# Lacrosse in Spain

Lacrosse in Spain has its origins in the 2000s in Madrid. It is currently governed by the Spanish Lacrosse Association.

## Spanish Lacrosse Association

The Spanish Lacrosse Association (in Spanish: Asociación Española de Lacrosse) is the official governing body of lacrosse in Spain and is a member of the Federation of International Lacrosse and the European Lacrosse Federation. It was founded to develop and promote lacrosse within Spain.
It conducts the men's and the women's teams.

## Club tournaments
### LEL

The Liga Española de Lacrosse is the main lacrosse competition in Spain. Until 2013, it was usual that teams without enough players played combined. Since 2014, a new league format was approved dividing teams into LEL and LEL2, joining the LEL only the teams that have at least ten players.
In 2011, the league changed its name to Liga Ibérica de Lacrosse as Portuguese team ACM Coimbra participated in two stages of the league.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
| 2009–10 | Madrid Lacrosse | UEM Lacrosse | Sevilla+Barcelona |
| 2010–11 | UEM Lacrosse | Sevilla Lacrosse | Chamberí Lacrosse |
| 2012–13 | Madrid Lacrosse | UC3M | UH Gijón |
| 2014 | Madrid Lacrosse | UH Gijón | Montes Lacrosse |
| 2015 | Madrid Lacrosse | UH Gijón | Montes Lacrosse |
| 2016 | Madrid Lacrosse | Sevilla Lacrosse | Barcelona Bandits |
| 2016–17 | Madrid Lacrosse | Sevilla Lacrosse | Barcelona Dracs |

### LEL 2

The Liga Española de Lacrosse 2 was created in 2014 and is the second tier of the Spanish lacrosse league system. It is played in a 5x5 format between the reserve teams of LEL and teams that have few players.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
| 2014 | Sevilla Lacrosse | Barcelona Bandits | Arcas Lax |
| 2015 | Sevilla Lacrosse | | |
| 2016 | Madrid Lacrosse | Donosti Wolves | Alicante Barefoots |

### LELF

The Liga Española de Lacrosse Femenino is the main women's league in Spain. It was played by the first time in 2014 with seven teams, four of them combined in two. In 2013 there were played several exhibition games during the LEL rounds between Madrid and Cuenca, the two first women's lacrosse teams in Spain.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
| 2014 | Euskal Lacrosse Elkartea | Madrid Lacrosse | Arcas+Montes |
| 2015 | Euskal Lacrosse Elkartea | Madrid Lacrosse | |
| 2016 | Madrid Lacrosse | Barcelona Bandits | |

## Editions of the Spanish Lacrosse League
### 2014

The 2014 Liga Española de Lacrosse was the 4th edition of this tournament. Composed by three teams, it was the first edition played with a round-robin tournament with the clubs with more than 11 players in their roster.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MAD | GIJ | MON |
| 1 | Madrid Lacrosse (C) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12 | +39 | 8 | — | 7–5 | 9–4 |
| 2 | UH Gijón | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 2 | 2–17 | — | NP |
| 3 | Montes Lacrosse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 0 | 1–18 | 4–5 | — |

### 2015

The 2015 Liga Española de Lacrosse was the 5th edition of this tournament. Composed by four teams, it was played between 3 February and 14 June. ANV Cuervos retired after its first game (17–0 against Madrid) and all its games were declared with a result of 0–15; however, they are not included in this table.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MAD | GIJ | BIZ |
| 1 | Madrid Lacrosse (C) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 6 | — | 18–2 | 14–4 |
| 2 | UH Gijón | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 6 | 15–0 | — | 9–2 |
| 3 | Bizkaia Black Crows | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 42 | −30 | 0 | 2–13 | 4–6 | — |

### 2016

The 2016 Liga Española de Lacrosse was the 6th edition of this tournament. Composed by four teams, it was played between 4 March and 19 June with a double round-robin tournament format, giving 2 points for a win and one points for a loss. Cancelled games would penalise the team implied with four points.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MAD | SEV | BAR | BIZ |
| 1 | Madrid Lacrosse (C) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 13 | — | 7–4 1–7 | 6–6 14–0 | 9–0 9–0 |
| 2 | Sevilla Lacrosse | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 7 | 4–6 4–6 | — | c | c |
| 3 | Barcelona Bandits | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 6 | 2–6 6–9 | 4–4 6–5 | — | 5–5 5–5 |
| 4 | Bizkaia Black Crows | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 6 | c | c | 6–9 6–9 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 Points adjustment due to cancelled matches: Madrid Lacrosse (–4), Sevilla Lacrosse (+4), Barcelona Bandits (–4), Bizkaia Black Crows (+4)

### 2016–17

The 2016–17 Liga Española de Lacrosse was the 7th edition of the main Spanish Lacrosse League. For this edition, the old division between LEL and LEL2 was abolished and a new competition system was instated. The seven teams were divided into two conferences:
* Eastern Conference: Alicante Barefoots, Cuenca Lacrosse and Barcelona Dracs
* Western Conference: Lisboa Gladiators, Sevilla Lacrosse, Madrid Lacrosse and Montes Lacrosse
Each team would play home and away against the other two teams of its conference and will play also one more game home and other away against two different teams, totalling six games played per team. The inter-conference games were decided taking the distance of the teams as main criteria.
The seven first qualified teams overall will qualify directly to the quarterfinals while the two bottom teams will play themselves a previous game to qualify.

#### Regular season

Regular season started on 29 October 2016 and ended on 22 April 2017.
| Pos | Cnf | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification | SEV | MAD | BAR | ALI | MON | CUE | LIS |
| 1 | W | Sevilla Lacrosse | 6 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 18 | +67 | Semifinals | — | — | — | — | 15–4 | 17–3 | 20–1 |
| 2 | W | Madrid Lacrosse | 6 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 15 | +54 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | 8–0 | 0–8 | — | 16–0 |
| 3 | E | Barcelona Dracs | 6 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 38 | +27 | Quarterfinals | — | 5–16 | — | 9–8 | — | 8–0 | — |
| 4 | E | Alicante Barefoots | 6 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 42 | +13 | Quarterfinals | 2–9 | — | 11–12 | — | — | 19–1 | — |
| 5 | W | Montes Lacrosse | 6 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 59 | −18 | Quarterfinals | 7–14 | 1–11 | 0–17 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | E | Cuenca Lacrosse | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 76 | −60 | Quarterfinals | — | — | 3–14 | 3–15 | — | — | 6–2 |
| 7 | W | Lisboa Gladiators | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 91 | −84 | Quarterfinals | 1–10 | 1–18 | — | — | 2–21 | — | — |
* ↑ Match given to Montes due to illegal alignment of Madrid. It originally ended 21–3 for Madrid.

#### Playoffs

The playoffs took part in Madrid on 6 and 7 May 2017.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | 7 May | 7 May | | |
| | | Sevilla Lacrosse | 12 | |
| 6 May | 6 May | | Sevilla Lacrosse | 12 | |
| 6 May | 6 May | Alicante Barefoots | 9 | |
| Alicante Barefoots | 12 | Alicante Barefoots | 9 | |
| Alicante Barefoots | 12 | | | | 7 May | 7 May |
| Montes Lacrosse | 2 | | | | 7 May | 7 May |
| Montes Lacrosse | 2 | | | | Sevilla Lacrosse | 7 |
| 6 May | 6 May | | | | | Sevilla Lacrosse | 7 |
| 6 May | 6 May | | | | Madrid Lacrosse | 14 |
| Madrid Lacrosse | | | | | Madrid Lacrosse | 14 |
| Madrid Lacrosse | | 7 May | 7 May | | | |
| Lisboa Gladiators (w) | | 7 May | 7 May | | | |
| Lisboa Gladiators (w) | | Madrid Lacrosse | 9 | | | |
| 6 May | 6 May | | Madrid Lacrosse | 9 | | | |
| 6 May | 6 May | Barcelona Dracs | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Barcelona Dracs | 16 | Barcelona Dracs | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Barcelona Dracs | 16 | | | | 7 May | 7 May |
| Cuenca Lacrosse | 0 | | | | 7 May | 7 May |
| Cuenca Lacrosse | 0 | | | | Alicante Barefoots | 8 |
| | | | | | Barcelona Dracs | 9 |
| Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 7 May | 7 May |
| Montes Lacrosse | 5 |
| Cuenca Lacrosse | 2 |

### 2017–18

The 2017–18 Liga Española de Lacrosse is the 8th edition of the Spanish Lacrosse League. The seven teams from the previous season and the reserve team of Barcelona Dracs will join the competition. These eight teams were divided into the same conferences as in the previous season:
* Eastern Conference: Alicante Barefoots, Cuenca Bucks, Barcelona Dracs and Barcelona Dracs B
* Western Conference: Lisboa Gladiators, Sevilla Lacrosse, Madrid Lacrosse and Montes Lacrosse

#### Regular season

The regular season started on 11 November 2017.
| Pos | Cnf | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification | MAD | BAR | SEV | ALI | BAB | MON | CUE | LIS |
| 1 | W | Madrid Lacrosse | 3 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 8 | +35 | Quarterfinals | — | | | | | 13–6 | | 15–0 |
| 2 | E | Barcelona Dracs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 28 | +30 | Quarterfinals | | — | | 15–7 | 15–7 | | 28–8 | |
| 3 | W | Sevilla Lacrosse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | Quarterfinals | 3–10 | | — | | | | | 20–0 |
| 4 | E | Alicante Barefoots | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 22 | −1 | Quarterfinals | | 13–15 | | — | 8–7 | | 16–6 | |
| 5 | E | Barcelona Dracs B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 29 | −8 | Quarterfinals | | 3–21 | | 4–16 | — | | 7–6 | |
| 6 | W | Montes Lacrosse | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 28 | −20 | Quarterfinals | 2–15 | 2–18 | | | 6–5 | — | | |
| 7 | E | Cuenca Bucks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 35 | −21 | Quarterfinals | | 6–22 | 5–6 | 8–14 | | | — | |
| 8 | W | Lisboa Gladiators | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 36 | −35 | Quarterfinals | 1–11 | | 1–21 | | | | | — |

#### Playoffs

Playoffs took part in Seville.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Barcelona Dracs | 15 |
| | | Sevilla Lacrosse | 9 |
| Sevilla Lacrosse | 4 | Sevilla Lacrosse | 9 |
| Cuenca Lacrosse | 2 | | | | |
| Cuenca Lacrosse | 2 | | | Barcelona Dracs | 13 |
| | | | | Madrid Lacrosse | 12 |
| Madrid Lacrosse | 6 | | | Madrid Lacrosse | 12 |
| Barcelona Dracs B | 3 | | | | |
| Barcelona Dracs B | 3 | Madrid Lacrosse | 13 | | |
| | | Alicante Barefoots | 9 | Third place | Third place |
| Alicante Barefoots | 13 | Alicante Barefoots | 9 | Third place | Third place |
| Lisboa Gladiators | 2 | | | | |
| Lisboa Gladiators | 2 | | | Sevilla Lacrosse | 1 |
| | | | | Alicante Barefoots | 10 |

##### Fifth position group

* Cuenca Lacrosse 2–4 Barcelona Dracs B
* Barcelona Dracs B 5–2 Lisboa Gladiators
* Cuenca Lacrosse 9–3 Lisboa Gladiators