2006 World Lacrosse Championship

The 2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Team Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations. The championship game was won 15–10 by the Canadians over the USA in front of 7,735 fans and marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship were founded in 1967, after Canada's historic 17–16 overtime win in the 1978 final at Edgeley Park, Stockport. Canadian Geoff Snider was rewarded for a sensational championships with tournament MVP honours.

Round Robin

For the round-robin phase of the tournament, nations were separated into blue, red, orange and yellow divisions according to strength. Each of the twenty-one nations was eligible to win the championship.

Blue Division

Blue division featured the six strongest lacrosse nations: Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois Nationals, Japan, and USA. Results were as follows:

Orange division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

#Germany
#Czech Republic
#Netherlands
#South Korea
#New Zealand

Yellow Division

Yellow division featured Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Latvia and Spain. Results were as follows:

Yellow division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

#Finland
#Latvia
#Denmark
#Spain
#Bermuda

Finals

With the nations ranked amongst their division, they played off for their final standings. The winner from each lower group played a lower-ranked nation from Blue division for their shot at the championship. Results were as follows:

The final standings were:

#Canada
#USA
#Australia
#Iroquois Nation
#England
#Japan
#Ireland
#Germany
#Finland
#Italy
#Scotland
#Netherlands
#Wales
#Latvia
#Czech Republic
#Denmark
#Spain
#South Korea
#New Zealand
#Hong Kong
#Bermuda

Awards

All-World Team

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

Goalkeeper

*Chris Sanderson (Canada)

Defence

*John Gagliardi (USA)
*Brodie Merrill (Canada)
*John Tokarua (Australia)

Midfield

*Brett Bucktooth (Iroquois Nation)
*Jay Jalbert (USA)
*Geoff Snider (Canada)

Attack

*John Grant, Jr. (Canada)
*Michael Powell (USA)
*Jeff Zywicki (Canada)

Best Positional Players

*Attack: Jeff Zywicki (Canada)
*Midfield: Jay Jalbert (USA)
*Defence: Brodie Merrill (Canada)

Tournament MVP

*Geoff Snider (Canada)

ee also

*Lacrosse
*International Lacrosse Federation
*World Lacrosse Championship

External links

* [http://www.intlaxfed.org/ International Lacrosse Federation]
* [http://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/ Collection of information and reports from the 2006 games]
* [http://www.cville-lax.com/category/world-championships/ Photos and reports from the 2006 games]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/lacrosse/ CBC's Lacrosse Coverage]