Medal record | ||
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World Indoor Lacrosse Championship | ||
2003 Ontario | ||
2007 Halifax | ||
2011 Prague | ||
2015 Onondaga Nation | ||
2019 Langley |
The Canada national indoor lacrosse team represents Canada in international tournaments of indoor lacrosse. It is the best national box lacrosse team in the world, having won all five World Indoor Lacrosse Championships, starting with the 2003 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship held in Canada. Team Canada has never lost a game in the tournament. Their biggest rivals are the Iroquois Nationals, who have finished in second place in all four tournaments.
Team Canada consists of primarily professional players from the National Lacrosse League. Many players also play Major Series Lacrosse or in the Western Lacrosse Association.
The first World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canada entered the tournament as the favourite to win. They went through the six-team group without any losses. In the semifinals they beat Team USA. Team Canada, led by captain Jim Veltman, won the gold medal match against Iroquois Nationals 21-4 and became the first World Indoor Lacrosse Champions. [1]
The second World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was held in Canada again, this time in Halifax. The tournament was divided in two groups of four teams. Canada met Ireland, Australia and the United States in group play. They prevailed in all three matches to reach the semifinals, where they would meet England. Canada won 24–8 to move to the final, where they met the Iroquois Nationals again. Canada was down during the second and third quarters, but thanks to two goals from John Grant, Jr., they ended up taking the game to overtime. After thirty seconds, Jeff Zywicki scored his first goal of the game, so Team Canada could be crowned as the World Champion again. [2]
The 2011 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was held in the Czech Republic, the first time the tournament was held outside of Canada. The format of the tournament remained the same and the Canadians met Australia, England and Slovakia in group play. Canada went through unbeaten again. They beat Team USA 15–10 in the semifinal. In the final, they met the Iroquois Nationals again, and won 13–6. [3]
The Onondaga Nation near Syracuse, New York hosted the 2015 WILC. Once again, the Canadian team went undefeated and took gold while the Iroquois took the silver and the United States bronze. [4]
Year | Round Robin | Record W-L-T | Standing | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game |
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2003 Kitchener, Hamilton, Mississauga, and Oshawa, ON | W, Australia 28-5 W, Iroquois 15-13 W, Czech Republic 25-1 W, Scotland 25-5 W, United States 16-5 | 5-0-0 | 1st of 6 | W, United States 17-9 | W, Iroquois 21-4 CHAMPIONS |
2007 Halifax, NS | W, Ireland 25-1 W, Australia 24-4 W, United States 18-5 | 3-0-0 | 1st of 4 Pool A | W, England 24-9 | W, Iroquois 15-14 OT CHAMPIONS |
2011 Prague | W, Slovakia 27-1 W, Australia 26-2 W, England 28-5 | 3-0-0 | 1st of 4 Pool A | W, United States 15-10 | W, Iroquois 13-6 CHAMPIONS |
2015 Onondaga Nation and Syracuse, NY | W, Iroquois 11-9 W, Czech Republic 19-2 W, United States 18-7 W, England 19-2 | 4-0-0 | 1st of 5 Blue Division | W, Israel 19-3 | W, Iroquois 12-8 CHAMPIONS |
2019 Langley, BC | W, United States 16-6 W, England 18-5 W, Israel 17-5 W, Iroquois 19-12 | 4-0-0 | 1st of 5 Blue Division | W, England 21-4 | W, Iroquois 19-12 CHAMPIONS |
Since 2002, the Canadian national team has challenged for the Heritage Cup on four occasions, winning three times.
Year | Location | Winning team | Score | Losing team | |
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2002 | Canada (Mississauga, Ontario) | United States | 21-16 | Canada | |
2004 | United States (Denver, Colorado) | Canada | 17-8 | United States | |
2013 | Canada (Montreal, Quebec) | Canada | 12-11 | Iroquois | |
2017 | Canada (Hamilton, Ontario) | Canada | 19-6 | United States |
A 15-game exhibition series was scheduled to be played by Team Canada and Team USA to kick-start the newly formed International Box Lacrosse Association. Only eight games would end up being played with Canada winning 7–1. [5]
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