Spanish Lacrosse Association
| Agrupación Deportiva España Lacrosse ADEL | |
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| Sport | Lacrosse |
| Affiliation | European Lacrosse Federation |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
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The Spanish Lacrosse Association (in Spanish: Agrupación Deportiva España Lacrosse) is the official governing body of lacrosse in Spain and is a member of the Federation of International Lacrosse and the European Lacrosse Federation. It was founded to develop and promote lacrosse within Spain.
It conducts the men's and the women's teams, the second one intending to debut in the 2015 European Championships.
Club tournaments
LEL
The Liga Española de Lacrosse is the main lacrosse competition in Spain. Until 2013, it was usual that teams without enough players played combined. Since 2014, a new league format was approved dividing teams into LEL and LEL2, joining the LEL only the teams that have at least ten players.
In 2011, the league changed its name to Liga Ibérica de Lacrosse as Portuguese team ACM Coimbra participated in two stages of the league.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Madrid Lacrosse | UEM Lacrosse | Sevilla+Barcelona |
| 2011 | UEM Lacrosse | Sevilla Lacrosse | Chamberí Lacrosse |
| 2013 | Madrid Lacrosse | UC3M | UH Gijón |
| 2014 | Madrid Lacrosse | UH Gijón | Montes Lacrosse |
LEL 2
The Liga Española de Lacrosse 2 was created in 2014 and is the second tier of the Spanish lacrosse league system. It is played in a 5x5 format between the reserve teams of LEL and teams that have few players.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sevilla Lacrosse | Barcelona Bandits | Arcas Lax |
LELF
The Liga Española de Lacrosse Femenino is the main women's league in Spain. It was played by the first time in 2014 with seven teams, four of them combined in two. In 2013 there were played several exhibition games during the LEL rounds between Madrid and Cuenca, the two first women's lacrosse teams in Spain.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
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| 2014 | Euskal Lacrosse Elkartea | Madrid Lacrosse | Arcas+Montes |
Active teams in Spain
| Team | Location | 2014 participation | ||
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| LEL | LEL2 | LF | ||
| Alicante Barefoots | Alicante | • | ||
| Arcas Lax | Arcas del Villar | • | • | |
| Barcelona Bandits | Barcelona | • | • | |
| Bilbao Black Crows | Bilbao | • | ||
| Cuenca Lax Femenino | Cuenca | • | ||
| Euskal Lacrosse Elkartea | Basque Country | • | ||
| Madrid Lacrosse | Madrid | • | • | • |
| Montes Lacrosse | Madrid | • | • | • |
| Sevilla Lacrosse | Sevilla | • | ||
| UH Gijón | Gijón | • | • | • |
External links
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