European Box Lacrosse Championships

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European Box Lacrosse Championships
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SportBox lacrosse
Founded2017
No. of teams Israel,  Czech Republic,  ,  ,  England,  ,  ,  ,   ,  ,  ,  Turkey,  ,  Kingdom of the Netherlands.
CountriesEuropean FIL member nations
Most recent
champion(s)		 Israel (1st title)
Most titles Israel (1 title)
Official websiteOfficial website
Current sports event

The European Box Lacrosse Lacrosse Championship (EBLC) is the international men's box lacrosse championship organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and European Lacrosse Federation (ELF) that occurs every four years.[1]

The EBLC had its first championship event in Turku, Finland between July 8 – 15, 2017. 14 nations, Israel, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, England, Ireland, Slovakia, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Austria, and the Netherlands competed for the EBLC 2017 Gold medal at two arenas - Gatorade Center and the Marlie Areena.[2]

Editions[]

2017 EBLC Championship[]

14 teams competed for the first ever European Box Lacrosse Championships in Turku.[3] Teams were divided into three groups, two of them being top groups based on current ranking, Karelia and Kalevala, with Granite group filled with the lower ranked teams.[4] [5][6]

Kalevala Group[]

Israel, Ireland, Turkey, Serbia

Karelia Group[]

England, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany

Granite Group[]

Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia

Israel defeated the Czech Republic 8–7 in the gold medal game of the 2017 European Box Lacrosse Championship in Turku, Finland. of Israel was named tournament MVP.[7][8]

Awards[]

Winners[]

Reference:[10]

Year Host Champion Score Runner-up Number of teams
Finland
Turku, Finland
Israel 		8–7
Czech Republic 		14

Performance by team[]

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Israel1001
2 Czech Republic0101
3 0011
Totals (3 nations)1113

Performance by tournament[]

Team
Finland
(14)

(TBD)
  13th Q
 Czech Republic 2nd Q
 England 5th Q
  3rd Q
  4th Q
  6th Q
 Israel 1st Q
 Netherlands 14th Q
  11th Q
  8th Q
  7th Q
  10th Q
   9th Q
 Turkey 12th Q

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "European lacrosse champion in Mobile". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  2. ^ "Israel Takes Inaugural EBLC Gold, All Nations Find Success in Finland". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  3. ^ "Lacrosse standouts back east at national tourneys". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  4. ^ "SUOMEN LACROSSELIITTO RY FINNISH LACROSSE ASSOCIATION". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  5. ^ "Ladner Pioneers trio head to Finland". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  6. ^ "Mental Exercise, Key to Austrian Goalie Patrick Falb's Success". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  7. ^ "Official EBLC Facebook PAge". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  8. ^ "coquitlam-adanacs-keeper-to-mind-net-for-england". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  9. ^ "EBLC: Israel Announces Roster for Turku". Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
  10. ^ "EBLC Stats". PointBench.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.

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