European Box Lacrosse Championships
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The European Box Lacrosse Championship (EBLC) is the international men's box lacrosse championship organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and European Lacrosse Federation (ELF) that occurs every four years.[1]
The EBLC had its first championship event in Turku, Finland between July 8 – 15, 2017 and had 14 participating nations, competing for the EBLC 2017 Gold medal at two arenas – Gatorade Center and the Marlie Areena.[2]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EBLC 2021 was delayed to the following year. It was held between July 30 – August 6, 2022 in Hanover, Germany. Official sources preferred using the german way of spelling Hanover as "Hannover".
Editions
[edit | edit source]2017 EBLC Championship
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14 teams competed for the first ever European Box Lacrosse Championships in Turku.[3] Teams were divided into three groups, two of them being top groups based on current ranking, Karelia and Kalevala, with Granite group filled with the lower ranked teams.[4][5][6]
Kalevala Group
[edit | edit source]Israel, Ireland, Turkey, Serbia.
Karelia Group
[edit | edit source]England, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany.
Granite Group
[edit | edit source]Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia.
Israel defeated the Czech Republic 8–7 in the gold medal game of the 2017 European Box Lacrosse Championship in Turku, Finland. John-Luc Chetner of Israel was named tournament MVP.[7][8]
2022 EBLC Championship
[edit | edit source]14 teams competed for the second European Box Lacrosse Championships in Hanover.[9] Teams were divided into four groups and played in two arenas, at the DHC Hannover e.V. and in the huus de groot – EISARENA Mellendorf.[10]
Group A
[edit | edit source]Belgium, Finland, Serbia, Sweden.
Group B
[edit | edit source]Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovakia.
Group C
[edit | edit source]Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland.
Group D
[edit | edit source]England, Ireland, Scotland.
Awards
[edit | edit source]2017
[edit | edit source]- Top Scorer: John-Luc Chetner, Israel[11]
- Defensive MVP: Michael Shea, Ireland
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Number of teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Finland Turku, Finland |
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel |
8–7 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
14 | ||
| 2022 | Germany Hanover, Germany |
File:Flag of England.svg England |
11-8 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
14 |
Performance by team
[edit | edit source]Medal table
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of England.svg England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Performance by tournament
[edit | edit source]| Team | 2017 Finland (14) |
2022 Germany (14) |
|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 13th | 10th |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | — | 13th |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 2nd | 3rd |
| File:Flag of England.svg England | 5th | 1st |
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 3rd | 4th |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 4th | 2nd |
| File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | 6th | 9th |
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 1st | — |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 14th | 11th |
| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 11th | 12th |
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | — | 7th |
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 8th | 14th |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 7th | 5th |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 10th | 8th |
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | 9th | 6th |
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 12th | — |
See also
[edit | edit source]- Box lacrosse
- Federation of International Lacrosse
- Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships (men and women)
- Women's Lacrosse World Cup
- World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (men)
- World Junior Lacrosse Championship (men)
References
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