The European Lacrosse Championships began in 1995, the same year as the founding of the European Lacrosse Federation (ELF), to determine the best national lacrosse team of Europe. The men's tournament was held that first year, with the women following in 1996. Through 2001, the Championships were annual events. Since 2004 the men's tournament has been held every four years. The women have played in 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2015.
Men's competition
Finals
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1995 Details |
 Prague |
 England |
8–6 |  Czech Republic |
 Wales |
12–4 |  Scotland | ||
| 1996 Details |
 Düsseldorf |
England |
8–6 | Czech Republic |
Scotland |
Wales | |||
| 1997 Details |
 Stockholm |
England |
9–7 | 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 |
16–11 | 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 | ||
| 2020 Details |
 Wrocław |
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Performances by team
| Team | 1995 (6) |
1996 (6) |
1997 (6) |
1999 (6) |
2000 (6) |
2001 (6) |
2004 (12) |
2008 (18) |
2012 (17) |
2016 (24) |
2020 (29) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
15th | 18th | • | ||||||||
 Belgium |
15th | 15th | • | ||||||||
 Croatia |
• | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 9th | 10th | • |
 Denmark |
10th | 10th | 19th | • | |||||||
| England |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | • |
| Finland |
8th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | • | ||||||
 France |
17th | 16th | 22nd | • | |||||||
| 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 | 20th | • | ||||||
 Latvia |
12th | 11th | 9th | • | |||||||
 Luxembourg |
• | ||||||||||
| Netherlands |
9th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | • | ||||||
 Norway |
14th | 14th | 12th | • | |||||||
| Poland |
14th | • | |||||||||
 Portugal |
• | ||||||||||
 Russia |
16th | • | |||||||||
| Scotland |
4th | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 6th | 8th | • |
 Slovakia |
12th | 12th | 21st | • | |||||||
 Slovenia |
23rd | • | |||||||||
 Spain |
13th | 17th | 18th | • | |||||||
| Sweden |
5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 13th | • | |
 Switzerland |
16th | 11th | 6th | • | |||||||
 Turkey |
• | ||||||||||
 Ukraine |
• | ||||||||||
| 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 |
Czech Republic | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 2000 Details |
Glasgow |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
Czech Republic | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 2019 Details |
Netanya |
England |
10–7 | Israel |
Wales |
13–8 | Czech Republic | ||
| 2024 | Braga |
England | 12-5 | Israel | Scotland | 9-7 | Wales | ||
Performance by team
| Team | 1996 (5) |
1997 (6) |
1998 (5) |
1999 (6) |
2000 (5) |
2003 (6) |
2004 (8) |
2008 (10) |
2012 (12) |
2015 (17) |
2019 (19) |
2024
(19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
8th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 18th | |||||||
| Belgium |
16th | 17th | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 7th |
| Denmark |
8th | |||||||||||
| England |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Finland |
9th | 9th | 11th | 16th | 16th | |||||||
| Germany |
5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 6th |
| Germany B |
6th | |||||||||||
| Ireland |
4th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 5th | |||||||
| Israel |
4th | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||||
| Italy |
9th | 13th | 8th | |||||||||
| Latvia |
12th | 8th | 9th | 9th | ||||||||
| Netherlands |
10th | 7th | 13th | 8th | 10th | |||||||
| Norway |
15th | 10th | 15th | |||||||||
| Poland | 13th | |||||||||||
| Portugal | 19th | |||||||||||
| Scotland |
3rd | 6th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 3rd |
| Scotland B |
5th | 6th | ||||||||||
| Spain |
17th | 15th | 14th | |||||||||
| Sweden |
4th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 14th | 14th | 11th | |||||
 Switzerland |
11th | 12th | 12th | 12th | ||||||||
| Wales |
2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| Wales B |
7th | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2015 | 2019 |
References
- "European Championships". Inside Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- "European Championship Rankings". European Lacrosse Federation. Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-10-01.