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{{short description|European lacrosse championship tournament}}
The '''European Lacrosse Championships''' began in 1995, the same year as the founding of the [[European Lacrosse Federation]] (ELF), to determine the best national [[lacrosse]] team of [[Europe]]. The [[field lacrosse|men's]] tournament was held that first year, with the [[women's lacrosse|women]] following in 1996. Through 2001, the Championships were annual events. Since 2004 the men's tournament has been held every four years. The women have played in 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2015.

==Men's competition==
===Finals===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 98%; text-align: center;"
|- 
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=14 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=14 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third place match
|- 
!width=15%|Champions
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Runners-up
!width=15%|Third place
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth place
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1995<br>''[[1995 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CZE}}<br/>[[Prague]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''8–6'''
|{{iflm-big|CZE}}
|{{iflm-big|WAL}}
|'''12–4'''
|{{iflm-big|SCO}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1996<br>''[[1996 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|GER}}<br/>[[Düsseldorf]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''8–6'''
|{{iflm-big|CZE}}
|{{iflm-big|SCO}}
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|{{iflm-big|WAL}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1997<br>''[[1997 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|SWE}}<br/>[[Stockholm]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''9–7'''
|{{iflm-big|CZE}}
|{{iflm-big|SWE}}
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|{{iflm-big|WAL}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1999<br>''[[1999 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ENG}}<br/>[[Manchester]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''12–9'''
|{{iflm-big|GER}}
|{{iflm-big|SCO}}
|'''8–6'''
|{{iflm-big|CZE}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2000<br>''[[2000 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|SCO}}<br/>[[Glasgow]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''11–7'''
|{{iflm-big|GER}}
|{{iflm-big|SCO}}
|'''9–8'''
|{{iflm-big|CZE}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2001<br>''[[2001 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|WAL}}<br/>[[Penarth]]
|'''{{iflm-big|GER}}'''
|'''16–8'''
|{{iflm-big|ENG}}
|{{iflm-big|CZE}}
|'''16–11'''
|{{iflm-big|SCO}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2004<br>''[[2004 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CZE}}<br/>[[Prague]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''7–6'''
|{{iflm-big|GER}}
|{{iflm-big|SCO}}
|'''12–10'''
|{{iflm-big|SWE}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2008<br>''[[2008 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|FIN}}<br/>[[Lahti]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''14–4'''
|{{iflm-big|NED}}
|{{iflm-big|GER}}
|'''9–8'''
|{{iflm-big|SWE}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2012<br>''[[2012 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|NED}}<br/>[[Amsterdam]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''15–5'''
|{{iflm-big|IRL}}
|{{iflm-big|SWE}}
|'''11–10'''
|{{iflm-big|NED}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2016<br>''[[2016 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|HUN}}<br/>[[Budapest]]
|'''{{iflm-big|ENG}}'''
|'''7–6'''
|{{iflm-big|ISR}}
|{{iflm-big|FIN}}
|'''12–4'''
|{{iflm-big|WAL}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2022<br>''[[2020 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|POL}}<br/>[[Wrocław]]
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2025<br>''[[2025 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|POL}}<br/>[[Wrocław]]
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===Performances by team===
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#cccccc;"
!Team
!1995<br>{{flagicon|CZE}}<br>(6)
!1996<br>{{flagicon|GER}}<br>(6)
!1997<br>{{flagicon|SWE}}<br>(6)
!1999<br>{{flagicon|ENG}}<br>(6)
!2000<br>{{flagicon|SCO}}<br>(6)
!2001<br>{{flagicon|WAL}}<br>(6)
!2004<br>{{flagicon|CZE}}<br>(12)
!2008<br>{{flagicon|FIN}}<br>(18)
!2012<br>{{flagicon|NED}}<br>(17)
![[2016 European Lacrosse Championship|2016]]<br>{{flagicon|HUN}}<br>(24)
![[2020 European Lacrosse Championship|2022]]<br>{{flagicon|POL}}<br>(22)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lacrosse |first=World |date=2022-04-19 |title=The Road to San Diego: 11 men's teams earn world championship qualification |url=https://worldlacrosse.sport/article/the-road-to-san-diego-11-mens-teams-earn-world-championship-qualification/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=World Lacrosse |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://stats.pointbench.com/eqm/2022/index.php?cmd=group-rank-full-ex |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=stats.pointbench.com}}</ref>
!2025<br>{{flagicon|POL}}<br>(29)
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|align=left|{{iflm|AUT}} || || || || || || || || 15th || || 18th || 9th
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|align=left|{{iflm|BEL}} || || || || || || || || || 15th || 15th || 19th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|CRO}} || || || || || || || || || || || 15th
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|align=left|{{iflm|CZE}} || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=silver|2nd || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || style="border: 3px solid red"|5th || 8th || 9th || 10th || 2nd
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|align=left|{{iflm|DEN}} || || || || || || || 10th || 10th || || 19th || 11th
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|align=left|{{iflm|ENG}} || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || Auto
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|align=left|{{iflm|FIN}} || || || || || || || 8th || style="border: 3px solid red"|5th || 7th || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 10th
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|align=left|{{iflm|FRA}} || || || || || || || || 17th || 16th || 22nd || 13th
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|align=left|{{iflm|GER}} || 6th || style="border: 3px solid red"|6th || 5th || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || 5th || 5th || Auto
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| align="left" |{{iflm|HUN}} || || || || || || || || || || style="border: 3px solid red"|17th || 16th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|IRL}} || || || || || || 6th || 7th || 6th || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || 11th || Auto
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| align="left" |{{iflm|ISR}} || || || || || || || || || 8th || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || Auto
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| align="left" |{{iflm|ITA}} || || || || || || || 11th || 18th || 13th || 20th || 5th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|LAT}} || || || || || || || 12th || 11th || || 9th || 6th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|LUX}} || || || || || || || || || || || •
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| align="left" |{{iflm|NED}} || || || || || || || 9th || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || style="border: 3px solid red"|4th || 7th || 4th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|NOR}} || || || || || || || || 14th || 14th || 12th || 12th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|POL}} || || || || || || || || || || 14th || style="border: 3px solid red"|7th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|POR}} || || || || || || || || || || || 22nd
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| align="left" |{{iflm|RUS}} || || || || || || || || || || 16th || •
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| align="left" |{{iflm|SCO}} || 4th || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 6th || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 4th || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 9th || 6th || 8th || Auto
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| align="left" |{{iflm|SVK}} || || || || || || || || 12th || 12th || 21st || 17th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|SLO}} || || || || || || || || || || 23rd || 21st
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| align="left" |{{iflm|ESP}} || || || || || || || || 13th || 17th || 18th || 14th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|SWE}} || 5th || 5th || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 6th || 5th || || 4th || 4th || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 13th || 8th
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| align="left" |{{iflm|SUI}} || || || || || || || || 16th || 11th || 6th || 3rd
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| align="left" |{{iflm|TUR}} || || || || || || || || || || || •
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| align="left" |{{iflm|UKR}} || || || || || || || || || || || •
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| align="left" |{{iflm|WAL}} || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 4th || 4th || 5th || 6th || style="border: 3px solid red"|5th || 6th || 7th || 10th || 4th || Auto
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|}

==Women's competition==
===Finals===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 98%; text-align: center;"
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=14 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=14 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third Place Match
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!width=15%|Champion
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Second Place
!width=15%|Third Place
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth Place
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1996<br>''[[1996 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|GER}}<br/>[[Düsseldorf]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
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|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
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|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1997<br>''[[1997 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|SWE}}<br/>[[Stockholm]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
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|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
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|{{iflw-big|SWE}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1998<br>''[[1998 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CZE}}<br/>[[Prague]]
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
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|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
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|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1999<br>''[[1999 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ENG}}<br/>[[Manchester]]
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|9–7
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
|12–7
|{{iflw-big|GER}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2000<br>''[[1999 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|SCO}}<br/>[[Glasgow]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
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|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
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|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2003<br>''[[2003 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|GER}}<br/>[[Göttingen]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|13–2
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
|9–4
|{{iflw-big|GER}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2004<br>''[[2004 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CZE}}<br/>[[Prague]]
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|6–5
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|10–9
|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2008<br>''[[2008 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|FIN}}<br/>[[Lahti]]
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
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|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
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|{{iflw-big|IRL}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2012<br>''[[2012 European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|NED|}}<br/>[[Amsterdam]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|11–5
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
|12–7
|{{iflw-big|GER}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2015<br>''[[2015 Women's Lacrosse European Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CZE}}<br/>[[Nymburk]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|11–8
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
|10–9
|{{iflw-big|ISR}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2019<br>''[[2019 Women's European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ISR}}<br/>[[Netanya]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|10–7
|{{iflw-big|ISR}}
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|13–8
|{{iflw-big|CZE}}
|-
|2024<br>''[[2024 Women's European Lacrosse Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|POR}}<br/>[[Braga]]
|{{iflw-big|ENG}}
|12–5
|{{iflw-big|ISR}}
|{{iflw-big|SCO}}
|9–7
|{{iflw-big|WAL}}
|-
|}

===Performance by team===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Team
!1996<br>{{flagicon|GER}}<br>(5)
!1997<br>{{flagicon|SWE}}<br>(6)
!1998<br>{{flagicon|CZE}}<br>(5)
!1999<br>{{flagicon|ENG}}<br>(6)
!2000<br>{{flagicon|SCO}}<br>(5)
!2003<br>{{flagicon|GER}}<br>(6)
!2004<br>{{flagicon|CZE}}<br>(8)
!2008<br>{{flagicon|FIN}}<br>(10)
!2012<br>{{flagicon|NED}}<br>(12)
![[2015 Women's Lacrosse European Championship|2015]]<br>{{flagicon|CZE}}<br>(17)
![[2019 Women's European Lacrosse Championship|2019]]<br>{{flagicon|ISR}}<br>(19)
!2024
(19)
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|align=left|{{AUT}} || || || || || || || || 8th || 10th || 10th || 11th
|18th
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|align=left|{{BEL}} || || || || || || || || || || 16th || 
|17th
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|align=left|{{CZE}} || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || 4th || 5th || 5th || 7th || 4th
|7th
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|align=left|{{DEN}} || || || || || || || 8th || || ||  || 
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|align=left|{{iflw|ENG}} || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st ||bgcolor=gold|1st
|1st
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|align=left|{{FIN}} || || || || || || || || 9th || 9th || 11th || 16th
|16th
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|align=left|{{GER}} || 5th || 5th || 5th || 4th || 5th || 4th || 5th || 6th || 4th || 6th || 6th
|6th
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|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany B || || || || || || 6th || || || ||  || 
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|align=left|{{IRL}} || || || || || || || || 4th || 8th || 5th || 7th
|5th
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|align=left|{{iflw|ISR}} || || || || || || || || || || 4th || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|2nd
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|align=left|{{ITA}} || || || || || || || || || || 9th || 13th
|8th
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|align=left|{{LAT}} || || || || || || || || || 12th || 8th || 9th
|9th
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|align=left|{{NED}} || || || || || || || || 10th || 7th || 13th || 8th
|10th
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|align=left|{{NOR}} || || || || || || || || || || 15th || 10th
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| align="left" |{{iflw|SCO}} || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 6th || bgcolor="gold" |1st || 5th || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || 5th
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| align="left" |{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland B || || || || || || 5th || 6th || || || ||
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| align="left" |{{iflw|ESP}} || || || || || || || || || || 17th || 15th
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| align="left" |{{SWE}} || || 4th || || 6th || || || || 7th || 6th || 14th || 14th
|11th
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| align="left" |{{SUI}} || || || || || || || || || 11th || 12th || 12th
|12th
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| align="left" |{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Welsh Lacrosse Association#Women's national team|Wales]] || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd || bgcolor="gold" |1st || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || || bgcolor="gold" |1st || bgcolor="gold" |1st || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || bgcolor="silver" |2nd || bgcolor="#cc9966" |3rd
|4th
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| align="left" |{{flagicon|WAL}} Wales B || || || || || || || 7th || || || ||
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!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2003!!2004!!2008!!2012!!2015!!2019
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==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?PageRID=126817 |title=European Championships |access-date=2006-09-28 |publisher=Inside Lacrosse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828004629/http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?PageRID=126817 |archive-date=2006-08-28 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web| url = http://www.europeanlacrosse.org/euro-rankings.html| title = European Championship Rankings| access-date = 2009-10-01| publisher = European Lacrosse Federation| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090918131512/http://europeanlacrosse.org/euro-rankings.html| archive-date = 2009-09-18}}

{{European Championships}}

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