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The 2023 Eurolace is the ongoing 36th edition of the AELA European Laceball Championship, the biennial international laceball tournament organised by the Alliance of European Laceball Associations (AELA). It involves 24 national teams after expansion in 2017, with England the defending champions.

On 15 December 2019, the AELA announced that the tournament would be held in Italy, which had never hosted before due to its lack of large laceball-specific stadiums. Two new stadiums were built in Pisa and Milan for the tournament. Immediately after the Wales vs Ukraine round of 16 match, in which Wales would be victorious after a late winner, the lives of Ukrainian star Petr Chechnik and AELA chairman Sylvester Rice were taken via gunshot. The tournament was then delayed until after the AELA could restructure and the Ukrainian LF was ready to go, but this wouldn't happen before the winter, and the tournament was delayed a second time until February 7th. The tournament will reopen with a rivalry quarterfinal match between Italy and France on February 7th.