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The Finnish men's national inline hockey team is the national men's inline hockey team for Finland. Finland was one of the most successful teams at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships, which were organized during 1996 to 2017 until the tournament was discontinued by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 2019. The tournament was organized annually during 1996 to 2015, with the exception of the year 1999. Starting from 2017, the tournament was to be held every other year but, after being forced to cancel the 2019 edition due to lack of interested hosts, the IIHF voted in June 2019 to end its governance over inline hockey, ending the organization’s involvement in any future inline hockey tournaments. Finland won a total of thirteen medals in nineteen tournaments. At the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship in Bratislava, the final tournament organized by the IIHF, the team finished in second place.
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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.
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Mexico women's national inline hockey team is the national inline hockey team for Mexico. The team competed in the 2013 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships. They beat the Iraqi women's national inline hockey team.
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Great Britain women's national inline hockey team is the national team for Great Britain. The team finished sixth at the 2011 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships. The team competed in the 2013 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships.
Czech Republic women's national inline hockey team is the national women's inline hockey team for Czech Republic. The team finished fifth at the 2011 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships.
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Finland women's national inline hockey team is the national inline hockey team for Finland. The team finished seventh at the 2011 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships.
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References
- ↑ "Ranking 2021 World Inline Hockey Championships". World Inline Hockey. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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