Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Roller Hockey World Cup
SportRoller hockey
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
First season1936
No. of teams16
ContinentInternational (World Skate)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Spain (18th title)
Most titles Spain (18 titles)

The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Since 1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two years on the odd years. Until 2017, it was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. As of 2019, following the merge between the FIRS and the International Skateboarding Federation, the World Cup is now an event of the larger World Roller Games.

Through the 2019 World Cup, only five countries have taken the Roller Hockey World Cup: England winning two times, Portugal winning sixteen times, Spain winning seventeen times, Italy winning four times and Argentina winning five times.

Since the 2003 World Cup all events have been 16-team events, featuring a four group round-robin tournament with four teams in each group. The top two teams in each group advance to an eight team knockout final series.

Results

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Summaries

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Year Host city Winner Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
1936
Details
Germany Stuttgart
England
League
Italy

Portugal
League
Switzerland
7
1939
Details
Switzerland Montreux
England

Italy

Portugal

Belgium
7
1947
Details
Portugal Lisbon
Portugal

Belgium

Spain

Italy
7
1948
Details
Switzerland Montreux
Portugal

England

Italy

Spain
9
1949
Details
Portugal Lisbon
Portugal

Spain

Italy

Belgium
8
1950
Details
Italy Milan
Portugal
4–0
Italy

Switzerland

Spain
10
1951
Details
Spain Barcelona
Spain
League
Portugal

Italy

Belgium
11
1952
Details
Portugal Porto
Portugal
4–0
Italy

Spain

Belgium
10
1953
Details
Switzerland Geneva
Italy
League
Portugal

Spain

Switzerland
13
1954
Details
Spain Barcelona
Spain

Portugal

Italy

Belgium
15
1955
Details
Italy Milan
Spain

Italy

Portugal

Switzerland
14
1956
Details
Portugal Porto
Portugal

Spain

Italy

West Germany
11
1958
Details
Portugal Porto
Portugal

Spain

Italy

Netherlands
10
1960
Details
Spain Madrid
Portugal

Spain

Argentina

Italy
10
1962
Details
Chile Santiago
Portugal

Italy

Spain

Switzerland
10
1964
Details
Spain Barcelona
Spain

Portugal

Italy

Netherlands
10
1966
Details
Brazil São Paulo
Spain

Portugal

Argentina

Italy
10
1968
Details
Portugal Porto
Portugal

Spain

Argentina

Italy
10
1970
Details
Argentina San Juan
Spain

Portugal

Italy

Argentina
11
1972
Details
Spain A Coruña
Spain

Portugal

Argentina

West Germany
12
1974
Details
Portugal Lisbon
Portugal

Spain

Argentina

West Germany
12
1976
Details
Spain Oviedo
Spain

Argentina

Portugal

West Germany
12
1978
Details
Argentina San Juan
Argentina

Spain

Portugal

West Germany
12
1980
Details
Chile Talcahuano
Spain

Argentina

Portugal

Chile
16
1982
Details
Portugal Barcelos
Portugal

Spain

Argentina

Chile
22
1984
Details
Italy Novara
Argentina

Italy

Portugal

Spain
10
1986
Details
Brazil Sertãozinho
Italy

Spain

Portugal

Argentina
10
1988
Details
Spain A Coruña
Italy

Spain

Portugal

Argentina
10
1989
Details
Argentina San Juan
Spain
2–1
Portugal

Italy
11–2
Chile
12
1991
Details
Portugal Porto
Portugal
7–0
Netherlands

Argentina
6–0
Brazil
12
1993
Details
Italy Bassano d.G., Sesto S.G.
Portugal
3–3 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (p)

Italy

Argentina
3–2
Spain
12
1995
Details
Brazil Recife
Argentina
5–1
Portugal

Spain
2–0
Brazil
12
1997
Details
Germany Wuppertal
Italy
5–0
Argentina

Spain
3–1
Portugal
12
1999
Details
Spain Reus
Argentina
1–0
Spain

Portugal
5–4
Italy
12
2001
Details
Argentina San Juan
Spain
2–2 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (p)

Argentina

Italy
5–3
Portugal
15
2003
Details
Portugal Oliveira de Azeméis
Portugal
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Italy

Spain
3–1
Argentina
16
2005
Details
United States San Jose
Spain
2–1
Argentina

Portugal
4–3
Italy
16
2007
Details
Switzerland Montreux
Spain
8–1
Switzerland

Argentina
2–2 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (p)

Italy
16
2009
Details
Spain Vigo
Spain
3–1
Argentina

Portugal
8–3
Brazil
16
2011
Details
Argentina San Juan
Spain
5–4
Argentina

Portugal
9–2
Mozambique
16
2013
Details
Angola Luanda and Namibe
Spain
4–3
Argentina

Portugal
10–3
Chile
16
2015
Details
France La Roche-sur-Yon
Argentina
6–1
Spain

Portugal
7–3
Germany
16
2017
Details
China Nanjing[1]
Spain
3–3 (a.e.t.)
2–1 (p)

Portugal

Argentina
4–2
Italy
22
2019
Details
Spain Barcelona[2]
Portugal
0–0 (a.e.t.)
2–1 (p)

Argentina

Spain
5–0
France
27
2022
Details
Argentina Buenos Aires and San Juan[3]
Argentina
4–2
Portugal

France
5–5 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (p)

Italy
22
2024
Details
Italy Novara
Spain
2–1
Argentina

Italy
3–2
Portugal
8

Ranking

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain1812838
2 Portugal16111542
3 Argentina6101026
4 Italy491124
5 England2103
6  Switzerland0112
7 Belgium0101
 Netherlands0101
9 France0011
Totals (9 entries)464646138

FIRS Roller Hockey "B" World Championship

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Roller Hockey World Cup
Founded1984
RegionInternational (FIRS)
Number of teams7–9
Current champions Austria (1st title)
Most successful team(s) United States (3 titles)

The FIRS Roller Hockey "B" World Championship was the second-tier level international championship for roller hockey organized by FIRS. The event was a 7 to 9-team event, featuring a two group round-robin tournament. The top four teams in each group advanced to an eight team knockout final series. This model was discontinued in favour of a B group in the "A" World Championship, starting with the 2017 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup.

The tournament was held every two years, on the even years. The first event was held in 1984, in the city of Paris.

The first three-placed nations were granted an entry to next year's "A" World Championship and the last three-placed nations on the "A" tournament were relegated to the next year's "B" World Championship.

Summaries

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Year Host city Winner Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
1984
Details
France Paris
France
League
Belgium

England
League
Angola
9
1986
Details
Mexico Mexico City
West Germany

Netherlands

Mozambique

Australia
9
1988
Details
Colombia Colombia
Colombia

Switzerland

Chile

Australia
12
1990
Details
Macau Macau
Brazil
1–0
Switzerland

Australia
4–1
England
22
1992
Details
Andorra Andorra
Andorra
5–3
France

Angola
2–1
Mozambique
16
1994
Details
Chile Chile
France
4–1
Angola

Chile
5–1
Colombia
15
1996
Details
Mexico Mexico City
United States
4–1
Netherlands

Colombia
5–1
Andorra
17
1998
Details
Macau Macau
Chile
5–4
United States

Mozambique
7–4
Andorra
19
2000
Details
England Chatham
England
2–0
Netherlands

Canada
8–3
Uruguay
15
2002
Details
Uruguay Montevideo
Andorra
5–4
Colombia

England
3–1
Uruguay
10
2004
Details
Macau Macau
Catalonia
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6–0
England

Andorra
2–0
Macau
11
2006
Details
Uruguay Montevideo
Mozambique
League
Netherlands

Colombia
League
Macau
12
2008
Details
South Africa Johannesburg
United States
7–3
Netherlands

Colombia
9–1
South Africa
12
2010
Details
Austria Dornbirn
United States
5–1
South Africa

Netherlands
4–3
Austria
12
2012
Details
Uruguay Canelones
South Africa
4–3
England

Austria
3–1
Uruguay
9
2014
Details
Uruguay Canelones
Austria
1–0
England

Netherlands
11–3
United States
7

Ranking

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States3003
2 France2103
3 Andorra2013
4 England1427
5 Colombia1135
6 South Africa1102
7 Chile1023
 Mozambique1023
9 Austria1012
10 Brazil1001
 Catalonia1001
 Germany1001
13 Netherlands0527
14  Switzerland0202
15 Angola0112
16 Belgium0101
17 Australia0011
 Canada0011
Totals (18 entries)16161648

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Roller Games 2017: from Barcelona to Nanjing". RollerSports.org. Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). 28 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Signed the institutional agreement for the 2019 edition of the FIRS Roller Games in Barcelona". RollerSports.org. Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Argentina will host the 2021 World Skate Games". World Skate. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. ^ Despite winning the tournament, Catalonia did not contest the 2005 "A" World Championship due to the FIRS not endorsing its final acceptance. They participated in this event as a provisional member.
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