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
7 July 2002United States 22–6ReportCanada 13–9Report8 July 2002Iroquois 17–9ReportAustralia 7–22Report9 July 2002Canada 20–8ReportEngland 8–19 Report10 July 2002United States 14–9ReportAustralia 19–5Report11 July 2002Canada 14–12ReportUnited States 21–3Report
Red Division
7 July 2002Scotland 14–7ReportJapan 19–4ReportGermany 11–7Report8 July 2002Japan 11–5ReportCzech Republic 8–9ReportWales 8–10Report9 July 2002Germany 11–8ReportScotland 10–5ReportCzech Republic 5–16 Report10 July 2002Japan 10–8ReportCzech Republic 16–5ReportGermany 14–10Report11 July 2002Sweden 7–5ReportGermany 15–9ReportJapan 21–8Report
Green Division
7 July 2002Ireland 16–1ReportSouth Korea 23–2Report8 July 2002Ireland 14–5ReportHong Kong 8–9Report9 July 2002Ireland 19–3ReportHong Kong 3–19 Report10 July 2002South Korea 20–3ReportIreland 15–0Report11 July 2002Ireland 16–3ReportHong Kong 9–5Report
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.
12 July 200219–14 (OT)Report
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
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.
12 July 2002Wales 19–10 Report14 July 2002Czech Republic 13–7Report15 July 2002Wales 12–16ReportSweden 8–6 Report
Final standings Rank Team Record 6–0 4–2 3–3 4 2–5 5 7–1 6 1–5 7 4–3 8 4–3 9 3–3 10 2–5 11 4–3 12 1–7 13 5–0 14 1–4 15 1–4
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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 Trevor Tierney
Defence Ryan McClay Ryan Mollett Steve Toll
Midfield Doug Shanahan Peter Inge Gavin Prout
Attack John Grant, Jr. Darren Lowe Neal Powless
Best Positional Players Trevor Tierney - Goalkeeper Ryan McClay - Defence Doug Shanahan - Midfield John Grant, Jr. - Attack
Tournament MVP Doug Shanahan - Midfield, face-off
See also Field lacrosse World Lacrosse, the unified governing body for world lacrosse World Lacrosse Championship
References
External links World Lacrosse Lacrosse World Championships 2002 (Archive of official website)