Aboriginal team at worlds.An Aboriginal women's lacrosse Women's lacrosse is a popular version of lacrosse, a team sport of Native American origin played with netted sticks that are used to throw, catch and shoot a small rubber ball into the opponent's goal. squad had some impressive showings at its world debut. The Iroquois Confederacy Iroquois Confederacy or Iroquois League (ĭr`əkwoi', –kwä'), North American confederation of indigenous peoples, initially comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. club, which was dubbed Haudenosaunee, competed at the women's World Cup The Women's World Cup could refer to either the:
The event, which ran June 17 to 27, was staged in Prague, Czech Republic. This marked the eighth time a women's World Cup championship had been staged. A tournament high of 16 squads participated in this year's event. But since this was the first time they had competed in the championship, the Haudenosaunee team, comprised of players from Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. , did not get to face traditional powers in the sport. The Haudenosaunee club was not able to see how it stacks up against teams from Canada, the United States or Australia. Instead, for its round-robin matches the Haudenosaunee team was placed in a pool with Austria and Denmark, two other nations that were making their World Cup debut. The Haudenosaunee side blanked Austria 20-0 in its contest and also handily hand·i·ly adv. 1. In an easy manner. 2. In a convenient manner. Adv. 1. handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" conveniently 2. downed Denmark 16-2. The Haudenosaunee team then played four playoff games at the tournament. It ended up with an official 11th-place finish after beating New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. 18-6 in its final match. In an earlier playoff match, the Haudenosaunee club downed Netherlands 16-2. As for its two playoff losses, the Haudenosaunee team was beaten 12-6 by Ireland and 12-7 by the host Czech Republic entry. The U.S. won the gold medal, edging Australia 8-7 in the championship match. Canada also returned home with a medal, beating England 14-9 in the bronze battle. |
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