The 2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the eighth

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played, is the preeminent international

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tournament. The tournament was held at

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Sport Centre in

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from 17 until 27 June 2009.

Sponsoring organizations

The event is sponsored by the

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(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). 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.

Teams

Sixteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2009 World Cup tournament. New entries include:

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, and the

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. The

is the first team of women to represent the

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in the Women's World Cup. 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. The tournament saw the return of defending gold medal winners

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, as well as

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and the

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. 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.

Round Robin results

Quarterfinals

places 1-8: :USA 22 - 5 Ireland :Australia 17 - 4

: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

Final ranking

External links

The 2009 FIL Women's World Cup website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Lacrosse World Cup 2009 Women's 2009 in lacrosse International lacrosse competitions hosted by the Czech Republic Lacrosse World Cup Women's lacrosse in the Czech Republic