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{{Infobox International Lacrosse Competition
| country        = Canada
| dates          = May 14–20
| num_teams      = 8
| venues         = [[Halifax Metro Centre]]
| cities         =
| winners_indoor = Canada
| count          = 2
| second_indoor  = Iroquois
| third_indoor   = United States
| fourth_indoor  = England
| games          = 20
| goals          =
| attendance     = 
| prevseason     = [[2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship|2003]]
| nextseason     = [[2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship|2011]]
}}
The '''2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship''' was the second [[World Indoor Lacrosse Championship]], an international [[box lacrosse]] tournament organized by the [[Federation of International Lacrosse]] every four years. It took place between May 14 and 20 at the [[Halifax Metro Centre]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. [[Canada national indoor lacrosse team|Canada]] was the defending champion and again beat the [[Iroquois national indoor lacrosse team|Iroquois Nationals]] in the final, this time 15–14 in overtime.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/canada-captures-world-indoor-lacrosse-title-1.647051|work=CBC Sports|date=May 20, 2007|title= Canada captures world indoor lacrosse title|accessdate=November 24, 2017}}</ref> Eight nations took part in this event, the six nations from the [[2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship|2003 WILC]] and two newcomers - England and Ireland. There was an estimated 850,000 television viewers of the tournament in Canada and the games were streamed live in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Warrior 2007 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship - Final Report |url=http://www.lacrosse.cz/dokumenty-wilc/4268127/2007WILC_FinalReport.pdf |website=www.lacrosse.cz|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=B2 Networks To Broadcast 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship |url=http://www.europeanlacrossemagazine.com/blog/elm-announcements/b2-networks-to-broadcast-2007-world-indoor-lacrosse-championship |publisher=European Lacrosse Magazine|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref>

==Venue==
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! [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
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| [[Halifax Metro Centre]]
|-
| Capacity: 10,595
|-
| [[File:Halifaxmetrocentre06aa.jpg|300px]]
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| {{Coord|44.64833|N|63.57667|W|type:landmark|display=it|name=Halifax}}
|}

==Pool play==
[[File:2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship faceoff.jpg|thumb|England vs. Australia]]
The eight participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]], the first place team in each group advanced to the semi-finals, the second and third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and the fourth place teams advanced to the 7th place game.

As predicted, both Canada and Iroquois went through the round-robin with three comfortable wins.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.thestar.com/sports/2007/05/16/canada_demolishes_australia_at_world_indoor_lacrosse.html |title= Canada demolishes Australia at world indoor lacrosse |work=Toronto Star |date=May 16, 2007 |agency=Canadian Press}}</ref> Both Ireland and the Czech Republic finished winless, but the Czechs showed a lot of enthusiasm and had two very narrow defeats against England and Scotland. By contrast, Scotland failed to repeat their impressive results from [[2003 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship|2003]].

=== Pool A ===
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|- style="background:#cfc"
| align=left | {{iil|Canada}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 67 || 10 || +57 || '''3''' || Semi-finals
|- style="background:#ccf"
| align=left | {{iil|USA}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 44 || 27 || +17 || '''2''' || Quarter-finals
|- style="background:#ccf"
| align=left | {{iil|Australia}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 27 || 51 || −24 || '''1''' || Quarter-finals
|- style="background:#fcc"
| align=left | {{iil|Ireland}}
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 9 || 59 || −50 || '''0''' || 7th place games
|}

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=== Pool B ===
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| 3 || 3 || 0 || 70 || 16 || +54 || '''3''' || Semi-finals
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| align=left | {{flagicon|England}} [[English Lacrosse Association|England]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 32 || 41 || -9 || '''2''' || Quarter-finals
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| 3 || 1 || 2 || 22 || 43 || −21 || '''1''' || Quarter-finals
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| 3 || 0 || 3 || 20 || 44 || −24 || '''0''' || 7th place games
|}

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==Championship bracket==
[[File:USA national indoor lacrosse team.jpg|thumb|USA vs. Scotland]]
The final, with the expected pairing of Canada against the Iroquois Nationals, was one of the best games in box lacrosse history.<ref name=IL /> Team Canada went through the first quarter with a 4–2 lead, then the Nationals were able to come back in the second and third. The Iroquois were up 10–9 at the start of the fourth quarter. Three quick Canadian goals put them in front again, but they were answered by another three goals by the Nationals. Then [[John Grant, Jr.]] scored two goals and the victory for Canada was almost secured. But [[Dean Hill]] scored in the final minute of regulation to tie it at 14, sending the championship into overtime. Thirty seconds into overtime, [[Jeff Zywicki]] scored his first goal of the game, making it 15–14 for Canada's second gold medal.<ref name=IL>{{cite news|last1=Shanahan|first1=Brian|title=Blog from the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship|url=http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/blog-from-the-world-indoor-lacrosse-championship/802|accessdate=18 November 2017|work=Inside Lacrosse|date=November 5, 2013}}</ref>

{{6TeamBracket-info
| finals=1
| legs=1
| RD1=[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
| RD2=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
| RD3=[[#Gold medal game|Gold medal game]]
| RD3b=[[#Bronze medal game|Bronze medal game]]
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| RD1-team1= {{flagicon|England}}'''[[English Lacrosse Association|England]]'''
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| RD1-score2-1=11

| RD1-team3='''{{iil|USA}}'''
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| RD2-team2={{flagicon|England}} [[English Lacrosse Association|England]]
| RD2-score2-1=9

| RD2-team3='''{{iil|Iroquois}}'''
| RD2-score3-1='''14'''
| RD2-team4={{iil|USA}}
| RD2-score4-1=4
<!---Gold Medal Game--->
| RD3-team1='''{{iil|Canada}}'''
| RD3-score1-1='''15'''
| RD3-team2={{iil|Iroquois}}
| RD3-score2-1=14
<!---Bronze Medal Game--->
| RD3b-team1='''{{iil|United States}}'''
| RD3b-score1-1='''17'''
| RD3b-team2={{flagicon|England}} [[English Lacrosse Association|England]]
| RD3b-score2-1=10
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=== 7th place game ===
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=== Quarter-finals===
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=== 5th place game ===
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=== Semi-finals ===
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=== Bronze medal game ===
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=== Gold medal game ===
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==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- 
| align=center|{{Gold1}}|| {{iil|Canada}}
|- 
| align=center|{{Silver2}}|| {{iil|Iroquois}}
|- 
| align=center|{{Bronze3}}|| {{iil|United States}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{flagicon|England}} [[English Lacrosse Association|England]]
|-
|align=center|5|| {{iil|Scotland}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{iil|Australia}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{iil|Czech Republic}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{iil|Ireland}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|uL22IkgQeBc|World Indoor Lacrosse Championships FINAL Canada v. Iroquois}}
*{{cite news|title=2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship |url=http://www.worldindoorlacrosse.com/ |work=World Indoor Lacrosse|date=25 June 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625094758/http://www.worldindoorlacrosse.com/| archivedate=June 25, 2007}}

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