1982 World Lacrosse Championship

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1982 World Lacrosse Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)Homewood Field, Baltimore, Maryland
DatesJune 18–25
Teams4
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg United States (3rd title)
Runners-up File:Silver medal blank.svgFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg Canada
Fourth placeFile:Flag of England.svg England
← 1978
1986 →

The 1982 World Lacrosse Championship was the fourth World Lacrosse Championship and was played at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Maryland, from June 18–25, 1982. The United States defeated Australia in the final to win the tournament.[1][2]

Results

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
England Australia 5-25
United States Canada 23-12
Canada England 26-8
United States Australia 23-10
United States England 26-9
Canada Australia 18-24

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 United States 3 3 0 6
2 Australia 3 2 1 4
3 Canada 3 1 2 2
4 England 3 0 3 0
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Final

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United States 22, Australia 14

Final standings

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Canada
4 File:Flag of England.svg England

Awards

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All World Team

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The International Lacrosse Federation named an All World Team at the conclusion of the championship, along with four other individual awards.[3]

Goalkeeper

United States Tommy Sears

Defence

United States Mark Greenberg
United States Chris Kane
England Jeff Mounkley

Midfield

Australia John Butkiewicz
United States Vinny Sombrotto
Canada Bob Teasdall

Attack

United States Brooks Sweet
Australia Peter Cann
United States Brendan Schneck

Best Positional Players

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United States Tommy Sears - Goalkeeper
United States Mark Greenberg - Defence
Australia John Butkiewicz - Midfield
United States Brooks Sweet - Attack

Tournament MVP

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Australia Jeff Kennedy - Midfield

References

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