2006 World Lacrosse Championship
2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations. The championship game was won 15–10 by the Canadians over the United States 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.
This would prove to be the last World Lacrosse Championship to be sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation. In August 2008, the ILF merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse. Future World Championships will be sanctioned by FIL, the next of which is the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship, in Manchester, England.
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.
Blue Division
Blue division featured the six strongest lacrosse nations: Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois Nationals, Japan, and United States. 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:
- USA
- Canada
- Iroquois Nation
- Australia
- England
- Japan
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:
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Italy
- Wales
- Hong Kong
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:
- Germany
- Czech Republic
- Netherlands
- South Korea
- New Zealand
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:
- Finland
- Latvia
- Denmark
- Spain
- Bermuda
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 | Note |
---|---|---|---|
Netherlands | Latvia | 10–4 | Play-off for the 9th/13th place brackets. |
Wales | Spain | 17–9 | Play-off for the 13th/17th place brackets. |
Australia | Ireland | 21–5 | Quarter final. |
Iroquois Nation | Germany | 14–6 | Quarter final. |
Denmark | South Korea | 10–9 | Play-off for the 13th/17th place brackets. |
Italy | Czech Republic | 14–7 | Play-off for the 9th/13th place brackets. |
Canada | Finland | 27–2 | Quarter final. |
New Zealand | Bermuda | 19–6 | Semi-final in the 19th place bracket. |
Italy | Scotland | 10–7 | Semi-final in the 9th place bracket. |
Spain | Hong Kong | 12–8 | Semi-final in the 17th place bracket. |
Latvia | Denmark | 5–3 | Semi-final in the 13th place bracket. |
England | Germany | 19–4 | Semi-final in the 5th place bracket. |
Japan | Ireland | 11–9 | Semi-final in the 5th place bracket. |
Finland | Netherlands | 10–8 | Semi-final in the 9th place bracket. |
Wales | Czech Republic | 9–8 | Semi-final in the 13th place bracket. |
USA | Australia | 13–10 | Semi-final. |
Canada | Iroquois Nation | 16–6 | Semi-final. |
Spain | South Korea | 17–14 | Play-off for 17th place. |
New Zealand | Hong Kong | 9–6 | Play-off for 19th place. |
Scotland | Netherlands | 15–3 | Play-off for 11th place. |
Wales | Latvia | 18–2 | Play-off for 13th place. |
Czech Republic | Denmark | 18–1 | Play-off for 15th place. |
Finland | Italy | 10–9 | Play-off for 9th place. |
Ireland | Germany | 13–5 | Play-off for 7th place. |
England | Japan | 12–7 | Play-off for 5th place. |
Australia | Iroquois Nation | 21–8 | Play-off for 3rd place. |
Canada | USA | 15–10 | Final. |
The final standings were:
- Canada
- USA
- Australia
- Iroquois Nation
- England
- Japan
- Ireland
- Germany
- Finland
- Italy
- Scotland
- Netherlands
- Wales
- Latvia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Spain
- South Korea
- New Zealand
- Hong Kong
- Bermuda
Awards
All-World Team
The International Lacrosse Federation named an All-World team at the conclusion of the championships, along with four other individual awards.
Goalkeeper
- Chris Sanderson (Canada)
Defence
- John Gagliardi (USA)
- Brodie Merrill (Canada)
- John Tokarua (Australia)
Midfield
- Brett Bucktooth (Iroquois)
- Jay Jalbert (USA)
- Geoff Snider (Canada)
Attack
- John Grant, Jr. (Canada)
- Michael Powell (USA)
- Jeff Zywicki (Canada)
Best Positional Players
- Attack: Jeff Zywicki (Canada)
- Midfield: Jay Jalbert (USA)
- Defence: Brodie Merrill (Canada)
Tournament MVP
- Geoff Snider (Canada)
See also
- Lacrosse
- Federation of International Lacrosse, the unified governing body for world lacrosse founded in 2008
- World Lacrosse Championship
External links
- International Lacrosse Federation
- Collection of information and reports from the 2006 games
- Photos and reports from the 2006 games
- CBC's Lacrosse Coverage
- YouTube video of 2006 highlights