the floor (3.1.1) and plays sixty minutes divided into four quarters of fifteen (5.1.1), with a twelve-minute half-time (5.2.2).

The restart after a goal is what catches out anyone scoring two formats in a weekend. Men's field faces the ball at the centre after every goal (34.1). Women's field restarts with a Draw in the centre circle (12.A.4, 13.A.1). Box faces off as well, and the referee has a maximum of 20 seconds to get it away or possession goes to the team that was ready (5.3.3). Sixes has no restart draw at all: the goalkeeper must retrieve the ball from the goal and be ready inside a five-second count, or the ball is awarded to the other team (6.5.7).

Overtime splits four ways. Men's field plays 4-minute sudden victory periods after a 2-minute break, the game ending on the first goal (31.1). Women's field plays the same 4-minute stop-clock sudden victory periods (12.C.1.d). Box is sudden victory too, but its periods are fifteen minutes each (5.4.1, 5.4.2). Sixes alone plays a full period out - three minutes of stopped time, and the team leading at the end is declared the winner (5.1.4) - which is why a Sixes overtime really can finish 2-1.

The table, and how long you have to fix a mistake

The table is not one person. Men's field wants a timekeeper with a timepiece recording seconds (25.1), two penalty timekeepers, one appointed for each squad and positioned behind the penalty box (26.1), a shot clock operator in all games (43.3), and the scorers: each team provides one and, unless the head official designates otherwise, the visiting scorer is the Official Scorer (27.1). Sixes is controlled by three officials (4.1.1) and, at the table, a timekeeper, two penalty timekeepers, a shot clock operator, and an Official Scorer with at least one assistant (4.2.1 to 4.2.4).

What the sheet carries is written down, not left to habit. Men's field: every goal with the name and number of the scorer and of the player making the assist (27.2); the number of time-outs each team has taken, with a duty to notify the Chief Bench Official immediately if a team exceeds its allowance in a half or in an overtime period (27.4); and every penalty with the player's name and number, the type of foul, the duration and the game time (27.5). Sixes 4.2.3 adds the time of the goal, and requires the Official Scorer to keep the name and number of both teams' In-Home.

The In-home earns its place on the sheet because the In-home is who serves. In men's field the In-home is suspended for 3 minutes, plus any penalty time the offender had incurred, when an expulsion foul is applied against a player or a substitute (77.2), and again for 3 minutes when the expulsion is against a coach or a non-playing member of the squad (77.3). Box carries the nearest thing to a bench penalty: a Bench Minor removes one player from the floor for two minutes and the designated in-home serves it, or another runner if the in-home is already serving (7.2.3).

Check the score with the officials at every quarter break - men's 27.3 makes that the scorers' job - and note that in Sixes it is the Official Scorer, not the officials, who records the goals, verifies with the reserve or table official at the end of each quarter, and whose record is the final score (4.1.5). The correction window is the next live ball. Men's 28.1: a player released 30 seconds early, then a goal - raised before the ball is faced, no goal, and the player returns to the box for the 30 seconds (AR 28.1); raised after the face-off, the goal stands (AR 28.2). Sixes 4.3.1 says the same. And a goal conceded releases minor penalties only: a major foul is served in full regardless of whether a goal is scored (79.6).

(World Lacrosse, editions in force: Men's Field Lacrosse Official Playing Rules 2025-2027, version 1.1, rules 19, 22, 25-29, 31, 34, 38, 43, 44, 77, 79; Sixes Lacrosse Official Playing Rules 2026-2028, version 2.0, rules 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.5, 6.6, 6.10; Box Lacrosse Official Playing Rules 2026-2028, version 2.0, rules 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 7.2; Women's Field Lacrosse Official Playing Rules 2025-2026, version 1.1, rules 5, 11, 12, 13, 24.)

What ScoreZen changes for lacrosse

You keep the score on your phone, quarter by quarter, with one thumb: one button per team, plus one, because the goal is the only unit there is. A goal entered by mistake comes straight back off with the minus button - which is exactly the situation men's rule 28.1 gives you until the next live ball to sort out. Nothing replaces the record the rules ask the scorers to keep; what it replaces is flip numbers nobody can read from the far touchline.

For the penalty box there is an Exclude button per team and a countdown of how many players are short-handed and when they come back, one minute by default. It runs on the match clock rather than the wall clock, so it freezes the moment you stop the clock - the behaviour men's rule 79.5 describes, where penalty time is only served during normal playing time. Penalties are tallied for the match alongside the time-outs.

Share the match with a link, or a QR code on the clubhouse door, and anyone who could not travel follows live. Spectators are free, unlimited, and never need an account. At the ground, TV mode fills a laptop plugged into a screen; if the club streams, the transparent overlay drops the live score into OBS. On a field with no signal, ScoreZen keeps counting without a network and resynchronises when it comes back. Print the A4 score sheet beforehand and keep whatever paper your competition files.

For a Sixes day across several fields, ScoreZen runs knockout, championship, pools plus bracket, Swiss system and rotating teams, with best-of-3 and best-of-5 series on a bracket - the knockout itself, or the final phase after the pools, while the pool games stay single-game. One QR code covers the whole tournament: teams scan it, pick their fixture and score their own game from the field.

Afterwards the Replay summary and the Story image are shareable, the club site embeds the widget, the results export to CSV, the read-only public API needs no key, and fixtures publish as an ICS feed. 25 languages. Three trial matches are free for life; then one payment of €1.99unlocks it for life, and clubs wanting a shared space run €4.99, €9.99or €29.99per month.

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