World Lacrosse Championship

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World Lacrosse Championship
SportField lacrosse
Founded1967
CountriesWorld Lacrosse member nations
Most recent
champion(s)		 United States (10th title)
Most titles United States (10 titles)
Official websiteOfficial website
Current sports event 2023 World Lacrosse Championship

The World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years.

The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as a four-team invitational tournament which coincided with Canada's centennial lacrosse celebration in 1967. Canada, the United States, Australia, and England participated. Seven years later, Australia celebrated its lacrosse centenary and another four-team invitational tournament was held between the same countries. After that tournament in 1974, the first international governing body for men's lacrosse was formed, the International Lacrosse Federation (ILF). The ILF merged with the women's governing body in 2008 to form the Federation of International Lacrosse, which changed its name to World Lacrosse in 2019.[1]

The US has won the championship ten times and Canada the other three.[1] With 46 nations competing, the 2018 WLC in Israel was the largest tournament and was the first championship held outside of Australia, Canada, England or the United States.

Editions[]

2006 Championship[]

Main article: 2006 World Lacrosse Championship

Canada defeated the United States 15–10 in the gold medal game of the 2006 World Championship in London, Ontario. Geoff Snider of Team Canada was named tournament MVP.

2010 Championship[]

Main article: 2010 World Lacrosse Championship

The 2010 WLC was held in Manchester, England from July 15 to 24. For the first time, a World Lacrosse Festival was sanctioned to run alongside the world championships.

With more nations entering, the Round Robin stage of the tournament featured 30 nations and was split into 7 divisions, considerably larger than ever before. The Iroquois Nationals were unable to participate because the host nation did not recognize the validity of passports issued by the Iroquois confederacy.[2]

The United States defeated Canada 12–10 in the gold medal game to capture their ninth victory at the World Lacrosse Championship.[3]

2014 Championship[]

Main article: 2014 World Lacrosse Championship

The 2014 WLC was held on July 10–19, 2014 in Commerce City, Colorado, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids soccer team.[4] 38 nations participated in over 142 games. The countries with the top six rankings - Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois, Japan, and the United States - competed in the Blue Division.

Belgium, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Israel, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, and Uganda all competed in the event for the first time.[5]

Canada defeated the United States 8–5 in the gold medal game to capture their third World Lacrosse Championship.

2018 Championship[]

Main article: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

The 2018 WLC was held on July 11–21, 2018 in Netanya, Israel, at Netanya Stadium and Wingate Institute. 46 nations participated in tournament games. The countries with the top six rankings - Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois, Scotland, and the United States - competed in the Blue Division.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game, dramatically scoring the controversial game-winning goal at the last second.[6]

Championship hosts[]

Hosting responsibilities for the 12 championships from 1967 to 2014 were evenly divided between four countries, with the United States, Canada, Australia, and England each hosting three times.

The 2018 championship in Israel was the first time the tournament expanded beyond the traditional four hosts. For the 2018 edition, World Lacrosse had originally selected England in 2013, but English Lacrosse withdrew in 2017, citing “unacceptable financial risk”, and Israel was selected instead.

Winners[]

Year Host Champion Score Runner-up Number of teams
1967 Canada
Toronto, Ontario
United States 		League
Australia 		4
1974 Australia
Melbourne, Australia
United States
England 		4
1978 England
Stockport, England
Canada 		17–16 (OT)
United States 		4
1982 United States
Baltimore, Maryland
United States 		22–14
Australia 		4
1986 Canada
Toronto, Ontario
United States 		18–9
Canada 		4
1990 Australia
Perth, Australia
United States 		19–15
Canada 		5
1994 England
Bury, England
United States 		21–7
Australia 		6
1998 United States
Baltimore, Maryland
United States 		15–14 (OT)
Canada 		11
2002 Australia
Perth, Australia
United States 		18–15
Canada 		16
2006 Canada
London, Ontario
Canada 		15–10
United States 		21
2010 England
Manchester, England
United States 		12–10
Canada 		29
2014 United States
Denver, Colorado
Canada 		8–5
United States 		38
2018 Israel
Netanya, Israel
United States 		9–8
Canada 		46
2023 United States
San Diego, California 		TBD TBD TBD 30

Performance by team[]

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States103013
2 Canada36413
3 Australia03710
4 England0101
5 Iroquois0022
Totals (5 nations)13131339

Performance by tournament[]

Team 1967
Canada
(4) 		1974
Australia
(4) 		1978
England
(4) 		1982
United States
(4) 		1986
Canada
(4) 		1990
Australia
(5) 		1994
England
(6) 		1998
United States
(11) 		2002
Australia
(15) 		2006
Canada
(21) 		2010
England
(29) 		2014
United States
(38) 		2018
Israel
(46) 		2023
United States
(30)
  28th 36th 39th
 Australia 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th •
  21st 28th 24th
  27th 30th
 Bermuda 21st 18th 24th 37th
 Canada 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd •
  33rd 42nd
  37th 45th
  38th
  43rd
 Czech Republic 9th 10th 15th 13th 14th 26th
  16th 26th 34th
 England 4th 2nd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5th 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th •
  9th 12th 13th 15th
  27th 31st 33rd
  6th 8th 8th 6th 9th 9th •
  19th
 Hong Kong 14th 20th 22nd 21st 27th
  28th
  13th 7th 9th 10th 12th •
 Iroquois 5th 5th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd •
 Israel 7th 7th •
  10th 19th 18th 16th
  13th
 Japan 6th 8th 5th 6th 4th 8th 6th •
  14th 20th 19th 18th
  46th
  29th 23rd 38th
 Netherlands 12th 8th 16th 22nd
  15th 19th 15th 12th 21st
 Norway 24th 25th 17th
  39th
 Philippines 10th
  14th 20th 32nd
  8th
  32nd 36th
 Scotland 7th 7th 11th 7th 6th 11th •
  17th 26th 23rd
  11th 18th 25th 35th 35th
 Spain 17th 16th 30th 31st
  10th 9th 10th 11th 25th
   23rd 15th 20th
  41st
 Thailand 29th
 Turkey 22nd 44th
 Uganda 34th 40th
 United States 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st
 Wales 11th 12th 13th 11th 17th 14th

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Men's History and Results". World Lacrosse. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Iroquois Lacrosse Team Faces Hardships by Traveling on Their Own Passports". Cultural Survival. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "FIL World Championships: USA Takes Gold With 12-10 Win Over Canada". Inside Lacrosse. Archived from the original on July 28, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  4. ^ "Schedule Released for FIL World Championship". March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "Record Field for 2014 FIL World Championship". March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "Schreiber's controversial goal lifts U.S. over Canada in field worlds final | National Post". National Post. July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2019.

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