Final Record 2001-Present

Year	Tournament	Final Place	P	W	L	GF	GA	Pct
2001	ELF EC Wales	6th	6	0	6	24	81	.000
2002	ILF WC Perth, AUS	13th	5	5	0	80	12	1.000
2004	ELF EC Czech Rep	7th	7	6	1	82	25	.857
2005	Celtic Cup	1st	2	2	0			1.000
2006	ILF WC Ontario, CAN	7th	7	5	2	89	62	.714
2008	ELF EC Finland	6th
2009	Celtic Cup Scotland	3rd	4	2	2	37	31	.500
2010	FIL WC England	9th	7	6	1	113	46	.857
2012	ELF EC Netherlands	2nd	9	5	4	93	83	.556
2013	Celtic Open Ireland	1st	1	1	0	19	7	1.000
2014	FIL WC Colorado, USA	10th	8	6	2	157	115	.750
2016	ELF EC Hungary	11th	8	5	3	91	57	.625
2018	FIL WC Israel	12th	8	4	4	88	75	.500

ELF European Championship Cardiff Wales 2001

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
	Group Round
07.2001	Ireland	1	Germany	11
07.2001	Ireland	5	England	17
07.2001	Ireland	5	Czech Republic	22
07.2001	Ireland	5	Scotland	13
07.2001	Ireland	5	Wales	7
	5th Place Playoff
07.2001	Ireland	3	Wales	11

ILF World Championship Perth Western Australia 2002

Date	Green Division (Div 3)
06.07.02	Ireland	16	Hong Kong	1
07.07.02	Ireland	14	Korea	5
08.07.02	Ireland	19	New Zealand	3
09.07.02	Ireland	15	Hong Kong	0
10.07.02	Ireland	16	Korea	3

ELF European Championship Prague Czech Rep 2004

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
	Division B
07.2004	Ireland	12	Finland	3
07.2004	Ireland	14	Denmark	2
07.2004	Ireland	15	Netherlands	3
07.2004	Ireland	13	Italy	1
07.2004	Ireland	15	Latvia	1
	Playoff
07.2004	Ireland	9	Sweden	1
	7th Place Playoff
07.2004	Ireland	12	Finland	6

Celtic Cup 2005

Date	Ireland / Round		Home Team
	Group
2005	Ireland	W	Wales	L
2005	Ireland	W	Scotland	L

ILF World Championship London Ontario 2006

Date	Red Division (Div 2)
14.07.06	Ireland	19	Hong Kong	4
	Ireland	15	Italy	7
	Ireland	16	Scotland	9
	Ireland	12	Wales	4
Date	Second Round (Quarter-Finals)
18.07.06	Ireland	5	Australia	1
	Semi-Finals Day (5-8 Place)
20.07.06	Ireland	9	Japan	11
	Finals Day (7-8 Place)
22.07.06	Ireland	13	Germany	5

ELF European Cup Finland 2008

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
	5th-8th Place Semi-Finals
2008	Ireland	L	Germany	W
	5th Place Playoff
2008	Ireland	10	Netherlands	11

Celtic Cup Edinburgh Scotland 2009

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
	Group
12.08.2009	Ireland	5	Scotland	14
13.08.2009	Ireland	13	France	2
14.08.2009	Ireland	5	Wales	11
	3rd Place Playoff
15.08.2009	Ireland	14	France	4

FIL World Championship Manchester England 2010

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
Date	Orange Division
16.07.10	Ireland	21	Korea	3
17.07.10	Ireland	23	Slovakia	4
18.07.10	Ireland	16	Switzerland	3
	Intermediate Round (Top Division)
19.07.10	Ireland	12	Sweden	7
20.07.10	Ireland	9	Scotland	15
	Consolation Round (9-12 Place)
22.07.10	Ireland	17	Finland	6
23.07.10	Ireland	15	Sweden	8

ELF European Championship Amsterdam Netherlands 2012

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
	Division 1
21.06.2012	Ireland	7	England	11
2012	Ireland	7	Netherlands	11
2012	Ireland	11	Germany	12 (et)
2012	Ireland	8	Finland	7 (et)
2012	Ireland	12	Sweden	4
	Playoffs
2012	Ireland	15	Slovakia	3
	Quarter-Finals
2012	Ireland	15	Germany	12
	Semi-Finals
2012	Ireland	13	Sweden	8
	Final
2012	Ireland	5	England	15

Celtic Open Limerick Ireland 2013

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
	Final
17.08.2013	Ireland	19	France	7

ELF European Championship Budapest Hungary 2016

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
	Group B
28.07.2016	Ireland	8	Scotland	10
29.07.2016	Ireland	16	Austria	0
30.07.2016	Ireland	5	Wales	3
01.08.2016	Ireland	17	Denmark	5
02.08.2016	Ireland	8	Norway	10
	Minor Quarter-Finals
03.08.2016	Ireland	15	Poland	5
	9-12 Semi-Finals
04.08.2016	Ireland	12	Latvia	17
	11th Place
05.08.2016	Ireland	10	Norway	7

FIL World Championship Israel 2018

Date	Ireland / Round		Opposition
Date	Yellow Division
12.07.18	Ireland	18	China	3
14.07.18	Denmark	3	Ireland	14
Date	Tournament Tree Rounds 1-3
15.07.18	Ireland	12	Latvia	7
16.07.18	Ireland	15	Italy	7
17.07.18	Israel	16	Ireland	4
Date	Final Placement Rounds
	Place 3
18.07.18	Ireland	10	England	11
	9th Semi-Finals
19.07.18	Ireland	5	Germany	14
	11th Place
20.07.18	Ireland	10	Scotland	14

ELF European Championship Cardiff Wales 2001

Ireland stood in for Sweden at the ELF European Championships in Cardiff, Wales in 2001, entering their first International Lacrosse tournament in the process, although the matches went to form and the team lost all five group matches and the 5th place playoff to hosts Wales.

ILF World Championshi Perth Western Australia 2002 Report

The Irish National Team for the 2002 World Championships consisted of Americans, Canadians, Australians, South Africans and Englishmen from Irish backgrounds. The team was the brain-child of Goalie Joe Garvey and its purpose in competing at the Championships was to raise the profile of Lacrosse in Ireland. A Tout of Ireland to promote the game would follow. Ireland competed brilliantly in the Green (third) Division, winning all five matches, finishing in 13th Place

ELF European Championship Prague Czech Rep 2004 Report

Ireland finished in 7th in the European Championship in 2004, topping Division B with five wins from five before losing to Sweden in the playoff for a Semi-Final place and then defeating Finland 12-6 in the 7th Place game. Ireland had wins over Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy and Latvia in the Division Round phase.

Celtic Cup 2005

Ireland defeated Wales and then Scotland in the decider as the triumphed in the Celtic Cup Tournament in 2005.

ILF World Championship London Ontario 2006 Report

Ireland ran out easy winners of the division, defearing Hong Kong, Italy, scotland and Wales, notching up double figures in each match while holding their opponents to single figures.[8][9]. they then lost matches in the knockout rounds to Australia and Japan, before defeating the mighty Germany 13-5 to finish 7th in the World.

ELF European Championship Finland 2008

Ireland finished second in their division, before narrow heartbreaking losses to Germany and Netherlands saw the Men’s team finish 6th.

Celtic Cup Edinburgh Scotland 2009

Ireland finished in third place in the Celtic Cup in 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland, losing to the hosts and Wales, but defeating France twice.

FIL World Championship Manchester England 2010

Every attacker and midfielder got on the scoreboard over 8 days for the Ireland Men’s National Team in the Federation of International Lacrosse World Championships in Manchester, england in 2010, as as what was described as a “special group” by Team Director John Cavanaugh showed “great character” to win six of their seven games and finish in 9th place.[19]

ELF European Championship Amsterdam Netherlands 2012

Ireland lost their opening three games in the European Championships in Amsterdam in the Netherlands before winning their next five, including a victory over Germany in the Quarter-Finals where the Irish fired off 8 early goals and the Germans could not recover, avenging an Extra-Time loss in the opening group round. thisset up a mouth-watering Final against the top country in Europe, and one of the six World Powers, England, but the Irish could not muster any more heroics and lost 15-5, settling for Silver.

Celtic Open Limerick Ireland 2013

This match was the first International Men’s Lacrosse match held in Ireland since 1903, and Ireland created history in the process, winning their first International Tournament on Home Soil, the Celtic Cup, by beating France 19-7, having previously won the Cup in 2005. Zak Jordan scored the first goal of the match, and Kevin Owens scored six goals.

ELF European Championship Budapest Germany 2016

Ireland could not repeat the heroics of the previous European Championships, finishing 11th after losing two group matches, which left them in the Minor Quarter-Finals, where they beat Poland, but then lost to Latvia, and gained revenge for a shock defeat to Norway in the Group Round, winning the 11th Place Playoff.

FIL World Championship Israel 2018

Ireland’s Men’s National Team finished 12th out of 46 Nations at the Federation of International Lacrosse world championships in Israel 2018. After winning their first four matches Ireland lost to hosts Israel in the last tournamemt Tree Round before narrowly losing 10-11 to World Lacrosse power England, and the running out of steam with lossesto Germany and Scotland.

References

Newspapers

[32] Laura Toogood (2006) SPORT DIGEST – LACROSSE The University Observer (UCD) 5 September 2006, pg. 19

Websites

[1] Inside the Games (2017) Federation of International Lacrosse Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/image/48326/o/federation-of-international-lacrosse-logo.jpg [Accessed 20 March 2017]

[2] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2002 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/index.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[3] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2002 – report, 7th July 2002 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports07.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[4] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2002 – report, 8th July 2002 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports08.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[5] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2002 – report, 9th July 2002 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports09.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[6] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2002 – report, 10th July 2002 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports10.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[7] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2002 – report, 11th July 2002 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup02/reports11.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[8] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/index.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[9] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 – report, 14th July 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/reports14.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[10] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 – report, 19th July 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/reports19.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[11] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 – report, 20th July 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/reports20.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[12] Pointstreak (2006) SCOREBOARD [Internet] Available from: http://pointstreak.com/framed/prostats/scoreboard.html?leagueid=336&seasonid=1285 [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[13] Manchester 2010 World Lacrosse Championships – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2010) Group Standings [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20100917073646/http://2010worldlacrosse.com/results/?cmd=group-standings [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[14] Manchester 2010 World Lacrosse Championships – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2010) Game Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20100917073757/http://2010worldlacrosse.com/results/?cmd=game-schedule [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[15] Manchester 2010 World Lacrosse Championships – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2010) Ireland Roster [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20100917105057/http://2010worldlacrosse.com/results/results/?cmd=team-about&teamid=irl [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[16] Manchester 2010 World Lacrosse Championships – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2010) Ireland Game Schedule and Statistics [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20100917095023/http://2010worldlacrosse.com/results/results/?cmd=team-schedule&teamid=irl [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[17] Ireland Lacrosse (2010) WC 2010 GROUP PHASE [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2010/07/15/wc-2010-group-phase/ [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[18] Ireland Lacrosse (2010) WC 2010 PLAY-IN GAMES [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2010/07/18/wc-2010-play-in-games/ [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[19] Ireland Lacrosse (2010) WC 2010 PLACEMENT GAMES [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2010/07/21/wc-2010-placement-games/ [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[20] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/nations/standings [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[21] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/nations/schedule [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[22] Denver 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships (2014) Final 23 Man Rosters France Germany Hong Kong Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://static.psbin.com/y/n/xl6h3c6yee96oc/RostersFraGerHkgIre.pdf [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[23] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 11: Nine Nations Make FIL Lacrosse Debut – Ireland 17, Uganda 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071114_nine_nations_make_fil_world_championship_debut [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[24] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 12: Eight Divisions move closer to bracket stage – Ireland 22, France 5 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071214_eight_divisions_move_closer_to_bracket_play [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[25] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 13: Eight division winners and Canada wins a wild one – Ireland wins Yellow Division, United States rolls [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071314_july_13_running_updates [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[26] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 14: Running updates from day five – Germany, Israel advance to next round of playoffs [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071414_daily [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[27] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 15: United States wins Blue Division – Japan picks up first victory [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071514_july_15_running_world_lacrosse_championship_updates [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[28] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 16: Iroquois, australia advance to semi-finals – Italy opens day with victory over Turkey [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071614_running_updates_from_fil_world_championship [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[29] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 17: U.S., Canada advance to Championship – Filbotte scores sudden death game winner for Italy [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071714_running_updates_from_day_eight_at_world_lacrosse_championship [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[30] Denver 2014 World Lacrosse Championships (2014) July 18: Score Updates/Schedule Changes – Maas leads Germany to ninth place finish [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/news/071814_running_updates_for_day_nine_fil_world_championship [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[31] Irish Central (2014) Irish Lacrosse team enjoys Terrific World Championships in Denver {Internet] Available from: https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/irish-lacrosse-team-enjoys-terrific-world-championships-in-denver [Accessed 13 January 2018]

[32] World Lacrosse 2018 (2018) FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Cup 2018 – Groups [Internet] Available from: http://worldlacrosse2018.com/schedule-app/#cmd=group-rank-full-ex [Accessed 20 August 2018]

[33] World Lacrosse 2018 (2018) FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Cup 2018 – Games [Internet] Available from: http://worldlacrosse2018.com/schedule-app/#cmd= [Accessed 20 August 2018]

Social Media

[34] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 13, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1787937981284864 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[35] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 15, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1791172557628073 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[36] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 16, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1792731640805498 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[37] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 16, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1792797850798877 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[38] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 18, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1795700857175243 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[39] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 19, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1796943067051022 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[40] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 20, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1798827890195873 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[41] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 20, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1799098433502152 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

[42] Ireland Lacrosse Facebook Page (2018) Post July 21, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/irelandlacrosse/posts/1800747823337213 [Accessed 25 August 2018]

References

[43] Ireland Lacrosse (2009) 2009 Celtic Cup [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2009/08/14/2009-celtic-cup/ [Accessed 14 January 2017]

[44] Ireland Lacrosse (2009) Ireland’s Men win Celtic Cup bronze Medal [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2009/08/15/irelands-men-win-celtic-cup-bronze-medal/ [Accessed 14 January 2017]

Websites

[45] Ireland Lacrosse (2013) Ireland wins Celtic Cup and makes history in the process [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2013/08/20/ireland-wins-celtic-cup-and-makes-history-in-the-process/ [Accessed 5 July 2018]

[46] Ireland Lacrosse (2013) 2013 Celtic Cup Roster [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2013/08/12/2013-celtic-cup-roster/ [Accessed 5 July 2018]

Images

[47] Sports Tours Ireland (2013) 2013 Celtic Cup Tournament Poster [Internet] Available from: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/1Q2gHywj3Dn71yGHA-vmqcaM3xuDKsjAgEb6qBF4LPqXuwPT9llatSz0o7qIidIe2ZppaCO0643uZAUsYIfax4b07Vj3dxYEev0lQAlBhq5QTG2xZCoApDP82Ui_HJDRFjP8TQ [Accessed 9 March 2020]

Websites

[48] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse European Championships 2004 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/eurocup04.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

Newspapers

[49] Kerin, Fearghal (2008) “Sports digest: Lacrosse” The University Observer [UCD] 23 September 2008.

Websites

[50] Sports News Ireland / O’Neill, Michael “Irish Lacrosse Teams hoping for successful Europeans” [Internet] Available from: https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/uncategorized/113440/ [Accessed 2 June 2018][Broken Link]

[51] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse European Championships 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/eurocup2012.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[52] Ireland Lacrosse (2012) Irish Men Claim European silver [Internet] available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2012/07/04/irish-men-claim-european-silver/ [accessed 10 January 2017]

[53] Ireland Lacrosse (2012) Ireland teams seek glory in European Championships [Internet] available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2012/06/14/ireland-teams-seek-glory-in-european-championships/ [accessed 10 January 2017]

Images

[54] Ireland Lacrosse (2012) silver [Internet] available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/silver.png [accessed 10 January 2017]

Websites

[55] ELF Men’s European Lacrosse Championships 2016 (2016) Game schedule [Internet] Available from: http://stats.pointbench.com/ecm/2016/index.php?cmd= [Accessed 14 January 2017]

[56] 2016 ELF Men’s Lacrosse European Championships Facebook (2016) [Internet] available from: https://www.facebook.com/lacrosse2016/photos/a.886045848099872.1073741828.802324553138669/1078896305481491/?type=3&theater [Accessed ]

[57] 2016 ELF Men’s Lacrosse European Championships Facebook (2016) [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanLacrosse/photos/a.214307511931958.75765.119551654740878/1356222374407127/?type=3&theater [Accessed ]

[58] Activity Workshop (2018) Euro Cup 2001 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/eurocup01.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

Newspapers

[59] Anon. (2005) “Sports digest: Lacrosse” The University Observer [UCD] 27 September 2005.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Murphy (Ireland Lacrosse Commissioner)

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