2006 World Lacrosse Championship

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The 2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Team Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations. The championship game was won 15–10 by the Canadians over the USA in front of 7,735 fans and marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship were founded in 1967, after Canada's historic 17–16 overtime win in the 1978 final at Edgeley Park, Stockport. Canadian Geoff Snider was rewarded for a sensational championships with tournament MVP honours.

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[edit] Round Robin

For the round-robin phase of the tournament, nations were separated into blue, red, orange and yellow divisions according to strength. Each of the twenty-one nations was eligible to win the championship.

[edit] Blue Division

Blue division featured the six strongest lacrosse nations: Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois Nationals, Japan, and USA. Results were as follows:

Winning Team Losing Team Score
Iroquois Nation England 13–10
USA Australia 20–8
Canada Japan 18–7
USA England 25–5
Canada Iroquois Nation 12–8
Australia Japan 18–1
Australia England 16–3
USA Canada 13–12
Iroquois Nation Japan 13–11
England Japan 9–8
USA Iroquois Nation 21–13
Canada Australia 12–9
USA Japan 21–2
Iroquois Nation Australia 12–10
Canada England 17–9

Blue division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

  1. USA
  2. Canada
  3. Iroquois Nation
  4. Australia
  5. England
  6. Japan

[edit] Red Division

Red division featured the next five strongest lacrosse nations: Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Results were as follows:

Winning Team Losing Team Score
Ireland Hong Kong 19–4
Scotland Italy 13–12
Ireland Italy 15–8
Wales Hong Kong 14–0
Italy Hong Kong 20–0
Scotland Wales 7–3
Italy Wales 20–7
Ireland Scotland 16–9
Ireland Wales 12–4
Scotland Hong Kong 21–3

Red division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

  1. Ireland
  2. Scotland
  3. Italy
  4. Wales
  5. Hong Kong

[edit] Orange Division

The five countries competing in Orange division were: Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and South Korea. Results were as follows:

Winning Team Losing Team Score
Netherlands South Korea 12–4
Germany New Zealand 18–3
Germany South Korea 18–4
Czech Republic New Zealand 23–4
Germany Netherlands 15–9
Czech Republic South Korea 20–2
Netherlands New Zealand 15–4
Germany Czech Republic 12–5
Czech Republic Netherlands 19–9
South Korea New Zealand 8–7

Orange division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

  1. Germany
  2. Czech Republic
  3. Netherlands
  4. South Korea
  5. New Zealand

[edit] Yellow Division

Yellow division featured Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Latvia and Spain. Results were as follows:

Winning Team Losing Team Score
Finland Spain 16–11
Denmark Bermuda 10–6
Finland Latvia 9–3
Denmark Spain 15–11
Latvia Spain 11–9
Finland Bermuda 16–3
Latvia Denmark 7–3
Spain Bermuda 13–9
Finland Denmark 14–4
Latvia Bermuda 9–3

Yellow division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

  1. Finland
  2. Latvia
  3. Denmark
  4. Spain
  5. Bermuda

[edit] Finals

With the nations ranked amongst their division, they played off for their final standings. The winner from each lower group played a lower-ranked nation from Blue division for their shot at the championship. Results were as follows:

Winning Team Losing Team Score
Netherlands Latvia 10–4
Wales Spain 17–9
Australia Ireland 21–5
Iroquois Nation Germany 14–6
Denmark South Korea 10–9
Italy Czech Republic 14–7
Canada Finland 27–2
New Zealand Bermuda 19–6
Italy Scotland 10–7
Hong Kong Spain 12–8
Latvia Denmark 5–3
England Germany 19–4
Japan Ireland 11–9
Finland Netherlands 10–8
Wales Czech Republic 9–8
USA Australia 13–10 (semi-final)
Canada Iroquois Nation 16–6 (semi-final)
Spain South Korea 17–14
New Zealand Hong Kong 9–6
Scotland Netherlands 15–3
Wales Latvia 18–2
Czech Republic Denmark 18–1
Finland Italy 10–9
Ireland Germany 13–5
England Japan 12–7
Australia Iroquois Nation 21–8 (3rd place playoff)
Canada USA 15–10 (final)

The final standings were:

  1. Canada
  2. USA
  3. Australia
  4. Iroquois Nation
  5. England
  6. Japan
  7. Ireland
  8. Germany
  9. Finland
  10. Italy
  11. Scotland
  12. Netherlands
  13. Wales
  14. Latvia
  15. Czech Republic
  16. Denmark
  17. Spain
  18. South Korea
  19. New Zealand
  20. Hong Kong
  21. Bermuda

[edit] Awards

[edit] All-World Team

The International Lacrosse Federation named an All-World team at the conclusion of the championships, along with four other individual awards.

[edit] Goalkeeper

  • Chris Sanderson (Canada)

[edit] Defence

[edit] Midfield

[edit] Attack

[edit] Best Positional Players

[edit] Tournament MVP

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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