Israel Premier Lacrosse League

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Israel Premier Lacrosse League
Most recent season or competition:
2016 Israel Premier Lacrosse League season
Sport Lacrosse
Founded2014
FounderScott Neiss
Inaugural season 2015
CommissionerScott Neiss
No. of teams6
Country Israel
Most recent
champion(s)		 Be'er Sheva LC
Most titles Be'er Sheva LC (1)
Barak Netanya LC (1)
Official website lacrosse.co.il

The Israel Premier Lacrosse League (IPLL) is the premier lacrosse league in Israel, which debuted in 2015. [1] The league competes during summer months only, in an attempt to attract players from abroad to participate. [2] The IPLL says they learned their lessons from the Israel Baseball League, and are running it in a manor that will enable them to be financially stable. [3]

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Teams

The IPLL had four teams in the 2015 season before expanding to six in 2016, which were: [4]

Team20152016Notes
Ashdod LC N/A4th2016 expansion team [5]
Ashkelon LC 3rd3rdThird official club - [6]
Barak Netanya LC 1st5thSecond official club [7]
Be'er Sheva LC N/A1st2016 expansion team [8]
Haifa LC 2nd2ndFirst official club [7]
Kiryat Gat LC N/A6th
Tel Aviv LC 4thN/AFourth official club, [9] suspended operations after 2015. [8]

Stadiums

There are six stadiums used by the IPLL which are:

FieldCity
Ashdod Sport Club Ashdod
New Municipal Stadium Ashkelon
Mikha Reisser Field Be’er Sheva
Kiryat Gat Synthetic Kiryat Gat
Tubruq Field Netanya
Wolfson Fields Tel Aviv

League championships

YearChampionRunner-up
2015 Barak Netanya LC Haifa LC
2016 Be'er Sheva LC Haifa LC

2015 season

The 2015 season was the inaugural season of the IPLL. Barak Netanya LC won the IPLL Championship with a win over Haifa LC, with Bryan Hopper winning the EL AL Player of the Game award. [10] A total of 16 games were played, with each team playing eight games.

Standings

PosTeamGPWL
1Barak Netanya LC862
2Haifa LC862
3Ashkelon LC835
4Tel Aviv LC817

Source: [11]

2016 season

The 2016 season of the IPLL was their second season. Tel Aviv LC decided to suspend operations for the 2016 season, however Ashdod LC, Kiryat Gat LC, and Be'er Sheva LC joined the league for the 2016 season. A total of 22 games were played, with each team playing either seven or eight games. Be'er Sheva defeated Haifa in the finals 11:10 for the championship. [12]

Standings

RankTeamGPWLScorePoints
1Be'er Sheva LC76168:536
2Haifa LC75270:265
3Ashkelon LC85364:635
4Ashdod LC74352:484
5Barak Netanya LC71645:751
6Kiryat Gat LC81744:781

Source: [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Israel Premier Lacrosse League Set for 2015 Launch
  2. ↑ IPLL Announces 2015 Schedule
  3. ↑ Crossing the ocean for Israel lacrosse
  4. ↑ "ISRAELI PLAYERS" . Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Ashdod Announced as IPLL Expansion Club
  6. ↑ Ashkelon officially joins the Premier League
  7. 1 2 Israel Premier League announces new club in Netanya
  8. 1 2 Be’er Sheva joins IPLL for 2016 season
  9. ↑ Israel Premier Lacrosse League to begin play in Summer 2015
  10. ↑ Barak Netanya claims IPLL crown
  11. ↑ 2015 Standings
  12. ↑ Lacrosse final 2016 Israel
  13. ↑ Schedule / Results
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