2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
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The 2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the eighth World Cup
played, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse
tournament. The tournament was held at SK Slavia Praha
Sport Centre in Prague, Czech Republic
from June 17 to June 27, 2009. USA defeated Australia in the finals to win the tournament.
(FIL) and the Czech Women’s Lacrosse (CWL). This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. It is the first major event to be sponsored by the FIL. In August 2008, the men's international governing body International Lacrosse Federation merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).
The CWL also sponsors the 12th annual Prague Cup as an associated event. This tournament, held at the same venue as the World Cup, allows international club teams to compete at the same time in the open event.
, Denmark
, Haudenosaunee, Ireland
, Korea
, and the Netherlands
. The Haudenosaunee is the first team of women to represent the indigenous peoples of the Americas
in the Women's World Cup. Lacrosse is seen as a sacred sport to the Iroquois and was traditionally a sport reserved for only men. In earlier tournaments, clan mothers protested the women's team playing the sacred sport and threatened to lay down on the field to prevent them from playing.
The tournament saw the return of defending gold medal winners Australia
, as well as Canada
, England
, Germany
, Japan
, New Zealand
, Scotland
, United States
, Wales
and the Czech Republic
.
Teams were split into three separate pools. Pool A (Australia, United States, England, Canada, and Japan) and Pool B (Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany and New Zealand) played round robins games against each team in their pool seeding for the quarterfinals. Pool C (Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, Korea and Netherlands) played in two mini-pools ((I)& (II)) to determine who will advance to the next round of play. The quarterfinals were followed by consolation games, the semifinals, and the bronze and gold medal games.
places 9-16:
places 5-8:
places 9-12:
places 13-16:
13th place final:
11th place final:
9th place final:
7th place final:
5th place final:
3rd place final:
1st place final:
Women's Lacrosse World Cup
The Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the recognized world championship of international women's lacrosse, is held every four years. From its inception in 1982, it was sponsored by the governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, until that body...
played, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse
Women's lacrosse
Women's lacrosse, sometimes shortened to wlax or lax, is a sport played with twelve players on each team. Originally played by the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the first tribe to play it was the Hauser tribe, of the Great Plains. The modern women's game was introduced in 1890 at the St...
tournament. The tournament was held at SK Slavia Praha
SK Slavia Praha
Sportovní Klub Slavia Praha is a Czech professional football club founded in 1892 in the city of Prague.They play in the Gambrinus liga—the highest competition in the Czech Republic. Alongside Sparta Prague, they are considered one of the top Czech clubs and the rivalry between the two clubs is...
Sport Centre in Prague, Czech Republic
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
from June 17 to June 27, 2009. USA defeated Australia in the finals to win the tournament.
Sponsoring organizations
The event is sponsored by the Federation of International LacrosseFederation of International Lacrosse
The Federation of International Lacrosse, shortened to FIL, was established in August 2008 in a merger of both the men's and women's international lacrosse associations. It's located in Wilmington, Delaware in United States...
(FIL) and the Czech Women’s Lacrosse (CWL). This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. It is the first major event to be sponsored by the FIL. In August 2008, the men's international governing body International Lacrosse Federation merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).
The CWL also sponsors the 12th annual Prague Cup as an associated event. This tournament, held at the same venue as the World Cup, allows international club teams to compete at the same time in the open event.
Teams
Sixteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2009 World Cup tournament. New entries include: AustriaAustria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Haudenosaunee, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The Haudenosaunee is the first team of women to represent the indigenous peoples of the Americas
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
in the Women's World Cup. Lacrosse is seen as a sacred sport to the Iroquois and was traditionally a sport reserved for only men. In earlier tournaments, clan mothers protested the women's team playing the sacred sport and threatened to lay down on the field to prevent them from playing.
The tournament saw the return of defending gold medal winners Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, as well as Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
Teams were split into three separate pools. Pool A (Australia, United States, England, Canada, and Japan) and Pool B (Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany and New Zealand) played round robins games against each team in their pool seeding for the quarterfinals. Pool C (Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, Korea and Netherlands) played in two mini-pools ((I)& (II)) to determine who will advance to the next round of play. The quarterfinals were followed by consolation games, the semifinals, and the bronze and gold medal games.
Round Robin results
WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, P.I.M. = Penalty Minutes, PPG= Points per Game| Pool A | |||||||||||
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 | 64 | 33 | ||||
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 6 | 75.0 | 64 | 31 | ||||
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 48 | 48 | ||||
| 4 | England | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 41 | 45 | ||||
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 93 | ||||
| Pool B | |||||||||||
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wales | 4 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 | 52 | 22 | ||||
| 2 | Scotland Scotland national women's lacrosse team The Scotland national women's lacrosse team represents Scotland at women's lacrosse. It is governed by Lacrosse Scotland-1982:* 1st United States* 2nd Australia* 3rd Canada* 4th Scotland* 5th England* 6th Wales-1986:* 1st Australia... |
3 | 1 | 6 | 75.0 | 54 | 19 | ||||
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 37 | 27 | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 21 | 44 | ||||
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 67 | ||||
| Pool C1 | |||||||||||
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haudenosaunee | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 36 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| 3 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 32 | ||||
| Pool C2 | |||||||||||
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 45 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 37 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 46 | ||||
Quarter finals
places 1-8:- USA 22 - 5 Ireland
- Australia 17 - 4 ScotlandScotland national women's lacrosse teamThe Scotland national women's lacrosse team represents Scotland at women's lacrosse. It is governed by Lacrosse Scotland-1982:* 1st United States* 2nd Australia* 3rd Canada* 4th Scotland* 5th England* 6th Wales-1986:* 1st Australia...
- Canada 10 - 6 Wales
- England 19 - 12 Japan
places 9-16:
- Czech Republic 23 - 0 South Korea
- Germany 24 - 1 Denmark
- New Zealand 18 - 0 Austria
- Haudenosaunee 16 - 2 Netherlands
Semi finals
places 1-4:- USA 20 - 3 England
- Australia 12 - 10 Canada
places 5-8:
- Ireland 15 - 13 Japan
- Wales 11 - 8 Scotland
places 9-12:
- Czech Republic 12 - 7 Haudenosaunee
- Germany 15 - 4 New Zealand
places 13-16:
- Netherlands 28 - 1 South Korea
- Austria 10 - 9 Denmark
Finals
15th place final:- Denmark 17 - 3 South Korea
13th place final:
- Netherlands 14 - 3 Austria
11th place final:
- Haudenosaunee 18 - 6 New Zealand
9th place final:
- Czech Republic 15 - 5 Germany
7th place final:
- Japan 11 - 7 Scotland
5th place final:
- Ireland 12 - 7 Wales
3rd place final:
- Canada 14 - 9 England
1st place final:
- USA v Australia
| 1st Half | 2nd Half | Final | |
| USA | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| AUS | 3 | 4 | 7 |