Major Tournaments
HRM has hosted the World Junior Hockey Championships, as well as the Brier and Tournament of Hearts curling championships.
HRM was selected to host the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in May, 2007. National teams from Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, the Iroquois Nation, Scotland, and the United States participated. Canada defeated the Iroquois Nation in the final by a score of 21-4.
The inaugural World Indoor Lacrosse Championship were held in Hamilton, Kitchener, Mississauga, and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada in May, 2003. The World Indoor Lacrosse Championship is an International Lacrosse Federation-sanctioned event.
Halifax also co-hosted the 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships with Quebec City.
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