Britain entered two teams in both the men's and women's competition at the EuroLax Sixes Cup, with each of them reaching the final ©Getty Images

Britain's teams placed first and second in the men's and women's competitions at the inaugural EuroLax Sixes Cup in Vila Real de Santo António.

The competition was organised by Portugal Lacrosse and the European Lacrosse Federation (ELF), and held under World Lacrosse's six-a-side format, which the International Federation is pushing for inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

In the men's competition, Britain's squad was divided into a Red and a White team, while the country was represented by a Red and a Blue side in the women's tournament.

It was Britain Blue who prevailed in the women's final, triumphing 14-11 over their compatriots with tournament top scorer Tilly Shires scoring four times to take her tally at the Vila Real de Santo António Sports Complex up to 22.

The British Blue team had beaten an England under-23 side 23-7 in the semi-finals, after notching comfortable wins over Germany, Spain and a team representing Europe in Group B.

England under-23s took bronze by thrashing Germany 20-3.

The match for fifth proved closer as Spain edged past Belgium 10-9, while Europe clinched seventh place with a 10-1 victory against Ukraine.

Britain's White team came out on top in the men's competition, defeating the Red side 21-11 in the final.

Mike Pomfret scored 20 times throughout the tournament for the winners, as they topped Group B - which featured Europe, Belgium and Ukraine - before an 18-5 semi-final triumph over Switzerland.

The Swiss recovered from that defeat by seeing off Europe 12-7 to take third place.

Germany thrashed hosts Portugal 24-2 in the fifth-place match.

This was the host nation's debut at an international tournament.

Belgium beat Ukraine 10-1 to clinch seventh place.

ELF President Steph Migchelsen hailed the EuroLax Sixes Cup as a real success for the teams involved.

"ELF is pleased with our first European Sixes event," Migchelsen commented.

"It has been a huge success and we’ve seen some amazing play from the elite England and GB [British] teams.

Importantly, we’ve also seen impressive play and development from our smaller and younger lacrosse nations, like Belgium and Portugal.

"Sixes has shown that all teams can play, not just those aiming for the Olympics, but also those looking to grow the game."

World Lacrosse Sixes is due to make its multi-sport event debut at the World Games in Birmingham in the United States later this year.