Czech Republic national indoor lacrosse team

Czech Republic national indoor lacrosse team is the national box lacrosse team of the Czech Republic which regularly participates in World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. Team consists of amateur players, who are members of Czech box lacrosse league NBLL. A few Canadian players from the National Lacrosse League with Czech ancestors are also members of this team. Box lacrosse is the most popular form of lacrosse in the Czech Republic, the team has had better results than in field lacrosse.

World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

Czechs took part in the first World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) ever, held in Canada in 2003. They were overmatched by the international competition, but since they have become the best European box lacrosse national team. In 2007 they still weren't able to get to the semi-finals and finished in 7th place. In 2008, the Czech Republic was chosen as the host of 2011 WILC. Jim Veltman, one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time, became the Head Coach for this tournament. The Czech team showed plenty of improvementsin Prague and they were able to beat England in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, they met the Iroquois Nationals, but this team was out of their powers. Although they lost to Team USA in the bronze medal game too, they presented themselves well and finished as the best European team.

Roster

2011 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship roster
# Pos. Player Team
38 G Kurtis Wagar Philadelphia Wings
1 G Tomáš Říha LCC Radotín
25 G Marek Dobrý LC Jižní Město
61 D Aleš Veselý LC Jižní Město
5 D Martin Mrlík (A) TJ Malešice
77 D Emil Moravec LCC Radotín
15 D Martin Hodaň LCC Radotín
28 D Ladislav Kopfstein TJ Malešice
13 D Tomáš Říha LC Pardubice
16 D Marek Brada LC Slavia Praha
4 T Jakub Nováček LC Jižní Město
20 T Adam Kostka LCC Radotín
33 T Martin Kostka LCC Radotín
3 T Radek Skála LCC Radotín
97 T Kyle Ross (A) Toronto Rock
21 T Chet Koneczny Washington Stealth
29 F Dominik Pešek LCC Radotín
10 F Pavel Došlý (C) LC Jižní Město
9 F Jiří Košťál LCC Radotín
73 F Petr Poupě (A) LCC Radotín
24 F Tomáš Beran TJ Malešice
11 F Jan Skokan LC Pardubice
67 F Jamie Plunkett LC Jižní Město
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