World Lacrosse Championship

The World Lacrosse Men's Championship,[1] formerly World Lacrosse Championship, is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years.

World Lacrosse Championship
SportField lacrosse
Founded1967 (1967)
Organising bodyWorld Lacrosse
RegionInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
 United States
(11th title)
(2023)
Most titles United States
(11 titles)
Related
competitions
Women's Lacrosse World Cup

World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship
Official websiteOfficial website

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 Federation of International Lacrosse, which changed its name to World Lacrosse in 2019.[2]

The US has won the championship ten times and Canada the other three.[2] With 46 nations competing, the 2018 WLC in Israel was the largest tournament and was the first championship held outside of Australia, Canada, England or the United States.

The oldest world Lacrosse championship match was recorded on April 22, 1870, in Montreal. The Montreal Lacrosse club accepted a challenge vs the Caughnawaga Lacrosse team.

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 24. For the first time, a 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.[3]

The United States defeated Canada 12–10 in the gold medal game to capture their ninth victory at the World Lacrosse Championship.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

2023 Championship

Originally, the championship was scheduled to be held in 2022 in Coquitlam, British Columbia,[8] however due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the games were delayed to 2023 and moved to Los Angeles, California,[9][10][11] but ultimately were relocated to San Diego, California.[12]

The 2023 WLC was held from June 21–July 1, 2023. Pool games and placement games were held at San Diego State's Sports Deck and the University of San Diego's Torerro Stadium, while playoff games were held at San Diego State's Snapdragon Stadium. 30 nations participated in tournament games, marking both the first time qualifiers were used to determine tournament entry and the first time the number of competing teams decreased from the previous tournament.[13][14]

The countries with the top five rankings - Australia, Canada, England, Haudenosaunee, and the United States - competed in Pool A.

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 expanded beyond the traditional four hosts. For the 2018 edition, World Lacrosse had originally selected England in 2013, but English Lacrosse withdrew in 2017, citing “unacceptable financial risk”, and Israel was selected instead.

Results

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
2023 United States
San Diego, California

United States
10–7
Canada
30

Performance by team

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States113014
2 Canada37414
3 Australia03710
4 England0101
5 Haudenosaunee0033
Totals (5 entries)14141442

Performance by tournament

Team Appearances Highest
Finish
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)
2023
United States
(30)
 Argentina328th28th36th39th
 Australia142nd2ndT-2nd3rd2nd3rd3rd2nd3rd3rd3rd3rd4th4th 4th
 Austria421st21st28th24th 28th
 Belgium227th27th30th
 Bermuda418th21st18th24th37th
 Bulgaria 0 •• ••
 Canada141st3rdT-2nd1st3rd2nd2nd3rd2nd2nd1st2nd1st2nd 2nd
 China233rd33rd42nd
 Colombia237th37th45th
 Costa Rica138th38th
 Croatia143rd43rd
 Czech Republic79th9th10th15th13th14th26th 23rd
 Denmark416th16th26th34th 29th
 England142nd4th2nd4th4th4th4th4th5th6th5th5th5th5th 6th
 Finland49th9th12th13th15th ••
 France418th27th31st33rd 18th
 Germany76th6th8th8th6th9th9th 11th
 Greece119th19th
 Haiti 0 •• ••
 Haudenosaunee83rd5th5th4th4th4th••3rd3rd 3rd
 Hong Kong613th14th20th22nd21st27th13th
 Hungary128th28th
 Ireland67th13th7th9th10th12th 12th
 Israel37th7th7th 7th
 Italy59th10th19th18th16th9th
 Jamaica28th13th 8th
 Japan84th6th8th5th6th4th8th6th 5th
 Latvia514th14th20th19th18th 21st
 Luxembourg146th46th
 Kenya 0
 Mexico416th29th23rd38th 16th
 Netherlands48th12th8th16th22nd14th
 New Zealand612th15th19th15th12th21st25th
 Norway317th24th25th17th
 Peru222nd39th 22nd
 Philippines210th10th 15th
 Poland414th14th20th32nd 20th
 Portugal 0
 Puerto Rico28th8th10th
 Russia232nd32nd36th
 Scotland76th7th7th11th7th6th11th 17th
 Slovakia317th17th26th23rd
 Slovenia 0
 South Korea611th11th18th25th35th35th26th
 Spain416th17th16th30th31st
 Sweden69th10th9th10th11th25th 24th
  Switzerland415th23rd15th20th 27th
 Chinese Taipei141st41st
 Thailand129th29th
 Turkey 2 22nd 22nd 44th
 Uganda330th34th40th 30th
 United States141st1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st2nd1st 1st
 U.S. Virgin Islands 0
 Wales711th11th12th13th11th17th14th 19th
Legend
1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
3rd Third Place
Did not qualify
•• Withdrew
Hosts
Did not enter

See also

References

  1. "About World Lacrosse".
  2. "Men's History and Results". World Lacrosse. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  3. "Iroquois Lacrosse Team Faces Hardships by Traveling on Their Own Passports". Cultural Survival. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  4. "FIL World Championships: USA Takes Gold With 12-10 Win Over Canada". Inside Lacrosse. Archived from the original on July 28, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  5. "Schedule Released for FIL World Championship". March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  6. "Record Field for 2014 FIL World Championship". March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  7. "Schreiber's controversial goal lifts U.S. over Canada in field worlds final | National Post". National Post. July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  8. "Field lacrosse world championship coming to Coquitlam". Tri-City News. June 26, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  9. "2022 World Championship Pulled Out of Coquitlam". Lacrosse Bucket. October 18, 2019. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  10. "2022 World Championships Moving to California". Lacrosse Bucket. November 11, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  11. "WORLD LACROSSE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP PUSHED TO 2023, WILL BE IN L.A." US Lacrosse. June 3, 2020. Archived from the original on June 19, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  12. "The World is Coming to San Diego - WORLD LACROSSE AWARDS 2023 MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO SAN DIEGO". 2022.
  13. "Automatic Qualifiers Set to Compete in San Diego". World Lacrosse. 2022.
  14. "New Championship Format & Qualification System". World Lacrosse. 2022.
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