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1998 World Lacrosse Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	World Lacrosse Championship
year	1998
yearr
country	United States
dates	July 17–24
num_teams	11
venues	Baltimore, Maryland
winners_men	United States
count	7
second_men	Canada
third_men	Australia
fourth_men	Iroquois
prevseason	1994
nextseason	2002

The 1998 World Lacrosse Championship was the eighth edition of the international men's lacrosse championship. The event took place in Baltimore, Maryland, under the auspices of the International Lacrosse Federation. This was the second time that the tournament was held in Baltimore, following the 1982 tournament. Eleven teams competed in the event in two divisions.

The United States successfully defended their title for the fifth consecutive time, defeating Canada 15–14 in double overtime in the final. The championship game – in which Canada overcame a ten-goal deficit in the third quarter to force overtime – is considered by some to be the most exciting lacrosse game in history.

Australia beat the Iroquois team 17–5 for third place.

Pool play

For the pool play phase of the tournament, the teams were divided into two divisions – five in the top Blue Division and six in the Red Division. Only Blue Division participants were able to compete for the championship.

Blue Division

Semifinals

****	16–8

Red Division

****	15–2

Championship Round

|July 19 || 24 || 4 |July 19 || 15 || 11 |July 20 |**** | 15 (2OT) | | 14 |July 20 | | 5 |**** | 17

Consolation round

5th-8th place

|July 19 || 13 || 6 |July 19 || 4 || 5 |July 20 |**** | 21 | | 6 |July 20 |**** | 10 (OT)| | 9

9th place

****	12–8

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
		6–0
		4–2
		3–3
4		1–5
5		2–4
6		5–2
7		4–3
8		5–2
9		2–4
10		2–4
11		0–5

Awards

All World Team

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

;Goalkeeper CAN Chris Sanderson

;Defence USA Brian Voelker

USA David Morrow

AUS Terry Sparks

;Midfield CAN Gary Gait

USA Ryan Wade

CAN John Tavares

;Attack USA Mark Millon

USA Darren Lowe

CAN Tom Marechek

Best Positional Players

CAN Chris Sanderson - Goalkeeper

USA Brian Voelker - Defence

CAN Gary Gait - Midfield

USA Mark Millon - Attack

Tournament MVP

USA Ryan Wade - Midfield

References

"International Lacrosse Events History". Federation of International Lacrosse.
"Lacrosse World Championships 98".
(July 16, 1998). "Despite injury, U.S. is ready for world games". Washington Post.
"ALL-TIME FIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". US Lacrosse.
"World Men's Lacrosse Championships - LAXbuzz.com".
Corey Mclaughin. (July 13, 2018). "BEST GAME EVER? AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". US Lacrosse.
"Men's World Championship History". US Lacrosse.

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