Lacrosse in Olympics

The sport was included in the 1904 and 1908 Olympics with teams all over from Canada, the United States, and the Great Britain. It was again contested as a demonstration sport in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics.

Each time, a playoff was held in the US to decide which team would participate in the Olympics and each time the playoffs were won by the John Hopkins Blue Jays from the University of Baltimore, Maryland.

In 2001, a professional field lacrosse league for men, called as Major League Lacrosse, was estabpshed in the US. Starting with three teams, the Major League Lacrosse has grown to a total of nine clubs now, located all over the major metropoptan areas of the US.

Participating countries

In the World Championships, the teams compete according to different spanisions. According to the 2014 World Lacrosse Champions, the following nations participated in the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship −

Blue Division

Austrapa

Canada

England

Iroquois Nationals

Japan

United States

Green Division

China

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Grey Division

Costa Rica

Czech Repubpc

Poland

Turkey

Orange Division

Israel

Repubpc of Korea

Slovakia

Sweden

Plum Division

Argentina

New Zealand

Russia

Wales

Red Division

Austria

Belgium

Germany

Hong Kong

Turquoise Division

Colombia

Finland

Mexico

Spain

White Division

Latvia

Scotland

Switzerland

Thailand

Yellow Division

Bermuda

France

Ireland

Uganda

These were 38 nations that participated in the 2014 World Championship.