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Barak Netanya LC won the IPLL Championship with a win over Haifa LC, with Bryan Hopper winning the EL AL Player of the Game award.[15] A total of 16 games were played, with each team playing eight games.PosTeamGPWL1Barak Netanya LC8622Haifa LC8623Ashkelon LC8354Tel Aviv LC817Source:[16]2016 season[edit]The 2016 season of the IPLL was their second season. Tel Aviv LC decided to suspend operations for the 2016 season, however Ashdod LC, Kiryat Gat LC, and Be’er Sheva LC joined the league for the 2016 season. A total of 22 games were played, with each team playing either seven or eight games.RankTeamGPWLScorePoints1Be’er Sheva LC76168:5362Haifa LC75270:2653Ashkelon LC85364:6354Ashdod LC74352:4845Barak Netanya LC71645:7516Kiryat Gat LC81744:781Source:[17]2018 season[edit]RankTeamGPWLScorePoints1Be’er Sheva LC76177:6462Ashkelon LC74372:7343Haifa LC74363:5844Barak Netanya LC74367:5445Herzliya LC74368:6146Sderot73459:6437Ashdod LC72555:6858Kiryat Gat LC71646:651Source:[18]International competition[edit]Israel fields men’s, indoor, and women’s national teams, which compete at both European and World levels.European Lacrosse Championships[edit]In 2016, Israel’s men’s team won the Silver Medal, placing second in a field of 24, England won the gold 7-6 in regulation play. This was Israel’s first medal in international play.[19]YearResult 20128th place 2016nd placeWorld Lacrosse Championships[edit]In its first-ever appearance, for the Men’s 2014 World Lacrosse Championship in Denver,[20][21] Israel finished in 7th place out of 38 nations.Four years later, with the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship held in Netanya, Israel, Israel again finished in 7th place, this time out of 46 nations.YearResult 20147th place 20187th placeWomen’s European Lacrosse Championships[edit]YearResult 20154th place 2019nd placeWomen’s Lacrosse World Cup[edit]YearResult 20138th place 20176th placeShabbat policy[edit]The ILA has a consistent position of not playing or scheduling games during Shabbat.[22] Israel Lacrosse released a statement saying: \u201cAs a new sport to Israel it is imperative . . . we cannot ignore that reasonably large percentage of our nations\u2019 people, our teams\u2019 players and our associations\u2019 members would be offended if we took the field on Shabbat.”  The organization has stated that the policy is a national identity issue, not a religious issue.References[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/lacrosse-in-israel-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Lacrosse in Israel – Wikipedia"}}]}]