The Scotland national indoor lacrosse team represents Scotland at box lacrosse. It is governed by Lacrosse Scotland.
Scotland national indoor lacrosse team history
The inaugural World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) was held in Hamilton, Kitchener, Mississauga, and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada in May 2003. National teams from Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, the Iroquois Nation, Scotland and the United States participated. The World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was sponsored by the International Lacrosse Federation through 2007. The team attended the second championship in 2007. The championship is now sponsored by World Lacrosse (formally the Federation of International Lacrosse). The Box (Indoor) lacrosse program within Scotland and the Scotland national indoor lacrosse team was reformed in 2018 after not attending the 2011 and 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships.
The team as of 2021 is under the management of Brendan Cook (general manager), Mike Simpson (head coach), Bob Heyes (assistant coach) and Dylan Cowman (assistant coach) . Trials are currently underway for the European Indoor Lacrosse Championships 2021 in Hanover, Germany.
World Indoor Lacrosse Championships 2019 The team as of 2018 was under the management of Brendan Cook (general manager), Brian Witmer (head coach) and Navi Mahal (assistant coach). The team attended the European Box lacrosse invitational (EBox) in 2018 and again in 2019. The team attended the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships 2019 in Langley, Canada and finished 16th out of 20 teams having been seeded at 16th. The national team roster is posted below.
Pos.No.PlayerTeamNationalityGoaltender44Dylan Cowman Glasgow ClydesidersGoaltender35Chris Knowles Scotland GrizzliesGoaltender77Craig McFeeters Port MoodyDefenseman1Nye Gordon London RaptorsDefenseman28Peter Shepherd Scotland GrizzliesDefenseman42Sam Vickars Glasgow ClydesidersDefenseman8John McIntyre Strathclyde UniversityDefenseman91John King Edinburgh CityDefenseman2Jorel Doherty London RaptorsDefenseman23Ben Robertson Edinburgh CityDefenseman32Colin Weir Stirling StagsTransition16Iain Murray London RaptorsTransition21Matt Hill Glasgow ClydesidersTransition3Colin Gill Edinburgh CityAttackman93Cole Paciejewski RPR Mechanical/BX Pub BanditsAttackman12Tom Becque Edinburgh CityAttackman10Thomas Moffat Langley ThunderAttackman13Tim Mottram Leeds CityAttackman24Iain Vickars HillcroftAttackman17Michael Barclay Edinburgh CityAttackman11Trevor Jackson Glasgow ClydesidersAttackman36Martin Crawford Edinburgh CityAttackman22Johny Shaw Glasgow City
ILF World Indoor Championships history
2019 World Championship
2019 World Championship Group playTEAMGPWLGFGAPTSCzech Republic44068218Germany43167296Slovakia42251564Scotland41346602Mexico 40426920
Playoffs: Scotland vs Hong Kong (12–10 Win) Scotland vs Australia (5–29 Loss) Scotland vs Slovakia (12–14 Loss) Scotland vs Sweden (9–18 Loss)
16th Place overall finish
2007 World Championship 2007 World ChampionshipGROUP 'A'GPWLGFGAPTSCanada33067106United States 32144274Australia31227512Ireland3039590GROUP 'B'GPWLGFGAPTSIroquois Nationals33070166England 32132414Scotland31222432Czech Republic30320440
Quarter-finals: 18 May 2007 - England defeated Australia 15-11; USA defeated Scotland 17-9
Fifth Place Match: 19 May 2007 - Scotland defeated Australia 14-8
2003 World Championship
2003 World ChampionshipTEAMGPWLGFGAPTSCanada5501092910Iroquois Nationals 541100528Scotland53263696United States52375654Australia514391022Czech Republic50529980
Semi-finals: 22 May 2003 - Canada defeated USA 17-9; Iroquois Nationals defeated Scotland 22-8
Bronze Medal Match: 24 May 2003 - USA defeated Scotland 15-9
External links World Indoor Lacrosse Championship website International Lacrosse Federation