2007 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
2007 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship| Tournament details |
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| Host country |
 Canada |
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| Dates |
May 14–20, 2007 |
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| Teams |
8 |
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| Venue(s) |
1 (in 1 host city) |
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| Final positions |
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Champions  |
Canada (2nd title) |
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Runner-up  |
 Iroquois |
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Third place  |
 United States |
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| Fourth place |
 England |
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| Matches played |
21 |
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The 2007 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the 2nd ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament that is held every four years and is sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse. It took place between 14 May and 20 May 2007 in Halifax, Canada. The games were played at the Halifax Metro Centre. The Canadian team was the defending champion. Eight nations took part in this event, the six nations from the WILC 2003 together with two newcomers - England and Ireland.
Venue
Preliminary round
Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each group advanced to the semi-finals, the second and third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and the fourth place team advanced to the 7th place playoff.
As it has been predicted, both Canada and Iroquois went through round-robin with three comfortable wins. Both Ireland and the Czech Republic finish winless, but especially Czechs showed a lot of enthusiasm and had two very narrow defeats against England and Scotland. By contrast, Scotland failed to repeat the fantastic results from 2003.
Pool A
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
DIF |
PTS |
Advanced to |
| Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 10 | +57 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
 Australia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
 Ireland |
3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 59 | −50 | 0 | 7th place playoff |
All times are local (UTC-4).
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Ireland |
1–25
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Canada |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
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Australia |
14–8
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Ireland |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
Pool B
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
DIF |
PTS |
Advanced to |
| Iroquois |
3 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 16 | +54 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| England |
3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 41 | -9 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
 Scotland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 44 | −24 | 0 | 7th round playoff |
All times are local (UTC-4).
14 May 2007
13:00 |
Iroquois |
27–8
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England |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
| 15 May 2007 |
England |
15–7
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Scotland |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
Final round
All times are local (UTC-4).
Quarter-finals
| 18 May 2007 |
England |
15–11
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Australia |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
Semi-finals
| 19 May 2007 |
Canada |
24–9
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England |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
7th place playoff
5th place playoff
Bronze medal game
| 20 May 2007 |
United States |
17–10
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England |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
Gold medal game
| 20 May 2007 |
Canada |
15–14 OT
(4–2, 3–6, 2–2, 5–4) |
Iroquois |
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax |
The final, with a predictable line-up of Canada against Iroquois was one of the most amazing matches in box lacrosse history. Although Canada went through the first period with a 4–2 lead, Iroquois were able to reverse the score in next period. Both teams were heading to final quarter with score 9–10 to Iroquois. Three early Canada goals brought them again in front, but they were quickly answered by another three Iroquois goals. John Grant, Jr. then scored to goals and the victory for Canada was so close. But Dean Hill than scored the equalizer in the final minute of the game to tie it at 14–14. An overtime had to be called for, to decide the championship. Thirty seconds later, Jeff Zywicki claimed his first goal in this match, ending the overtime and making it 15–14 for Canada. It meant that Canadians became the world champions again.
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to the ILF:
