Turkey Lacrosse Association (TLA) is a non-profit organization formed to educate and disseminate information on the sport of

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

and globally. The association also provides financial support for the sport in Turkey, including funding and managing Turkey's national teams. Represented by TLA, Turkey is the first predominantly

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country to play lacrosse competitively and to be a member of the

Federation of International Lacrosse World Lacrosse (WL), formerly the Federation of International Lacrosse, is the international governing body of lacrosse, responsible for the men's, women's, and indoor versions of the sport. It was established in 2008 by the merger of the previo ...

and the

European Lacrosse Federation European Lacrosse Federation (ELF) is the sport governing body of men and women's lacrosse in Europe. It was founded in 1995 by the Czech Republic, Scotland, England, Sweden, Germany, and Wales. There are currently 34 member nations. Overview The ...

Men's national field team

In 2014, in the team's first appearance at the

World Lacrosse Championship The World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years. The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as a ...

s, Turkey placed 22nd.

Men's national indoor team

In 2015, in its first appearance at the

World Indoor Lacrosse Championship The World Box Lacrosse Championship (WBLC), formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years. Since the first tournament in 2003 ...

s.World Indoor Lacrosse Championship website, "Turkey"
retrieved December 31, 2015. Turkey placed 10th.

References

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External links

Official websiteTurkey lacrosse on TwitterTelevision appearance of Turkey's national lacrosse team on NTV Spor TV, September 5, 2010

"Turkey's Lacrosse on SportsTV Sport Center", August 21, 2014
2009 establishments in Turkey Sports organizations of Turkey Sports organizations established in 2009 Lacrosse in Turkey Lacrosse governing bodies in Asia Lacrosse governing bodies in Europe