Indoor lacrosse
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Indoor lacrosse is a version of lacrosse played, unlike other varieties of lacrosse, in winter in ice hockey arenas (a floor for lacrosse is placed over the ice). Indoor lacrosse was intended to be less violent than the other indoor version of the game, box lacrosse, on which it is based. However, subsequent changes in the rules of both games have made them more smilar. The chief difference between the two forms of the game now is that indoor lacrosse allows only sticks with hollow shafts, while box lacrosse allows solid wooden sticks.
In North America, indoor lacrosse is chiefly played by box lacrosse players. Box lacrosse is a summer game, while indoor lacrosse is played in the winter, so the players simply change codes. Indoor lacrosse is also played in regions where box lacrosse is not played.
The first World Indoor Lacrosse Championships were held in 2003. The competitors were national teams of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, the Iroquois Nation, Scotland, and the United States. Canada defeated the Iroquois Nation in the final by a score of 21-4.
For information about professional North American indoor lacrosse leagues, see National Lacrosse League and Major Indoor Lacrosse League.