2014 World Lacrosse Championship

Pool play

For pool play, participating nations were separated into nine divisions. The countries with the top six rankings—Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois, Japan, and the United States—competed in the Blue Division, where the top two teams advanced to the semifinals and the next two teams advanced to the quarterfinals. In the other divisions, each first through fourth place teams were placed in first through fourth play-in brackets.

Blue Division

After not competing in the 2010 tournament in England due to passport issues, the Iroquois Nationals had to appeal to the FIL to play in the elite Blue Division, usually reserved for the top six teams from the previous championship. After originally placing Germany in the Blue Division, the FIL granted the Iroquois' appeal in 2013.

Team USA coasted through the Blue Division games, only tested by Canada's early 3-0 lead in the opening game of the tournament. But the U.S. scored the next eight goals and ended up putting away their strongest rival 10-7. Canada also easily defeated the lower ranked teams, but needed a goal from Curtis Dickson with 19 seconds remaining to beat the Iroquois Nationals 9-8.

Iroquois, Australia, Japan, and England played several close games for the right to get to the championship bracket. Japan lost a double-overtime game vs Australia but won in overtime over England.

Semifinals Quarterfinals 5th-8th bracket

Green Division

Grey Division

Orange Division

Plum Division

Red Division

Turquoise Division

White Division

Yellow Division

Play-in brackets

Play-in games were played between the teams of all divisions except Blue.

First qualified teams

| |SCO Scotland |9 |FIN Finland |6 | |NED Netherlands |10 |NZL New Zealand |14 | |SCO Scotland |16 |NZL New Zealand |12 | |FIN Finland | 7 |NED Netherlands | 6

| |GER Germany |9 |CZE Czech Republic |5 | |IRE Ireland |9 |ISR Israel |18 | |GER Germany |1 |ISR Israel |15 | |CZE Czech Republic |10 |IRE Ireland |12}}

• Scotland and Israel advanced to the quarterfinals.

Second qualified teams

| |SUI Switzerland |12 |MEX Mexico |3 | |ITA Italy |7 |WAL Wales |16 | |SUI Switzerland |7 |WAL Wales |5 | |MEX Mexico|10 |ITA Italy |18

| |HKG Hong Kong |4 |POL Poland |14 | |BER Bermuda |4 |SWE Sweden |19 | |POL Poland |3 |SWE Sweden |6 | |HKG Hong Kong |15 |BER Bermuda |11

Third qualified teams

| |LAT Latvia |21 |ESP Spain |3 | |NOR Norway |14 |RUS Russia |7 | |LAT Latvia |15 |NOR Norway |8 | |ESP Spain |6 |RUS Russia |11

| |AUT Austria |2 |TUR Turkey |7 | |FRA France |6 |SVK Slovakia |17 | |TUR Turkey (OT) |6|SVK Slovakia |5 | |AUT Austria |15 |FRA France |4

Fourth qualified teams

| |THA Thailand |12 |COL Colombia |3 | |CHN China |9 |ARG Argentina |7 | |THA Thailand |15 |CHN China |10 | |COL Colombia |6 |ARG Argentina |13

| |BEL Belgium |18 |CRC Costa Rica |4 | |UGA Uganda |10|KOR Korea |9 | |BEL Belgium |10 |UGA Uganda |4 | |CRC Costa Rica |3 |KOR Korea |23

Championship bracket

After losing to the United States 10–7 in the first game of the tournament, Canada dominated the championship game. They played a deliberate, slow-down offense that is allowed under international rules, combined with strong defense, ground ball play, and goaltending. Like in the first game, Canada jumped out to an early lead, 2–0 after the first quarter. Team USA managed only one goal in the first half, and only put 5 shots on net. At the half, Canada was up 3–1, with Kevin Crowley scoring all three Canadian goals. Crowley got two more in the second half to lead all scorers with 5 points. Canada played even better in the third quarter, scoring five straight goals to increase its lead to 8–2 in the first minutes of the final period. The U.S. added three goals at the end to make the final score 8–5, but they were never in the game in the fourth quarter. Tournament MVP Dillon Ward made 10 saves in goal for Canada. U.S. attackmen Kevin Leveille had three goals and Rob Pannell had three assists.

In the third place game, the Iroquois Nationals easily defeated Australia 16–5 to earn their first medal in international men's field lacrosse. The team earned 4th place in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 tournaments but didn't compete in 2010. The Thompson brothers – Jeremy, Hiana, Miles and Lyle – combined for six goals and five assists.

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Classification brackets

5th to 8th place

Despite falling to rival England in the fifth-place game, Scotland earned its best-ever finish at the championships by placing sixth. The Scottish team defeated Japan in the previous contest, and are expected to replace the Japanese in the elite Blue Division at the next world championship tournament.

Playing in its first-ever world championships, Israel very nearly duplicated Scotland's feat, twice narrowly falling in games that could have advanced the team into the Blue Division. After reaching the quarterfinals, the Israelis led Australia in the third quarter before dropping a tough 9-8 decision. Then in a placement round game, Israel made a dramatic comeback to push England to overtime before suffering a 10-9 setback. Israel finished seventh after defeating Blue Division squad Japan.

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9th to 12th Place

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|RD1-team3=SUI Switzerland |RD1-score3-1=6 |RD1-team4=IRE Ireland |RD1-score4-1=13

|RD2-team1=GER Germany|RD2-score1-1=13 |RD2-team2=SWE Sweden |RD2-score2-1=10

|RD2-team3=NZL New Zealand |RD2-score3-1=10 |RD2-team4=IRL Ireland |RD2-score4-1=12

|RD3-team1=GER Germany |RD3-score1-1= 8 |RD3-team2=IRL Ireland |RD3-score2-1=6

|RD3b-team1=SWE Sweden |RD3b-score1-1=8 |RD3b-team2=NZL New Zealand |RD3b-score2-1=6

13th to 16th Place

17 July 18 July | |FIN Finland |15 |NED Netherlands |6 | |SUI Switzerland |2 |CZE Czech Republic |8 | |FIN Finland |11 |CZE Czech Republic |7 | |NED Netherlands |6 |SUI Switzerland |9

17th to 20th place

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|RD1-team1=TUR Turkey |RD1-score1-1= 3 |RD1-team2=ITA Italy |RD1-score2-1= 11

|RD1-team3=LAT Latvia |RD1-score3-1=19 |RD1-team4=HKG Hong Kong |RD1-score4-1=9

|RD2-team1=POL Poland |RD2-score1-1=14 |RD2-team2=ITA Italy (2OT) |RD2-score2-1=15

|RD2-team3=WAL Wales (2OT) |RD2-score3-1=16 |RD2-team4=LAT Latvia |RD2-score4-1=15

|RD3-team1=ITA Italy |RD3-score1-1=6 |RD3-team2=WAL Wales |RD3-score2-1=18

|RD3b-team1=POL Poland |RD3b-score1-1=7 |RD3b-team2=LAT Latvia |RD3b-score2-1=17

21st to 24th Place

17 July 18 July | |TUR Turkey |9 |MEX Mexico |4 | |HKG Hong Kong |14 |BER Bermuda |13 | |TUR Turkey |4 |HKG Hong Kong |10 | |MEX Mexico |12 |BER Bermuda |8

25th to 28th place

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|RD1-team1=BEL Belgium |RD1-score1-1=8 |RD1-team2=RUS Russia |RD1-score2-1= 4

|RD1-team3=THA Thailand |RD1-score3-1=7 |RD1-team4=AUT Austria |RD1-score4-1=10

|RD2-team1=SVK Slovakia |RD2-score1-1=6 |RD2-team2=BEL Belgium |RD2-score2-1=3

|RD2-team3=NOR Norway (OT)|RD2-score3-1=11 |RD2-team4=AUT Austria |RD2-score4-1=10

|RD3-team1=SVK Slovakia |RD3-score1-1=3 |RD3-team2=NOR Norway |RD3-score2-1=14

|RD3b-team1=BEL Belgium |RD3b-score1-1=7 |RD3b-team2=AUT Austria |RD3b-score2-1=6

29th to 32nd Place

17 July 18 July | |RUS Russia |5 |ESP Spain |9 | |THA Thailand |14 |FRA France |4 | |ESP Spain |6 |THA Thailand |12 | |RUS Russia |7 |FRA France |15

33rd to 38th place

17 July 18 July | |UGA Uganda |11 |ARG Argentina |5 | |KOR Korea |15 |CHN China |16 | |UGA Uganda |7 |CHN China |14 | |ARG Argentina |7 |KOR Korea |10

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Final standings

Awards

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament.

MVP: CAN Dillon Ward

Outstanding Attackman: USA Rob Pannell

Outstanding Midfielder: USA Paul Rabil

Outstanding Defenseman: USA Tucker Durkin

Outstanding Goalie: CAN Dillon Ward

All-World Team

The President's Team

The President's Team consisted of the following players, honored for being the top 10 players in the tournament not competing in the Blue Division.

SCO Kyle Buchanan

IRL Ryan Licht

SCO Matt MacGrotty

SCO Jimmy McBride

SCO Jordan McBride

CZE Jonathan Munk

SWE Kevin Powers

ISR Ben Smith

ISR Ari Sussman

NED James Van de Veerdon

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