The 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) was the fifth international box lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse every four years. It was held 19-28 September 2019 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia , Canada .[1] The winner of the WILC wins the Cockerton Cup, named for All-American lacrosse player Stan Cockerton .
The competition was hosted in two venues in Langley , BC: Langley Events Centre and Aldergrove Credit Union Community Centre.[2]
A record 20 countries competed in the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. New entrants included Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Mexico and the Netherlands.[3]
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Pool play [ edit ] The teams were divided into four divisions, with the five highest-ranked teams placed in the Blue Division and the others being split into the Yellow, Green, and Orange Divisions. In the Blue Division, the top two teams advanced to the semifinals, the third and fourth teams entered the quarterfinals and the fifth team was placed in the first round of the championship bracket. The first place teams in the Yellow, Green, and Orange Divisions entered the championship bracket, while the other teams were placed in the placement bracket.[5]
The Canadians won the event, with Iroquois, United States, and England placing second, third, and fourth, respectively.[6] [7] [8]
Blue Division [ edit ] Team Advanced to Canada 4 4 0 0 0 0 70 28 +42 Semifinals Iroquois 4 3 1 0 0 0 60 40 +20 Semifinals United States 4 2 2 0 0 0 56 41 +15 Quarter-finals Israel 4 0 3 0 1 0 29 59 -30 Quarter-finals England 4 0 3 0 0 1 20 67 -47 Qualifier
Yellow Division [ edit ] Team Advanced to Netherlands 4 3 1 52 40 +12 Qualifier Serbia 4 3 1 50 41 +9 Placement Ireland 4 3 1 54 29 +25 Placement Hong Kong 4 1 3 45 70 -25 Placement Switzerland 4 0 4 36 57 -21 Placement
September 19 Serbia 8—6 Switzerland
September 19 Ireland 8—11 Netherlands
September 20 Netherlands 9—11 Serbia
September 20 Ireland 18—2 Hong Kong
September 21 Switzerland 13—16 Hong Kong
September 21 Serbia 9—10 Ireland
September 22 Netherlands 15—10 Switzerland
September 22 Hong Kong 16—22 Serbia
September 23 Hong Kong 11—17 Netherlands
September 23 Switzerland 7—18 Ireland
Green Division [ edit ] Team Advanced to Czech Republic 4 4 0 68 21 +47 Qualifier Germany 4 3 1 67 29 +38 Placement Slovakia 4 2 2 51 56 -5 Placement Scotland 4 1 3 46 60 -14 Placement Mexico 4 0 4 26 92 -66 Placement
September 20 Mexico 6—25 Germany
September 21 Slovakia 18—7 Mexico
September 23 Germany 18—6 Slovakia
Orange Division [ edit ] Team Advanced to Finland 4 4 0 79 25 +54 Qualifier Australia 4 3 1 68 32 +36 Placement Austria 4 2 2 49 46 +3 Placement Sweden 4 1 3 50 69 -19 Placement Costa Rica 4 0 4 9 83 -74 Placement
September 19 Finland 20—5 Austria
September 20 Sweden 6—23 Finland
September 20 Austria 18—0 Costa Rica
September 21 Austria 20—10 Sweden
September 22 Costa Rica 4—21 Finland
September 23 Sweden 24—4 Costa Rica
Championship Round [ edit ] 1st-4th Placement [ edit ] 5th-8th Placement [ edit ] 9th-12th Placement [ edit ] 13th-16th Placement [ edit ] 17th-20th Placement [ edit ] Ranking, leaders, and awards [ edit ] Final ranking [ edit ] Scoring leaders [ edit ] Regular Season Player Team GP G A Pts Brian Gillis 4 16 14 30 Kieran McArdle 4 10 20 30 Cole Paciejewski 4 17 12 29 Cody Jamieson 4 11 17 28 Joseph Resetarits 4 8 20 28 Robert Raittila 3 15 13 28 Roope Jokela 3 4 24 28 Kevin Powers 4 14 13 27 Luke Coppinger 4 14 13 27 Gustav Weber 4 11 14 25 Iain Vickars 4 14 11 25 Randy Staats 4 9 16 25 Rintaro Fujita 4 10 15 25 Playoffs Player Team GP G A Pts Matthew Taylor 3 18 13 31 Tristan Rai 3 7 20 27 Klaus Hauer 4 16 10 26 Thomas Johnson 4 16 9 25 Jean-Luc Chetner 3 8 16 24 Kevin Powers 4 16 8 24 Jesse Whinnen 3 12 10 22 Rintaro Fujita 4 11 11 22 Brian Gillis 3 7 12 19 Connor Simon 3 10 9 19 Ilija Gajic 3 5 14 19 Lukas Heri 3 11 8 19 Luke Coppinger 3 11 8 19 Noah Hoselton 4 11 8 19 Pavel Dosly 4 10 9 19 Source:[9] [10]
Goaltending leaders [ edit ] Regular Season Player Team SA GAA Devlin Shanahan 4 124 110 0.887 14 4.88 Andrew Gallant 4 165 139 0.842 36 8.44 Craig Wende 4 143 119 0.832 23 7.50 Marko Celic 4 187 146 0.781 41 10.37 Warren Hill 4 161 125 0.776 36 10.71 Frank Scigliano 4 149 113 0.758 36 15.00 Hunyahdengowah Abrams 4 140 106 0.757 34 10.45 Adam Branislav 4 129 95 0.736 34 15.01 Zachary Higgins 4 190 139 0.732 51 14.68 Richard Zeidlitz 4 127 89 0.701 38 21.86 Playoffs Player Team GP SA SV SV% GA GAA Frank Scigliano 4 222 182 0.820 40 11.13 Craig Wende 3 145 117 0.807 28 9.96 Richard Zeidlitz 4 217 173 0.797 44 11.81 Travis Sandin 4 112 89 0.795 24 11.39 Andrew Gallant 3 118 93 0.788 25 15.60 Minimum 75 saves. Source:[11] [12]
All World Team [ edit ] [13]
Forwards Mark Matthews, Canada
Randy Staats, Iroquois
Transition Joel White, United States
Defense Graeme Hossack , Canada
Kyle Rubisch , Canada
Goaltender Mike Poulin , Canada
Most Valuable Player Cody Jamieson , Forward, Iroquois President's Team [ edit ] Forwards
Robert Raittila, Finland
Matthew Taylor, Australia
Transition
Adrian Balasch, Austria
Defense
David Beckmann, Germany
Markus Mattila, Finland
Goaltender
Craig Wende, Germany
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References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
National indoor lacrosse teams
Countries