World Lacrosse Championship

World Lacrosse Championship
Sport Field lacrosse
Founded 1967
Countries FIL member nations
Most recent
champion(s)		  United States (10th title)
Most titles  United States (10 titles)
Official website Official website
Current sports event 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

The World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) 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 FIL.[1]

The USA has won the championship ten times and Canada the other three.[1] The 2014 tournament in Denver featured a record thirty-eight competing nations. The 2018 WLC in Israel will be the first championship held outside of Australia, Canada, England and the United States.

Editions

2006 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

The 2010 WLC was held in Manchester, England from July 15 to July 24. For the first time, a FIL 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

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

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][7]

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 expands beyond the traditional four hosts. For the 2018 edition, the FIL 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
2022 Canada
Coquitlam, British Columbia		 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)
 Argentina28th36th39th
 Australia2nd4th3rd2nd3rd3rd2nd3rd3rd3rd3rd4th4th
 Austria21st28th24th
 Belgium27th30th
 Bermuda21st18th24th37th
 Canada3rd3rd1st3rd2nd2nd3rd2nd2nd1st2nd1st2nd
 China33rd42nd
 Colombia37th45th
 Costa Rica38th
 Croatia43rd
 Czech Republic9th10th15th13th14th26th
 Denmark16th26th34th
 England4th2nd4th4th4th4th4th5th6th5th5th5th5th
 Finland9th12th13th15th
 France27th31st33rd
 Germany6th8th8th6th9th9th
 Greece19th
 Hong Kong14th20th22nd21st27th
 Hungary28th
 Ireland13th7th9th10th12th
 Iroquois5th5th4th4th4th3rd3rd
 Israel7th7th
 Italy10th19th18th16th
 Jamaica13th
 Japan6th8th5th6th4th8th6th
 Latvia14th20th19th18th
 Luxembourg46th
 Mexico29th23rd38th
 Netherlands12th8th16th22nd
 New Zealand15th19th15th12th21st
 Norway24th25th17th
 Peru39th
 Philippines10th
 Poland14th20th32nd
 Puerto Rico8th
 Russia32nd36th
 Scotland7th7th11th7th6th11th
 Slovakia17th26th23rd
 South Korea11th18th25th35th35th
 Spain17th16th30th31st
 Sweden10th9th10th11th25th
  Switzerland23rd15th20th
 Taiwan41st
 Thailand29th
 Turkey22nd44th
 Uganda34th40th
 United States1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st2nd1st
 Wales11th12th13th11th17th14th

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Men's History and Results". Federation of International Lacrosse.
  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 28 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  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. ↑ https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/schreibers-last-second-goal-lifts-u-s-over-canada-in-world-field-championship
  7. ↑ http://thechronicleherald.ca/sports/1585489-schreibers-controversial-goal-lifts-u.s.-over-canada-in-field-worlds-final
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