# 2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup

The 2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the eighth World Cup played, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament was held at SK Slavia Prague Sport Centre in Prague, Czech Republic from 17 until 27 June 2009.

## Sponsoring organizations

The event is sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and the Czech Women’s Lacrosse (CWL). This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. It is the first major event to be sponsored by the FIL. In August 2008, the men's international governing body International Lacrosse Federation merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).
The CWL also sponsors the 12th annual Prague Cup as an associated event. This tournament, held at the same venue as the World Cup, allows international club teams to compete at the same time in the open event.

## Teams

Sixteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2009 World Cup tournament. New entries include: Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, South Korea, and the Netherlands. The Haudenosaunee is the first team of women to represent the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the Women's World Cup. Lacrosse is seen as a sacred sport to the Iroquois and was traditionally a sport reserved for only men. In earlier tournaments, clan mothers protested the women's team playing the sacred sport and threatened to lay down on the field to prevent them from playing.
The tournament saw the return of defending gold medal winners Australia, as well as Canada, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, United States, Wales and the Czech Republic.
Teams were split into three separate pools. Pool A (Australia, United States, England, Canada, and Japan) and Pool B (Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany and New Zealand) played round robins games against each team in their pool seeding for the quarterfinals. Pool C (Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, Korea and Netherlands) played in two mini-pools ((I)& (II)) to determine who will advance to the next round of play. The quarterfinals were followed by consolation games, the semifinals, and the bronze and gold medal games.

## Round Robin results

WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, P.I.M. = Penalty Minutes, PPG= Points per Game
* Qualified for Quarterfinal
Pool A :
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 | 64 | 33 | - | - |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 6 | 75.0 | 64 | 31 | - | - |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 48 | 48 | - | - |
| 4 | England | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 41 | 45 | - | - |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 93 | - | - |
Pool B :
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG |
| 1 | Wales | 4 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 | 52 | 22 | - | - |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 6 | 75.0 | 54 | 19 | - | - |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 37 | 27 | - | - |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 21 | 44 | - | - |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 67 | - | - |
Pool C1 :
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG |
| 1 | Haudenosaunee | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 36 | 2 | - | - |
| 2 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 16 | 27 | - | - |
| 3 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 32 | - | - |
Pool C2 :
| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | WPct. | G.F. | G.A. | Assists | PPG |
| 1 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 45 | 13 | - | - |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 37 | 24 | - | - |
| 3 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 46 | - | - |

## Quarterfinals

places 1-8:
    USA 22 - 5 Ireland
    Australia 17 - 4 Scotland
    Canada 10 - 6 Wales
    England 19 - 12 Japan
places 9-16:
    Czech Republic 23 - 0 South Korea
    Germany 24 - 1 Denmark
    New Zealand 18 - 0 Austria
    Haudenosaunee 16 - 2 Netherlands

## Semifinals

places 1-4:
    USA 20 - 3 England
    Australia 12 - 10 Canada
places 5-8:
    Ireland 15 - 13 Japan
    Wales 11 - 8 Scotland
places 9-12:
    Czech Republic 12 - 7 Haudenosaunee
    Germany 15 - 4 New Zealand
places 13-16:
    Netherlands 28 - 1 South Korea
    Austria 10 - 9 Denmark

## Finals

15th place final:
    Denmark 17 - 3 South Korea
13th place final:
    Netherlands 14 - 3 Austria
11th place final:
    Haudenosaunee 18 - 6 New Zealand
9th place final:
    Czech Republic 15 - 5 Germany
7th place final:
    Japan 11 - 7 Scotland
5th place final:
    Ireland 12 - 7 Wales
3rd place final:
    Canada 14 - 9 England
1st place final:
    USA v Australia
| | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Final |
| USA | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| AUS | 3 | 4 | 7 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Australia |
| | Canada |
| 4th | England |
| 5th | Ireland |
| 6th | Wales |
| 7th | Japan |
| 8th | Scotland |
| 9th | Czech Republic |
| 10th | Germany |
| 11th | Haudenosaunee |
| 12th | New Zealand |
| 13th | Netherlands |
| 14th | Austria |
| 15th | Denmark |
| 16th | South Korea |