World Lacrosse Box Championships

The World Lacrosse Box Championships (WLBC),[1] formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years. Since the first tournament in 2003, Canada has won all five gold medals and is undefeated in all games.[2] Canada hosted the first two tournaments in 2003 and 2007, the Czech Republic hosted in 2011, the Onondaga Nation, south of Syracuse, New York, hosted in 2015.[3] The 2019 WILC was held in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.[4]

World Lacrosse Box Championships
SportBox lacrosse
Founded2003
No. of teams20
CountriesWorld Lacrosse member nations
Most recent
champion(s)
 Canada
(Men, 6th title)
 United States
(Women, 1st title)
Most titles Canada
(Men, 6 titles)
 United States
(Women)
Current sports event 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships

The winner of the WLBC wins the Cockerton Cup, named for All-American lacrosse player Stan Cockerton.

In August 2023, World Lacrosse announced 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships for men’s and women’s box lacrosse will held at September 20-29, 2024, in Utica, New York, United States. This is the sixth championship for men and first for women in the discipline of box lacrosse, a historic first for men’s and women’s world titles to be decided at the same event.[5]

Champions

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Year Host sites Host country Champions Final score Runner-up Third place
2003 Ontario Canada   Canada 21–4   Haudenosaunee   United States
2007 Halifax Canada   Canada 15–14 (OT)   Haudenosaunee   United States
2011 Prague Czech Republic   Canada 13–6   Haudenosaunee   United States
2015 Onondaga Reservation, Syracuse Iroquois Confederacy   Canada 12–8   Haudenosaunee   United States
2019 Langley Canada   Canada 19–12   Haudenosaunee   United States
2024 Utica United States   Canada 13–7   United States   Haudenosaunee

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada6006
2  Haudenosaunee0516
3  United States0156
Totals (3 entries)66618

Performance by team

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Team 2003
 
(6)
2007
 
(8)
2011
 
(8)
2015
 
(13)
2019
 
(20)
2024
 
(28)
  Australia 5th 6th 6th 8th 9th 11th
  Austria 14th 19th
  Belgium 27th
  Canada 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
  China 15th
  Costa Rica 20th
  Czech Republic 6th 7th 4th 7th 7th 6th
  England 4th 5th 5th 4th 4th
  Finland 9th 6th 9th
  Germany 11th 10th 10th
  Greece 23th
  Hong Kong 18th 21th
  Hungary 28th
  Ireland 8th 7th 6th 11th 7th
  Haudenosaunee 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd
  Israel 4th 5th 5th
  Italy 13th
  Jamaica 22th
  Japan 8th
  Mexico 19th 26th
  Netherlands 8th 12th
  Poland 17th
  Puerto Rico 25th
  Scotland 4th 5th 16th 18th
  Serbia 12th 12th
  Slovakia 8th 13th 16th
  Sweden 15th
   Switzerland 13th 17th 24th
  Chinese Taipei 20th
  Turkey 10th
  United States 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd
  U.S. Virgin Islands 14th

Women

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Champions

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Year Host sites Host country Champions Final score Runner-up Third place
2024 Utica United States   United States 10–7   Canada   Haudenosaunee

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States1001
2  Canada0101
3  Haudenosaunee0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Performance by team

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Team 2024
 
(10)
  Australia 4th
  Canada 2nd
  England 5th
  Finland 10th
  Germany 6th
  Haudenosaunee 3rd
  Hong Kong 9th
  Ireland 8th
  Netherlands 7th
  United States 1st

Performance by tournament

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2003 Indoor Championship

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A GP W L GF GA PTS
  Canada 5 5 0 109 29 10
  Haudenosaunee 5 4 1 100 52 8
  Scotland 5 3 2 63 69 6
  United States 5 2 3 75 65 4
  Australia 5 1 4 39 102 2
  Czech Republic 5 0 5 29 98 0

Final: Canada 21, Iroquois 4
3rd place: United States 15, Scotland 9
5th place: Australia 21, Czech Republic 10

2007 Indoor Championship

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A GP W L GF GA PTS
  Canada 3 3 0 67 10 6
  United States 3 2 1 44 27 4
  Australia 3 1 2 27 51 2
  Ireland 3 0 3 9 59 0
B GP W L GF GA PTS
  Haudenosaunee 3 3 0 70 16 6
  England 3 2 1 32 41 4
  Scotland 3 1 2 22 43 2
  Czech Republic 3 0 3 20 44 0

Final: Canada 15, Iroquois 14, OT
3rd place: United States 17, England 10
5th place: Scotland 14, Australia 8
7th place: Czech Republic 22, Ireland 5

2011 Indoor Championship

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A GP W L GF GA PTS
  Canada 3 3 0 81 8 3
  England 3 2 1 49 43 2
  Australia 3 1 2 22 53 1
  Slovakia 3 0 3 15 63 0
B GP W L GF GA PTS
  Haudenosaunee 3 3 0 59 18 3
  United States 3 2 1 46 17 2
  Czech Republic 3 1 2 28 44 1
  Ireland 3 0 3 9 63 0

Final: Canada 13, Iroquois 6
3rd place: United States 16, Czech Republic 7
5th place: England 23, Australia 8
7th place: Ireland 17, Slovakia 15 (2 game aggregate)

Source:[6]

2015 Indoor Championship

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Blue GP W L GF GA PTS
  Canada 4 4 0 67 20 4
  Haudenosaunee 4 3 1 59 30 3
  United States 4 2 2 43 47 2
  Czech Republic 4 1 3 22 57 1
  England 4 0 4 24 61 0
Red GP W L GF GA PTS
  Australia 3 3 0 49 29 3
  Finland 3 2 1 37 22 2
  Turkey 3 1 2 39 40 1
   Switzerland 3 0 3 17 51 0
Green GP W L GF GA PTS
  Israel 3 2 1 36 24 2
  Ireland 3 2 1 27 29 2
  Serbia 3 1 2 29 36 1
  Germany 3 1 2 27 30 1

Final: Canada 12, Iroquois 8
3rd place: United States 15, Israel 4
5th place: England 14, Ireland 12
7th place: Czech Republic 20, Australia 11
9th place: Finland 24, Turkey 6
11th place: Germany 13, Serbia 12

Source:[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About World Lacrosse".
  2. ^ Ditota, Donna (September 27, 2015). "Canada dashes Iroquois' dream, continues domination in World Indoor Lacrosse Championship". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ^ Moses, Sarah (September 11, 2015). "Onondaga Nation builds $6.5M arena in record time for lacrosse championship". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Indoor History and Results". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ "2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships now set for September 20-29". World Lacrosse. August 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "2011 WILC Final Results". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Final Standings WILC 2015". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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