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2002 World Lacrosse Championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameWorld Lacrosse Championship
year2002
yearr
image2002 World Lacrosse Championship.jpg
countryAustralia
dates7–15 July
num_teams15
venuesPerth
winners_menUnited States
count8
second_menCanada
third_menAustralia
fourth_menIroquois
games48
goals1068
mvpUSA Doug Shanahan
prevseason[1998](1998-world-lacrosse-championship)
nextseason[2006](2006-world-lacrosse-championship)

The 2002 World Lacrosse Championship were held between 7–15 July 2002. The event was the ninth international men's lacrosse championship, and took place in Perth, Western Australia, under the auspices of the International Lacrosse Federation. This was the second time that the tournament was held in Perth, following the 1990 tournament. Fifteen teams competed in the event in three divisions.

The United States successfully defended their title for the sixth consecutive time, defeating Canada 18–15 in the final. Australia beat the Iroquois team 12–11 for third place.

Pool Play

For the pool play phase of the tournament, the teams were divided into three divisions – five in the top Blue Division, six in the Red Division, and four in the Green Division. The top three finishers in the Blue Division advanced directly to the semi-finals, while the fourth place team played the winner of the Red Division for the final semi-final spot. Green Division participants were not eligible to win the championship.

Blue Division

**United States United States****21–3**England[Report](http://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports11.html#usaeng)

Red Division

**Japan Japan****21–8**Wales[Report](http://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports11.html#japwal)

Green Division

**Hong Kong Hong Kong****9–5**New Zealand[Report](http://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports11.html#hknz)

Championship Round

Blue Division fourth-place finisher Iroquois Nationals and Red Division winner Japan played a 1-game playoff to determine who would be the fourth and final semi-finalist in the championship bracket.

******19–14 (OT)**Japan[Report](http://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports12.html#irojap)

|14 July || 18 || 8 |14 July || 15 || 14 |15 July |**** | 18 | | 15 |15 July | | 11 |**** | 12

Tournament MVP Doug Shanahan dominated face-offs to give the USA a distinct advantage and an early lead. However, Canada came back to get to 7-6 on a Paul Gait goal in the second quarter and then finished strong before halftime to lead 9-7. The US team pulled ahead in the third quarter by three goals. Canada rallied again to tie the score before the US answered with three of their own to preserve a 18-15 victory.

Consolation Round

5th-8th Place

|14 July |England| 16 |Scotland| 7 |14 July |Japan| 8 |Germany| 7 |15 July |England | 12 |Japan | 13 |15 July |Scotland | 12 (OT)|Germany | 11

9th-12th Place

Although Ireland won the Green Division, runner-up South Korea progressed to the 9th-12th place bracket because Ireland was not yet a member of the International Lacrosse Federation.

**Sweden Sweden****8–6 **Czech Republic[Report](http://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reportsend.html#swecze)

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
United States6–0
Canada4–2
Australia3–3
4Iroquois2–5
5Japan7–1
6England1–5
7Scotland4–3
8Germany4–3
9Sweden3–3
10Czech Republic2–5
11South Korea4–3
12Wales1–7
13Ireland5–0
14New Zealand1–4
15Hong Kong1–4

Source:

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 USA Trevor Tierney

;Defence USA Ryan McClay

USA Ryan Mollett

CAN Steve Toll

;Midfield USA Doug Shanahan

AUS Peter Inge

CAN Gavin Prout

;Attack CAN John Grant, Jr.

USA Darren Lowe

Iroquois Neal Powless

Best Positional Players

USA Trevor Tierney - Goalkeeper

USA Ryan McClay - Defence

USA Doug Shanahan - Midfield

CAN John Grant, Jr. - Attack

Tournament MVP

USA Doug Shanahan - Midfield, face-off

References

References

  1. "International Lacrosse Events History". Federation of International Lacrosse.
  2. "ALL-TIME FIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". US Lacrosse.
  3. "Lacrosse World Championships 2002".
  4. "Lacrosse World Cup 2002 - Reports Final Day".
  5. "Men's World Championship History". US Lacrosse.
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