Roller derby in Germany

Roller derby in Germany

By September 2011, there were more than 1,000 amateur roller derby leagues on every inhabited continent ^[1] in countries such as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Sweden ^[2] and Singapore. ^[3]

Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby was the first roller derby league to be formed in Germany and the second in Europe, being set up in April 2006. In 2008, they assisted Bear City Roller Derby in establishing itself in Berlin, and by the end of 2009, there were seven leagues in the country. ^[4]

In October 2010, Bear City was accepted as the first German apprentice member of the WFTDA. ^[5]

The first German Championship was held in 2010, Stuttgart beating Bear City Roller Derby 128–124 in the final. ^[6]

Leagues

• Berlin, Germany – Bear City Roller Derby ^[7]

• Bremen, Germany – Meatgrinders ^[8]

• Essen, Germany - Ruhrpott Roller Derby ^[9]

• Frankfurt, Germany – Bembel Town Roller Derby ^[10]

• Frankfurt, Germany – Roller Derby Frankfurt ^[11]

• Hamburg, Germany – St. Pauli Roller Derby ^[12]

• Kaiserslautern, Germany – Kaiserslautern Roller Derby ^[13]

• Karlsruhe, Germany – rocKArollers ^[14]

• Köln, Germany – Cologne Roller Derby ^[15]

• Leipzig, Germany - Rolling Raptors ^[16]

• Ludwigsburg, Germany – Barockcity Rollerderby ^[17]

• Mannheim, Germany - Rhein-Neckar Delta Quads ^[18]

• München, Germany – Munich Rolling Rebels ^[19]

• Stuttgart, Germany – Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby ^[20]

Roller Derby World Cup

2011

The first Roller Derby World Cup took place in 2011 from December 1st until December 4th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The first Team Germany roster featured skaters from Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby, Bear City Roller Derby, Barock City Roller Derby, Harbor Girls Hamburg (St. Pauli Roller Derby), Philly Roller Derby and Ruhrpott Roller Derby. ^[21]

Opponent	Score	Result
Team Australia	136-53 [22]	Loss
Team Finland	104-80 [23]	Win
Team New Zealand	127-143 [24]	Loss
Team Scotland	41-104 [25]	Win
Team Ireland	60-116 [26]	Win

2014

The second Roller Derby World Cup took place in 2014 from December 4th to December 7th in Dallas, Texas.

Opponent	Score	Result
England Roller Derby	272-31 [27]	Loss
Team Ireland	129-142 [28]	Loss
Team Spain	216-70 [29]	Win
Selección Chilena de Roller Derby	166-330 [30]	Win

2018

The 2018 Roller Derby World Cup took place from February 1-4 2018 in Manchester, England. Team Germany came in 13th place out of 38 teams.

Team Germany played the second highest-scoring bout in the 2018 World Cup, scoring 610 against Team Czech Republic. ^[31] The only other two teams to score over 600 points in a single bout were Team Sweden against Russia (635-6) and Team Scotland (13-604) against Team Iceland. ^[32]

Opponent	Score	Result
Team Finland Roller Derby	131-53 [33]	Loss
Team Scotland Roller Derby	95-77 [34]	Win
Team Czech Republic	99-610 [35]	Win
Team Belgium	218-139 [36]	Win
Team Ireland	143-108 [37]	Win

See also

• Sports portal

• Roller derby

References

1. Roller Derby Worldwide. "Find a Roller Derby League" . Retrieved 29 September 2011.
2. Cat O'Ninetails (2011). "Roller Derby Worldwide" . Retrieved 8 September 2011.
3. "Chilipadi Roller Girls".
4. Marta Popowska, "A short history of roller derby in Europe", Blood and Thunder No. 15, pp.18–23
5. "WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 10 New Leagues Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 5 October 2010
6. Melanie Sevcenko, "Roller derby warriors skate to glory", The Local, 13 December 2010
7. "Bear City Roller Derby League (league-run site)".
8. "Meatgrinders (league-run Facebook page)".
9. "Ruhrpott Roller Derby (league-run site)".
10. "Bembel Town Roller Derby (league-run site)".
11. "Roller Derby Frankfurt (league-run site)".
12. "St. Pauli Roller Derby (league-run site)".
13. "Kaiserslautern Roller Derby (league-run site)".
14. "rocKArollers (league-run site)".
15. "Cologne Roller Derby (league-run site)".
16. "Rolling Raptors bei Facebook (league-run Facebook page)".
17. "Barockcity Rollerderby (league-run site)".
18. "Rhein-Neckar Delta Quads (league-run site)".
19. "Munich Rolling Rebels (league-run Facebook page)".
20. "Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby (league-run site)".
21. "Die komplette deutsche Mannschaft" (in German). Roller Derby Germany. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
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