Rink Hockey European Championship

Rink Hockey European Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Rink Hockey European Championship
Sport	Roller Hockey
Founded	1926;99 years ago (1926)
No. of teams	8
Continent	Europe (World Skate Europe Rink Hockey)
Most recent champion(s)	Portugal (22nd title)
Most titles	Portugal (22 titles)
Official website	[ usurped ]

The Rink Hockey European Championship is a European roller hockey competition organised by World Skate Europe Rink Hockey since 1926 and contested by the senior men's national teams of its top-ranked member associations. ^[1]

Portugal are the current champions, after defeating France 4–1 in the 2025 final. With this victory, Portugal increased their record number of titles in this competition to 22, ahead of Spain's 19 titles.

Results

    Held as part of the Men's Roller Hockey World Cup (12 Editions).

#	Year	Host city	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Teams
1	1926 Details	Herne Bay	England		France	Germany		Switzerland	6
2	1927 Details	Montreux	England		France	Switzerland		Germany	6
3	1928 Details	Herne Bay	England		France	Switzerland		Germany	6
4	1929 Details	Montreux	England		Italy	France		Germany	6
5	1930 Details	Herne Bay	England		France	Germany		Switzerland	6
6	1931 Details	Montreux	England		France	Switzerland		Italy	7
7	1932 Details	Herne Bay	England		Germany	France		Portugal	6
8	1934 Details	Herne Bay	England		Germany	Switzerland		Italy	6
9	1936 [a] Details	Stuttgart	England		Italy	Portugal		Switzerland	7
10	1937 Details	Herne Bay	England		Switzerland	Portugal		Italy	7
11	1938 Details	Antwerp	England		Italy	Belgium		Portugal	7
12	1939 [a] Details	Montreux	England		Italy	Portugal		Belgium	7
13	1947 [a] Details	Lisbon	Portugal		Belgium	Spain		Italy	7
14	1948 [a] Details	Montreux	Portugal		England	Italy		Spain	9
15	1949 [a] Details	Lisbon	Portugal		Spain	Italy		Belgium	8
16	1950 [a] Details	Milan	Portugal		Italy	Switzerland		Spain	10
17	1951 [a] Details	Barcelona	Spain		Portugal	Italy		Belgium	11
18	1952 [a] Details	Porto	Portugal		Italy	Spain		Belgium	10
19	1953 [a] Details	Geneva	Italy		Portugal	Spain		Switzerland	13
20	1954 [a] Details	Barcelona	Spain		Portugal	Italy		Belgium	15
21	1955 [a] Details	Milan	Spain		Italy	Portugal		Switzerland	14
22	1956 [a] Details	Porto	Portugal		Spain	Italy		West Germany	11
23	1957 Details	Barcelona	Spain		Portugal	Italy		England	6
24	1959 Details	Geneva	Portugal		Spain	Italy		England	10
25	1961 Details	Turin	Portugal		Spain	Italy		Netherlands	10
26	1963 Details	Porto	Portugal		Spain	Netherlands		Switzerland	9
27	1965 Details	Lisbon	Portugal		Spain	Italy		Netherlands	9
28	1967 Details	Bilbao	Portugal		Spain	Netherlands		Italy	9
29	1969 Details	Lausanne	Spain		Portugal	Netherlands		Switzerland	9
30	1971 Details	Lisbon	Portugal		Spain	Italy		West Germany	9
31	1973 Details	Iserlohn	Portugal		Spain	West Germany		Italy	9
32	1975 Details	Viareggio	Portugal		Spain	Italy		West Germany	8
33	1977 Details	Porto	Portugal		Spain	Italy		West Germany	9
34	1979 Details	Barcelona	Spain		Portugal	Italy		Netherlands	9
35	1981 Details	Essen	Spain		Portugal	Italy		Netherlands	9
36	1983 Details	Vercelli	Spain		Portugal	Italy		Netherlands	8
37	1985 Details	Barcelos	Spain		Italy	Portugal		Netherlands	9
38	1987 Details	Oviedo	Portugal		Spain	Italy		West Germany	9
39	1990 Details	Lodi	Italy		Spain	Portugal		Netherlands	9
40	1992 Details	Wuppertal	Portugal		Italy	Spain		Germany	10
41	1994 Details	Funchal	Portugal	3–1	Spain	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	13
42	1996 Details	Salsomaggiore	Portugal	League	Italy	Spain	League	Switzerland	9
43	1998 Details	Paços de Ferreira	Portugal	1–1( a.e.t. ) (1–0p)	Spain	Italy	10–2	Switzerland	10
44	2000 Details	Wimmis	Spain	6–3	Portugal	Italy	4–0	France	8
45	2002 Details	Florence	Spain	4–2	Portugal	Italy	4–3	France	9
46	2004 Details	La Roche-sur-Yon	Spain	4–2	Italy	Portugal	2–1	Switzerland	8
47	2006 Details	Monza	Spain	2–0	Switzerland	Portugal	5–4	Italy	9
48	2008 Details	Oviedo	Spain	1–0	Portugal	Italy	4–3	France	8
49	2010 Details	Wuppertal	Spain	8–2	Portugal	France	1–1( a.e.t. ) (2–0p)	Germany	8
50	2012 Details	Paredes	Spain	League	Portugal	Italy	League	France	7
51	2014 Details	Alcobendas	Italy		Spain	Portugal		Germany	6
52	2016 Details	Oliveira de Azeméis	Portugal	6–2	Italy	Spain	7–1	Switzerland	8
53	2018 Details	A Coruña	Spain	6–3	Portugal	Italy	5–2	France	11
54	2021 [b] Details	Paredes	Spain	2–1( a.e.t. )	France	Not played (between   Portugal and   Italy).			6
55	2023 Details	Sant Sadurní d'Anoia	Spain	4–2	Portugal	Italy	6–5	France	8
56	2025 Details	Paredes	Portugal	4–1	France	Italy	3–1	Spain	8

1. In 1936 and then from 1939 to 1956, the tournament was also considered a World Cup.
2. Originally scheduled to be held in July 2020, at La Roche-sur-Yon, the tournament was delayed and his location changed to Paredes due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Portugal	22	15	9	46
2	Spain	19	16	6	41
3	England	12	1	0	13
4	Italy	3	12	24	39
5	France	0	7	3	10
6	Germany	0	2	4	6
	Switzerland	0	2	4	6
8	Belgium	0	1	1	2
9	Netherlands	0	0	4	4
Totals (9 entries)		56	56	55	167

See also

• Rink Hockey Female European Championship
• World Skate Europe - all competitions

1. http://rinkhockey.net/europe-hist.htm

External links

• CIRH website
• Federação de Patinagem de Portugal
• Real Federation Espanola de Patinaje
• Federazione Italiana Sport Rotellistici