World Lacrosse Championships 1

The inaugural World Lacrosse Championships took place in Mambaro, Kura-Pelland. Ten nations chose to participate and prove to the world that the great sport of Lacrosse deserved a chance to have its own time in the sun. It was a hotly contested tournament with Newmanistan declaring itself as the team to beat right from the start, and then never looking back en route to the championship. As much as Newmanistan’s run to the title wasn’t a surprise, the team that they defeated, Land de Wood, in the final, was. Lacrosse was a little known sport in their country, but that did not stop the team from showing a ton of heart and character, and in fact many of the players earned contracts with professional clubs in Newmanistan during the tournament, making it a little ironic that the nations would meet in the final.

The teams were divided into two groups of five. Group winners advance to the semifinals, and the second and third place teams were placed in the repechage round. A loss to regional rival Secristan meant that Newmanistan had to go through the repechage before ultimately winning the title. Taeshan and Secristan would share third place.

Group A
Note: Kura-Pelland won tiebreaker by virtue of cumulative GD of the tied teams in their respective games after Kura-Pelland and Kereca (1-1-0 each) cleared Lovisa (0-0-2) in H2H play.
 * 1) Venue: Mambaro, Kura-Pelland

Group B

 * 1) Venue: Mambaro, Kura-Pelland

Repechage:
 * Kura-Pelland 9-12 Newmanistan
 * Land de Wood 12-10 Zongguo

Semfinals:
 * Taeshan 9-11 Newmanistan
 * Land de Wood 16-15 Secristan

FINAL: Land de Wood 16-17 Newmanistan