2002 World Lacrosse Championship

2002 World Lacrosse Championship
Tournament details
Host country Australia
Venue(s)Perth
Dates7–15 July
Teams15
Final positions
Champions  United States (8th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Australia
Fourth place Haudenosaunee
Tournament statistics
Games played48
Goals scored1,068 (22.25 per game)
MVPUnited States Doug Shanahan
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The 2002 World Lacrosse Championship were held between 7–15 July 2002. The event was the ninth international men's lacrosse championship, and took place in Perth, Western Australia under the auspices of the International Lacrosse Federation.[1][2] This was the second time that the tournament was held in Perth, following the 1990 tournament. Fifteen teams competed in the event in three divisions.[3]

The United States successfully defended their title for the sixth consecutive time, defeating Canada 18–15 in the final.[4] Australia beat the Iroquois team 12–11 for third place.

  1. ^ "International Lacrosse Events History" (PDF). Federation of International Lacrosse.
  2. ^ "ALL-TIME FIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". US Lacrosse.
  3. ^ "Lacrosse World Championships 2002". activityworkshop.net. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference wlc history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).