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The 2023 World Lacrosse Championship was the 14th edition of the international men's field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by World Lacrosse. Initially scheduled for 2022, it was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was held in San Diego, California.
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
World Lacrosse (WL), formerly the Federation of International Lacrosse, is the international governing body of lacrosse, responsible for the men's, women's, and indoor versions of the sport. It was established in 2008 by the merger of the previously separate men's and women's international lacrosse associations. [ 2 ]
Winners in various weight classes (2023) 2025 Biennial Lacrosse: World Lacrosse Championship: Nations 1967 United States 2027 Quadrennial World Lacrosse Box Championships: Nations 2003 Canada 2028 Quadrennial Luge: FIL World Luge Championships: Men's singles 1955: Max Langenhan 2025 Annual Men's doubles 1955: Juri Gatt Riccardo Schöpf
The United States men's national lacrosse team has won eleven of fourteen World Lacrosse Championships, the most recent in 2023. Team USA finished second in the other three field lacrosse tournaments, losing to Canada in 1978, 2006, and 2014. The team is organized by US Lacrosse, the national governing body.
The Haudenosaunee Nationals women's lacrosse team could not participate due to British passport requirements. [2] Canada won its first gold medal, defeating the United States 9–8 in the final. [3] At the 2022 event in Limerick, Ireland, a record number of 23 teams participated. [4] The next editions of the tournament will be under-20 ...
The World Lacrosse Box Championships (WLBC), [1] formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years. Since the first tournament in 2003, Canada has won all five gold medals and is undefeated in all games. [2]
In 2023, lacrosse sixes was added to the program of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, marking the first time any variety of lacrosse has been a medal event since 1908. [9] Lacrosse sixes' Olympic inclusion parallels that of rugby sevens and 3x3 basketball, also smaller-scale versions of established sports. [1] In 2026, the first world ...