FIL- Federation of International Lacrosse

(PRAGUE, CR.) The Czech Republic is proud to announce that it has been chosen as the organizer of the Federation of International Lacrosse™ World Indoor Lacrosse Championship 2011. This great achievement of Czech and European lacrosse reflects the exceptional growth of the sport on the Continent.

For the very first time, the world best lacrosse playing nations will convene in a “new lacrosse” country, although lacrosse has been played in the Czech Republic since 1980s. This will be a great opportunity to spread lacrosse awareness both in the Czech Republic and Europe.

The Czech Republic has vast experience in organizing international lacrosse events. Apart from already well known field Prague Cup and box Ales Hrebesky Memorial, which both attract many lacrosse teams and fans from Europe as well as overseas every year, local lacrosse devotees organized the very first European Championship in 1995, European Championship in 2004 and will be in charge of Women’s Lacrosse World Cup in 2009.

The organizer of the WILC will be the Czech men’s lacrosse governing body, the Czech Men’s Lacrosse Association (in Czech CSML), a member of the Czech Lacrosse Union (CLU) which is an umbrella organization for field, indoor, women’s and intercrosse branches.

In September, CMLA elected a Chief Organizer, Mr. Roman Pokorny, a longtime player, Czech national team coach at WILC 2003 and 2007, former GM of LCC Radotìn, Czech leading lacrosse club and a winner of the Czech National Box Lacrosse League 2008, and a President of CLU, who will select his colleagues to the Organizing Committee. An agreement between Mr. Pokorny and CSML is expected to be signed by the end of November.

CSML hopes that the FIL™ 2011 WILC event will become a great festival of lacrosse, attended by record number of indoor national teams.

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