2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship Explained

Other Titles:FIL Mistrovství světa v box lakrosu 2011
Country:Czech Republic
Dates:21–28 May
Num Teams:8
Venues:Eden Arena
Winners Indoor:Canada
Count:3
Second Indoor:Iroquois
Third Indoor:United States
Fourth Indoor:Czech Republic
Games:21
Goals:513
Scoring Leader: Casey Powell
Tom Johnson (31 pts)
Mvp: Casey Powell
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2015

The 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the third World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years.[1] It took place between 21 and 28 May 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic at the 4,900 seat Eden Arena, an Olympic-sized rink.[2] The Canadian team was the defending champion and for the third time defeated the Iroquois Nationals in the finals, 13–6.[3] The United States defeated the host Czech Republic 16–7 in the bronze medal game.[4]

Pool play

Eight participating teams were placed in two pools. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each pool 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 games.

Canada cruised through pool play with three easy victories. The Iroquois Nationals beat Ireland and the host Czech Republic by wide margins, but just edged the United States 11–10.[5]

Pool A

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3 3 0 81 8 +73 Semi-finals
England3 2 1 49 43 +6 Quarter-finals
3 1 2 22 53 -31 Quarter-finals
Slovakia3 0 3 15 63 -48 7th place games

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool B

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3 3 0 59 18 +41 Semi-finals
3 2 1 46 17 +29 Quarter-finals
3 1 2 28 44 -16 Quarter-finals
Ireland3 0 3 9 63 -54 7th place games

All times are local (UTC+2).

Championship bracket

Goaltender Matt Vinc made 23 saves in the gold medal game, helping Canada to a 13-6 win and earning game MVP honors.[6] [7]

All times are local (UTC+2).

7th place games

Ireland won 17–15 on aggregate.

Gold medal game

Ranking, leaders, and awards

Final standings

4
5 England
6
7 Ireland
8 Slovakia

Scoring leaders

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16 15 31
15 16 31
14 16 30
14 13 27
17 9 26
James Delaney 16 10 26
11 14 25
Roger Vyse 15 9 24
Chris Manwaring 17 6 23
11 12 23
Source: [8]

Goaltending leaders

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Mike Cregan 5 80 9 90%
5 77 17 82%
Angus Goodleaf 5 65 14 82%
Mike Thompson 5 75 21 78%
Mathew Roik 5 122 37 77%
Erik Miller 6 91 27 77%
Minimum 65 saves. Source: [9]

All World Team

Forwards Dan Dawson
Casey Powell Transition: Cody Jamieson
  • Defense Sid Smith
    Kyle Rubisch Goaltender Matt Vinc
  • Most Valuable Player Casey Powell

    Source: [10]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: McNamara. Andy. Playoff Time at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. Lax All Stars. 19 November 2017. May 25, 2011.
    2. Web site: Slavia Eden Arena. wilcprague2011.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523023945/http://www.wilcprague2011.com/venue#undefined. 23 May 2011.
    3. News: Canada wins indoor lacrosse worlds. 19 November 2017. CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. May 28, 2011.
    4. News: McNamara. Andy. Canada Strikes Gold, USA Settles For Bronze At World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. Lax All Stars. 19 November 2017. May 31, 2011.
    5. News: Canada dominates as World Indoor Lacrosse Championship finds its way . Andrew . McKay . Yahoo Sports . May 24, 2011.
    6. News: Canada wins world indoor lacrosse championship. 25 November 2017. Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. May 28, 2011.
    7. Web site: Canada - Iroquois Nationals 13:6. FIL. 25 November 2017.
    8. Web site: Points. Federation of International Lacrosse. 15 November 2017.
    9. Web site: Goaltender stats. Federation of International Lacrosse. 15 November 2017.
    10. Web site: Canada Wins Indoor Worlds. Federation of International Lacrosse. 19 November 2017.