1998 World Lacrosse Championship

The 1998 World Lacrosse Championship was the eighth edition of the international men's lacrosse championship.[1] The event took place in Baltimore, Maryland under the auspices of the International Lacrosse Federation.[2] This was the second time that the tournament was held in Baltimore, following the 1982 tournament. Eleven teams competed in the event in two divisions.[3]

1998 World Lacrosse Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesJuly 17–24
Teams11
Venue(s)Baltimore, Maryland
Final positions
Gold  United States (7th title)
Silver  Canada
Bronze  Australia
Fourth place Iroquois
← 1994
2002 →

The United States successfully defended their title for the fifth consecutive time,[4] defeating Canada 15–14 in double overtime in the final.[5] The championship game – in which Canada overcame a ten-goal deficit in the third quarter to force overtime – is considered by some to be the most exciting lacrosse game in history.[6]

Australia beat the Iroquois team 17–5 for third place.

Pool play

For the pool play phase of the tournament, the teams were divided into two divisions – five in the top Blue Division and six in the Red Division. Only Blue Division participants were able to compete for the championship.

Blue Division
Key to colours in group tables
Advanced to Semifinals
Team Played Won Lost GF GA GD
 United States 4406338+25
 Canada 4316540+25
 Australia 4224340+3
 Iroquois 4133565–30
 England 4043253–21
United States 20–8 Iroquois
Canada 18–9 England
Iroquois 10–9 England
Australia 9–12 Canada
Canada 23–8 Iroquois
England 6–11  Australia
United States 14–12 Canada
United States 13–10 Australia
Australia 13–9 Iroquois
United States 16–8 England

Red Division
Team Played Won Lost GF GA GD
 Japan 5505719+38
 Germany 5415950+9
 Scotland 5325952+7
 Sweden 5233650–14
 Czech Republic 5144355–12
 Wales 5053260–28
Scotland 14–9 Wales
Japan 10–3 Sweden
Germany 14–10 Czech Republic
Japan 11–4 Germany
Czech Republic 14–15 Scotland
Wales 6–7 Sweden
Germany 16–9 Wales
Scotland 13–7 Sweden
Czech Republic 3–11  Japan
Japan 10–7 Scotland
Czech Republic 8–6 Wales
Germany 13–10 Sweden
Sweden 9–8 Czech Republic
Germany 12–10 Scotland
Japan 15–2 Wales

Championship Round
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 19
 
 
 United States 24
 
July 20
 
 Iroquois 4
 
 United States 15 (2OT)
 
July 19
 
 Canada 14
 
 Canada 15
 
 
 Australia 11
 
Third place
 
 
July 20
 
 
 Iroquois 5
 
 
 Australia 17

Consolation round

5th-8th place
 
Play-in5th place
 
      
 
July 19
 
 
 England 13
 
July 20
 
 Scotland 6
 
 England 21
 
July 19
 
 Germany 6
 
 Japan 4
 
 
 Germany 5
 
7th place
 
 
July 20
 
 
 Scotland 10 (OT)
 
 
 Japan 9

9th place
19 July 1998
Czech Republic 12–8 Sweden

Final standings
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 3–3
4  Iroquois 1–5
5  England 2–4
6  Germany 5–2
7  Scotland 4–3
8  Japan 5–2
9  Czech Republic 2–4
10  Sweden 2–4
11  Wales 0–5

See also

References
  1. "International Lacrosse Events History" (PDF). Federation of International Lacrosse.
  2. "Lacrosse World Championships 98". Activity Workshop. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  3. Swezey, Chris (July 16, 1998). "Despite injury, U.S. is ready for world games". Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. "ALL-TIME FIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". US Lacrosse.
  5. "World Men's Lacrosse Championships - LAXbuzz.com". Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  6. Corey Mclaughin (July 13, 2018). "BEST GAME EVER? AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". US Lacrosse. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.