Israel men's national lacrosse team

Playing in its first-ever world championships, Israel very nearly duplicated Scotland's feat, twice narrowly falling in games that could have advanced the team into the Blue Division. After reaching the quarterfinals, the Israelis led Australia in the third quarter before dropping a tough 9-8 decision.[5] Then in a placement round game, Israel made a dramatic comeback to push England to overtime before suffering a 10-9 setback.[6] Israel finished seventh after defeating Blue Division squad Japan.

11 July 2014
Sweden	4–19	Israel
12 July 2014
Israel	17–2	Slovakia
13 July 2014
Israel	19–2	Korea	Report

	14 July				15 July
	Germany	9
	Czech Republic	5
					Germany	1
					Israel	15
	Ireland	9
	Israel	18
					15 July
					Czech Republic	10
					Ireland	12

	Play-in games 16 July					5th to 8th place games 17 July					5th place game 19 July
						Scotland (OT)		10
	New Zealand		8
						Japan		9
	Japan		17
											Scotland		13
											England		15
						Israel		9
	Germany		3
						England (OT)		10
	England		15
											7th place game 18 July
											Japan		10
											Israel		15

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
	2	Canada	7	6	1	91	39	+52
	1	United States	7	6	1	112	34	+78
	3	Iroquois	8	5	3	96	75	+21
4	4	Australia	8	3	5	62	106	−44
5	6	England	8	3	5	67	106	−39
6	1	Scotland	8	6	2	117	68	+49
7	1	Israel	8	6	2	120	47	+73
8	5	Japan	8	2	6	77	124	−47
9	1	Germany	8	6	2	87	59	+28
10	1	Ireland	8	6	2	105	63	+42

Source:[7]

Manchester, England was originally selected to host the tournament, but withdrew in May 2017.[8][9] Instead, the championships took place in Netanya, Israel between 12 and 21 July 2018.[10] This was the first World Lacrosse Championship played outside of the United States, Canada, England, or Australia.

On Thursday, 12 July, the Opening Ceremony and first games were held at Netanya Stadium, a 13,610-seat multi-use stadium which opened in 2012. It served as a home field for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and features 36 luxury suites, a VIP seating area, and a modern press box. The stadium serves as the home field of Maccabi Netanya FC, as well as the temporary home of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.[10]

From Friday, 13 July to Saturday, 21 July, the tournament games were played at Wingate Institute. Located on 50 hectares (125 acres), the Wingate Institute serves as Israel's National Centre for Physical Education and Sport. The campus doubles as both the State of Israel's primary university for the development of physical education teachers, as well as the nation's official training centre for national teams, the Israel Olympic Team, and national and international sports science conferences. The campus hosts the Israel Olympiada annually and the Maccabiah Games every four years. Wingate Stadium also serves as the home field for the Israel National Rugby Team.

Second round

Third round

RD1

Israel

11

GY1

Philippines

8

TN1

Italy

11

GY1

Philippines

12

	Quarterfinals 18 July					Semifinals 19 July					Gold medal game 21 July
						United States		14
	Israel		6
						Australia		5
	Australia		9
											United States		9
											Canada		8
						Canada		15
	Puerto Rico		7
						Iroquois		4
	Iroquois		14
											Bronze medal game 20 July
											Australia		12
											Iroquois		14

	Play-in games 18 July					5th to 8th place games 19 July					5th place game 20 July
						Israel		9
	Japan		11
						Japan		10
	Scotland		7
											Japan		9
											England		11
						Puerto Rico		4
	Ireland		10
						England		11
	England		11
											7th place game
											Israel		12
											Puerto Rico		1

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2018 World Lacrosse Championships.[11]

During the 2012 Championship, Israel competed for the first time. Israel finished in eighth place, out of 17 teams.

26 June
Israel	3: 18	{2: 2, 1: 7, 0: 4, 0: 5)	Netherlands	Time: 25:52	[16]

5th-8th place match

28 June
Scotland	19: 6	(7: 0, 3: 3, 3: 2, 6: 1)	Israel	Time: 42:31	[17]

7th place match

29 June
Finland	16: 6	(2: 2, 2: 4, 6: 0, 6: 0)	Israel	Time: 33:20	[18]

Pos	Team
	England
	Ireland
	Sweden
4.	Netherlands
5.	Germany
6.	Scotland
7.	Finland
8.	Israel

Source:[19]

During the 2016 Championship, Israel competed for the second time.

In the quarterfinals Israel defeated Germany 8–4 to improve to 6–0 in the tournament.[20] Tied 2-2 during half time, Israel scored four goals in the second halfto give them the victory.[21]

In the semifinals Israel defeated Wales 10–3. Israel had a 5–0 lead at halftime, and a 6–0 lead at the end of the third quarter. With the victory Israel improved to 7–0.[22]

In the finals Israel lost to England 7–6. Israel originally leading 3–2 at halftime, held a 4–3 lead in the third quarter, before England went on to score four unanswered goals.[23] With the loss, Israel won the silver medal.[24]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

England

12

C2

Switzerland

3

A1

England

14

D1

Finland

1

D1

Finland (OT)

9

B2

Scotland

8

A1

England

7

C1

Israel

6

C1

Israel

8

A2

Germany

4

C1

Israel

10

D2

Wales

1

B1

Wales

12

D2

Netherlands

5

Source:[25]

6 August
England	7: 6	(2: 1, 0: 2, 3: 1, 2: 2)	Israel	Time: 17:00

Pos.	Team	W–L
	England	8–0
	Israel	7–1
	Finland	7–1

Coach: Jeff Schwartz[26]
Assistant coach: Pete Ginnegar, Jordan Hirsch[27]

Source:

The European Box Lacrosse Championships held its first championship event in Turku, Finland in July 2017. Israel defeated Czech Republic 8–7 to win the tournament.[28][29]