The 2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Team Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations. The championship game was won 15–10 by the Canadians over the USA in front of 7,735 fans and marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship were founded in 1967, after Canada's historic 17–16 overtime win in the 1978 final at Edgeley Park, Stockport. Canadian Geoff Snider was rewarded for a sensational championships with tournament MVP honours.

This would prove to be the last World Lacrosse Championship to be sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation. In August 2008, the ILF 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. Future World Championships, the next of which will be held in 2010, will be sanctioned by FIL.

Contents 1 Round Robin 1.1 Blue Division 1.2 Red Division 1.3 Orange Division 1.4 Yellow Division 2 Finals 3 Awards 3.1 All-World Team 3.1.1 Goalkeeper 3.1.2 Defence 3.1.3 Midfield 3.1.4 Attack 3.2 Best Positional Players 3.3 Tournament MVP 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Round Robin

For the round-robin phase of the tournament, nations were separated into blue, red, orange and yellow divisions according to strength. Each of the twenty-one nations was eligible to win the championship.

[edit] Blue Division

Blue division featured the six strongest lacrosse nations: Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois Nationals, Japan, and USA. Results were as follows:

Winning Team	Losing Team	Score
Iroquois Nation	England	13–10
USA	Australia	20–8
Canada	Japan	18–7
USA	England	25–5
Canada	Iroquois Nation	12–8
Australia	Japan	18–1
Australia	England	16–3
USA	Canada	13–12
Iroquois Nation	Japan	13–11
England	Japan	9–8
USA	Iroquois Nation	21–13
Canada	Australia	12–9
USA	Japan	21–2
Iroquois Nation	Australia	12–10
Canada	England	17–9

Blue division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

1. USA
2. Canada
3. Iroquois Nation
4. Australia
5. England
6. Japan

[edit] Red Division

Red division featured the next five strongest lacrosse nations: Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Results were as follows:

Winning Team	Losing Team	Score
Ireland	Hong Kong	19–4
Scotland	Italy	13–12
Ireland	Italy	15–8
Wales	Hong Kong	14–0
Italy	Hong Kong	20–0
Scotland	Wales	7–3
Italy	Wales	20–7
Ireland	Scotland	16–9
Ireland	Wales	12–4
Scotland	Hong Kong	21–3

Red division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. Italy
4. Wales
5. Hong Kong

[edit] Orange Division

The five countries competing in Orange division were: Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and South Korea. Results were as follows:

Winning Team	Losing Team	Score
Netherlands	South Korea	12–4
Germany	New Zealand	18–3
Germany	South Korea	18–4
Czech Republic	New Zealand	23–4
Germany	Netherlands	15–9
Czech Republic	South Korea	20–2
Netherlands	New Zealand	15–4
Germany	Czech Republic	12–5
Czech Republic	Netherlands	19–9
South Korea	New Zealand	8–7

Orange division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

1. Germany
2. Czech Republic
3. Netherlands
4. South Korea
5. New Zealand

[edit] Yellow Division

Yellow division featured Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Latvia and Spain. Results were as follows:

Winning Team	Losing Team	Score
Finland	Spain	16–11
Denmark	Bermuda	10–6
Finland	Latvia	9–3
Denmark	Spain	15–11
Latvia	Spain	11–9
Finland	Bermuda	16–3
Latvia	Denmark	7–3
Spain	Bermuda	13–9
Finland	Denmark	14–4
Latvia	Bermuda	9–3

Yellow division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

1. Finland
2. Latvia
3. Denmark
4. Spain
5. Bermuda

[edit] Finals

With the nations ranked amongst their division, they played off for their final standings. The winner from each lower group played a lower-ranked nation from Blue division for their shot at the championship. Results were as follows:

Winning Team	Losing Team	Score
Netherlands	Latvia	10–4
Wales	Spain	17–9
Australia	Ireland	21–5
Iroquois Nation	Germany	14–6
Denmark	South Korea	10–9
Italy	Czech Republic	14–7
Canada	Finland	27–2
New Zealand	Bermuda	19–6
Italy	Scotland	10–7
Hong Kong	Spain	12–8
Latvia	Denmark	5–3
England	Germany	19–4
Japan	Ireland	11–9
Finland	Netherlands	10–8
Wales	Czech Republic	9–8
USA	Australia	13–10 (semi-final)
Canada	Iroquois Nation	16–6 (semi-final)
Spain	South Korea	17–14
New Zealand	Hong Kong	9–6
Scotland	Netherlands	15–3
Wales	Latvia	18–2
Czech Republic	Denmark	18–1
Finland	Italy	10–9
Ireland	Germany	13–5
England	Japan	12–7
Australia	Iroquois Nation	21–8 (3rd place playoff)
Canada	USA	15–10 (final)

The final standings were:

1. Canada
2. USA
3. Australia
4. Iroquois Nation
5. England
6. Japan
7. Ireland
8. Germany
9. Finland
10. Italy
11. Scotland
12. Netherlands
13. Wales
14. Latvia
15. Czech Republic
16. Denmark
17. Spain
18. South Korea
19. New Zealand
20. Hong Kong
21. Bermuda

[edit] Awards

[edit] All-World Team

The International Lacrosse Federation named an All-World team at the conclusion of the championships, along with four other individual awards.

[edit] Goalkeeper

• Chris Sanderson (Canada)

[edit] Defence

• John Gagliardi (USA)
• Brodie Merrill (Canada)
• John Tokarua (Australia)

[edit] Midfield

• Brett Bucktooth (Iroquois)
• Jay Jalbert (USA)
• Geoff Snider (Canada)

[edit] Attack

• John Grant, Jr. (Canada)
• Michael Powell (USA)
• Jeff Zywicki (Canada)

[edit] Best Positional Players

• Attack: Jeff Zywicki (Canada)
• Midfield: Jay Jalbert (USA)
• Defence: Brodie Merrill (Canada)

[edit] Tournament MVP

• Geoff Snider (Canada)

[edit] See also

• Lacrosse
• Federation of International Lacrosse, the unified governing body for world lacrosse founded in 2008
• World Lacrosse Championship

[edit] External links

• International Lacrosse Federation
• Collection of information and reports from the 2006 games
• Photos and reports from the 2006 games
• CBC's Lacrosse Coverage