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AssociationBritish Lacrosse
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Websitebritishlacrosse.org

A Great Britain men's national lacrosse sixes team is under the auspices of British Lacrosse.

The Home Nations have their own national federations which are members of World Lacrosse.

History

Great Britain historically fielded a traditional men's lacrosse side. Their first ever game was in 1883 against Canada. The team played Canada against in the 1908 Summer Olympics when traditional lacrosse was last organized as a regular event. Great Britain fielded a team again in the 1928 and 1948 Summer Olympics when lacrosse was a demonstration event.

In 2021, when World Lacrosse became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The federation created a new variant of the sport called lacrosse sixes. This prompted the organization of a Great Britain lacrosse sixes team for the lacrosse event of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham. They qualified on the basis of England traditional lacrosse team's finishing at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship. They finished fourth.

Lacrosse would potentially return to the Summer Olympics, when the sixes variant of the sport was included in the 2028 Summer Olympics calendar.

In December 2024, UK Sport announced funding for a potential 2028 Summer Olympics qualification bid.

Fixtures and results

2022 World Games
July 2022 (2022-07) Great Britain 13−11
  Australia
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July 2022 (2022-07) Great Britain 9−17
  United States
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July 2022 (2022-07) Germany  10−22
 Great Britain
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July 11, 2022 (2022-07-11) Great Britain 11−22
  Canada PNC Field, Birmingham
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July 12, 2022 (2022-07-12) Japan  19−18 (OT)
 Great Britain PNC Field, Birmingham
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References

  1. ^ Carnegie-Horrocks, Alex (9 December 2021). "History of Great Britain Lacrosse". Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2000). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Co. pp. 197–199. ISBN 9780786440689.
  3. "Lacrosse's Olympic return hailed as 'immense' and 'watershed moment' for sport". Bracknell News. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. "Official Report of the 1948 London Olympics" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. pp. 532–533. Pages 716-717 in viewer.
  5. "Teams qualified for lacrosse at the 2022 World Games". worldlacrosse.sport. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  6. "Great Britain men earn fourth spot at The World Games". England Lacrosse. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  7. Brooks, Christian (10 October 2024). "Why lacrosse's Olympics return is 'huge' for Manchester". BBC News. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  8. McGowan, Elliot (19 December 2024). "British Lacrosse receives historic Olympic funding". InsideTheGames.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
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