1998 World Lacrosse Championship

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1998 World Lacrosse Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)Baltimore, Maryland
DatesJuly 17–24
Teams11
Final positions
Champions  United States (7th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Australia
Fourth place Iroquois
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The 1998 World Lacrosse Championship was the eighth edition of the international men's lacrosse championship.[1] The event took place in Baltimore, Maryland under the auspices of the International Lacrosse Federation.[2] This was the second time that the tournament was held in Baltimore, following the 1982 tournament. Eleven teams competed in the event in two divisions.[3]

The United States successfully defended their title for the fifth consecutive time,[4] defeating Canada 15–14 in double overtime in the final.[5] The championship game – in which Canada overcame a ten-goal deficit in the third quarter to force overtime – is considered by some to be the most exciting lacrosse game in history.[6]

Australia beat the Iroquois team 17–5 for third place.

Pool play[edit]

For the pool play phase of the tournament, the teams were divided into two divisions – five in the top Blue Division and six in the Red Division. Only Blue Division participants were able to compete for the championship.

Blue Division[edit]

Key to colours in group tables
Advanced to Semifinals
Team Played Won Lost GF GA GD
 United States 4 4 0 63 38 +25
 Canada 4 3 1 65 40 +25
 Australia 4 2 2 43 40 +3
 Iroquois 4 1 3 35 65 –30
 England 4 0 4 32 53 –21
United States  20–8  Iroquois
Canada  18–9  England
Iroquois  10–9  England
Australia  9–12  Canada
Canada  23–8  Iroquois
England  6–11  Australia
United States  14–12  Canada
United States  13–10  Australia
Australia  13–9  Iroquois
United States  16–8  England

Red Division[edit]

Team Played Won Lost GF GA GD
 Japan 5 5 0 57 19 +38
 Germany 5 4 1 59 50 +9
 Scotland 5 3 2 59 52 +7
 Sweden 5 2 3 36 50 –14
 Czech Republic 5 1 4 43 55 –12
 Wales 5 0 5 32 60 –28
Scotland  14–9  Wales
Japan  10–3  Sweden
Germany  14–10  Czech Republic
Japan  11–4  Germany
Czech Republic  14–15  Scotland
Wales  6–7  Sweden
Germany  16–9  Wales
Scotland  13–7  Sweden
Czech Republic  3–11  Japan
Japan  10–7  Scotland
Czech Republic  8–6  Wales
Germany  13–10  Sweden
Sweden  9–8  Czech Republic
Germany  12–10  Scotland
Japan  15–2  Wales

Championship Round[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 19
 
 
 United States 24
 
July 20
 
 Iroquois 4
 
 United States 15 (2OT)
 
July 19
 
 Canada 14
 
 Canada 15
 
 
 Australia 11
 
Third place
 
 
July 20
 
 
 Iroquois 5
 
 
 Australia 17

Consolation round[edit]

5th-8th place[edit]

 
Play-in5th place
 
      
 
July 19
 
 
 England 13
 
July 20
 
 Scotland 6
 
 England 21
 
July 19
 
 Germany 6
 
 Japan 4
 
 
 Germany 5
 
7th place
 
 
July 20
 
 
 Scotland 10 (OT)
 
 
 Japan 9

9th place[edit]

19 July 1998
Czech Republic  12–8  Sweden

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 3–3
4  Iroquois 1–5
5  England 2–4
6  Germany 5–2
7  Scotland 4–3
8  Japan 5–2
9  Czech Republic 2–4
10  Sweden 2–4
11  Wales 0–5

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "International Lacrosse Events History" (PDF). Federation of International Lacrosse.
  2. ^ "Lacrosse World Championships 98". Activity Workshop. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  3. ^ Swezey, Chris (July 16, 1998). "Despite injury, U.S. is ready for world games". Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "ALL-TIME FIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". US Lacrosse.
  5. ^ "World Men's Lacrosse Championships - LAXbuzz.com". Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  6. ^ Corey Mclaughin (July 13, 2018). "BEST GAME EVER? AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". US Lacrosse. Retrieved August 30, 2019.

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