The Box Championships are a quadrennial event featuring the top box lacrosse teams competing for a world championship title.
The 2024 edition of the championships is the first to feature a women’s box championship. Previously, the event has been held five times, first in 2003, as a men’s box competition and will be contested in 2024 in Utica, New York, United States.
Canada has taken home five gold medals in the men’s box championship, which started with a field of six teams in 2004 and steadily expanded to a 20-team field in 2019.
A record of 28 teams will compete in the men’s competition in the 2024 edition of the championships and 10 teams will compete in the women’s competition.
2019 Men’s Box Championship: A Look Back
Canada Wins 2019 World Lacrosse Men’s Indoor World Championship
Canada persevered as it demonstrated a dominance at a whole new level in capturing the world title on April 28 at the Langley Events Centre, defeating the Haudenosaunee 19-12 in the gold-medal game at the 2019 World Lacrosse Men’s Indoor World Championship.
Past Results
| Member | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 |
| Australia | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Austria | 14 | ||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 20 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| England | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Finland | 9 | 6 | |||
| Germany | 11 | 10 | |||
| Haudenosaunee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hong Kong, China | 18 | ||||
I Ireland | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | |
| Israel | 4 | 5 | |||
| Mexico | 19 | ||||
| Netherlands | 8 | ||||
| Scotland | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Serbia | 12 | 12 | |||
| Slovakia | 8 | 13 | |||
| Sweden | 15 | ||||
| Switzerland | 13 | 17 | |||
| Turkiye | 10 | ||||
| United States | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 20 |
Championship Summary
| Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold MEdal Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Ontario, Canada (Hamilton and Oshawa) | Canada | Haudenosaunee | USA | CAN 21, HAU 4 |
| 2007 | Halifax, Canada | Canada | Haudenosaunee | USA | CAN 15, HAU 14 (OT) |
| 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic | Canada | Haudenosaunee | USA | CAN 13, HAU 6 |
| 2015 | Onondaga Reservation, Haudenosaunee | Canada | Haudenosaunee | USA | CAN 12, HAU 8 |
| 2019 | Langley, Canada | Canada | Haudenosaunee | USA | CAN 19, HAU 12 |