Roller Hockey World Cup

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Roller Hockey World Cup
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Roller hockey current event.png 2022 Roller Hockey World Cup
Sport Roller hockey
Founded1936;87 years ago (1936)
Inaugural season 1936
No. of teams16
ContinentInternational (World Skate)
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (6th title)
Most titlesFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (17 titles)

The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Since 1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two years on the odd years. Until 2017, it was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. As of 2019, following the merge between the FIRS and the International Skateboarding Federation, the World Cup is now an event of the larger World Roller Games.

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Through the 2019 World Cup, only five countries have taken the Roller Hockey World Cup: England winning two times, Portugal winning sixteen times, Spain winning seventeen times, Italy winning four times and Argentina winning five times.

Since the 2003 World Cup all events have been 16-team events, featuring a four group round-robin tournament with four teams in each group. The top two teams in each group advance to an eight team knockout final series.

Results

Summaries

YearHost cityWinnerScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeNumber of teams
1936
Details
Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart Flag of England.svg
England
LeagueFlag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
Italy
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
LeagueFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
7
1939
Details
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Montreux Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
Italy
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
7
1947
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
Italy
7
1948
Details
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Montreux Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
9
1949
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
8
1950
Details
Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
4–0Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
10
1951
Details
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
LeagueFlag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
11
1952
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
4–0Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
10
1953
Details
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Geneva Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
LeagueFlag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
13
1954
Details
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
15
1955
Details
Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
14
1956
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
11
1958
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
10
1960
Details
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Madrid Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
10
1962
Details
Flag of Chile.svg Santiago Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
10
1964
Details
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
10
1966
Details
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg São Paulo Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
10
1968
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
10
1970
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg San Juan Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
11
1972
Details
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg A Coruña Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
12
1974
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
12
1976
Details
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Oviedo Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
12
1978
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg San Juan Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
12
1980
Details
Flag of Chile.svg Talcahuano Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg
Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
16
1982
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Barcelos Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
22
1984
Details
Flag of Italy.svg Novara Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
10
1986
Details
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Sertãozinho Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
10
1988
Details
Flag of Spain.svg A Coruña Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
10
1989
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg San Juan Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
2–1Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
11–2Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
12
1991
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
7–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
6–0Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg
Brazil
12
1993
Details
Flag of Italy.svg Bassano d.G., Sesto S.G. Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
3–3 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (p)
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
3–2Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
12
1995
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg Recife Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
5–1Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
2–0Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
12
1997
Details
Flag of Germany.svg Wuppertal Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
5–0Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
3–1Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
12
1999
Details
Flag of Spain.svg Reus Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
1–0Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
5–4Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
12
2001
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg San Juan Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
2–2 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (p)
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
5–3Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
15
2003
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Oliveira de Azeméis Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg
Italy
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
3–1Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
16
2005
Details
Flag of the United States.svg San Jose Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
2–1Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
4–3Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg
Italy
16
2007
Details
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Montreux Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
8–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–2 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (p)
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
16
2009
Details
Flag of Spain.svg Vigo Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
3–1Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
8–3Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
16
2011
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg San Juan Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
5–4Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
9–2Flag of Mozambique.svg
Mozambique
16
2013
Details
Flag of Angola.svg Luanda and Namibe Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
4–3Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
10–3Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
16
2015
Details
Flag of France.svg La Roche-sur-Yon Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
6–1Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
7–3Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
16
2017
Details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing [1] Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
3–3 (a.e.t.)
2–1 (p)
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
4–2Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
22
2019
Details
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona [2] Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
0–0 (a.e.t.)
2–1 (p)
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
5–0Flag of France.svg
France
27
2022
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires and San Juan [3] Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
4–2Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of France.svg
France
5–5 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (p)
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
22

Ranking

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1712837
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 16111542
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 691025
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 491023
5Flag of England.svg  England 2103
6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0112
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0101
9Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Totals (9 entries)454545135

FIRS Roller Hockey "B" World Championship

Roller Hockey World Cup
Founded1984
RegionInternational (FIRS)
Number of teams7–9
Current championsFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (1st title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (3 titles)

The FIRS Roller Hockey "B" World Championship was the second-tier level international championship for roller hockey organized by FIRS. The event was a 7 to 9-team event, featuring a two group round-robin tournament. The top four teams in each group advanced to an eight team knockout final series. This model was discontinued in favour of a B group in the "A" World Championship, starting with the 2017 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup.

The tournament was held every two years, on the even years. The first event was held in 1984, in the city of Paris.

The first three-placed nations were granted an entry to next year's "A" World Championship and the last three-placed nations on the "A" tournament were relegated to the next year's "B" World Championship.

Summaries

YearHost cityWinnerScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeNumber of teams
1984
Details
Flag of France.svg Paris Flag of France.svg
France
LeagueFlag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
Flag of England.svg
England
LeagueFlag of Angola.svg
Angola
9
1986
Details
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Mozambique.svg
Mozambique
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
9
1988
Details
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
12
1990
Details
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
4–1Flag of England.svg
England
22
1992
Details
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
5–3Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of Angola.svg
Angola
2–1Flag of Mozambique.svg
Mozambique
16
1994
Details
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Flag of France.svg
France
4–1Flag of Angola.svg
Angola
Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
5–1Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
15
1996
Details
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City Flag of the United States.svg
United States
4–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
5–1Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
17
1998
Details
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
5–4Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Flag of Mozambique.svg
Mozambique
7–4Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
19
2000
Details
Flag of England.svg Chatham Flag of England.svg
England
2–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
8–3Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
15
2002
Details
Flag of Uruguay.svg Montevideo Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
5–4Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
Flag of England.svg
England
3–1Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
10
2004
Details
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Flag of Catalonia.svg
Catalonia
[4]
6–0Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
2–0Flag of Macau.svg
Macau
11
2006
Details
Flag of Uruguay.svg Montevideo Flag of Mozambique.svg
Mozambique
LeagueFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
LeagueFlag of Macau.svg
Macau
12
2008
Details
Flag of South Africa.svg Johannesburg Flag of the United States.svg
United States
7–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
9–1Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
12
2010
Details
Flag of Austria.svg Dornbirn Flag of the United States.svg
United States
5–1Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
4–3Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
12
2012
Details
Flag of Uruguay.svg Canelones Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
4–3Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
3–1Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
9
2014
Details
Flag of Uruguay.svg Canelones Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
1–0Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
11–3Flag of the United States.svg
United States
7

Ranking

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3003
2Flag of France.svg  France 2103
3Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2013
4Flag of England.svg  England 1427
5Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1135
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1102
7Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1023
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1023
9Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1012
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1001
Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 1001
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1001
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0527
14Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0202
15Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 0112
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0101
17Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0011
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Totals (18 entries)16161648

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