2010 World Lacrosse Championship
| Key to colours in group tables |
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| Advanced to Semifinals |
| Advanced to Play-In games |
| Advanced to 5th–8th Place games |
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| Group winners and top two runners-up advanced to the Top Bracket |
| Four remaining runners-up and top four third-placed teams advanced to the Middle Bracket |
| Two remaining third-placed teams and last placed teams advanced to the Bottom Bracket |
The 2010 FIL World Lacrosse Championship was held between 15–24 July 2010. The premier international men's lacrosse tournament took place in Manchester, United Kingdom. A record 29 nations (not including the Iroquois team, which registered but did not compete because of passport issues) competed at the event, eight more than the 2006 World Lacrosse Championships, which were held in London, Ontario.
From its inception in 1967 through the 2006 event, the World Lacrosse Championships were sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation (ILF). In 2008, the ILF merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations (IFWLA), to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL). From the 2010 World Championships, all future World Championships will be sanctioned by FIL.
This was the third time that the tournament was hosted by Manchester, having hosted the 1978 and 1994 World Championships. The United States captured their ninth gold medal, defeating Canada 12–10 in the championship game on 24 July 2010. Paul Rabil of Team USA was named tournament MVP.
The events were held at the Armitage Centre, Manchester University’s sports grounds.
The Iroquois Nationals' participation in the championships was threatened in a dispute over passports. The team sought to travel on their Haudenosaunee passports, but the British government demanded evidence that the United States would allow the Iroquois to travel and return. Even after the United States Department of State gave the team a one-time waiver, the British government denied entry to the team, saying the Iroquois passports were unacceptable.
As a result, the Iroquois would have had to forfeit their opening match against England, with the host team playing Germany in an exhibition match instead. However, FIL decided to move Germany to the Blue Division and the Iroquois to the Plum Division, making the England-Germany match an official one. The Iroquois team did not officially withdraw from the tournament, and would have been allowed to play its remaining games should it have resolved its passport difficulties. However, on 18 July, the FIL announced that the competition schedule had progressed too far to allow Iroquois to compete in the tournament. Each of the other three Plum Division teams were given 1–0 forfeit victories over the Iroquois team.
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