2014 Roller Derby World Cup

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2014 Roller Derby World Cup
2014
2014 Roller Derby World Cup Logo.jpg
Tournament information
Sport Roller derby
Location Dallas, United States
DatesDecember 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)–December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)
Established2011
Venue(s) Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
Teams30 nations
Website rollerderbyworldcup.com
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
1st runners-upFlag of England.svg  England
2nd runners-upFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Points scored21212 (365.72 per match)
  2011
2018  

The 2014 Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from six continents compete for their respective nations.

Contents

The 2014 Roller Derby World Cup is the second held, taking place from December 4 through 7, 2014, at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, United States. Team USA defeated Team England in the final, [1] repeating their victory from the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.

Participating countries

Thirty countries took part, including all thirteen teams from the inaugural event. As before, the 2014 event was played and officiated under a ruleset developed and standardized by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), although not a WFTDA-sponsored event. The participating countries were (returning countries in bold):

Group stage

All teams competed in the group stage. Each team was placed in one of eight groups, which contained either three or four teams. Each of the top eight seeds was placed in a different group, with the number one seed placed in Group 8 and the number eight seed placed in Group 1. Every team played all the other teams in their group for forty-minute matches, and this process determined the seeding for the elimination stage, which were sixty-minute matches.

Here are the results of the group stage. Each of the eight top-seeded teams won their group.

Group 1

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 330783134+649
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 321428403+25
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 312373497-124
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 303192742-550
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21859Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
4 December 2014Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 97208Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
4 December 2014Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31515Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
4 December 2014Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 150105Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
5 December 2014Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 21980Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
5 December 2014Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25060Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales

Group 2

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of France.svg  France 33099477+917
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 321301562-261
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 312314609-295
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 303267628-361
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of France.svg  France 36927Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
4 December 2014Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 167139Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
4 December 2014Flag of France.svg  France 31514Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
4 December 2014Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 132139Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
5 December 2014Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 108120Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
5 December 2014Flag of France.svg  France 31036Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

Group 3

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 330107480+994
Flag of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962).svg  West Indies 321380489-109
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 312435453-18
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 303123990-867
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 31941Flag of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962).svg  West Indies
4 December 2014Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 53296Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
4 December 2014Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4590Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
5 December 2014Flag of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962).svg  West Indies 23570Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
5 December 2014Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 29639Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
5 December 2014Flag of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962).svg  West Indies 104100Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

Group 4

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 330686148+538
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 321515224+291
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 312248553-305
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 303158682-524
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24832Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
4 December 2014Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 20745Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
4 December 2014Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 12678Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
4 December 2014Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 16375Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
5 December 2014Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 31238Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
5 December 2014Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 23053Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia

Group 5

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 330131146+1265
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 321470531-61
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 312238704-466
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 303173911-738
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5135Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
4 December 2014Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 17396Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
4 December 2014Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 34924Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
4 December 2014Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 82125Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
5 December 2014Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 44917Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
5 December 2014Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 86273Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Group 6

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of England.svg  England 330895101+794
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 321395532-137
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 312376484-108
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 303164713-549
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of England.svg  England 27231Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4 December 2014Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 74203Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
4 December 2014Flag of England.svg  England 29420Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
4 December 2014Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 129142Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
5 December 2014Flag of England.svg  England 32950Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
5 December 2014Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21670Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Group 7

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22058773+514
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 211252371-119
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 202108503-395
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28650Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
4 December 2014Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30123Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
5 December 2014Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 85202Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Group 8

TeamPldWLPtsFPtsAPtD
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 220114218+1124
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 211224659-435
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 202157846-689
DateResult
4 December 2014Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50515Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
4 December 2014Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6373Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
5 December 2014Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 154209Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Elimination stage

The first two rounds of the playoffs were played on 6 December 2014, the semifinals and finals were played on 7 December 2014.

After the Round of sixteen, the remaining teams were reseeded for the quarterfinals.

Round of sixteen

All games were played on 6 December 2014. All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

The point differential was used to determine the seeding of the next round.

TimeTrackResultPoint differential
9:00AMTrack 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58175Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 506
9:00AMTrack 2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 303133Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 170
11:00AMTrack 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 35691Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 265
11:00AMTrack 2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8546Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 848
1:00PMTrack 1Flag of France.svg  France 162205Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 43
1:00PMTrack 2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 383124Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 259
3:00PMTrack 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 46435Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 429
3:00PMTrack 2Flag of England.svg  England 70831Flag of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962).svg  West Indies 677

Quarterfinals through finals

The quarterfinals were played on 6 December 2014. The semis and finals were on 7 December 2014. Team USA won the cup.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 569
8 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 14
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 259
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 54
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 284
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 219
Flag of England.svg  England 105
2 Flag of England.svg  England 278
7 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 72
Flag of England.svg  England 156Third place
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 112
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 290Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 197
6 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 145 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 128

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