England Lacrosse is the
national governing body for
lacrosse in England. The sport is managed through the Men's and Women's Playing Committees and the leagues administered by region: the South of England Men's Lacrosse Association (SEMLA), North of England Men's Lacrosse Association (NEMLA), South East Women's Lacrosse Association (SEWLA), South West Women's Lacrosse Association (SWWLA), and North Women's Lacrosse Association (NWLA). The England Lacrosse CEO is Mark Coups.
History
The governing body was formed in 1892, as the English Lacrosse Union (ELU). In 1996, under the guidance of
Sport England, the ELU and All England Women's Lacrosse Association joined together to form one national governing body, the English Lacrosse Association (ELA). The current constitution of the ELA came into effect in 1997.
International competition
England participates in all
World Lacrosse competitions. All aspects of the national team programs are overseen by the Men's and Women's playing committees, in conjunction with the respective England National Team committees.
;Men's
The England
men's national team have contested every
World Lacrosse Championship since 1967, earning a silver medal in
1974. The last world championship to be held in England was the
2010 World Lacrosse Championship, in
Manchester, England, where they placed 5th. The men's team have competed in the
European Lacrosse Championships since 1995 and have won nine gold medals. This is every European tournament except a silver at 2001 in Cardiff.
;Women's
The
England women's national lacrosse team have played in every
Women's Lacrosse World Cup since 1982, and earned silver medals in both the 1989 and 1993 tournaments. The most recent World Cup was held in
2017 in
Guildford
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,
Surrey
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, where the team received a bronze medal. The women's team have competed in the European Lacrosse Championships since 1996 and have won seven gold medals, three silver medals, and one bronze medal. The
2019 edition of the Women's European Lacrosse Championship took place in
Netanya, Israel, where England secured a third successive gold medal.
;U19 teams
Both men's and women's national teams have Under-19 teams, they compete in the
Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships. The next Men's U-19 world championship will be held in Ireland in 2020. The women's team competed in the
2015 FIL Women's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship where they placed 3rd. Most recently, the men's team competed in, and won, the inaugural Under-20 European Championships in
Prague, Czech Republic, beating Germany 9-8.
;Indoor
England have competed in four
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship tournaments:
2007 in
Halifax, Canada,
2011
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in
Prague, Czech Republic,
2015 in
Onondaga Nation, and
2019 in
Langley, Canada. In 2019 England equalled their best result of 4th after narrowly losing 8-11 to the United States in a repeat of their 2007 bronze medal match.
England participated in the inaugural
European Box Lacrosse Championship in Turku, Finland in 2017 finishing 5th. England then won gold at the following Championship in 2022, defeating Germany 11-8 in the final in Hannover.
See also
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Lacrosse in England
References
External links
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{{Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom
Lacrosse governing bodies in Europe
Lacrosse in England
Organisations based in Manchester
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...
Sports organizations established in 1892