2003 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

2003 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates May 15–24, 2003
Teams 6
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (1st title)
Runner-up  Iroquois Iroquois
Third place   United States
Fourth place  Scotland
Matches played 20
2007

The 2003 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the 1st ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament that is held every four years and was sponsored by the International Lacrosse Federation (ILF). It took place from May 15–24, 2003 in Hamilton, Kitchener, Mississauga, and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

Preliminary round

Six participating teams played a round-robin in the preliminary round. The first place through fourth place teams each advanced to the semi-finals, while the fifth and sixth place teams advanced to the 5th place playoff.

Results

Team GP W L GF GA DIF PTS Advanced to
 Canada 5 5 0 109 29 +80 5 Semi-finals
Iroquois Iroquois Nationals 5 4 1 100 52 +48 4 Semi-finals
 Scotland 5 3 2 63 69 −6 3 Semi-finals
 United States 5 2 3 75 65 +10 2 Semi-finals
 Australia 5 1 4 39 102 −63 1 5th place playoff
 Czech Republic 5 0 5 29 98 −69 0 5th place playoff

All times are local (UTC-4).

15 May 2003
12:00
Iroquois Iroquois 19–12
 Scotland Oshawa Civic Auditorium, Oshawa
15 May 2003
16:00
United States  22–9
 Czech Republic Oshawa Civic Auditorium, Oshawa
15 May 2003
19:30
Canada  28–5
 Australia Oshawa Civic Auditorium, Oshawa
16 May 2003
12:00
Czech Republic  3–15
 Scotland Oshawa Civic Auditorium, Oshawa
16 May 2003
16:00
United States  22–4
 Australia Oshawa Civic Auditorium, Oshawa
16 May 2003
19:30
Canada  15–13
Iroquois Iroquois Oshawa Civic Auditorium, Oshawa
18 May 2003
12:00
United States  12–15
 Scotland Hershey Centre, Mississauga
18 May 2003
16:00
Iroquois Iroquois 24–7
 Australia Hershey Centre, Mississauga
18 May 2003
19:30
Canada  25–1
 Czech Republic Hershey Centre, Mississauga
19 May 2003
12:00
Australia  13–12
 Czech Republic Hershey Centre, Mississauga
19 May 2003
16:00
Canada  25–5
 Scotland Hershey Centre, Mississauga
19 May 2003
19:30
United States  14–21
Iroquois Iroquois Hershey Centre, Mississauga
21 May 2003
12:00
Scotland  16–10
 Australia Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener
21 May 2003
16:00
Czech Republic  4–23
Iroquois Iroquois Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener
21 May 2003
19:30
Canada  16–5
 United States Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

Final round

  Semi-finals     Gold medal game
                 
  1   Canada 17  
  4   United States 9    
      SF1W   Canada 21
      SF2W  Iroquois Iroquois 4
  2  Iroquois Iroquois 22    
  3   Scotland 8   Bronze medal game
 
SF1L   United States 15
  SF2L   Scotland 9

All times are local (UTC-4).

Semi-finals

22 May 2003
16:00
Canada  17–4
 United States Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener
22 May 2003
19:30
Iroquois Iroquois 22–8
 Scotland Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

5th place playoff

22 May 2003
12:00
Australia  21–10
 Czech Republic Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

Bronze medal game

24 May 2003
10:00
Scotland  9–15
 United States Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

Gold medal game

24 May 2003
13:30
Canada  21–4
Iroquois Iroquois Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
Attendance: 7,132

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to the ILF:

 Canada
Iroquois Iroquois
 United States
4  Scotland
5  Australia
6  Czech Republic