2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup Explained

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 reclaims gold medals to win the tournament, after defeated Australia in the finals.^[1]

Sponsoring organizations

The event is sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse (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).^[2]

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.^{[3] [4]}

Teams

Sixteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2009 World Cup tournament. New entries include: Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, South Korea, and the Netherlands.^[5] The Haudenosaunee is the first team of women to represent the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the Women's World Cup.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[5]

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.^[8]

Round Robin results

WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, P.I.M. = Penalty Minutes, PPG= Points per Game

Qualified for Quarterfinal

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	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	-	-

Quarterfinals

places 1-8:

USA 22 - 5 Ireland

Australia 17 - 4 Scotland

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

Semifinals

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

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Final ranking

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External links

• The 2009 FIL Women's World Cup web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team USA Reclaims World Cup Gold. June 27, 2009. World Lacrosse. 2009-06-27.
2. Web site: ILF, IFWLA Merge to Form FIL. Logue. Brian. August 13, 2008. Lacrosse Magazine. US Lacrosse. 2008-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090223144332/http://laxmagazine.com/sports/s-inter/spec-rel/081308aae.html. 2009-02-23. dead.
3. Web site: Women's Prague Cup 2009. Czech Women’s Lacrosse. 2009-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20090223044646/http://www.lacrossepraguecup.cz/. 23 February 2009 . live.
4. Web site: About Prague Cup. Czech Women’s Lacrosse. 2009-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20090309110349/http://lacrosseworldcup2009.com/index.php/en/home/prague-cup.html. 9 March 2009. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: World Cup History at a Glance . Czech Women’s Lacrosse . 2009-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090227151539/http://www.lacrosseworldcup2009.com/index.php/en/home/about/wc-history-review.html . 27 February 2009 . dead .
6. Though youth teams have previously played in international exhibitions.
7. Web site: Cradle of a Sport Has Crossed the Gender Line . Berg. Aimee. May 13, 2007. New York Times. 2009-02-10.
8. Web site: 2009 World Cup Schedule. Czech Women’s Lacrosse. 2009-02-25.