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2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

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2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
VenueHalifax Metro Centre
DatesMay 14–20
Teams8
Final positions
Champions File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (2nd title)
Runners-up  Haudenosaunee
Third place File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Games played20
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The 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the second World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years. It took place between May 14 and 20 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canada was the defending champion and again beat the Iroquois Nationals in the final, this time 15–14 in overtime.[1] Eight nations took part in this event, the six nations from the 2003 WILC and two newcomers - England and Ireland. There was an estimated 850,000 television viewers of the tournament in Canada and the games were streamed live in Europe.[2][3]

Venue

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Halifax, Nova Scotia
2007 WILC in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax Metro Centre
Capacity: 10,595
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Pool play

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File:2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship faceoff.jpg
England vs. Australia

The eight participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each group 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 game.

As predicted, both Canada and Iroquois went through the round-robin with three comfortable wins.[4] Both Ireland and the Czech Republic finished winless, but the Czechs showed a lot of enthusiasm and had two very narrow defeats against England and Scotland. By contrast, Scotland failed to repeat their impressive results from 2003.

Pool A

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Team GP W L GF GA DIF PTS Advanced to
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 3 0 67 10 +57 3 Semi-finals
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 2 1 44 27 +17 2 Quarter-finals
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 1 2 27 51 −24 1 Quarter-finals
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 3 0 3 9 59 −50 0 7th place games
United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 19–9
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg 1–25
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg 0–20
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 24–4
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14–8
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 18–5
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

Pool B

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Team GP W L GF GA DIF PTS Advanced to
 Haudenosaunee 3 3 0 70 16 +54 3 Semi-finals
England England 3 2 1 32 41 -9 2 Quarter-finals
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 1 2 22 43 −21 1 Quarter-finals
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3 0 3 20 44 −24 0 7th place games
14 May 2007 Haudenosaunee  27–8
England England Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
14 May 2007 Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg 11–9
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
15 May 2007 England England 15–7
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
15 May 2007 Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 4–24
 Haudenosaunee Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
16 May 2007 England England 9–7
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
16 May 2007 Haudenosaunee  19–4
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

Championship bracket

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File:USA national indoor lacrosse team.jpg
USA vs. Scotland

The final, with the expected pairing of Canada against the Iroquois Nationals, was one of the best games in box lacrosse history.[5] Team Canada went through the first quarter with a 4–2 lead, then the Nationals were able to come back in the second and third. The Iroquois were up 10–9 at the start of the fourth quarter. Three quick Canadian goals put them in front again, but they were answered by another three goals by the Nationals. Then John Grant, Jr. scored two goals and the victory for Canada was almost secured. But Dean Hill scored in the final minute of regulation to tie it at 14, sending the championship into overtime. Thirty seconds into overtime, Jeff Zywicki scored his first goal of the game, making it 15–14 for Canada's second gold medal.[5]

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal game
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada24
EnglandEngland15England England9
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia11File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada15
 Haudenosaunee14
 Haudenosaunee14
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States17File:Flag of the United States.svg United States4Bronze medal game
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland9
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States17
England England10

7th place game

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18 May 2007 Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 22–5
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

Quarter-finals

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18 May 2007 England England 15–11
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
18 May 2007 United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 17–9
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

5th place game

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19 May 2007 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8–14
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

Semi-finals

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19 May 2007 Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 24–9
England England Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
19 May 2007 Haudenosaunee  14–4
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

Bronze medal game

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20 May 2007 United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 17–10
England England Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

Gold medal game

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20 May 2007 Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 15–14 (OT)
(4–2, 3–6, 2–2, 5–4)
 Haudenosaunee Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

Final standings

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1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Haudenosaunee
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
4 England England
5 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
6 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
7 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
8 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

References

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