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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.
Sport in Pakistan is a significant part of Pakistan culture. Cricket is the most popular sport in Pakistan, while field hockey, polo, and squash are also popular. Traditional sports like kabaddi and other well-known games are also played. The Pakistan Sports Board was created in 1962 by the Ministry of Education as a corporate body for the purposes of promoting and developing uniform standards of competition in sports in Pakistan comparable to the standards prevailing internationally, and regulating and controlling sports in Pakistan on a national basis. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, now has control over the Pakistan Sports Board. The PSB controls all 39 sporting federations. The Pakistan Sports Board is supported by the Pakistan Sports Trust, which assists hard up players and associations so they can continue participating in sports.
The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate.
The Women's Roller Hockey World Cup is a competition between the best female national teams in the World. It takes place every two years and it was organized by the FIRS until its integration in the World Skate.
Roller hockey, rink hockey or quad hockey is a team sport that enjoys significant popularity in a number of Latin countries.
Akhtar Rasool is a field hockey player, captain and olympian from Pakistan who won the gold medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the Hockey World Cup 1978, and again in 1982. He played as Center Half for the Pakistan hockey team. Akhtar is considered as one of the creative geniuses in centre-half recovery and ball distribution.
The World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, formerly known as Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey, is a technical committee responsible for the governing of rink hockey in Europe.
Chaudhry Ghulam Rasul was an educationist of Pakistan as well as a field hockey Olympic player. He was originally from Faisalabad District but later settled in Lahore. Rasool was an integral part of the Pakistani field hockey team from 1956 through 1963.
Arshad Ali Chaudhry was an international hockey player from Pakistan. He is son of Chaudhry Sadique Salar, the nephew of Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool, and cousin of Akhtar Rasool. Chaudhry was born in Faislabad District of Punjab, Pakistan. He earned his B.A. from Government College Faislabad where he was also the captain of college hockey team. He got an M.A. in History from Punjab University, Lahore in 1973. In 1975 he was selected Assistant Manager in PIA.
The Roller Hockey Asian Championship is a roller hockey competition with the national teams of Asian countries that happens every two years. It is organized by CARS, Confederation of Asia Roller Sports.
The last Tournament happening was the 15th Asian Roller hockey Championship in Hefei, China.
The Rink Hockey American Championship or CSP Copa America is a Rink Hockey competition with the national teams of American countries that happens every four years. It is organized by CSP, South American Federation of Rink Hockey.
The Brazilian Roller Hockey National Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey Clubs Championship in Brazil.
The Austrian Roller Hockey National Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey Clubs Championship in Austria.
The Japanese Roller Hockey National Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey Clubs Championship in Japan.
The Egyptian Roller Hockey Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey Clubs Championship in Egypt.
The Indian Roller Hockey Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey States Championship in India, and is disputed in men and women.
The list of participating teams are:
The Roller Hockey African Club Championship is the biggest Roller hockey Clubs Championship in Africa.
The Uruguyan Roller Hockey Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey Clubs Championship in Uruguay.
The Colombian Roller Hockey Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey Clubs Championship in Colombia.
The most recent winner is M.H.C, team from Manizales.
The South African Roller Hockey Championship is the biggest Roller Hockey Regions Championship in South Africa.
