World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

The World Indoor Lacrosse Championship is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years. Since the first tournament in 2003, Canada has won all five gold medals and is undefeated in all games.[1] Canada hosted the first two tournaments, the Czech Republic hosted in 2011 and the Onondaga Nation, south of Syracuse, New York, hosted in 2015.[2] The 2019 WILC was held in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.[3]

World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
SportBox lacrosse
Founded2003
No. of teams20
CountriesWorld Lacrosse member nations
Most recent
champion(s)		 Canada (5th title)
Most titles Canada (5 titles)
Official websiteOfficial website
2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

The winner of the WILC wins the Cockerton Cup, named for All-American lacrosse player Stan Cockerton.

Champions
Year Gold Final score Silver Bronze Host sites Host country
2003  Canada (1) 21–4  Iroquois  United States Ontario Canada
2007  Canada (2) 15–14 (OT)  Iroquois  United States Halifax Canada
2011  Canada (3) 13–6  Iroquois  United States Prague Czech Republic
2015  Canada (4) 12–8  Iroquois  United States Onondaga Reservation, Syracuse Iroquois Confederacy
2019  Canada (5) 19-12  Iroquois  United States Langley Canada

Source: [3]

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada5005
2 Iroquois0505
3 United States0055
Totals (3 nations)55515

Performance by team
Team 2003

(6)		 2007

(8)		 2011

(8)		 2015

(13)		 2019

(20)
 Australia5th6th6th8th9th
 Austria14th
 Canada1st1st1st1st1st
 Costa Rica20th
 Czech Republic6th7th4th7th7th
 England4th5th5th4th
 Finland9th6th
 Germany11th10th
 Hong Kong18th
 Ireland8th7th6th11th
 Iroquois2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd
 Israel4th5th
 Mexico19th
 Netherlands8th
 Scotland4th5th16th
 Serbia12th12th
 Slovakia8th13th
 Sweden15th
  Switzerland13th17th
 Turkey10th
 United States3rd3rd3rd3rd3rd

Performance by tournament

2003 Indoor Championship
Main article: 2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
AGPWLGFGAPTS
 Canada 5501092910
 Iroquois 541100528
 Scotland 53263696
 United States 52375654
 Australia 514391022
 Czech Republic 50529980

Final: Canada 21, Iroquois 4
3rd place: United States 15, Scotland 9
5th place: Australia 21, Czech Republic 10

2007 Indoor Championship
Main article: 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
AGPWLGFGAPTS
 Canada 33067106
 United States 32144274
 Australia 31227512
 Ireland 3039590
BGPWLGFGAPTS
 Iroquois 33070166
 England 32132414
 Scotland 31222432
 Czech Republic 30320440

Final: Canada 15, Iroquois 14, OT
3rd place: United States 17, England 10
5th place: Scotland 14, Australia 8
7th place: Czech Republic 22, Ireland 5

2011 Indoor Championship
Main article: 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
AGPWLGFGAPTS
 Canada 3308183
 England 32149432
 Australia 31222531
 Slovakia 30315630
BGPWLGFGAPTS
 Iroquois 33059183
 United States 32146172
 Czech Republic 31228441
 Ireland 3039630

Final: Canada 13, Iroquois 6
3rd place: United States 16, Czech Republic 7
5th place: England 23, Australia 8
7th place: Ireland 17, Slovakia 15 (2 game aggregate)

Source: [4]

2015 Indoor Championship
Main article: 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
BlueGPWLGFGAPTS
 Canada 44067204
 Iroquois 43159303
 United States 42243472
 Czech Republic 41322571
 England 40424610
RedGPWLGFGAPTS
 Australia 33049293
 Finland 32137222
 Turkey 31239401
  Switzerland 30317510
GreenGPWLGFGAPTS
 Israel 32136242
 Ireland 32127292
 Serbia 31229361
 Germany 31227301

Final: Canada 12, Iroquois 8
3rd place: United States 15, Israel 4
5th place: England 14, Ireland 12
7th place: Czech Republic 20, Australia 11
9th place: Finland 24, Turkey 6
11th place: Germany 13, Serbia 12

Source: [5]

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References
  1. Ditota, Donna (September 27, 2015). "Canada dashes Iroquois' dream, continues domination in World Indoor Lacrosse Championship". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. Moses, Sarah (September 11, 2015). "Onondaga Nation builds $6.5M arena in record time for lacrosse championship". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. "Indoor History and Results". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. "2011 WILC Final Results". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. "Final Standings WILC 2015". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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