Haudenosaunee at the World Games 2022

IOC code	HNL
NOC	N/A
in Birmingham, United States July 7 – 17, 2022
Competitors	24 in 1 sport
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Games appearances
1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022

The Haudenosaunee Nationals, also known as the Iroquois, competed at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, United States, from July 7 to 17, 2022.^[1]

The only representative team in the 2022 World Games not represented by a National Olympic Committee, they competed in solely in lacrosse, which they also regular compete in international competitions as. They would finish in fifth place in the event for the men's team and seventh place for the women's team.^[2]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total	Events
Lacrosse^[3]	12	12	24	2
Total	12	12	24	2

Lacrosse

Main article: Lacrosse at the 2022 World Games

Originally the Haudenosaunee were not eligible to qualify due to not being represented by a National Olympic Committee.^[4] Its men's lacrosse team would have qualified through placing third at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship.^[5]^[6] The Haudenosaunee were declared eligible after Ireland vacated their berth in their favor.^[4]

Like their men's counterpart, the women's team was deemed eligible to qualify.^[5]^[3]

Both the men's and women's team failed to make a podium finish.^[7]

Team	Event	Group stage				Finals / consolations
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Haudenosaunee men	Men's team tournament	Canada L 9–21	Israel W 16–12	Japan L 16–20	3	Australia W 19–12	5
Haudenosaunee women	Women's team tournament	Israel L 10–17	Great Britain L 10–11	Canada L 7–19	4	Czech Republic W 13–8	7

References

^ Pinarski, Phil (July 7, 2022). "In Birmingham, the World Games will right a wrong for the Haudenosaunee in the sport they created". CBS 42. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
^ "The World Games 2022 Puts Haudenosaunee Nationals, The Inventor Of Lacrosse, On International Stage". The World Games 2022. March 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Lacrosse Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Glennon, Michael (September 5, 2020). "Ireland sacrifice place for good of 'Medicine Game'". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b "World Lacrosse Announces Teams for Men's Lacrosse Competition at TWG 2022". The World Games 2022. September 7, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ "Teams qualified for lacrosse at the 2022 World Games". worldlacrosse.sport. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
^ Keh, Andrew; Kiehart, Pete (July 27, 2022). "How Indigenous Athletes Are Reclaiming Lacrosse". The New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

Nations at the 2022 World Games