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USA USA Canada USA USA
Canada Australia Iroquois Canada Australia
Australia Canada USA Iroquois Canada
Japan England Czech Republic England England
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The above World Rankings are based on the order of finish in each division’s most recent World Championship event.

Learn more about the history of the Federation of International Lacrosse’s five major championship events and the results of each of those events.

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’Indian Ball Game’ by George Catlin

’Indian Ball Game’ by George Catlin. Photographic image courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Lacrosse was started by the Native American Indians and was originally known as stickball. The game was initially played in the St. Lawrence Valley area by the Algonquian tribe and they were followed by other tribes in the eastern half of North America, and around the western Great Lakes…

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