The 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the third World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years. It took place between 21 and 28 May 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic at the 4,900 seat Eden Arena, an Olympic-sized rink. The Canadian team was the defending champion and for the third time defeated the Iroquois Nationals in the finals, 13–6. The United States defeated the host Czech Republic 16–7 in the bronze medal game.
Pool play Eight participating teams were placed in two pools. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each pool advanced to the semi-finals, the second and third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and the fourth place teams advanced to the 7th place games.
Canada cruised through pool play with three easy victories. The Iroquois Nationals beat Ireland and the host Czech Republic by wide margins, but just edged the United States 11–10.
Pool A TeamAdvanced to 3 3 0 81 8 +73 Semi-finals England 3 2 1 49 43 +6 Quarter-finals 3 1 2 22 53 -31 Quarter-finals Slovakia 3 0 3 15 63 -48 7th place games
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pool B TeamAdvanced to 3 3 0 59 18 +41 Semi-finals 3 2 1 46 17 +29 Quarter-finals 3 1 2 28 44 -16 Quarter-finals Ireland 3 0 3 9 63 -54 7th place games
All times are local (UTC+2).
Championship bracket Goaltender Matt Vinc made 23 saves in the gold medal game, helping Canada to a 13-6 win and earning game MVP honors.
All times are local (UTC+2).
7th place games
Ireland won 17–15 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
5th place game
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking, leaders, and awards
Final standings
4 5 England6 7 Ireland8 Slovakia
Scoring leaders
Player G A Pts Casey Powell 16 15 31 Tom Johnson 15 16 31 Colin Doyle 14 16 30 Dan Dawson 14 13 27 Drew Westervelt 17 9 26 James Delaney 16 10 26 Shawn Cable 11 14 25 Roger Vyse 15 9 24 Chris Manwaring 17 6 23 John Grant Jr. 11 12 23 Source:
Goaltending leaders
Player Mike Cregan 5 80 9 90% Matt Vinc 5 77 17 82% Angus Goodleaf 5 65 14 82% Mike Thompson 5 75 21 78% Mathew Roik 5 122 37 77% Erik Miller 6 91 27 77%Minimum 65 saves. Source:
All World Team Forwards Dan Dawson Casey Powell Transition Cody Jamieson Defense Sid Smith Kyle Rubisch Goaltender Matt Vinc Most Valuable Player Casey Powell
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References
External links WILC 2011 Results at FIL Official website