2018 World Lacrosse Championship

2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	12–21 July
Teams	46
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Gold	United States (10th title)
Silver	Canada
Bronze	Iroquois
Fourth place	Australia
Matches played	170
MVP	Michael Ehrhardt
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The 2018 World Lacrosse Championship was the 13th edition of the international men’s field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL). As many as 50 countries were expected to compete in the tournament; with the official total coming in at 46, which made the 2018 WLC the largest of all-time.^[1] The games were held in Netanya, Israel on 12–21 July 2018. The United States won the tournament, its 10th championship in the history of the event.

Hosting[]

Manchester, England was originally selected to host the tournament, but withdrew in May 2017.^[2][3] Instead, the championships took place in Netanya, Israel between 12 and 21 July 2018.^[4] This was the first World Lacrosse Championship played outside of the United States, Canada, England, or Australia.

Tournament[]

On Thursday, 12 July, the Opening Ceremony and first games were held at Netanya Stadium, a 13,610-seat multi-use stadium which opened in 2012. It served as a home field for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and features 36 luxury suites, a VIP seating area, and a modern press box. The stadium serves as the home field of Maccabi Netanya FC, as well as the temporary home of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.^[4]

From Friday, 13 July to Saturday, 21 July, the tournament games will be played at Wingate Institute. Located on 50 hectares (125 acres), the Wingate Institute serves as Israel’s National Centre for Physical Education and Sport. The campus doubles as both the State of Israel’s primary university for the development of physical education teachers, as well as the nation’s official training centre for national teams, the Israel Olympic Team, and national and international sports science conferences. The campus hosts the Israel Olympiada annually and the Maccabiah Games every four years. Wingate Stadium also serves as the home field for the Israel National Rugby Team.

Participating Nations[]

48 teams initially entered the tournament. They were drawn into 14 groups in March 2018.^[5] However Bulgaria and Haiti later withdrew leaving just 46 teams.^[6] The world ranking of the teams based on their performance in the 2014 edition is also displayed.^[7] The top 6 teams in the 2014 edition are drawn into the Blue Division while the rest of the teams were drawn into the other divisions.^[5]

Blue Division	Other Divisions
Canada (1)  United States (2)  Iroquois (3)  Australia (4)  England (5)  Scotland (6)	Israel (7)  Japan (8)   (9)   (10)   (11)   (12)   (13)  Czech Republic (14)    (15)  Netherlands (16)  Wales (17)   (18)   (19)   (20)  Hong Kong (21)  Turkey (22)   (23)  Bermuda (24)  Norway (25)   (26)   (27)   (28)  Spain (29)   (30)   (31)  Uganda (32)   (33)   (34)   (35)   (37)   (–)   (–)   (–)   (–)   (–)   (–)   (–)  Philippines (–)   (–)   (–)
Withdrew	Participated in 2014 but not in 2018
(–)   (–)	(36)  Thailand (38)

Schedule[]

• Wednesday, 11 July – Opening Game (Hong Kong vs. Luxembourg)
• Thursday, 12 July – Opening Ceremony and Pool Play
• Friday, 13 July to Tuesday, 17 July – Pool Play and Play-Ins
• Wednesday, 18 July – Quarterfinals
• Thursday, 19 July – Semifinals
• Friday, 20 July – Final Placement Games (Bronze Medal Game to 46th Place)
• Saturday, 21 July – Gold Medal Game

Pool play[]

Blue Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	84	24	+60	Advance to semifinals		—	11–10	17–9	19–1	19–2	18–2
2	Canada	5	4	1	67	32	+35			10–11	—	10–5	13–7	12–6	22–3
3	Iroquois	5	3	2	62	50	+12	Advance to quarterfinals		9–17	5–10	—	16–9	18–7	14–7
4	Australia	5	2	3	42	60	−18			1–19	7–13	9–16	—	7–6	18–6
5	England	5	1	4	32	64	−32	Advance to play-in games		2–19	6–12	7–18	6–7	—	11–8
6	Scotland	5	0	5	26	83	−57			2–18	3–22	7–14	6–18	8–11	—

Red Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Israel	2	2	0	30	5	+25	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–3	19–2
2		2	1	1	20	18	+2	Advance to middle bracket		3–11	—	17–7
3		2	0	2	9	36	−27	Advance to lower bracket		2–19	7–17	—

White Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	42	6	+36	Advance to upper bracket		—	14–3	18–3
2	Norway	2	1	1	17	30	−13			3–14	—	14–6
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	9	32	−23	Advance to middle bracket		3–18	6–14	—

Green Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	34	9	+25	Advance to upper bracket		—	15–4	19–5
2		2	1	1	14	21	−7	Advance to middle bracket		4–15	—	10–6
3		2	0	2	11	29	−18	Advance to lower bracket		5–19	6–10	—

Yellow Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	32	6	+26	Advance to upper bracket		—	14–3	18–3
2		2	1	1	17	18	−1	Advance to middle bracket		3–14	—	14–4
3		2	0	2	7	32	−25	Advance to lower bracket		3–18	4–14	—

Orange Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	29	11	+18	Advance to upper bracket		—	13–5	16–6
2		2	1	1	19	19	0	Advance to middle bracket		5–13	—	14–6
3		2	0	2	12	30	−18	Advance to lower bracket		6–16	6–14	—

Plum Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	25	7	+18	Advance to upper bracket		—	9–5	16–2
2	Spain	2	1	1	17	18	−1	Advance to middle bracket		5–9	—	12–9
3		2	0	2	11	28	−17	Advance to lower bracket		2–16	9–12	—

Turquoise Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	31	11	+20	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–7	20–4
2		2	1	1	20	18	+2	Advance to middle bracket		7–11	—	13–7
3		2	0	2	11	33	−22	Advance to lower bracket		4–20	7–13	—

Grey Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Philippines	2	2	0	22	10	+12	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–6	11–4
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	21	19	+2	Advance to middle bracket		6–11	—	15–8
3		2	0	2	12	26	−14	Advance to lower bracket		4–11	8–15	—

Gold Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	27	7	+20	Advance to upper bracket		—	10–6	17–1
2		2	1	1	19	11	+8	Advance to middle bracket		6–10	—	13–1
3		2	0	2	2	30	−28	Advance to lower bracket		1–17	1–13	—

Bronze Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	34	7	+27	Advance to upper bracket		—	16–4	18–3
2	Wales	2	1	1	12	20	−8	Advance to middle bracket		4–16	—	8–4
3	Bermuda	2	0	2	7	26	−19	Advance to lower bracket		3–18	4–8	—

Tan Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	29	15	+14	Advance to upper bracket		—	13–7	16–8
2		2	1	1	25	24	+1	Advance to middle bracket		7–13	—	18–11
3	Turkey	2	0	2	19	34	−15	Advance to lower bracket		8–16	11–18	—

Purple Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1		2	2	0	23	19	+4	Advance to upper bracket		—	10-9	13–10
2		2	1	1	22	18	+4	Advance to middle bracket		9–10	—	13–8
3		2	0	2	18	26	−8	Advance to lower bracket		10–13	8–13	—

Olive Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	3	3	0	45	9	+36	Advance to upper bracket		—	9–7	16–1	20–1
2		3	2	1	38	19	+19	Advance to middle bracket		7–9	—	16–4	15–6
3	Uganda	3	1	2	12	38	−26			1–16	4–16	—	7–6
4		3	0	3	13	42	−29	Advance to lower bracket		1–20	6–15	6–7	—

Play-in games[]

Upper bracket[]

The upper bracket includes the 13 first-place finishers from each division as well as the second-place finisher of the white division. These teams can still win the world championship.

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Middle bracket[]

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Lower bracket[]

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Final placement round[]

Championship bracket[]

1st to 4th place[]

	Quarterfinals 18 July					Semifinals 19 July					Gold medal game 21 July
						United States		14
	Israel		6
						Australia		5
	Australia		9
											United States		9
											Canada		8
						Canada		15
			7
						Iroquois		4
	Iroquois		14
											Bronze medal game 20 July
											Australia		12
											Iroquois		14

Classification brackets[]

5th to 8th Place[]

	Play-in games 18 July					5th to 8th place games 19 July					5th place game 20 July
						Israel		9
	Japan		11
						Japan		10
	Scotland		7
											Japan		9
											England		11
								4
			10
						England		11
	England		11
											7th place game
											Israel		12
													1

9th to 12th Place[]

	Play-in games 17 July					9th to 12th place games 19 July					9th place game 20 July
								5
			7
								14
			12
													8
											Philippines		5
						Scotland		6
			11
						Philippines		12
	Philippines		12
											11th place game
													10
											Scotland		14

13th to 16th Place[]

	Play-in games 18 July					13th to 16th place games 19 July					13th place game 20 July
								4
	Wales		10
						Wales		15
			9
											Wales		7
													10
								7
			12
								8
			6
											15th place game
													3
													16

17th to 20th place[]

	Play-in games 18 July					17th to 20th place games 19 July					17th place game 20 July
								5
	Norway		16
						Norway		7
			5
											Norway		10
													9
								14
			12
								9
			11
											19th place game
													6
													8

21st to 24th Place[]

	Play-in games 17 July					21st to 24th place games 19 July					21st place game 20 July
								7
	Netherlands		9
						Netherlands		10
			7
											Netherlands		6
													10
								10
			9
								9
			10
											23rd place game
													9
													11

25th to 28th place[]

	Play-in games 18 July				25th to 28th place games 19 July				25th place game 20 July
	Hong Kong	16
		5
					Hong Kong	8
					Czech Republic	9
	Czech Republic	10
		8
									Czech Republic	7
										9
		4
		11
						14
						8			27th place game
		9
	Spain	8
									Hong Kong	15
										5

29th to 32nd Place[]

	29th to 32nd place games 19 July				29th place game 20 July
		11
		12
						8
						12
		16
	Spain	12
					31st place game
						4
					Spain	9

33rd to 36th place[]

	Play-in games 18 July					33rd to 36th place games 19 July					33rd place game 20 July
								11
	Uganda		4
								7
			12
													7
													13
								17
			18
								8
			9
											35th place game
													12
													7

37th to 40th place[]

	Play-in games 18 July					37th to 40th place games 19 July					37th place game 20 July
								3
			1
						Bermuda		12
	Bermuda		10
											Bermuda		9
													6
						Uganda		3
	Turkey		8
								19
			14
											39th place game
													11
											Uganda		10

41st to 44th place[]

	Play-in games 18 July					41st to 44th place games 19 July					41st place game 20 July
						Turkey		9
			4
								15
			12
													8
													7
								10
			14
								15
			6
											43rd place game
											Turkey		8
													15

45th to 46th place[]

	45th place game 20 July
			10
			13

2018 World Lacrosse Festival[]

Alongside the WLC, youth and adult lacrosse teams from around the world will participate in the 2018 World Lacrosse Festival at Shefayim Soccer Complex.

Final standings[]

Awards[]

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament.^[8]

MVP: Michael Ehrhardt
Outstanding Attackman: Curtis Dickson
Outstanding Midfielder: Tom Schreiber
Outstanding Defenseman: Michael Ehrhardt
Outstanding Goalie: Dillon Ward

All-World Team[]

Attack	Midfield	Defense	Goalkeeper
Rob Pannell Ryan Brown Curtis Dickson	Tom Schreiber Austin Staats Ben McIntosh	Michael Ehrhardt Graeme Hossack Ryland Rees	Dillon Ward

References[]

External links[]

• Federation of International Lacrosse
• Official website