2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

The 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the third World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years.[1] It took place between 21 and 28 May 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic at the 4,900 seat Eden Arena, an Olympic-sized rink.[2][3] The Canadian team was the defending champion and for the third time defeated the Iroquois Nationals in the finals, 13–6.[4] The United States defeated the host Czech Republic 16–7 in the bronze medal game.[5]

2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
FIL Mistrovství světa v box lakrosu 2011
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates21–28 May
Teams8
Venue(s)Eden Arena
Final positions
Gold  Canada (3rd title)
Silver  Iroquois
Bronze  United States
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored513 (24.43 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Casey Powell
Tom Johnson (31 pts)
MVP Casey Powell
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Pool play

Eight participating teams were placed in two pools. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each pool advanced to the semi-finals, the second and third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and the fourth place teams advanced to the 7th place games.

Canada cruised through pool play with three easy victories. The Iroquois Nationals beat Ireland and the host Czech Republic by wide margins, but just edged the United States 11–10.[3]

Pool A
Team GP W L GF GA DIF Advanced to
 Canada 330818+73Semi-finals
England 3214943+6Quarter-finals
 Australia 3122253-31Quarter-finals
Slovakia 3031563-487th place games

All times are local (UTC+2).

21 May 2011
16:00		 England 20–8
(6–0, 8–2, 0–1, 6–5)		  Australia Eden Arena, Prague
22 May 2011
10:00		 Slovakia 1–27
(0–13, 1–4, 0–8, 0–2)		  Canada Eden Arena, Prague
23 May 2011
10:00		 Slovakia 7–24
(0–6, 3–5, 2–8, 2–5)		 England Eden Arena, Prague
23 May 2011
16:00		 Canada  26–2
(9–1, 8–0, 3–0, 6–1)		  Australia Eden Arena, Prague
24 May 2011
10:00		 Australia  12–7
(4–0, 5–4, 0–2, 3–1)		  Slovakia Eden Arena, Prague
24 May 2011
16:00		 Canada  28–5
(10–0, 6–1, 4–1, 8–3)		 England Eden Arena, Prague

Pool B
Team GP W L GF GA DIF Advanced to
 Iroquois 3305918+41Semi-finals
 United States 3214617+29Quarter-finals
 Czech Republic 3122844-16Quarter-finals
Ireland 303963-547th place games

All times are local (UTC+2).

21 May 2011
10:00		 Ireland 3–23
(1–8, 1–7, 1–5, 0–3)		  Iroquois Eden Arena, Prague
21 May 2011
19:30		 United States  14–5
(2–1, 5–2, 2–0, 5–2)		  Czech Republic Eden Arena, Prague
22 May 2011
16:00		 Ireland 1–22
(0–7, 1–12, 0–0, 0–3)		  United States Eden Arena, Prague
22 May 2011
19:00		 Czech Republic  5–25
(1–6, 2–8, 2–7, 0–4)		  Iroquois Eden Arena, Prague
23 May 2011
19:00		 Iroquois  11–10
(2–3, 2–4, 4–1, 3–2)		  United States Eden Arena, Prague
24 May 2011
19:00		 Czech Republic  18–5
(2–1, 4–0, 9–2, 3–2)		 Ireland Eden Arena, Prague

Championship bracket

Goaltender Matt Vinc made 23 saves in the gold medal game, helping Canada to a 13-6 win and earning game MVP honors.[6][7]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal game
   
 Canada 15  
 United States 28  
 United States 10    
 Australia 2  
   Canada 13
 
     Iroquois 6
 Iroquois 19
England 7  
 Czech Republic 6  
 Czech Republic 12  
Bronze medal game
 
 United States 16
 Czech Republic 7

All times are local (UTC+2).

7th place games
26 May 2011
10:00		 Slovakia 5–10
(1–2, 0–2, 2–5, 2–1)		  Ireland Eden Arena, Prague
27 May 2011
10:00		 Ireland 7–10
(2–0, 2–3, 0–3, 3–4)		  Slovakia Eden Arena, Prague

Ireland won 17–15 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
26 May 2011
16:00		 United States  28–2
(6–0, 9–1, 8–1, 5–0)		  Australia Eden Arena, Prague
26 May 2011
19:00		 England 7–12
(2–1, 3–6, 1–2, 1–3)		  Czech Republic Eden Arena, Prague

5th place game
28 May 2011
10:00		 Australia  8–23
(3–4, 2–4, 2–10, 1–5)		 England Eden Arena, Prague

Semi-finals
27 May 2011
16:00		 Canada  15–10
(3–2, 2–3, 5–1, 5–4)		  United States Eden Arena, Prague
27 May 2011
19:00		 Iroquois  19–6
(3–1, 8–2, 3–1, 5–2)		  Czech Republic Eden Arena, Prague

Bronze medal game
28 May 2011
16:00		 United States  16–7
(3–2, 4–3, 5–1, 4–1)		  Czech Republic Eden Arena, Prague

Gold medal game
28 May 2011
19:00		 Canada  13–6
(2–1, 7–1, 3–2, 1–2)		  Iroquois Eden Arena, Prague

Ranking, leaders, and awards
Ginny Capicchioni

Final standings
 Canada
 Iroquois
 United States
4 Czech Republic
5 England
6 Australia
7 Ireland
8 Slovakia

Scoring leaders
Player G A Pts
Casey Powell161531
Tom Johnson151631
Colin Doyle141630
Dan Dawson141327
Drew Westervelt17926
James Delaney161026
Shawn Cable111425
Roger Vyse15924
Chris Manwaring17623
John Grant Jr.111223
Source: [8]

Goaltending leaders
Player GP SV GA Sv%
Mike Cregan580990%
Matt Vinc5771782%
Angus Goodleaf5651482%
Mike Thompson5752178%
Mathew Roik51223777%
Erik Miller6912777%
Minimum 65 saves. Source: [9]

All World Team
Forwards

Dan Dawson
Casey Powell

Transition

Cody Jamieson

Defense

Sid Smith
Kyle Rubisch

Goaltender

Matt Vinc

Most Valuable Player

Casey Powell

Source: [10]

References
  1. McNamara, Andy (May 25, 2011). "Playoff Time at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships". Lax All Stars. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. "Slavia Eden Arena". wilcprague2011.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013.
  3. McKay, Andrew (May 24, 2011). "Canada dominates as World Indoor Lacrosse Championship finds its way". Yahoo Sports.
  4. "Canada wins indoor lacrosse worlds". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. May 28, 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. McNamara, Andy (May 31, 2011). "Canada Strikes Gold, USA Settles For Bronze At World Indoor Lacrosse Championships". Lax All Stars. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. "Canada wins world indoor lacrosse championship". Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. May 28, 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. "Canada - Iroquois Nationals 13:6". FIL. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  8. "Points". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  9. "Goaltender stats". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  10. "Canada Wins Indoor Worlds". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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