2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iroquois
Dates	September 18–27, 2015
Teams	13
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (4th title)
Runner-up	Iroquois
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Israel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	1075 (23.37 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Anthony Terranova (67 pts)
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The 2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the fourth FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament held every four years sanctioned by the Federation of International Lacrosse. WILC 2015 took place between 18 and 26 September 2015 in Syracuse and was hosted by the Haudenosaunee nation. Canada was the defending champion.^[1]

Venues

Onondaga Reservation	Syracuse	Onondaga Reservation Syracuse Host cities of the 2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Onondaga Nation Arena 42°57′58″N 76°8′22″W / 42.96611°N 76.13944°W Capacity: 3,000	Carrier Dome 43°2′10″N 76°8′11″W / 43.03611°N 76.13639°WCoordinates: 43°2′10″N 76°8′11″W / 43.03611°N 76.13639°W Capacity: 28,000

43.036187, -76.136265

Pool Play

Pool Play is divided into 3 divisions, with the 5 highest ranked teams in the Blue division and the others being split into the Red and Green divisions. The top two teams in the Blue division will go on to the Semi-finals, the third and fourth teams will be placed in the Play-in Games and the fifth team will be placed in the positional games. After pool play, all teams in the Red and Green divisions will be ranked and then play games to decide whether they are in the Play-in games or in the Positional games. Only 2 of the teams from the Red and Green divisions will be in the Play-in games, while all others will be in the Positional games.

Blue Division

Key to colours in Blue Division
Advanced to Semi-Finals
Advanced to Play-in Games
Advanced to Positional Games

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	4	4	0	67	20	+47	4
Iroquois	4	3	1	59	30	+29	3
United States	4	2	2	43	47	-4	2
Czech Republic	4	1	3	22	57	-35	1
England	4	0	4	24	61	-37	0

18 September 2015
Iroquois	13-9	United States
19 September 2015
Czech Republic	9-7	England
20 September 2015
United States	14-7	Czech Republic
Iroquois	9-11	Canada
21 September 2015
United States	13-9	England
Canada	19-2	Czech Republic
22 September 2015
England	6-20	Iroquois
Canada	18-7	United States
23 September 2015
England	2-19	Canada
Czech Republic	4-17	Iroquois

Red Division

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Australia	3	3	0	49	29	+20	3
Finland	3	2	1	37	22	+15	2
Turkey	3	1	2	40	39	-1	1
Switzerland	3	0	3	17	51	-34	0

18 September 2015
Switzerland	6-12	Turkey
Australia	7-6	Finland
19 September 2015
Finland	18-5	Switzerland
Turkey	17-21	Australia
20 September 2015
Switzerland	6-21	Australia
Finland	13-10	Turkey

Green Division

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Israel	3	2	1	36	24	+12	2
Ireland	3	2	1	27	29	-2	2
Germany	3	1	2	27	30	-3	1
Serbia	3	1	2	29	36	-10	1

18 September 2015
Israel	15-8	Serbia
Ireland	10-7	Germany
19 September 2015
Serbia	10-11	Ireland
Germany	10-9	Israel
20 September 2015
Israel	12-6	Ireland
Germany	10-11	Serbia

Classification Rounds

21 September 2015
Israel	14-4	Finland
Serbia	9-7	Switzerland
Australia	4-12	Ireland
Turkey	21-16	Germany

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22 September 2015
Finland	8-12	Australia
Serbia	16-12	Turkey
Ireland	7-12	Israel
Germany	16-8	Switzerland

Championship bracket

	Quarterfinals 24 September					Semifinals 25 September					Final 27 September
						Canada		19
	Israel		13
						Israel		3
	Czech Republic		12
											Canada		12
											Iroquois		8
						Iroquois		17
	United States		22
						United States		10
	Ireland		2
											3rd place game 27 September
											United States		15
											Israel		4

References

1. "Lacrosse is Coming Home to Onondaga Nation". Federation of International Lacrosse. 2 April 2015.

External links

• WILC 2015 official website
• "Stats: World Indoor Lacrosse Championship 2015," Point Bench