Scotland national men's lacrosse team

The Scotland national men's lacrosse team represents Scotland at lacrosse. It is governed by Lacrosse Scotland and is coached by John M. Kenney.

History

Prior to the Lockerbie air disaster in December 1988, the men's game had not been represented in Scotland since the turn of the 20th century. The tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103 saw many Syracuse University students perish and on a memorial visit one year later the University's lacrosse team were surprised that there was no Scotland national men's team for them to compete against. The country was challenged to pull together an inaugural and bona fide team; this was achieved some eight months later and following the 1990 World Championships the men's team played their first representative match. Scotland has now played memorial games against Syracuse during visits to Lockerbie to pay their respects to those lost in the air disaster, and hope this fixture will continue into the future.

The 1994 World Series was a tremendous showcase for the sport and an opportunity for Scotland to make its name on the World stage. Scotland wanted people in Scotland to hear more about this fine sport and inspire greater grass roots participation through the existing British Lacrosse Development Program. The development game, Pop Lacrosse, a mixed sport played in schools is growing at an impressive rate. During 1997/8 Pop Lacrosse was introduced to nearly 100 schools in the Fife, Lothian, SW Region, Perthshire, Tayside, Central and Strathclyde areas. The numbers of players coached was in excess of 10,000 and the number of PE teachers educated in coaching was nearly 250.

Since that time Scotland have been represented at every European and World Championships held. Scotland have ranked 3rd in Europe and 7th in the World Championships.

2010

In the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship, Scotland was in the Turquoise Division. They won their division with a 3-0 record, and finished with an overall record of 6-2, earning them a 7th-place finish overall. Game results were as follows:^[1]

Roster

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2006

In the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Scotland was in the "red division", i.e. the second tier. Results were as follows:

Red division standings after the round-robin phase of the tournament were:

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. Italy
4. Wales
5. Hong Kong

Finals

With the nations ranked amongst their division, they played off for their final standings. The winner from each lower group played a lower-ranked nation from Blue division for their shot at the championship. Scotland's results were as follows:

The final standings were:

1. Canada
2. USA
3. Australia
4. Iroquois Nation
5. England
6. Japan
7. Ireland
8. Germany
9. Finland
10. Italy
11. Scotland
12. Netherlands
13. Wales
14. Latvia
15. Czech Republic
16. Denmark
17. Spain
18. South Korea
19. New Zealand
20. Hong Kong
21. Bermuda

European Lacrosse Championships

Scotland has been represented in every European Championship, dating back to the very first one in 1995 in Prague-Pilsen, Czech Republic. In the latest games in 2012, Scotland finished 6th out of 17 participating countries.

Under-19 team

Scotland made their first appearance in the Men's Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships during the 2008 tournament.^[4][5] The team placed eighth overall out of twelve competing nations.^[6]

References

National sports teams of Scotland Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball M W Cricket M W Curling M W Football M W Field hockey M W Lacrosse M W Indoor Kabaddi Korfball Netball Roller derby Rugby league M W Rugby union M W M-7s W-7s Squash M W Shinty Commonwealth Games See also List of national sports teams of Scotland