2018 World Lacrosse Championship

The 2018 World Lacrosse Championship (Hebrew: אליפות העולם בלקרוס 2018) was the 13th edition of the international men's field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL). As many as 50 countries were expected to compete in the tournament; with the official total coming in at 46, which made the 2018 WLC the largest of all-time.^[1] The games were held in Netanya, Israel, on 12–21 July 2018. The United States won the tournament, its 10th championship in the history of the event.

2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Venue(s)	Netanya Stadium Wingate Institute
Dates	12–21 July
Teams	46
Final positions
Champions	United States (10th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Haudenosaunee
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	170
Awards
MVP	Michael Ehrhardt
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Hosting

Manchester, England was originally selected to host the tournament, but withdrew in May 2017.^[2][3] Instead, the championships took place in Netanya, Israel between 12 and 21 July 2018.^[4] This was the first World Lacrosse Championship played outside of the United States, Canada, England, or Australia.

Tournament

On Thursday, 12 July, the Opening Ceremony and first games were held at Netanya Stadium, a 13,610-seat multi-use stadium which opened in 2012. It served as a host venue for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and is the home field of Maccabi Netanya FC.^[4]

From Friday, 13 July to Saturday, 21 July, tournament games were played at Wingate Institute. Located on 50 hectares (125 acres), the Wingate Institute serves as Israel's National Centre for Physical Education and Sport. The campus's facilities host the Maccabiah Games every four years, and its primary stadium serves as the home field for the Israel National Rugby Team.

Participating nations

48 teams initially entered the tournament. They were drawn into 14 groups in March 2018.^[5] However Bulgaria and Haiti later withdrew leaving just 46 teams.^[6] The world ranking of the teams based on their performance in the 2014 edition is also displayed.^[7] The top 6 teams in the 2014 edition are drawn into the Blue Division while the rest of the teams were drawn into the other divisions.^[5]

Blue Division	Other divisions
Canada (1)  United States (2)  Haudenosaunee (3)  Australia (4)  England (5)  Scotland (6)	Israel (7)  Japan (8)  Germany (9)  Ireland (10)  Sweden (11)  New Zealand (12)  Finland (13)  Czech Republic (14)   Switzerland (15)  Netherlands (16)  Wales (17)  Italy (18)  Latvia (19)  Poland (20)  Hong Kong (21)  Turkey (22)  Mexico (23)  Bermuda (24)  Norway (25)  Slovakia (26)  Belgium (27)  Austria (28)  Spain (29)  Russia (30)  China (31)  Uganda (32)  South Korea (33)  Argentina (34)  Colombia (35)  France (37)  Croatia (–)  Denmark (–)  Greece (–)  Hungary (–)  Jamaica (–)  Luxembourg (–)  Peru (–)  Philippines (–)  Puerto Rico (–)  Chinese Taipei (–)
Withdrew	Participated in 2014 but not in 2018
Bulgaria (–)  Haiti (–)	Costa Rica (36)  Thailand (38)

Schedule

• Wednesday, 11 July – Opening game (Hong Kong vs. Luxembourg)
• Thursday, 12 July – Opening ceremony and pool play
• Friday, 13 July to Tuesday, 17 July – pool play and play-Ins
• Wednesday, 18 July – Quarterfinals
• Thursday, 19 July – Semifinals
• Friday, 20 July – Final placement games (bronze-medal game to 46th place)
• Saturday, 21 July – Gold-medal game

Pool play

Blue Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	84	24	+60	Advance to semifinals		—	11–10	17–9	19–1	19–2	18–2
2	Canada	5	4	1	67	32	+35			10–11	—	10–5	13–7	12–6	22–3
3	Haudenosaunee	5	3	2	62	50	+12	Advance to quarterfinals		9–17	5–10	—	16–9	18–7	14–7
4	Australia	5	2	3	42	60	−18			1–19	7–13	9–16	—	7–6	18–6
5	England	5	1	4	32	64	−32	Advance to play-in games		2–19	6–12	7–18	6–7	—	11–8
6	Scotland	5	0	5	26	83	−57			2–18	3–22	7–14	6–18	8–11	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Red Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Israel	2	2	0	30	5	+25	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–3	19–2
2	Jamaica	2	1	1	20	18	+2	Advance to middle bracket		3–11	—	17–7
3	Russia	2	0	2	9	36	−27	Advance to lower bracket		2–19	7–17	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

White Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	32	6	+26	Advance to upper bracket		—	14–3	18–3
2	Norway	2	1	1	17	30	−13			3–14	—	14–6
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	9	32	−23	Advance to middle bracket		3–18	6–14	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Green Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	34	9	+25	Advance to upper bracket		—	15–4	19–5
2	France	2	1	1	14	21	−7	Advance to middle bracket		4–15	—	10–6
3	South Korea	2	0	2	11	29	−18	Advance to lower bracket		5–19	6–10	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Yellow Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Ireland	2	2	0	32	6	+26	Advance to upper bracket		—	14–3	18–3
2	Denmark	2	1	1	17	18	−1	Advance to middle bracket		3–14	—	14–4
3	China	2	0	2	7	32	−25	Advance to lower bracket		3–18	4–14	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Orange Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	2	0	29	11	+18	Advance to upper bracket		—	13–5	16–6
2	Argentina	2	1	1	19	19	0	Advance to middle bracket		5–13	—	14–6
3	Hungary	2	0	2	12	30	−18	Advance to lower bracket		6–16	6–14	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Plum Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	25	7	+18	Advance to upper bracket		—	9–5	16–2
2	Spain	2	1	1	17	18	−1	Advance to middle bracket		5–9	—	12–9
3	Croatia	2	0	2	11	28	−17	Advance to lower bracket		2–16	9–12	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Turquoise Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Finland	2	2	0	31	11	+20	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–7	20–4
2	Austria	2	1	1	20	18	+2	Advance to middle bracket		7–11	—	13–7
3	Colombia	2	0	2	11	33	−22	Advance to lower bracket		4–20	7–13	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Grey Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Philippines	2	2	0	22	10	+12	Advance to upper bracket		—	11–6	11–4
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	21	19	+2	Advance to middle bracket		6–11	—	15–8
3	Belgium	2	0	2	12	26	−14	Advance to lower bracket		4–11	8–15	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Gold Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	27	7	+20	Advance to upper bracket		—	10–6	17–1
2	Slovakia	2	1	1	19	11	+8	Advance to middle bracket		6–10	—	13–1
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	2	30	−28	Advance to lower bracket		1–17	1–13	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Bronze Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	2	2	0	34	7	+27	Advance to upper bracket		—	16–4	18–3
2	Wales	2	1	1	12	20	−8	Advance to middle bracket		4–16	—	8–4
3	Bermuda	2	0	2	7	26	−19	Advance to lower bracket		3–18	4–8	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Tan Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	29	15	+14	Advance to upper bracket		—	13–7	16–8
2	Peru	2	1	1	25	24	+1	Advance to middle bracket		7–13	—	18–11
3	Turkey	2	0	2	19	34	−15	Advance to lower bracket		8–16	11–18	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Purple Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Latvia	2	2	0	23	19	+4	Advance to upper bracket		—	10-9	13–10
2	Greece	2	1	1	22	18	+4	Advance to middle bracket		9–10	—	13–8
3	Mexico	2	0	2	18	26	−8	Advance to lower bracket		10–13	8–13	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Olive Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	3	3	0	45	9	+36	Advance to upper bracket		—	9–7	16–1	20–1
2	Poland	3	2	1	38	19	+19	Advance to middle bracket		7–9	—	16–4	15–6
3	Uganda	3	1	2	12	38	−26			1–16	4–16	—	7–6
4	Luxembourg	3	0	3	13	42	−29	Advance to lower bracket		1–20	6–15	6–7	—

Source: 2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Play-in games

Upper bracket

The upper bracket includes the 13 first-place finishers from each division as well as the second-place finisher of the white division. These teams can still win the world championship.

Team 1  Score  Team 2 First round Finland  11–9  Norway Germany  12–4  Hong Kong New Zealand  1–13  Puerto Rico Philippines  11–5   Switzerland Sweden  11–13  Italy Ireland  12–7  Latvia Second round Ireland  15–7  Italy Israel  11–8  Philippines Japan  15–5  Finland Germany  9–14  Puerto Rico Latvia  13–9  Sweden New Zealand  11–9  Hong Kong Third round Israel  16–4  Ireland Japan  8–14  Puerto Rico Italy  11–12  Philippines Latvia  9–8  Norway Finland  7–12  Germany Switzerland  9–6  New Zealand

Nation Qualification Play-in Final placement round  Israel  Puerto Rico 1st to 8th place Relegated to 5th to 8th place  Japan  England 5th to 12th place Advanced to 5th to 8th place  Ireland  Scotland Relegated to 9th to 12th place  Germany  Philippines 9th to 16th place Advanced to 9th to 12th place  Finland  Italy Relegated to 13th to 16th place  Latvia   Switzerland 13th to 20th place Relegated to 17th to 20th place

First round Second round Third round                   GY1  Philippines 11 GD1   Switzerland 5 RD1  Israel 11 GY1  Philippines 8 RD1  Israel 16 YL1  Ireland 4 OR1  Sweden 11 TN1  Italy 13 YL1  Ireland 15 TN1  Italy 7 YL1  Ireland 12 PR1  Latvia 7

Second round Third round             RD1  Israel 11 GY1  Philippines 8 TN1  Italy 11 GY1  Philippines 12 Second round Third round             PR1  Latvia 13 OR1  Sweden 9 WH2  Norway 8 PR1  Latvia 9

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First round Second round Third round                   TQ1  Finland 11 WH2  Norway 9 WH1  Japan 15 TQ1  Finland 5 WH1  Japan 8 BZ1  Puerto Rico 14 GR1  Germany 12 OV1  Hong Kong 4 GR1  Germany 9 BZ1  Puerto Rico 14 PL1  New Zealand 1 BZ1  Puerto Rico 13

Second round Third round             WH1  Japan 15 TQ1  Finland 5 TQ1  Finland 7 GR1  Germany 12 Second round Third round             PL1  New Zealand 11 OV1  Hong Kong 9 GD1   Switzerland 9 PL1  New Zealand 6

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Middle bracket

Team 1  Score  Team 2 First round Peru  4–17  Jamaica Netherlands  13–6  France Wales  17–1  Uganda Slovakia  8–5  Denmark Czech Republic  8–12  Argentina Austria  12–10  Spain Second round Wales  9–5  Netherlands Jamaica  12–5  Slovakia Poland  8–12  Austria Greece  12–9  Argentina Uganda  5–14  France Denmark  11–4  Peru Third round Greece  4-11  Jamaica Austria  5–9  Wales Argentina  9-10  Slovakia Spain  12–7  Denmark Netherlands  9–7  Poland France  7–14  Czech Republic

Nation Qualification Play-in/s Final placement round  Wales  Jamaica 13th to 20th place Advance to 13th to 16th place  Norway  Greece 17th to 24th place Advance to 17th to 20th  Austria  New Zealand Relegated to 21st to 24th  Netherlands  Slovakia 21st to 32nd place Advance to 21st to 24th place  Argentina  Poland (#1) 21st to 32nd place (first play-in) Two play-in matches  Hong Kong  Czech Republic  Sweden  Hungary 25th to 32nd place Advance to 25th to 28th place  Belgium  Spain Relegated to 29th to 32nd place  Argentina  Poland (#2) 25th to 28th place (second play-in) Relegated to 29th to 32nd place  Peru  Uganda 33rd to 40th place Relegated to 37th to 40th place

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First round Second round Third round                   GY2  Czech Republic 8 OR2  Argentina 12 PR2  Greece 12 OR2  Argentina 9 PR2  Greece 4 RD2  Jamaica 11 TN2  Peru 4 RD2  Jamaica 17 RD2  Jamaica 12 GD2  Slovakia 5 GD2  Slovakia 8 YL2  Denmark 5

Second round Third round             PR2  Greece 12 OR2  Argentina 9 OR2  Argentina 9 GD2  Slovakia 10 Second round Third round             YL2  Denmark 11 TN2  Peru 4 PL2  Spain 12 YL2  Denmark 7

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First round Second round Third round                   TQ2  Austria 12 PL2  Spain 10 OV2  Poland 8 TQ2  Austria 12 TQ2  Austria 5 BZ2  Wales 9 BZ2  Wales 17 OV3  Uganda 1 BZ2  Wales 9 WH3  Netherlands 5 WH3  Netherlands 13 GR2  France 6

Second round Third round             OV2  Poland 8 TQ2  Austria 12 WH3  Netherlands 9 OV2  Poland 7 Second round Third round             OV3  Uganda 5 GR2  France 14 GY2  Czech Republic 14 GR2  France 7

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Lower bracket

Team 1  Score  Team 2 First round Russia  24–1  Luxembourg China  12–13  Turkey South Korea  9–6  Mexico Colombia  6–7  Belgium Hungary  7–6  Bermuda Croatia  7–6  Chinese Taipei Second round Turkey  8–11  Belgium Hungary  15–3  Croatia Bermuda  17–2  Luxembourg Mexico  15–14  China Third round Russia  12–14  Hungary Belgium  17–8  South Korea Chinese Taipei  3–10  Bermuda Colombia  10–22  Mexico

Nation Qualification Play-in Final placement round  South Korea  Russia 33rd to 40th place Advance to 33rd to 36th place  Bermuda  Mexico 37th to 44th place Advance to 37th to 40th place  Croatia  Turkey Relegated to 41st to 44th place  Chinese Taipei  China 41st to 46th place Advance to 41st to 44th place  Luxembourg  Colombia Relegated to 45th to 46th

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First round Second round Third round                   RD3  Russia 24 OV4  Luxembourg 1 RD3  Russia N/A bye RD3  Russia 12 OR3  Hungary 14 OR3  Hungary 7 BZ3  Bermuda 6 OR3  Hungary 15 PL3  Croatia 3 PL3  Croatia 7 GD3  Chinese Taipei 6

Second round Third round             BZ3  Bermuda 17 OV4  Luxembourg 2 GD3  Chinese Taipei 3 BZ3  Bermuda 10

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First round Second round Third round                   GR3  South Korea 9 PR3  Mexico 6 GR3  South Korea N/A bye GR3  South Korea 8 GY3  Belgium 17 YL3  China 12 TN3  Turkey 13 TN3  Turkey 8 GY3  Belgium 11 TQ3  Colombia 6 GY3  Belgium 7

Second round Third round             PR3  Mexico 15 YL3  China 14 TQ3  Colombia 10 PR3  Mexico 22

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Final placement round

Championship bracket

1st to 4th place

	Quarterfinals 18 July					Semifinals 19 July					Gold medal game 21 July
						United States		14
	Israel		6			Australia		5
	Australia		9								United States		9
											Canada		8
						Canada		15
	Puerto Rico		7			Haudenosaunee		4			Bronze medal game 20 July
	Haudenosaunee		14
											Australia		12
											Haudenosaunee		14

Classification brackets

5th to 8th place

	Play-in games 18 July					5th to 8th place games 19 July					5th place game 20 July
						Israel		9
	Japan		11			Japan		10
	Scotland		7								Japan		9
											England		11
						Puerto Rico		4
	Ireland		10			England		11			7th place game
	England		11
											Israel		12
											Puerto Rico		1

9th to 12th place

	Play-in games 17 July					9th to 12th place games 19 July					9th place game 20 July
						Ireland		5
	Finland		7			Germany		14
	Germany		12								Germany		8
											Philippines		5
						Scotland		6
	Italy		11			Philippines		12			11th place game
	Philippines		12
											Ireland		10
											Scotland		14

13th to 16th place

	Play-in games 18 July					13th to 16th place games 19 July					13th place game 20 July
						Italy		4
	Wales		10			Wales		15
	Latvia		9								Wales		7
											Jamaica		10
						Finland		7
	Jamaica		12			Jamaica		8			15th place game
	Switzerland		6
											Italy		3
											Finland		16

17th to 20th place

	Play-in games 18 July					17th to 20th place games 19 July					17th place game 20 July
						Switzerland		5
	Norway		16			Norway		7
	Austria		5								Norway		10
											Latvia		9
						Latvia		14
	Greece		12			Greece		9			19th place game
	New Zealand		11
											Switzerland		6
											Greece		8

21st to 24th place

	Play-in games 17 July					21st to 24th place games 19 July					21st place game 20 July
						Austria		7
	Netherlands		9			Netherlands		10
	Poland		7								Netherlands		6
											New Zealand		10
						New Zealand		10
	Argentina		9			Slovakia		9			23rd-place game
	Slovakia		10
											Austria		9
											Slovakia		11

25th to 28th place

	Play-in games 18 July				25th to 28th place games 19 July				25th place game 20 July
	Hong Kong	16
	Poland	5
					Hong Kong	8
					Czech Republic	9
	Czech Republic	10
	Belgium	8
									Czech Republic	7
									Sweden	9
	Argentina	4
	Sweden	11
					Sweden	14
					Hungary	8			27th place game
	Hungary	9
	Spain	8
									Hong Kong	15
									Hungary	5

29th to 32nd place

	29th to 32nd place games 19 July				29th place game 20 July
	Poland	11
	Belgium	12
					Belgium	8
					Argentina	12
	Argentina	16
	Spain	12
					31st place game
					Poland	4
					Spain	9

33rd to 36th place

	Play-in games 18 July					33rd to 36th place games 19 July					33rd-place game 20 July
						Denmark		11
	Uganda		4			South Korea		7
	South Korea		12								Denmark		7
											France		13
						France		17
	Russia		18			Russia		8			35th place game
	Peru		9
											South Korea		12
											Russia		7

37th to 40th place

	Play-in games 18 July					37th to 40th place games 19 July					37th place game 20 July
						Peru		3
	Croatia		1			Bermuda		12
	Bermuda		10								Bermuda		9
											Mexico		6
						Uganda		3
	Turkey		8			Mexico		19			39th place game
	Mexico		14
											Peru		11
											Uganda		10

41st to 44th place

	Play-in games 18 July					41st to 44th place games 19 July					41st place game 20 July
						Turkey		9
	Luxembourg		4			Chinese Taipei		15
	Chinese Taipei		12								Chinese Taipei		8
											China		7
						Croatia		10
	China		14			China		15			43rd-place game
	Colombia		6
											Turkey		8
											Croatia		15

45th to 46th place

	45th place game 20 July
	Luxembourg		10
	Colombia		13

2018 World Lacrosse Festival

Alongside the WLC, youth and adult lacrosse teams from around the world will participate in the 2018 World Lacrosse Festival at Shefayim Soccer Complex.

Final standings

Rank Team Div Pld W L GF GA GD  United States 1 7 7 0 107 37 +70  Canada 2 7 5 2 90 45 +45  Haudenosaunee 3 8 5 3 94 84 +10 4  Australia 4 8 3 5 68 94 -26 5  England 5 8 4 4 65 87 -22 6  Japan 1 7 5 2 96 52 +44 7  Israel 1 7 5 2 84 37 +47 8  Puerto Rico 1 8 5 3 87 63 +24 9  Germany 1 7 6 1 89 44 +45 10  Philippines 1 7 5 2 70 51 +19 11  Scotland 6 8 1 7 53 116 -63 12  Ireland 1 8 4 4 88 75 +13 13  Jamaica 2 8 7 1 90 51 +39 14  Wales 2 8 6 2 79 54 +25 15  Finland 1 7 4 3 77 58 +19 16  Italy 1 17  Norway 2 18  Latvia 1 19  Greece 2 20   Switzerland 1 21  New Zealand 1 22  Netherlands 3 23  Slovakia 2 24  Austria 2 25  Sweden 1 26  Czech Republic 2 27  Hong Kong 1 8 5 3 97 51 +46 28  Hungary 3 29  Argentina 2 30  Belgium 3 31  Spain 2 32  Poland 2 33  France 2 34  Denmark 2 35  South Korea 3 36  Russia 3 7 2 5 78 89 -11 37  Bermuda 3 8 5 3 75 49 +26 38  Mexico 3 39  Peru 2 40  Uganda 3 8 1 7 35 111 -76 41  Chinese Taipei 3 42  China 3 43  Croatia 3 7 2 5 47 82 -35 44  Turkey 3 45  Colombia 3 6 1 5 46 86 -40 46  Luxembourg 4 7 0 7 30 98 -68

Legend Blue Division Red Division White Division Green Division Yellow Division Orange Division Plum Division Turquoise Division Grey Division Gold Division Bronze Division Tan Division Purple Division Olive Division

Awards

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament.^[8]

MVP: Michael Ehrhardt
Outstanding Attackman: Curtis Dickson
Outstanding Midfielder: Tom Schreiber
Outstanding Defenseman: Michael Ehrhardt
Outstanding Goalie: Dillon Ward

All-World Team

Attack	Midfield	Defense	Goalkeeper
Rob Pannell Ryan Brown Curtis Dickson	Tom Schreiber Austin Staats Ben McIntosh	Michael Ehrhardt Graeme Hossack Ryland Rees	Dillon Ward