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Lacrosse at the Commonwealth Games - a Demonstration Sport

There was an exhibition of lacrosse, Canada’s national sport, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The matches were played as the Box Lacrosse version, played indoor a smaller ice-hockey arena with six players in each team.

Some of the teams that participated in the tournament:

• North Shore Indians
• Edmonton Capitals
• Edmonton Fullers
• West Edmonton Blues (Alberta)
• Victoria, Canada
• Australia

The sport has never been on the official Commonwealth Games program.

Related Pages

• See the full list of Commonwealth Games sports
• About the sport of lacrosse and box lacrosse
• Demonstration sports at the Commonwealth Games
• Lacrosse demonstration at the Olympics
• About Sport in Canada

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