World Lacrosse Box Championships

Last updated
World Lacrosse Box Championships
Sport Box lacrosse
Founded2003
No. of teams20
Countries World Lacrosse member nations
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
(5th title)
Most titlesFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
(5 titles)
Lacrosse current event.svg 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

The World Lacrosse Box Championships (WLBC), [1] formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), 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. [2] Canada hosted the first two tournaments in 2003 and 2007, the Czech Republic hosted in 2011, the Onondaga Nation, south of Syracuse, New York, hosted in 2015. [3] The 2019 WILC was held in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. [4]

Contents

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

Champions

YearHost sitesHost countryChampionsFinal scoreRunner-upThird place
2003 Ontario Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21–4Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2007 Halifax Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15–14 (OT)Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2011 Prague Czech Republic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13–6Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2015 Onondaga Reservation, Syracuse Iroquois Confederacy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12–8Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2019 Langley Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 19–12Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2024 Utica United States

Source: [4]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5005
2Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois 0505
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0055
Totals (3 entries)55515

Performance by team

Team 2003
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
(6)
2007
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
(8)
2011
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
(8)
2015
Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg
(13)
2019
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
(20)
2024
Flag of the United States.svg
(28)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5th6th6th8th9thtbd
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 14thtbd
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1st1st1st1st1sttbd
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China tbd
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 20th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6th7th4th7th7thtbd
Flag of England.svg  England 4th5th5th4thtbd
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9th6thtbd
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11th10thtbd
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece tbd
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 18thtbd
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary tbd
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8th7th6th11thtbd
Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois 2nd2nd2nd2nd2ndtbd
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4th5thtbd
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica tbd
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan tbd
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 19thtbd
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8thtbd
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland tbd
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico tbd
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4th5th16thtbd
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 12th12th
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 8th13thtbd
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15th
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 13th17thtbd
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei tbd
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 10th
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3rd3rd3rd3rd3rdtbd
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands tbd

Performance by tournament

2003 Indoor Championship

AGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5501092910
Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois 541100528
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 53263696
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52375654
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 514391022
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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

AGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33067106
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32144274
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31227512
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3039590
BGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois 33070166
Flag of England.svg  England 32132414
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 31222432
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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

AGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3308183
Flag of England.svg  England 32149432
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31222531
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30315630
BGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois 33059183
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32146172
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31228441
Flag of Ireland.svg  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: [5]

2015 Indoor Championship

BlueGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 44067204
Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg  Iroquois 43159303
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 42243472
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 41322571
Flag of England.svg  England 40424610
RedGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33049293
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32137222
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 31239401
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 30317510
GreenGPWLGFGAPTS
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 32136242
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 32127292
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 31229361
Flag of Germany.svg  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: [6]

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