Israel women's national lacrosse team

The Israel women's national lacrosse team represents Israel at women's field lacrosse events. It is governed by the Israel Lacrosse Association.

Israel
AssociationIsrael Lacrosse Association
ConfederationELF (Europe)
World Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2013)
Best resultSixth (2017)
Medal record
European Lacrosse Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Israel

Women's Lacrosse World Cup edit

Israel has competed at the Women's Lacrosse World Cup since 2013. In 2013, Israel finished in 8th place. Prior to 2013, Israel was unable to compete due to the Israel Lacrosse Association not being officially recognized by the Federation of International Lacrosse until April 2011.[1]

Record edit

Year Result
  1982 Did not enter
  1986 Did not enter
  1989 Did not enter
  1993 Did not enter
  1997 Did not enter
  2001 Did not enter
  2005 Did not enter
  2009 Did not enter
  2013 8th place
 2017 6th place

2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup edit

During the 2013 Tournament, Israel entered for the first time,[2] finishing in 8th place. Tryouts for the Israeli team were held at Yarkon Sports Complex in Tel Aviv and Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ.[3]

Israel was led by coach Lauren Paul Norris, who made her debut as a coach in an international competition.[4] The team consisted of both Israelis and Jews from around the world.[5] Any Jew, due to being eligible for Israeli citizenship under the law of return may play for Israel in the tournament, based on the rules from the Federation of International Lacrosse.[6]

Israel, was scheduled to face Haudenosaunee to determine the 7th-place finish on 20 July. Israel however chose to forfeit the game because it fell on Shabbat.[7] The decision to forfeit rather than play is consistent to the policy of the Israel Lacrosse Association.[8]

Israeli Katie Mazer was one of the recipients of the Heart of Lacrosse award.[9]

Standings edit

Team Pld W L GF GA GD
  Israel 5 4 1 0 0 0
  Scotland 5 4 1 0 0 0
  Germany 5 2 3 0 0 0
  Korea 5 1 4 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

Round 1 (17 July) edit
  • (10) Israel   12–9   New Zealand (7)
Quarterfinals (18 July) edit
5th-8th Place (19 July) edit
  • (11) Scotland   9–7   Israel (10)[11]
7th Place Match (20 July) edit
  • (8) Haudenosaunee   1–0*   Israel (10) (Israel forfeited.)[12]

Source:[13]

Team edit

Coach: Lauren Paul Norris[14]
Assistant coach: Peter Friedensohn,[15] Laura Liebman

Forwards edit
Midfields edit
Defense edit
Goal edit

Source:[16]

2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup edit

Israel has qualified for the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, with coach Lauren Paul Norris returning.[17]

Israel held try outs in July 2016 for the team, which included both Israelis and any Jew located outside of Israel.[18] Based on international competition rules, any player eligible for citizenship of a country, whether they have it or not, may compete for that country.[19]

Women's European Lacrosse Championships edit

Israel has competed at the Women's European Lacrosse Championships since 2015 where they finished 4th. Prior to 2015, Israel was unable to compete due to the Israel Lacrosse Association not being officially recognized by the Federation of International Lacrosse until April 2011.[20]

Record edit

Year Result
  1996 Did not enter
  1997 Did not enter
  1998 Did not enter
  1999 Did not enter
  2000 Did not enter
  2003 Did not enter
  2004 Did not enter
  2008 Did not enter
  2012 Did not enter
  2015 4th place
  2019  nd place

2015 Women's Lacrosse European Championship edit

During the 2015 Championship, Israel competed for the first time,[21] and finished in 4th place.[22] Although Israel at the Women's Lacrosse World Cup utilizes both Israel and non-Israeli Jewish players,[23] the 2015 European Championship team was made up of only Israeli players.[24]

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Wales 3 2 1 0 41 13 +28 5 Qualification to championship bracket
2   Israel 3 2 1 0 39 20 +19 5
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 25 41 −16 2 Qualification to 9th place group
4   Netherlands 3 0 0 3 16 47 −31 0 Qualification to 13th place group
Source: [25]

Results edit

6 August 2015
Israel   9–9   Wales
Scoring by half: 8–2, 1–7
7 August 2015
Italy   8–12   Israel
Scoring by half: 4–7, 4–5
9 August 2015
Israel   18–3   Netherlands
Scoring by half: 14–2, 4–1
Bracket edit
Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
A1  England23
C2  Ireland4
C2  Ireland14A1  England12
D2  Latvia3B2  Israel8
D1  Germany5
B2  Israel10
C2  Ireland8A1  England11
D1  Germany5B1  Wales8
B1  Wales20
D2  Latvia1
Seventh placeD1  Germany8B1  Wales13Third place
A2  Czech Republic5C1  Scotland7
D2  Latvia2C1  Scotland15B2  Israel9
A2  Czech Republic13A2  Czech Republic6C1  Scotland10
Quarterfinals edit
12 August 2015
Germany   5–10   Israel
Scoring by half: 3–5, 2–5
Semifinals edit
14 August 2015
England   12–8   Israel
Scoring by half: 8–4, 4–4
3rd place game edit
15 August 2015
  Israel 9–10   Scotland
Scoring by half: 8–6, 1–4
Team edit
# Name
3 Rothstein, Jessica
4 Mazer, Katie
5 Epstein, Hannah
6 Greenberg, Sarah
7 Dubansky, Kimberly
8 Roy, Taylor
9 Ribon, Ifat
10 Rosetti, Sophia
11 Rosenblum, Ellie
12 Miller, Courtney
13 Diakow, Halsey
16 Deoul, Hannah
21 Sherman, Leah
22 Brodsky, Emily
24 Meisenberg, Sarah
27 Galper, Marlee
30 Tuck, Amanda
39 Szafman, Julia

Source:[26]

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