2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations. The championship game was won 15–10 by the Canadians over the United States in front of 7,735 fans and marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship were founded in 1967, after Canada's historic 17–16 overtime win in the 1978 final at Edgeley Park, Stockport. Canadian Geoff Snider was rewarded for a sensational championships with tournament MVP honours.
Contents
- Round robin
- Blue Division
- Red Division
- Orange Division
- Yellow Division
- Finals
- All World Team
- Goalkeeper
- Defence
- Midfield
- Attack
- Best Positional Players
- Tournament MVP
- References
This would prove to be the last World Lacrosse Championship to be sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation. In August 2008, the ILF merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse. Future World Championships will be sanctioned by FIL, the next of which is the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship, in Manchester, England.
Round robin
For the round-robin phase of the tournament, nations were separated into blue, red, orange and yellow divisions according to strength. Each of the twenty-one nations was eligible to win the championship.
Blue Division
Blue division featured the six strongest lacrosse nations: Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois Nationals, Japan, and United States. Results were as follows:
Blue division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:
- USA
- Canada
- Iroquois Nation
- Australia
- England
- Japan
Red Division
Red division featured the next five strongest lacrosse nations: Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Results were as follows:
Red division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Italy
- Wales
- Hong Kong
Orange Division
The five countries competing in Orange division were: Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and South Korea. Results were as follows:
Orange division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:
- Germany
- Czech Republic
- Netherlands
- South Korea
- New Zealand
Yellow Division
Yellow division featured Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Latvia and Spain. Results were as follows:
Yellow division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:
- Finland
- Latvia
- Denmark
- Spain
- Bermuda
Finals
With the nations ranked amongst their division, they played off for their final standings. The winner from each lower group played a lower-ranked nation from Blue division for their shot at the championship. Results were as follows:
The final standings were:
- Canada
- USA
- Australia
- Iroquois Nation
- England
- Japan
- Ireland
- Germany
- Finland
- Italy
- Scotland
- Netherlands
- Wales
- Latvia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Spain
- South Korea
- New Zealand
- Hong Kong
- Bermuda
All-World Team
The International Lacrosse Federation named an All-World team at the conclusion of the championships, along with four other individual awards.