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 in the World Skate.
Roller hockey, rink hockey or quad hockey is a team sport that enjoys significant popularity in a number of Latin countries.
The World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, formerly known as Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey, is a technical committee responsible for the governing of rink hockey in Europe.
Ricardo Jorge Silva Barreiros is a Portuguese roller hockey player. He plays as a midfielder and as a forward. He's considered one of the best roller hockey players of nowadays.
Reinaldo Miguel Silva Ventura is a Portuguese roller hockey player that currently plays for CGC Viareggio. Renowned as a prolific goalscorer with a strong middle distance shot, he is capable of occupying both the midfielder or the forward position in a roller rink surface. Ventura was a leading name for FC Porto, winning a combined total of 31 national titles and 1 CERS Cup during his 26 years spell with the club.
The Roller Hockey Asian Championship is a roller hockey competition with the national teams of Asian countries that happens every two years. It is organized by CARS, Confederation of Asia Roller Sports.
The last Tournament happening was the 15th Asian Roller hockey Championship in Hefei, China.
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 England national roller hockey team is the national team side of England at international roller hockey. England started as the leading team in the sport, being the winner of the first 12 editions of the Rink Hockey European Championship, from 1927 to 1939, with the 1937 and 1939 editions also serving as Rink Hockey World Championship, but were unable to keep the same position after World War II. England reached the podium in 1947, when they finished in 2nd place, losing the title to Portugal. Since then, England was never able to reach the same status of the past, being nowadays considered as a minor team. More recently Portuguese head coach José Carlos Amaral has been trying to promote a revival of the sport, still amateur, in England. England achieved some positive results in recent years.
The CERH Cup Winners' Cup was a European club roller hockey competition organised annually by the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey for domestic cup winners in each country. Created in 1976, it was merged with the European Cup in 1996 to form the CERH Champions League, which was renamed the CERH European League in 2005. HC Liceo were the competition's last winners.
The European Roller Hockey Juvenile Championship is an annual roller hockey competition for the under-17 national teams of Europe organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey.
Vítor Hugo Barbosa Carvalho da Silva, known as Vítor Hugo, is a former Portuguese roller hockey player and a current coach. He played as a forward. An outstanding player and a prolific goalscorer, he is usually considered the best Portuguese roller hockey player in succession to António Livramento. He is professionally a physician dentist.
The 2013 Women's European Roller Hockey U-17 Championship was the 1st edition (non-official) of the European Women's Roller Hockey Juvenile Championship organized by the German roller hockey club SC Moskitos Wuppertal, after the cancellation of the official edition by CERH due to lack of participating teams.
In this competition the national teams of Switzerland, France and two teams of Germany participated.
The 1947 Roller Hockey World Cup was the third roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes. It was contested by 7 national teams and it is also considered the 1947 European Roller Hockey Championship. All the games were played in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.
The 1949 Roller Hockey World Cup was the fifth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes. It was contested by 8 national teams and it is also considered the 1949 European Roller Hockey Championship. All the games were played in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal, the chosen city host.
The 1950 Roller Hockey World Cup was the sixth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes. It was contested by 10 national teams and it is also considered the 1950 European Roller Hockey Championship. All the games were played in the city of Milan, in Italy, the chosen city to host the World Cup. It was the first edition decided in a final game, which saw Portugal defeating Italy by 4–0.
The 1952 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes. It was contested by 10 national teams and it is also considered the 1952 European Roller Hockey Championship. All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.
The 1956 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twelfth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes. It was contested by 11 national teams and it is also considered the 1956 European Roller Hockey Championship. All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.
The 1958 Roller Hockey World Cup was the thirteenth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes. It was contested by 10 national teams and marks the first time that a world championship was not considered a European championship. All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.
The 2017–18 CERS Cup is the 38th season of the CERS Cup, Europe's second club roller hockey competition organized by CERH.
