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.
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.
FIRS Roller Hockey World Championship Results
#YearHost cityWinnerScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeTeams11936 Details StuttgartLeagueLeague721939 Details Montreux731947 Details Lisbon741948 Details Montreux951949 Details Lisbon861950 Details Milan4–01071951 Details BarcelonaLeague1181952 Details Porto4–01091953 Details GenevaLeague13101954 Details Barcelona15111955 Details Milan14121956 Details Porto11131958 Details Porto10141960 Details Madrid10151962 Details Santiago10161964 Details Barcelona10171966 Details São Paulo10181968 Details Porto10191970 Details San Juan11201972 Details A Coruña12211974 Details Lisbon12221976 Details Oviedo12231978 Details San Juan12241980 Details Talcahuano16251982 Details Barcelos22261984 Details Novara10271986 Details Sertãozinho10281988 Details A Coruña10291989 Details San Juan2–111–212301991 Details Porto7–06–012311993 Details Bassano d.G., Sesto S.G.3–3 (a.e.t.)1–0 (p)3–212321995 Details Recife5–12–012331997 Details Wuppertal5–03–112341999 Details Reus1–05–412352001 Details San Juan2–2 (a.e.t.)1–0 (p)5–315362003 Details Oliveira de Azeméis1–0 (a.e.t.)3–116372005 Details San Jose2–14–316382007 Details Montreux8–12–2 (a.e.t.)1–0 (p)16392009 Details Vigo3–18–316402011 Details San Juan5–49–216412013 Details Luanda and Namibe4–310–316422015 Details La Roche-sur-Yon6–17–316At World Skate Games432017 Details Nanjing3–3 (a.e.t.)2–1 (p)4–222442019 Details Barcelona0–0 (a.e.t.)2–1 (p)5–027452022 Details Buenos Aires and San Juan4–25–5 (a.e.t.)3–2 (p)22462024 Details Novara2–13–227
Ranking
FIRS Roller Hockey "B" World Championship
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.
Results #YearHost cityWinnerScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeTeams11984 Details ParisLeagueLeague921986 Details Mexico City931988 Details Colombia1241990 Details Macau1–04–12251992 Details Andorra5–32–11661994 Details Chile4–15–11571996 Details Mexico City4–15–11781998 Details Macau5–47–41992000 Details Chatham2–08–315102002 Details Montevideo5–43–110112004 Details MacauDespite winning the tournament, Catalonia did not contest the 2005 "A" World Championship due to the FIRS not endorsing its final acceptance. They participated in this event as a provisional member.6–02–011122006 Details MontevideoLeagueLeague12132008 Details Johannesburg7–39–112142010 Details Dornbirn5–14–312152012 Details Canelones4–33–19162014 Details Canelones1–011–37
Ranking
See also Women's Roller Hockey World Cup Roller Hockey World Cup U-20
References
External links CERH (Comité Européen de Rink Hockey) official website http://www.worldskate.org/ World Skate official website