2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup

The 2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the eighth World Cup played, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament was held at SK Slavia Praha Sport Centre in Prague, Czech Republic from June 17 to June 27, 2009. USA defeated Australia in the finals to win the tournament.

2009 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates17–27 June
Teams16
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Gold  United States (6th title)
Silver  Australia
Bronze  Canada
Fourth place England
Scoring leader(s)Sarah Sweerts (29)
2005
2013

Sponsoring organizations

The event is sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and the Czech Women’s Lacrosse (CWL). This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. It is the first major event to be sponsored by the FIL. In August 2008, the men's international governing body International Lacrosse Federation merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).[1]

The CWL also sponsors the 12th annual Prague Cup as an associated event. This tournament, held at the same venue as the World Cup, allows international club teams to compete at the same time in the open event.[2][3]

Teams

Sixteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2009 World Cup tournament. New entries include: Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, South Korea, and the Netherlands.[4] The Haudenosaunee is the first team of women to represent the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the Women's World Cup.[5][6] Lacrosse is seen as a sacred sport to the Iroquois and was traditionally a sport reserved for only men. In earlier tournaments, clan mothers protested the women's team playing the sacred sport and threatened to lay down on the field to prevent them from playing.[6]

The tournament saw the return of defending gold medal winners Australia, as well as Canada, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, United States, Wales and the Czech Republic.[4]

Teams were split into three separate pools. Pool A (Australia, United States, England, Canada, and Japan) and Pool B (Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany and New Zealand) played round robins games against each team in their pool seeding for the quarterfinals. Pool C (Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, Korea and Netherlands) played in two mini-pools ((I)& (II)) to determine who will advance to the next round of play. The quarterfinals were followed by consolation games, the semifinals, and the bronze and gold medal games.[7]

Round Robin results

WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, P.I.M. = Penalty Minutes, PPG= Points per Game

Qualified for Quarterfinal
Pool A
#TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.G.F.G.A.AssistsPPG
1United States408100.06433--
2Australia31675.06431--
3Canada22450.04848--
4England13225.04145--
5Japan0400.03393--
Pool B
#TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.G.F.G.A.AssistsPPG
1Wales408100.05222--
2Scotland31675.05419--
3Czech Republic22450.03727--
4Germany13225.02144--
5New Zealand0400.01567--
Pool C1
#TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.G.F.G.A.AssistsPPG
1Haudenosaunee204100.0362--
2Austria11250.01627--
3Denmark0200.0932--
Pool C2
#TeamWinsLossesPointsWPct.G.F.G.A.AssistsPPG
1Ireland204100.04513--
2Netherlands11250.03724--
3South Korea0200.0146--

Quarterfinals

places 1-8:

USA 22 - 5 Ireland
Australia 17 - 4 Scotland
Canada 10 - 6 Wales
England 19 - 12 Japan

places 9-16:

Czech Republic 23 - 0 South Korea
Germany 24 - 1 Denmark
New Zealand 18 - 0 Austria
Haudenosaunee 16 - 2 Netherlands

Semifinals

places 1-4:

USA 20 - 3 England
Australia 12 - 10 Canada

places 5-8:

Ireland 15 - 13 Japan
Wales 11 - 8 Scotland

places 9-12:

Czech Republic 12 - 7 Haudenosaunee
Germany 15 - 4 New Zealand

places 13-16:

Netherlands 28 - 1 South Korea
Austria 10 - 9 Denmark

Finals

15th place final:

Denmark 17 - 3 South Korea

13th place final:

Netherlands 14 - 3 Austria

11th place final:

Haudenosaunee 18 - 6 New Zealand

9th place final:

Czech Republic 15 - 5 Germany

7th place final:

Japan 11 - 7 Scotland

5th place final:

Ireland 12 - 7 Wales

3rd place final:

Canada 14 - 9 England

1st place final:

USA v Australia
  1st Half 2nd Half Final
USA 3 5 8
AUS 3 4 7

References

  1. Logue, Brian (August 13, 2008). "ILF, IFWLA Merge to Form FIL". Lacrosse Magazine. US Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  2. "Women's Prague Cup 2009". Czech Women’s Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  3. "About Prague Cup". Czech Women’s Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  4. "World Cup History at a Glance". Czech Women’s Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  5. Though youth teams have previously played in international exhibitions.
  6. Berg, Aimee (May 13, 2007). "Cradle of a Sport Has Crossed the Gender Line". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  7. "2009 World Cup Schedule" (PDF). Czech Women’s Lacrosse. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
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