European Lacrosse Championships

The European Lacrosse Championships are held every four years, and have been held since 1995 to determine the best national lacrosse team of Europe. Before 2002, the championships were held annually (except for men in 1998 because of the World Championships, and for women in 2001 because of the World Cup), but in 2002 the European Lacrosse Federation (ELF) changed it to every four years, occurring on the even years between the World Championships.

Men's competition

Finals

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1996 Details	Düsseldorf		England		Czech Republic		Wales		Scotland
1997 Details	Stockholm		England		Czech Republic		Sweden		Wales
1999 Details	Manchester		England	12–9	Germany		Scotland	8–6	Czech Republic
2000 Details	Glasgow		England	11–7	Germany		Scotland	9–8	Czech Republic
2001 Details	Penarth		Germany	16–8	England		Czech Republic	11–16	Scotland
2004 Details	Prague		England	7–6	Germany		Scotland	12–10	Sweden
2008 Details	Lahti		England	14–4	Netherlands		Germany	9–8	Sweden
2012 Details	Amsterdam		England	15–5	Ireland		Sweden	11–10	Netherlands
2016 Details	Budapest		England	7–6	Israel		Finland	12–4	Wales

Performances by team

Team	1995 (6)	1996 (6)	1997 (6)	1999 (6)	2000 (6)	2001 (6)	2004 (12)	2008 (18)	2012 (17)	2016 (24)
Austria								15th		19th
Belgium									15th	15th
Czech Republic	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	5th	8th	9th	10th
Denmark							10th	10th		20th
England	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Finland							8th	5th	7th	3rd
France								17th	16th	23rd
Germany	6th	6th	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	5th
Hungary										17th
Ireland						6th	7th	6th	2nd	11th
Israel									8th	2nd
Italy							11th	18th	13th	21st
Latvia							12th	11th		9th
Netherlands							9th	2nd	4th	7th
Norway								14th	14th	12th
Poland										14th
Russia										16th
Scotland	4th	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	9th	6th	8th
Slovakia								12th	12th	22nd
Slovenia										24th
Spain								13th	17th	18th
Sweden	5th	5th	3rd	6th	5th		4th	4th	3rd	13th
Switzerland								16th	11th	6th
Wales	3rd	4th	4th	5th	6th	5th	6th	7th	10th	4th

Women's competition

Finals

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1996 Details	Düsseldorf		England		Wales		Scotland		Germany
1997 Details	Stockholm		England		Wales		Czech Republic		Sweden
1998 Details	Prague		Scotland		England		Wales		Czech Republic
1999 Details	Manchester		Wales	9–7	England		Czech Republic	12–7	Germany
2003 Details	Göttingen		England	13–2	Scotland		Czech Republic	9–4	Germany
2004 Details	Prague		Wales	6–5	Scotland		England	10–9	Czech Republic
2008 Details	Lahti		Wales		England		Scotland		Ireland
2012 Details	Amsterdam		England	11–5	Wales		Scotland	12–7	Germany
2015 Details	Nymburk		England	11–8	Wales		Scotland	10–9	Israel

Performance by team

Team	1996 (5)	1997 (6)	1998 (5)	1999 (6)	2000 (5)	2003 (6)	2004 (8)	2008 (10)	2012 (12)	2015 (17)
Austria								8th	10th	10th
Belgium										16th
Czech Republic	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	5th	5th	7th
Denmark							8th
England	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st
Finland								9th	9th	11th
Germany	5th	5th	5th	4th	5th	4th	5th	6th	4th	6th
Germany B						6th
Ireland								4th	8th	5th
Israel										4th
Italy										9th
Latvia									12th	8th
Netherlands								10th	7th	13th
Norway										15th
Scotland	3rd	6th	1st	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd
Scotland B						5th	6th
Spain										17th
Sweden		4th		6th				7th	6th	14th
Switzerland									11th	12th
Wales	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd		1st	1st	2nd	2nd
Wales B							7th

References

• "European Championships". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2006-09-28. External link in |publisher= (help)
• "European Championship Rankings". European Lacrosse Federation. Retrieved 2009-10-01. External link in |publisher= (help)
• 2012 European Championship website