1982 World Lacrosse Championship

1982 World Lacrosse Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)Homewood Field, Baltimore, Maryland
DatesJune 18–25
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  United States (3rd title)
Runners-up  Australia
Third place  Canada
Fourth place England

The 1982 World Lacrosse Championship was the fourth World Lacrosse Championship and was played at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Maryland, from June 18–25, 1982. The United States defeated Australia in the final to win the tournament.[1][2]

Results

Team 1 Team 2 Score
England Australia 5-25
United States Canada 23-12
Canada England 26-8
United States Australia 23-10
United States England 26-9
Canada Australia 18-24

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 United States 3 3 0 6
2 Australia 3 2 1 4
3 Canada 3 1 2 2
4 England 3 0 3 0
Source:

Final

United States 22, Australia 14

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Canada
4 England

Awards

All World Team

The International Lacrosse Federation named an All World Team at the conclusion of the championship, along with four other individual awards.[3]

Goalkeeper

United States Tommy Sears

Defence

United States Mark Greenberg
United States Chris Kane
England Jeff Mounkley

Midfield

Australia John Butkiewicz
United States Vinny Sombrotto
Canada Bob Teasdall

Attack

United States Brooks Sweet
Australia Peter Cann
United States Brendan Schneck

Best Positional Players

United States Tommy Sears - Goalkeeper
United States Mark Greenberg - Defence
Australia John Butkiewicz - Midfield
United States Brooks Sweet - Attack

Tournament MVP

Australia Jeff Kennedy - Midfield

References

  1. ^ "International Lacrosse Events History" (PDF). Federation of International Lacrosse.
  2. ^ "ALL-TIME FIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". US Lacrosse.
  3. ^ "Men's World Championship History". www.worldlacrosse2014.com. US Lacrosse. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.