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Logo of the European Box Lacrosse Championship 2017 in Turku. 14 teams competed for the first ever European Box Lacrosse Championships in Turku. [3] Teams were divided into three groups, two of them being top groups based on current ranking, Karelia and Kalevala, with Granite group filled with the lower ranked teams.
The annual Aleš Hřebeský Memorial tournament in Prague is the largest European box lacrosse tournament. [5] The main club field lacrosse competition is the Ken Galluccio Cup, where the winner of each country’s league competes to decide the European club champion.
The Aleš Hřebeský Memorial is held by Lacrosse Club Custodes Sokol Radotín to honor its former player who died in the autumn of 1993. Today, the Aleš Hřebeský Memorial is the most prestigious box lacrosse event in Europe with teams from 19 countries participating.
This is the largest European box lacrosse tournament. [50] In 2002 and 2004, the Heritage Cup was played between the United States and Canada featuring mostly players that were members of NLL teams. [ 59 ] [ 60 ]
This tournament is still held each year and with no doubt it is the oldest lacrosse tournament in the Continental Europe. For the second beginning, the exact date and place is known – it was May 9, 1986 when some players of Czech (one-handed) lacrosse gathered at Prague’s Hvězda Open Air Arena to experience a new version of their beloved ...
Czechs took part in the first World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) ever, held in Canada in 2003. They were overmatched by the international competition, but since they have become the best European box lacrosse national team. In 2007 they still weren't able to get to the semi-finals and finished in 7th place.
The European Lacrosse Championships began in 1995, the same year as the founding of the European Lacrosse Federation (ELF), to determine the best national lacrosse team of Europe. The men's tournament was held that first year, with the women following in 1996. Through 2001, the Championships were annual events. Since 2004 the men's tournament ...
The World Lacrosse Box Championships (WLBC), [1] formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years. Since the first tournament in 2003, Canada has won all five gold medals and is undefeated in all games. [2]