World Lacrosse Championship

World Lacrosse Championship

Sport	Field lacrosse
Founded	1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Organising body	World Lacrosse
Region	International
Most recent champion(s)	United States (11th title) (2023)
Most titles	United States (11 titles)
Related competitions	Women's Lacrosse World Cup World Indoor Lacrosse Championship World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship
Official website	Official website

The World Lacrosse Men's Championship,^[1] formerly World Lacrosse Championship, is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years.

The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as a four-team invitational tournament which coincided with Canada's centennial lacrosse celebration in 1967. Canada, the United States, Australia, and England participated. Seven years later, Australia celebrated its lacrosse centenary and another four-team invitational tournament was held between the same countries. After that tournament in 1974, the first international governing body for men's lacrosse was formed, the International Lacrosse Federation (ILF). The ILF merged with the women's governing body in 2008 to form the Federation of International Lacrosse, which changed its name to World Lacrosse in 2019.^[2]

The US has won the championship ten times and Canada the other three.^[2] With 46 nations competing, the 2018 WLC in Israel was the largest tournament and was the first championship held outside of Australia, Canada, England or the United States.

The oldest world Lacrosse championship match was recorded on April 22, 1870, in Montreal. The Montreal Lacrosse club accepted a challenge vs the Caughnawaga Lacrosse team.^{[citation needed]}