Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in the 1930s in Canada, where it is more popular than field lacrosse. Lacrosse is Canada's official national summer sport. Box lacrosse is played between two teams of five players and one goalie each, and is traditionally played on an ice hockey rink once the ice has been removed or covered. The playing area is called a box, in contrast to the open playing field of field lacrosse. The object of the game is to use a lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball in an effort to score by shooting a solid rubber lacrosse ball into the opponent's goal. The highest level of box lacrosse is the National Lacrosse League.
While there are 62 total members of World Lacrosse, only fifteen have competed in international box lacrosse competition. Only Canada, the Haudenosaunee Nationals and the United States have finished in the top three places at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships.
Boxlacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in the...
equipment: field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, boxlacrosse, lacrosse sixes and intercrosse. The men's games, field lacrosse (outdoor) and boxlacrosse (indoor)...
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional boxlacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
The World LacrosseBox Championships (WLBC), formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international boxlacrosse tournament...
version, indoor boxlacrosse (originated in the 1930s), is also played under different rules. The object of the game is to use a lacrosse stick, or crosse...
Modern lacrosse in Canada has been a popular sport since the mid 1800s. Only field lacrosse was played until the 1930s, when boxlacrosse was invented...
Lacrosse has its origins in a tribal game played by eastern Woodlands Native Americans and by some Plains Indians tribes in what is now the United States...
The BoxLacrosse League (BLL) was a senior men's semi-professional boxlacrosse league in the United States. In its final year, the league consisted of...
and boxlacrosse as well as a different sport entirely. Lacrosse sixes was created in 2021 by World Lacrosse, the global governing body for lacrosse, in...
The Professional BoxLacrosse Association (PBLA) was a men's professional boxlacrosse league in the United States. The league was announced on June 29...
The Panther City Lacrosse Club is a professional boxlacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They have played at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas...
Eagle Pro BoxLacrosse League; from the 1989 season until the conclusion of the 1997 season, the league was known as the Major Indoor Lacrosse League. In...
in both field and boxlacrosse. There are five national teams that compete in World Lacrosse championships on a four-year cycle. Box Mann Cup Senior "A"...
upcoming professional boxlacrosse franchise based in Ottawa, Ontario. They are members of the Eastern Conference of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and...
The Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) is a men's Senior A boxlacrosse sanctioned by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. It consists of seven teams, based...
records for the National Lacrosse League, as well as the predecessors Major Indoor Lacrosse League and Eagle Pro BoxLacrosse League. Through the end of...
Lacrosse Association was not established as the provincial governing body of the sport until ten years later. In the 1930s, the birth of boxlacrosse...
The Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) is a boxlacrosse league based in Alberta with three teams in Saskatchewan and, as of 2018, one in Manitoba....
Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A boxlacrosse league based in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the star...
The Las Vegas Desert Dogs are a professional boxlacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. The team plays at Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada...
The Interstate BoxLacrosse Association (IBLA) was a men's senior boxlacrosse league based in the United States. From 2019 to 2021, the IBLA served as...
creation of indoor or boxlacrosse in the 1930s, a unique form of lacrosse goaltender was formed for the different dynamics of lacrosse on an ice-less ice...
three men's boxlacrosse leagues: Can-Am Senior B Lacrosse League, Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League, and First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League. The...
2015, Atlanta became the furthest south major league boxlacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) when John Arlotta moved the Minnesota Swarm...
are a professional boxlacrosse team based in Albany, New York. They are members of the Eastern Conference of the National Lacrosse League that began play...
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