2018 World Lacrosse Championship

2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Venue(s)	Netanya Stadium Wingate Institute
Dates	12–21 July
Teams	46
Final positions
Champions	United States (10th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Iroquois
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	170
MVP	Michael Ehrhardt
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The 2018 World Lacrosse Championship was the 13th edition of the international men's field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL). As many as 50 countries were expected to compete in the tournament; with the official total coming in at 46, which made the 2018 WLC the largest of all-time.^[1] The games were held in Netanya, Israel on 12–21 July 2018. The United States won the tournament, its 10th championship in the history of the event.

Hosting

Manchester, England was originally selected to host the tournament, but withdrew in May 2017.^[2][3] Instead, the championships took place in Netanya, Israel between 12 and 21 July 2018.^[4] This was the first World Lacrosse Championship played outside of the United States, Canada, England, or Australia.

Tournament

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 host venue for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and is the home field of Maccabi Netanya FC.^[4]

From Friday, 13 July to Saturday, 21 July, 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's facilities host the Maccabiah Games every four years, and its primary stadium serves as the home field for the Israel National Rugby Team.

Participating nations

48 teams initially entered the tournament. They were drawn into 14 groups in March 2018.^[5] However Bulgaria and Haiti later withdrew leaving just 46 teams.^[6] The world ranking of the teams based on their performance in the 2014 edition is also displayed.^[7] The top 6 teams in the 2014 edition are drawn into the Blue Division while the rest of the teams were drawn into the other divisions.^[5]

Blue Division	Other divisions
Canada (1)  United States (2)  Iroquois (3)  Australia (4)  England (5)  Scotland (6)	Israel (7)  Japan (8)  Germany (9)  Ireland (10)  Sweden (11)  New Zealand (12)  Finland (13)  Czech Republic (14)   Switzerland (15)  Netherlands (16)  Wales (17)  Italy (18)  Latvia (19)  Poland (20)  Hong Kong (21)  Turkey (22)  Mexico (23)  Bermuda (24)  Norway (25)  Slovakia (26)  Belgium (27)  Austria (28)  Spain (29)  Russia (30)  China (31)  Uganda (32)  South Korea (33)  Argentina (34)  Colombia (35)  France (37)  Croatia (–)  Denmark (–)  Greece (–)  Hungary (–)  Jamaica (–)  Luxembourg (–)  Peru (–)  Philippines (–)  Puerto Rico (–)  Chinese Taipei (–)
Withdrew	Participated in 2014 but not in 2018
Bulgaria (–)  Haiti (–)	Costa Rica (36)  Thailand (38)

Schedule

• Wednesday, 11 July – Opening game (Hong Kong vs. Luxembourg)
• Thursday, 12 July – Opening ceremony and pool play
• Friday, 13 July to Tuesday, 17 July – pool play and play-Ins
• Wednesday, 18 July – Quarterfinals
• Thursday, 19 July – Semifinals
• Friday, 20 July – Final placement games (bronze-medal game to 46th place)
• Saturday, 21 July – Gold-medal game

Pool play

Blue Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	84	24	+60	Advance to semifinals		—	11–10	17–9	19–1	19–2	18–2
2	Canada	5	4	1	67	32	+35			10–11	—	10–5	13–7	12–6	22–3
3	Iroquois	5	3	2	62	50	+12	Advance to quarterfinals		9–17	5–10	—	16–9	18–7	14–7
4	Australia	5	2	3	42	60	−18			1–19	7–13	9–16	—	7–6	18–6
5	England	5	1	4	32	64	−32	Advance to play-in games		2–19	6–12	7–18	6–7	—	11–8
6	Scotland	5	0	5	26	83	−57			2–18	3–22	7–14	6–18	8–11	—

Red Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Israel	2	2	0	30	5	+25	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–3	19–2
2	Jamaica	2	1	1	20	18	+2	Advance to middle bracket		3–11	—	17–7
3	Russia	2	0	2	9	36	−27	Advance to lower bracket		2–19	7–17	—

White Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	32	6	+26	Advance to upper bracket		—	14–3	18–3
2	Norway	2	1	1	17	30	−13			3–14	—	14–6
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	9	32	−23	Advance to middle bracket		3–18	6–14	—

Green Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	34	9	+25	Advance to upper bracket		—	15–4	19–5
2	France	2	1	1	14	21	−7	Advance to middle bracket		4–15	—	10–6
3	South Korea	2	0	2	11	29	−18	Advance to lower bracket		5–19	6–10	—

Yellow Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Ireland	2	2	0	32	6	+26	Advance to upper bracket		—	14–3	18–3
2	Denmark	2	1	1	17	18	−1	Advance to middle bracket		3–14	—	14–4
3	China	2	0	2	7	32	−25	Advance to lower bracket		3–18	4–14	—

Orange Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	2	0	29	11	+18	Advance to upper bracket		—	13–5	16–6
2	Argentina	2	1	1	19	19	0	Advance to middle bracket		5–13	—	14–6
3	Hungary	2	0	2	12	30	−18	Advance to lower bracket		6–16	6–14	—

Plum Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	25	7	+18	Advance to upper bracket		—	9–5	16–2
2	Spain	2	1	1	17	18	−1	Advance to middle bracket		5–9	—	12–9
3	Croatia	2	0	2	11	28	−17	Advance to lower bracket		2–16	9–12	—

Turquoise Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Finland	2	2	0	31	11	+20	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–7	20–4
2	Austria	2	1	1	20	18	+2	Advance to middle bracket		7–11	—	13–7
3	Colombia	2	0	2	11	33	−22	Advance to lower bracket		4–20	7–13	—

Grey Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Philippines	2	2	0	22	10	+12	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–6	11–4
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	21	19	+2	Advance to middle bracket		6–11	—	15–8
3	Belgium	2	0	2	12	26	−14	Advance to lower bracket		4–11	8–15	—

Gold Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	27	7	+20	Advance to upper bracket		—	10–6	17–1
2	Slovakia	2	1	1	19	11	+8	Advance to middle bracket		6–10	—	13–1
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	2	30	−28	Advance to lower bracket		1–17	1–13	—

Bronze Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	2	2	0	34	7	+27	Advance to upper bracket		—	16–4	18–3
2	Wales	2	1	1	12	20	−8	Advance to middle bracket		4–16	—	8–4
3	Bermuda	2	0	2	7	26	−19	Advance to lower bracket		3–18	4–8	—

Tan Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	29	15	+14	Advance to upper bracket		—	13–7	16–8
2	Peru	2	1	1	25	24	+1	Advance to middle bracket		7–13	—	18–11
3	Turkey	2	0	2	19	34	−15	Advance to lower bracket		8–16	11–18	—

Purple Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Latvia	2	2	0	23	19	+4	Advance to upper bracket		—	10-9	13–10
2	Greece	2	1	1	22	18	+4	Advance to middle bracket		9–10	—	13–8
3	Mexico	2	0	2	18	26	−8	Advance to lower bracket		10–13	8–13	—

Olive Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	3	3	0	45	9	+36	Advance to upper bracket		—	9–7	16–1	20–1
2	Poland	3	2	1	38	19	+19	Advance to middle bracket		7–9	—	16–4	15–6
3	Uganda	3	1	2	12	38	−26			1–16	4–16	—	7–6
4	Luxembourg	3	0	3	13	42	−29	Advance to lower bracket		1–20	6–15	6–7	—

Play-in games

Upper bracket

The upper bracket includes the 13 first-place finishers from each division as well as the second-place finisher of the white division. These teams can still win the world championship.

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Middle bracket

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Lower bracket

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Final placement round

Championship bracket

1st to 4th place

Classification brackets

5th to 8th place

9th to 12th place

13th to 16th place

17th to 20th place

21st to 24th place

25th to 28th place

	Play-in games 18 July				25th to 28th place games 19 July				25th place game 20 July
	Hong Kong	16
	Poland	5
					Hong Kong	8
					Czech Republic	9
	Czech Republic	10
	Belgium	8
									Czech Republic	7
									Sweden	9
	Argentina	4
	Sweden	11
					Sweden	14
					Hungary	8			27th place game
	Hungary	9
	Spain	8
									Hong Kong	15
									Hungary	5

29th to 32nd place

	29th to 32nd place games 19 July				29th place game 20 July
	Poland	11
	Belgium	12
					Belgium	8
					Argentina	12
	Argentina	16
	Spain	12
					31st place game
					Poland	4
					Spain	9

33rd to 36th place

37th to 40th place

41st to 44th place

45th to 46th place

	45th place game 20 July
	Luxembourg		10
	Colombia		13

2018 World Lacrosse Festival

Alongside the WLC, youth and adult lacrosse teams from around the world will participate in the 2018 World Lacrosse Festival at Shefayim Soccer Complex.

Final standings

Awards

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament.^[8]

MVP: Michael Ehrhardt
Outstanding Attackman: Curtis Dickson
Outstanding Midfielder: Tom Schreiber
Outstanding Defenseman: Michael Ehrhardt
Outstanding Goalie: Dillon Ward

All-World Team

Attack	Midfield	Defense	Goalkeeper
Rob Pannell Ryan Brown Curtis Dickson	Tom Schreiber Austin Staats Ben McIntosh	Michael Ehrhardt Graeme Hossack Ryland Rees	Dillon Ward

References

External links

• Federation of International Lacrosse
• Official website
• USA v Canada Game 1 2018 World Lacrosse 11-10 USA
• USA v Canada Finals 2018 World Lacrosse 9-8 USA