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France men's national inline hockey team is the national team for France. The team finished champion at the 2017 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships – Senior Men's tournament .
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.3 million. France, a sovereign state, is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.
Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. There are many types of hockey such as bandy, field hockey, and ice hockey.
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Roller in-line hockey, or inline hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. There are five players including the goalkeeper from each team on the rink at a time, while teams normally consist of 16 players.
The Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey is the Argentine national governing body for ice and inline hockey, responsible for national men's and women's team, the selection of hockey inline, part of the IIHF World Championships. Men's and women's team have participated at the Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament. Despite this, ice hockey events are organized by a different institution: the Argentine Ice Hockey Federation (FAHH) organize a metropolitan and a youth league in Buenos Aires and the End-of-the-World Cup in Ushuaia.
The Algerian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Algeria.
The Namibia national inline hockey team is the national men's inline hockey team of Namibia.
The Moroccan national ice hockey team is the men's national ice hockey team of Morocco. The team is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The team's home rink is in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.
The United States men's national inline hockey team is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team that competes in the IIHF InLine Hockey World Championships is controlled by USA Hockey, while the team that competes in the FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships is controlled by USA Roller Sports. The United States has won 6 of 18 IIHF gold medals and 14 of 18 FIRS gold medals at world championships.
The Swedish men's national inline hockey team is one of the most successful inline hockey teams in the world. With notable alumni like Henrik Lundqvist the Swedes have won five gold medals as members of the Top Division at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships.
The Canadian men's national inline hockey team is the national team for Canada, based in Lethbridge, Alberta and Richmond Hill, Ontario. The team is controlled by Roller Hockey Canada for IIHF events and Inline Canada for FIRS events.
The Finnish men's national inline hockey team is the national team for Finland. Finland has been one of the most successful teams at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships which were organized annually from 1996 until 2015 with the exception of the year 1999. Starting from 2017, the tournament will be held every other year. Finland has won a total of thirteen medals in nineteen tournaments. Most recently, the team finished in 2nd place in the 2015 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships in Tampere, Finland.
The German men's national inline hockey team is the national team for Germany. Most recently, the team won the bronze medal at the 2007 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships. The current head coach is Georg Holzmann.
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The Australia men's national inline hockey team represents Australia in international inline hockey competitions. They are controlled by Ice Hockey Australia for events organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation and by Skate Australia for events organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. Australia plays in Division I of the IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and Group C at the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships.
Italy men's national inline hockey team is the national team side of Italy at international inline hockey.
The Macedonia men's national inline hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Republic of Macedonia. They are controlled by the Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation, an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team currently competes in the IIHF European Inline Hockey Qualification tournament.
France women's national inline hockey team is the national team for France. The team finished third at the 2011 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships.
Iran men's national inline hockey team is the national team side of Iran at international inline hockey.
Germany national hockey team may refer to:
Konstantin Mihailov is a Bulgarian ice hockey and roller in-line hockey goaltender. He played in 28 Ice Hockey World Championships with the Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team, retiring at age 49. He also played in three IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships with the Bulgaria men's national inline hockey team, his last at age 51. His lengthy international career was recognized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 2019, as a recipient of the Torriani Award.
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