The Coquitlam Adanacs are a Canadian

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team based in

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. The Adanacs play in B.C.'s seven team

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(WLA), whose champion competes against Ontario's

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champion for the

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every September. The Adanacs originally started as a

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team during the 1920s in

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. The team expanded to lacrosse and played as the Adanacs until 1951. In 1965, a new Coquitlam Adanacs lacrosse team was formed by old Adanac players, and won the Mann Cup in 2001. The Adanacs play their home games at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex. The Adanacs hold the unique distinction of winning the "Nations in 1980" the first world championship of indoor (box in Canada) lacrosse by defeating the North American Natives, composed of First Nations players, in a nationally televised game from Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum on July 17, 1980. This event was also unique in that the North American Natives were the first to team to ever represent First Nations people in a world championship in any sport.

Trivia

* The name "ADANAC" is simply "CANADA" spelled backwards. * The team played the 1968 season in

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, but returned the following season.

All-time record

External links

Coquitlam Adanacs homepageWestern Lacrosse Association
{{British Columbia Sports Sport in Coquitlam Western Lacrosse Association teams Sports clubs and teams in Portland, Oregon 1965 establishments in British Columbia Lacrosse clubs established in 1965