Venue: Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 28 April – 4 May 2003

Final Standings

Pos	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	144	42
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	1	125	85
3	South Africa	5	3	0	2	113	94
4	Zimbabwe	5	2	0	3	109	97
5	USA	5	3	0	2	71	80
6	Ireland	5	1	0	4	54	101
7	United Kingdom	5	2	0	3	106	80
8	Canada	5	0	0	5	8	171

Group Stage Results

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Group
28.04.03	USA	5	Australia	29
28.04.03	Ireland	9	South Africa	29
29.04.03	Ireland	5	Australia	26
29.04.03	South Africa	26	USA	9
01.05.03	Ireland	11	USA	15
01.05.03	South Africa	7	Australia	26
	Group
28.04.03	Canada	1	New Zealand	42
28.04.03	Zimbabwe	23	United Kingdom	15
29.04.03	New Zealand	15	United Kingdom	14
29.04.03	Canada	0	Zimbabwe	41
01.05.03	Canada	5	United Kingdom	31
01.05.03	Zimbabwe	14	New Zealand	24

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Final Group Standings

Pos	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A
	Group
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	81	17
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	62	44
3	USA	3	1	0	2	29	66
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	25	70
	Group
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	81	29
2	Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	78	39
3	United Kingdom	3	1	0	2	60	53
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	6	114

Knockout Stage Results

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals		(3rd & 4th Division)
02.05.2003	US	26	Canada	1
02.05.2003	United Kingdom	15	Ireland	16
	Semi-Finals		(1st & 2nd Divsion)
03.05.2003	Zimbabwe	12	Australia	31
03.05.2003	New Zealand	31	South africa	24
	4th Division Final		(7th & 8th Places)
03.05.2003	Canada	1	United Kingdom	31
	3rd Division Final		(5th & 6th Places)
04.05.2003	USA	16	Ireland	13
	2nd Division Final		(3rd & 4th Places)
04.05.2003	South Africa	27	Zimbabwe	31
	World Cup Final
04.05.2003	Australia	32	New Zealand	13

Report

Ireland finished in sixth place in the inaugural International Polocrosse Council Polocrosse World Cup in 2003, losing to USA 13-16 in the 3rd Division Final, having lost all their matches in the Group Stage, but then defeating United Kingdom 16-15 in the 3rd & 4th Division Semi-Finals.

About Polocrosse

Australian Sports played in Ireland include Polocrosse, first played in Australia. Polocrosse is similar to Polo except the players use a Lacrosse stick rather than a Mallet. 

References

Logos

[8] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2003) navTop3 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20031203042841im_/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/images/navTop3.gif [Accessed 25 July 2018]

Internet Archive

[1] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Monday, 28 April [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040305233815/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_28.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[2] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Tuesday, 29 April [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201724/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_29a.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[3] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Thursday, 1 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201551/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_1.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[4] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Friday, 2 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201617/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_2.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[5] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Saturday, 3 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201809/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_3.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[6] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Sunday, 4 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040306000801/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_4.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[7] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Overview – Welcome [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040204112450/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/overview_welcome.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Winters and David Marlborough.

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