The Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports was the world governing body for roller sports, including skateboarding, rink hockey, inline hockey, inline speed skating, inline alpine, downhill, roller derby, roller freestyle, inline freestyle, aggressive inline skating, inline figure skating and artistic roller skating. It was established in April 1924 in Montreux, Switzerland by two Swiss sportsmen, Fred Renkewitz and Otto Myer, who had close connections to the International Olympic Committee.
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.
The Women's Roller Hockey World Cup is a competition between the best female national teams in the World. It takes place every two years and it was organized by the FIRS until its integration into World Skate.
Roller hockey was one of three demonstration sports included in the official Olympic programme of the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona. This sport's widespread popularity and the existence of top-level competitive teams in Catalonia prompted the Organizing Committee to suggest its inclusion in the Olympic programme.
World Skate Asia formerly known as Confederation of Asia Roller Sports (CARS) is the main roller skating organization of Asia. World Skate Asia is part of the World Skate. Varieties of skating governed by the WS include:
The Rink Hockey American Championship or CSP Copa America is a Rink Hockey competition with the national teams of American countries that happens every four years. It is organized by CSP, South American Federation of Rink Hockey.
The FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20 is a biennial international competition for men's under-20 national roller hockey teams organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) since 2003. It takes place every two years and it was organized by the FIRS until its integration into World Skate in 2017 and is now part of the World Roller Games.
The 2012 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup or Recife 2012 was the 11th edition of the women's roller hockey world cup. It was held in Recife, Brazil from November 10 to November 17, 2012 and it was contested by fourteen teams, two less than the previous edition. France defeated 4-times champion Spain in the final to win the World Cup for the first time.
The Intercontinental Cup is a roller hockey competition organized by World Skate and usually contested between the World Skate Europe and the World Skate America champions clubs.
The Argentina men national roller hockey team is the national team side of Argentina at international roller hockey. It is part of FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup and CSP Copa America. In men Argentina won 5 World Cups and the only roller hockey tournament in the Olympic Games history, Barcelona 1992, and the women of Argentina won five World Cups.
The France national roller hockey team is the national team side of France at international roller hockey. Usually it is part of FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup and CERH European Roller Hockey Championship.
The Chile national roller hockey team is the national team side of Chile at international roller hockey. It is part of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup and CSP Copa America, and is controlled by the Federación Chilena de Hockey y Patinaje.
The Catalonia men's national roller hockey team is the national team of Catalonia in international roller hockey. Nowadays it's not officially recognized by International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS).
The 1992 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup was the first ever roller hockey world cup for women, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams. The chosen city to host the world cup was Springe, in Germany. This inaugural edition was won by Canada's squad, with eleven victories in eleven matches.
Canada women's national inline hockey team is the national team for Canada, which participates at the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships, an event by the Comité International de Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The national team has captured five world championships. Canada has enjoyed 14 podium finishes in the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships from 2002 to 2017. The first tournament without a podium finish took place in 2007.
The 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup or Iquique 2016 was the 13th edition of the women's roller hockey world cup. It is held in Iquique, Chile from September 24 to October 1, 2016, and it was contested by thirteen teams. Spain defeated Portugal in the final to win the World Cup.
The 2017 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 43rd edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 3 to 9 September 2017, as part of the 2017 World Roller Games. Spain won his 17th title, defeating Portugal, who returned to the final, after an eleven years absence, in penalties.
The 2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 27 August to 2 September 2017, as part of the 2017 World Roller Games.
The Women's Intercontinental Cup is a roller hockey competition organized by World Skate and contested between the championship clubs from World Skate Africa, World Skate Asia, World Skate Oceania, World Skate Europe, and World Skate America.
Argentina (5th title)
France 
Chile 
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