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2014 World Lacrosse Championship

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Dates
  
10 Jul 2014 – 19 Jul 2014

Location
  
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado, United States

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The 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championship was held July 10–19, 2014 in Commerce City, Colorado, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids soccer team. 38 nations participated over 142 games. Nine nations—Belgium, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Israel, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, and Uganda—all competed in the event for the first time.

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In the championship game on July 19, Canada captured its third gold medal after upsetting the United States 8–5 in front of 11,861 fans. Canadian goalie Dillon Ward was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after he made 10 saves in the championship game, becoming the first goalie to ever receive the honor.

The Iroquois Nationals finished third after defeating Australia 16–5 in the third-place game. It marked the first time the Iroquois ever earned a podium finish at the World Lacrosse Championship, as well as the first time the Australians failed to earn a medal.

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World Lacrosse Festival

A FIL World Lacrosse Festival was once again being run alongside the FIL World Championships and was open to boys' and men's lacrosse teams from around the world to participate in the youth and master's divisions of the Festival.

Ticketing

Full-event ticket packages were divided into gold, silver and bronze packages. Each package included access to 142 world championship games, the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony, the International Village and the Vendor Village. Four days of the event were played in the 18,000-seat stadium at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, and two turf fields included grandstand seating. Tickets were required for all world championship games at the park, both games in the stadium and games at the surrounding fields.

  • Gold: $240; Midfield reserved seating for all stadium games in East and West stands. Guaranteed bleacher seating for Main Turf Field games. General admission access for all other fields.
  • Silver: $190; Reserved seating for all stadium games in East and West stands. General admission access for all other fields.
  • Bronze: $140; Reserved seating for all stadium games either in corners, or in South and North stands (end zone). General admission access for all other fields.


    • Partial-event ticket packages went on sale 12 June 2014.

  • Championship Weekend: Includes all games on July 17—19, including the semifinals, the championship game and closing ceremony. Gold: $174, Silver: $144, Bronze: $94.
  • Opening Night: Includes the opening ceremony on July 10, followed by the U.S. - Canada round-robin game. Gold: $85, Silver: $65, Bronze: $50.
  • Blue Division Stadium Doubleheader: Includes all 18 games on July 11, including a doubleheader in the stadium featuring Australia-Japan and England-Iroquois Nationals. Gold: $50, Silver: $40, Bronze: $30.
  • Single Day Non-Stadium Games: Includes up to 19 games per day for the dates not played in the stadium - July 12, July 13, July 14, July 15, July 16 and July 18. General Admission: $30.

    • Pool Play

    All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6)

    For the pool play phase of the tournament, nations were separated into nine groups. The countries with the top six rankings—Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois, Japan, and the United States—competed in the Blue Division; the top four teams in this division advanced to the quarterfinals or semifinals automatically.

    Play-in games

    Play-in games were played between the teams of all groups except Blue.

    5th to 8th place

    Despite falling to rival England in the fifth-place game, Scotland earned its best-ever finish at the championships by placing sixth. The Scottish team defeated Japan in the previous contest, and are expected to replace the Japanese in the elite Blue Division at the next world championship tournament.

    Playing in its first-ever world championships, Israel very nearly duplicated Scotland's feat, twice narrowly falling in games that could have advanced the team into the Blue Division. After reaching the quarterfinals, the Israelis led Australia in the third quarter before dropping a tough 9-8 decision. Then in a placement round game, Israel made a dramatic comeback to push England to overtime before suffering a 10-9 setback. Israel finished seventh after defeating Blue Division squad Japan.

    Awards

    The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament.
    •MVP: Dillon Ward (Canada)
    •Outstanding Attackman: Rob Pannell (United States)
    •Outstanding Midfielder: Paul Rabil (United States)
    •Outstanding Defenseman: Tucker Durkin (United States)
    •Outstanding Goalie: Dillon Ward (Canada)

    All-World Team

    The All-World Team consisted of the following players.

    The President's Team

    The President's Team consisted of the following players, honored for being the top 10 players in the tournament not competing in the blue division.
    • Kyle Buchanan (Scotland)
    • Ryan Licht (Ireland)
    • Matt MacGrotty (Scotland)
    • Jimmy McBride (Scotland)
    • Jordan McBride (Scotland)
    • Jonathan Munk (Czech Republic)
    • Kevin Powers (Sweden)
    • Ben Smith (Israel)
    • Ari Sussman (Israel)
    • James Van de Veerdon (Netherlands)

    References

    2014 World Lacrosse Championship Wikipedia
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