Israel men's national lacrosse team explained

Israel
Association:	Israel Lacrosse Association
Confederation:	ELF (Europe)
World Championship Apps:	3
World Championship First:	2014
World Championship Best:	Seventh (2014, 2018, 2023)

The Israel men's national lacrosse team is governed by the Israel Lacrosse Association. Their best finish was at the 2016 European Lacrosse Championship, winning the silver medal.^[1] Israel finished in 7th place at the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship. In both tournaments, England defeated Israel by one goal in the single-elimination round.

History

Israel became able to compete in international tournaments once the Israel Lacrosse Association was officially recognized by World Lacrosse in April 2011.^[2] In preparation for its first major international tournament, the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship, Israel held tryouts in July 2013 at Wingate Institute in Netanya, selecting a roster of 46 men.^[3] The roster consisted of both Israelis and non-Israeli Jews from around the world, with the majority of the roster composed of Americans. Any Jew, due to being eligible for Israeli citizenship under the law of return may play for Israel in the tournament, based on the rules of World Lacrosse.^[4]

World Lacrosse Championships

Israel first competed at the World Lacrosse Championship in 2014, played in Denver, Colorado. Israel finished in 7th place out of 38 teams, after winning six of their eight games played.

Israel hosted the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship in Netanya.

World Lacrosse Championships record

See main article: World Lacrosse Championship.

Year	Result
	7th place
	7th place
	7th place

2014 World Lacrosse Championship

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.^[5] Then in a placement round game, Israel made a dramatic comeback to push England to overtime before suffering a 10-9 setback.^[6] Israel finished seventh after defeating Blue Division squad Japan.

Results

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11 July 2014
Sweden	4–19	Israel
12 July 2014
Israel	17–2	Slovakia
13 July 2014
Israel	19–2	Korea	Report

No	Name	Position	Hometown	College
1	Joshua Rottman	A	Danville, CA	UC Davis
2	Hank Altschuler	G	Philadelphia, PA	Cabrini
3	Matthew Cherry	A	Ashkelon, Israel	Dickinson
4	Benjamin Smith	LSM	Longmeadow, MA	Harvard
5	Casey Cittadino	M	Baldwin, NY	Towson
6	Andrew Goldstein	G	Milton, MA	Dartmouth
7	Jesse Kane	M	Tel Aviv, Israel	Sackler-Tel Aviv University
8	Bradley Neumann	A	Woodbury, NY	Georgetown
9	Yochanan Katz	M	Jerusalem, Israel	Colorado State
10	Jonathan Rathauser	D	– Tel Aviv, Israel	Technion-Israel
11	Reuven Dressler	G		Israel Defense Forces
12	Richard Cheifitz	A	Fair Lawn, NJ	/ Kean
13	Shimon Laxer	M	Givat Shmuel, Israel	Bar-Ilan University
14	Aaron Tracy	M	Tel Aviv, Israel	Sackler-Tel Aviv University
15	Ben Bretter	M	Petach Tikvah, Israel	Montclair State
16	Cody Levine	M	Purchase, NY	Cornell
17	Mathew Markman	D	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hebrew University
18	Seth Mahler	M	Ashkelon, Israel	Whittier
19	Eytan Saperstein	D	Hewlett, NY	Tufts
20	Cole McCormack	M	Ashkelon, Israel	Cornell
21	Daniel Hartman	A	Bellmore, NY	Stevenson
22	Michael Pfeffer	A	Herzliya, Israel	Israel Defense Forces
23	Lee Coppersmith	M	Boca Raton, FL	Johns Hopkins
24	Gabriel Leonhard	M	Arad, Israel	Eastern
25	Mitch Goldberg	A	Damascus, MD	Richmond
26	Chris Friedman	D	Freeport, NY	Briarcliffe
27	Adam Crystal	D	Baldwin, NY	Drexel
29	Matthew Greenblatt	M	Gaithersburg, MD	Ithaca
30	Matthew Caple	M	Wellesley, MA	Tufts
31	Mark Jutkowitz	D	Bethesda, MD	Maryland
32	Daniel Leventhal	M	Tel Aviv, Israel	Tufts
33	Ari Sussman	A	New Haven, CT	Dartmouth
36	Samuel Adler	M	Netanya, Israel	SUNY Potsdam
40	Matthew Flapan	M	Ramle, Israel	Israel Defense Forces
41	Noach Miller	A	Tel Aviv, Israel	Vermont
42	Noah Knopf	LSM	New York, NY	Fieldston School
43	Kyle Bergman	M	Toronto, ON	Drexel
44	Sacha Stout	M	Manchester, England	Manchester
47	Alex Tress	LSM	Sinsbury, CT	Keene State
48	Connor Wolfe	G	New London, CT	Connecticut College
50	Dakota Sherman	LSM	Bloomfield Hills, MI	Michigan
77	Jacob Silberlicht	M	Ashkelon, Israel	Hobart
91	Matthew Opsahl	A	Potomac, MD	Hobart
96	Michael Grosz	M	St. Louis, MO	Robert Morris
99	Jason Senter	D	Rockville, MD	Florida State
0	Daniel Devery	D	Haifa, Israel	University of Haifa

Source:^[7]

2018 World Lacrosse Championship

Manchester, England was originally selected to host the tournament, but withdrew in May 2017.^{[8] [9]} Instead, the championships took place in Netanya, Israel between 12 and 21 July 2018.^[10] This was the first World Lacrosse Championship played outside of the United States, Canada, England, or Australia.

On Thursday, 12 July, the Opening Ceremony and first games were held at Netanya Stadium, a 13,610-seat multi-use stadium which opened in 2012. It served as a home field for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and features 36 luxury suites, a VIP seating area, and a modern press box. The stadium serves as the home field of Maccabi Netanya FC, as well as the temporary home of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.^[10]

From Friday, 13 July to Saturday, 21 July, the tournament games were played at Wingate Institute. Located on 50ha, the Wingate Institute serves as Israel's National Centre for Physical Education and Sport. The campus doubles as both the State of Israel's primary university for the development of physical education teachers, as well as the nation's official training centre for national teams, the Israel Olympic Team, and national and international sports science conferences. The campus hosts the Israel Olympiada annually and the Maccabiah Games every four years. Wingate Stadium also serves as the home field for the Israel National Rugby Team.

Results

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2018 World Lacrosse Championships.^[11]

No	Name	Position	Hometown	College
3	Matthew Cherry	A	Ashkelon, Israel	Dickinson
4	Benjamin Smith	LSM	Longmeadow, MA	Harvard
6	Eric Schneider	G	Massapequa, NY	Johns Hopkins
9	Yochanan Katz	M	Jerusalem, Israel	Colorado State
10	Jonathan Rathauser	D	Tel Aviv, Israel	Technion-Israel
11	Reuven Dressler	G	Ma’ale Adumim, West Bank	Israel Defense Forces
16	Ryan Hunter	A	Herzliya, Israel	Ohio State
18	Seth Mahler	M	Ashkelon, Israel	Whittier
26	Chris Friedman	D	Freeport, NY	Briarcliffe
32	Daniel Leventhal	M	Tel Aviv, Israel	Tufts
33	Ari Sussman	A	New Haven, CT	Dartmouth
36	Samuel Adler	M	Netanya, Israel	SUNY Potsdam
40	Matthew Flapan	M	Ramle, Israel	Israel Defense Forces
42	Max Seibald	M	Hewlett, NY	Cornell
43	Kyle Bergman	M	Toronto, ON	Drexel
77	Jacob Silberlicht	M	Ashkelon, Israel	Hobart
91	Max Adler	M	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Bentley

European Lacrosse Championships

Israel has competed at the European Lacrosse Championships since 2012. Their best finish was in 2016, winning the silver medal.^[1] Prior to 2012, Israel was unable to compete due to the Israel Lacrosse Association not being officially recognized by the Federation of International Lacrosse until April 2011.^[2]

2012 European Lacrosse Championship

During the 2012 Championship, Israel competed for the first time. Israel finished in eighth place, out of 17 teams.

Matches

21 June
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	8: 11	(3: 1, 2: 5, 2: 2, 1: 3)		Time 29:40	^[12]

22 June
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	4: 13	(0: 5, 0: 5, 0: 3, 4: 0)		Time: 23:33	^[13]

24 June
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	3: 11	(2: 1, 0: 3, 1: 4, 0: 3)		Time: 27:30	^[14]

25 June
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	13: 14	(4: 2, 3: 5, 2: 3, 4: 4)		Time: 32:27	^[15]

Quarterfinals

26 June
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	3: 18	5th-8th place match 28 June width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 19: 6 (7: 0, 3: 3, 3: 2, 6: 1) Time: 42:31 ^[16] 7th place match 29 June width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 16: 6 (2: 2, 2: 4, 6: 0, 6: 0) Time: 33:20 ^[17] Pos Team 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Source:^[18] Name Position 1 Levine, Benjamin G 2 Altschuler, Henry G 3 Cherry, Matthew A 4 Lieberman, Jonathan M 5 Weisenberg, Maxwell M 6 Leventhal, Daniel M 7 Kane, Jesse M 8 Ascher, Jason LSM 9 Katz, Yochanan M 10 Lewis, Zachary M 11 Friedensohn, Blair G 12 Pankin, Joshua M 13 Dennenberg, David G 15 Bretter, Benjamin M 16 Rathauser, Jonathan LSM 17 Markman, Mathew D 18 Silverman, Benjamin D 19 Sabag, Aryeh D 20 Cheifitz, Richard A 21 Goldstein, Noam M 22 Pffeffer, Michael A 23 Goldstein, Evan A 24 Jacobs, Jack A 25 Dunn-Bernstein, Robert D 27 Jacobs, Alexander A 29 Spielman, Matthew M 31 Waddell, Adam D 32 Hyman, Samuel A 34 Mahler, Seth M 35 Ringel, Roey LSM 37 Tissenbaum, Jeremy M 41 Miller, Noah A 43 Belmont, Benjamin D 44 Stout, Sacha M 47 Tress, Alexander LSM 77 Daisudov, Elan M 88 Brandes, Abraham M 96 Grosz, Michael M 97 Franklin, David LSM 99 Senter, Jason D 2016 European Lacrosse Championship During the 2016 Championship, Israel competed for the second time. In the quarterfinals Israel defeated Germany 8–4 to improve to 6–0 in the tournament.^[19] Tied 2-2 during half time, Israel scored four goals in the second halfto give them the victory.^[20] In the semifinals Israel defeated Wales 10–3. Israel had a 5–0 lead at halftime, and a 6–0 lead at the end of the third quarter. With the victory Israel improved to 7–0.^[21] In the finals Israel lost to England 7–6. Israel originally leading 3–2 at halftime, held a 4–3 lead in the third quarter, before England went on to score four unanswered goals.^[22] With the loss, Israel won the silver medal.^[23] Matches 28 July width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 2: 9 (1: 0, 1: 4, 0: 2, 0: 3) Time: 16:30 29 July width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 17: 1 (9: 0, 5: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0) Time: 10:15 31 July width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 4: 17 (2: 5, 0: 6, 1: 6, 1: 0) Time: 13:15 1 August width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 12: 0 (4: 0, 6: 0, 5: 0, 0: 0) Time: 11:45 2 August width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 6: 16 (1: 5, 0: 4, 1: 4, 4: 3) Time: 11:30 Tournament bracket Source:^[24] Quarterfinals 3 August width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 8: 4 (0: 1, 2: 1, 4: 0, 2: 2) Time: 14:30 Semifinals 4 August width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 3: 10 (0: 3, 0: 2, 1: 4, 2: 1) Time: 17:30 Finals 6 August width=140 ! width=60 ! width=150 ! width=140 ! width=100 7: 6 (2: 1, 0: 2, 3: 1, 2: 2) Time: 17:00 width=150 Team ! width=40 8–0 Israel 7–1 7–1 Coach: Jeff Schwartz^[25] Assistant coach: Pete Ginnegar, Jordan Hirsch^[26] Name 1 Fischer, Eric 2 Milner, Jacob 3 Hartman, Jesse 5 Bernstein, Joshua 6 Gradinger, Max 7 Silberlicht, Jacob 9 Katz, Yochanan 10 Rathauser, Jonathan 11 Tobin, Glen 12 Kadish, Ian 13 Kansky, Eric 16 Landsman, Andrew 18 Mahler, Seth 19 Brodie, Caleb 20 Kane, Jacob 22 Cherry, Matthew 26 Friedman, Christopher 32 Leventhal, Daniel 33 Feinberg, Aaron 41 Miller, Noah 43 Bergman, Kyle 49 Ornstein, Zack 52 Siegel, Alex Source: 2017 European Box Lacrosse Championships The European Box Lacrosse Championships held its first championship event in Turku, Finland in July 2017. Israel defeated Czech Republic 8–7 to win the tournament.^[27] ^[28] External links

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Rosen Tabbed Associate Head Coach for Israel Lacrosse National Team. Atlantic10.com.
3. Web site: Israel Names Roster for FIL World Championship - 2014 World Lacrosse Championship. worldlacrosse2014.com.
4. Web site: JMU roundup: Duo join Israeli national women’s lacrosse team.
5. Web site: Israel’s dream run clipped by No. 3 Australia, 9-8. Israel men's national lacrosse team. July 18, 2014. July 22, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140724010533/http://www.lacrosse.co.il/2014/07/israels-dream-run-clipped-by-no-3-australia-9-8/. July 24, 2014.
6. Web site: No. 5 England holds on for overtime win over Israel, 10-9. Israel men's national lacrosse team. July 18, 2014. July 22, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140721030503/http://www.lacrosse.co.il/2014/07/no-5-england-holds-on-for-overtime-win-over-israel-10-9/. July 21, 2014.
7. Web site: Israel Names Roster for FIL World Championship. F. I. L.. Admin.
8. News: Kinnear. Matt. England to Host 2018 Men's World Championships. Inside Lacrosse. 6 August 2013.
9. Web site: Statement regarding withdrawal from hosting 2018 Men's World Championship. English Lacrosse. 25 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610191907/http://www.englishlacrosse.co.uk/english-lacrosse/statement-regarding-withdrawal-hosting-2018-mens-world-championships-31906/. 10 June 2017. dead.
10. Israel to Host 2018 FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Championship. Federation of International Lacrosse. 25 May 2017. 23 May 2017.
11. Web site: Israel announces roster for 2018 FIL World Lacrosse Championships. lacrosse.co.il.
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18. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606135926/http://www.ec12lacrosse.com/en/ Final standing EC12 Lacrosse Amsterdam
19. Web site: Israel stuns Germany, to face Wales in lacrosse Euro semis - Israel News - Jerusalem Post. www.jpost.com.
20. Web site: Israel Lacrosse: Israel Stuns Germany to Advance to European Championships Semifinals. August 5, 2016. Haaretz.
21. Web site: Yalla Israel! Blue-and-white stifle Wales in Semis.
22. Web site: England Holds on to Edge Israel in Euro Lacrosse Final. August 9, 2016. Haaretz.
23. Web site: England holds on to edge Israel in Euro Final.
24. Web site: Tournament bracket.
25. Web site: Hirsch, Ginnegar join Men’s Euro Staff.
26. Web site: Hall Of Famer Pete Ginnegar Named To Israel Lacrosse Staff.
27. Web site: Israel Takes Inaugural EBLC Gold, All Nations Find Success in Finland. 18 Jun 2018.
28. Web site: European Boxlacrosse Championship Stats . 2017 . stats.pointbench.com . 2019-07-23.