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2010 World Lacrosse Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | World Lacrosse Championship |
| year | 2010 |
| yearr | |
| image | File:2010 World Lacrosse Championship logo.png |
| country | England |
| dates | 15–24 July |
| num_teams | 29 |
| venues | Armitage Center, Manchester |
| winners_men | United States |
| count | 9 |
| second_men | Canada |
| third_men | Australia |
| fourth_men | Japan |
| games | 101 |
| goals | 2062 |
| mvp | USA Paul Rabil |
| prevseason | [2006](2006-world-lacrosse-championship) |
| nextseason | [2014](2014-world-lacrosse-championship) |
The 2010 World Lacrosse Championship was held between 15–24 July. This international men's field lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse took place in Manchester, United Kingdom. This was the third time that the tournament was played in Greater Manchester, after the 1978 and 1994 championships.
The United States captured their ninth gold medal, defeating Canada 12–10 in the championship game. Paul Rabil of Team USA was named tournament MVP. Australia earned its fourth-straight bronze medal by defeating Japan 16 –9.
A record 29 nations competed at the event, eight more than the 2006 WLC in London, Ontario. The 101 games were held at the Armitage Centre, Manchester University's sports grounds.
For the first time, a FIL World Lacrosse Festival ran alongside the world championships from 17 to 22 July. 48 teams from around the world competed in 8 divisions from U16 to Grand Masters.
Iroquois passport controversy
The Iroquois Nationals' participation in the championships was prevented in a dispute over their passports. The team sought to travel on Haudenosaunee passports, but the United Kingdom government would not allow it because of increased passport security requirements. The United States Department of State initially also refused to allow the passports, but later granted the team a one-time waiver to travel to the tournament. However, the U.K. would not issue the team visas.
Initially, the Iroquois were hoping to be able to travel, and agreed to forfeit their first game against England. Because it was the opening game of the tournament, organizers arranged for the host team to play Germany in an exhibition match instead. However, just before game time, the FIL decided to move Germany to the Blue Division and the Iroquois to the Plum Division, making the England-Germany match an official one. The Iroquois team did not officially withdraw from the tournament, and would have been allowed to play its remaining games should it have resolved its passport difficulties in time. On 18 July, the FIL announced that the competition schedule had progressed too far to allow Iroquois to compete in the tournament. Each of the other three Plum Division teams were given 1–0 forfeit victories over the Iroquois team.
Pool play
For pool play, nations were separated into seven divisions according to strength, the top six teams were placed in the Blue Division, and the other teams were put in six divisions of four. Each of the thirty nations were eligible to win the championship. Each division played round-robin games for ranking to determine which tournament brackets they would be placed in.
Blue Division
The Blue Division originally consisted of the top six teams from the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, but Germany was moved up to replace the missing Iroquois team. The first and second place teams from the Blue Division advanced to the tournament semifinals. The third and fourth place teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The fifth and sixth place teams were placed into the 5th through 8th place classification bracket.
Canada's 10–9 win over the United States marked the first time that the American team lost a preliminary round game in any world championship, and only its third loss overall. Both teams ended up advancing to the semifinals.
Japan, Australia, and England all finished 2–3 in the Blue Division and 1–1 in head-to-head matches against each other. All three games between the teams were close, with two going into overtime. Japan and Australia advanced to the quarterfinals based on goal differential in those matches.
semifinals quarterfinals 5th–8th place games
| **** | **17–6** |
|---|
| Key to colours in division tables |
|---|
| Six division winners and top two runners-up |
| advanced to the upper bracket |
| Four remaining runners-up and top four third-placed teams |
| advanced to the middle bracket |
| Two remaining third-placed teams and six last placed teams |
| advanced to the lower bracket |
Orange Division
| Switzerland Switzerland | **3–16** | **Ireland** |
|---|
Plum Division
| **** | **16–14** | Hong Kong |
|---|
- Iroquois forfeited their three games due to not being able to travel to the tournament.
Yellow Division
| Denmark Denmark | **8–11** | **Bermuda** |
|---|
Red Division
| **Czech Republic Czech Republic** | **9–6** | Sweden |
|---|
Turquoise Division
| Latvia Latvia | **5–11** | **New Zealand** |
|---|
Grey Division
| Austria Austria | **5–17** | **Netherlands** |
|---|
Intermediate Round
Starting on 19 July, all teams except for the Blue Division moved to one of three intermediate brackets: either the upper, middle, or lower bracket.
Upper bracket
The upper bracket included the six first-place finishers from each division as well as the top two second-place finishers. These teams were still eligible for the World Championship and could have finished anywhere from 1st to 16th in the tournament. By winning two games in the upper bracket, Scotland and Netherlands advanced to the quarterfinals.
| |Czech Republic| 14 |Scotland| 17 | |Ireland| 12 |Sweden| 7 | |Scotland | 15 |Ireland | 9 | |Czech Republic | 8|Sweden | 15
||Finland| 7 |Wales| 9 ||Netherlands| 16 |Spain| 1 | |Wales | 8 |Netherlands | 9 | |Finland | 21 |Spain | 4
Middle bracket
The middle bracket included the remaining four second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers. These teams could have finished anywhere from 9th to 24th in the final rankings.
| |Switzerland| 3 |New Zealand| 11 | |Hong Kong| 10 |Latvia| 12 | |New Zealand | 16 |Latvia | 3 |20 July – 12:30 |Switzerland | 11 |Hong Kong | 7
| |Norway| 4 |Slovakia| 14 | |Poland|14 |Bermuda| 10 | |Slovakia | 6 |Poland | 11 | |Norway | 4 |Bermuda | 8
Lower bracket
The lower bracket included the remaining two third-place finishers and the six fourth-place finishers. These teams could have finished no higher than 17th in the final rankings.
| |Mexico| 9 |South Korea|10 | |France| 4 |Austria| 15 | |South Korea | 8 |Austria | 13 | |Mexico | 6 |France | 10
| |Denmark| |Bye| | |Italy| 13 |Argentina| 9 | |Denmark | 3 |Italy | 10 | |Argentina |
Play-in games
On 21 July, Finland beat Poland 13–7 to advance to the 9th–12th place bracket, sending Poland to the 13th–16th place bracket. Italy beat Switzerland 7–6 to advance to the 17th–20th place bracket, while Switzerland entered the 21st–24th place bracket.
Championship bracket
21 July 22 July 24 July
|RD1-team1=** ** |RD1-score1-1=20 |RD1-team2= |RD1-score2-1=11 |RD1-team3=** ** |RD1-score3-1= 14 |RD1-team4=Netherlands |RD1-score4-1= 8
|RD2-team1=**** |RD2-score1-1=15 |RD2-team2= |RD2-score2-1= 6 |RD2-team3=**** |RD2-score3-1= 20 |RD2-team4= |RD2-score4-1=5 |RD3-team1= |RD3-score1-1=10 |RD3-team2=**** |RD3-score2-1= 12 |RD3b-team1=**** |RD3b-score1-1=16 |RD3b-team2= |RD3b-score2-1= 9
Classification brackets
5th to 8th place
||England| 23 |Scotland| 9 ||Germany| 14 |Netherlands| 1 ||England | 14 |Germany | 9 | |Scotland | 11 |Netherlands | 10
9th to 12th place
| |Wales| 5 |Sweden| 9 ||Ireland| 17 |Finland| 6 ||Sweden | 8 |Ireland | 15 | |Wales | 10 |Finland | 5
13th to 16th place
| || 11 |Poland| 15 | |New Zealand| 8 |Czech Republic| 13 | |Poland | 3 |Czech Republic | 21 | | | 5 |New Zealand | 23
17th to 20th place
| |Latvia| 7 |Bermuda| 8 ||Slovakia| 10 |Italy| 4 | |Bermuda | 7 |Slovakia | 12 | |Latvia | 8 |Italy | 13
21st to 24th place
||Austria| 10 |Norway| 4 | |Hong Kong| 15 |Switzerland| 8 | |Austria | 9 |Hong Kong | 8 ||Norway | 0 |Switzerland | 2
25th to 28th place
||South Korea| 16 |Argentina| 5 | |France| 7 |Denmark| 9 | |South Korea | 12 |Denmark | 10 | |Argentina |8 |France | 10
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 6–1 | ||
| 6–1 | ||
| 4–4 | ||
| 4 | 3–5 | |
| 5 | 4–3 | |
| 6 | Germany | 1–6 |
| 7 | 6–2 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | 5–3 |
| 9 | Ireland | 6–1 |
| 10 | Sweden | 4–3 |
| 11 | Wales | 5–2 |
| 12 | Finland | 5–3 |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 5–2 |
| 14 | Poland | 5–3 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 5–2 |
| 16 | Spain | 3–4 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 5–2 |
| 18 | Bermuda | 3–4 |
| 19 | Italy | 5–3 |
| 20 | Latvia | 2–5 |
| 21 | Austria | 5–2 |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 3–4 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 3–5 |
| 24 | Norway | 1–6 |
| 25 | South Korea | 3–4 |
| 26 | Denmark | 1–5 |
| 27 | France | 2–5 |
| 28 | Argentina | 0–6 |
| 29 | Mexico | 0–5 |
| – | ** | *0–3* |
Awards
All World Team
The Federation of International Lacrosse named an All World Team at the conclusion of the championship, along with four other individual awards.
;Goalkeeper CAN Chris Sanderson
;Defence CAN Brodie Merrill
USA Ryan McClay
USA Kyle Sweeney
;Midfield USA Paul Rabil
USA Max Seibald
AUS Leigh Perham
;Attack CAN John Grant, Jr.
USA Brendan Mundorf
USA Mike Leveille
Best Positional Players
CAN Chris Sanderson - Goalkeeper
CAN Brodie Merrill - Defence
USA Paul Rabil - Midfield
CAN John Grant, Jr. - Attack
Tournament MVP
USA Paul Rabil - Midfield
References
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- "Lacrosse World Championships 2010".
- "FIL Festival Team Roster". 2010 WLC.
- (15 August 2013). "The Iroquois Nationals and the 2010 World Lacrosse Championships". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- (16 July 2010). "Iroquois Defeated by Passport Dispute". New York Times.
- Gross, Samanatha. (14 July 2010). "UK won’t let Iroquois lacrosse team go to tourney". San Diego Union-Tribune.
- Goulding, Neil. (15 July 2010). "England get revenge over Germany for World Cup defeat". 2010 WLC.
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- "Official statement on behalf of organizers". 2010 WLC.
- DaSilva, Matt. (17 July 2010). "Canada does it again, downs Team USA". Lacrosse Magazine.
- "Award Winners". 2010 WLC.
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