The Inline Hockey World Championship is an annual inline hockey tournament organized by World Skate. Prior to the creation of World Skate in September 2017, the championship was administrated by the Comité International Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). It is the sport's highest-profile annual international tournament.
2017, 2019 and since 2022 editions are part of World Skate Games.
History The first tournament was held in Chicago, United States in 1995. The United States won the tournament after defeating Canada in the final. The United States won the tournament a further three times before in 1999 they were beaten by Switzerland in the gold medal game. The following year the United States reclaimed the gold medal and again won it in 2001.
In 2002 FIRS expanded the inline program to include a women's tournament. Both the men's and women's tournaments were held in Rochester, New York, United States where Canada's men's and women's teams went on to win their respective tournaments. Through the next four years the United States continued their dominance in the men's tournament while in the women's both Canada and the United States competed in the final all four times by both winning two gold medals each.
In 2007 FIRS again expanded their inline program to include a men's junior tournament. The United States went on to win the first edition of the tournament after beating the Czech Republic in the final.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Skate banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions, and will not stage any events in Russia or Belarus in 2022.[🖉
Tournament results
Senior men Year Gold Silver BronzeHost city (cities)Host country1995 Chicago United States1996 Roccaraso Italy1997 Zell am See Austria1998 Winnipeg Canada1999 Thun, Wichtrach Switzerland2000 Amiens France2001 Torrevieja Spain2002 Rochester United States2003 Písek Czech Republic2004 London Canada2005 Paris France2006 Detroit United States2007 Bilbao Spain2008 Ratingen Germany2009 Varese Italy2010 Beroun Czech Republic2011 Roccaraso Italy2012 Bucaramanga Colombia2013 Anaheim United States2014 Toulouse France2015 Rosario Argentina2016 Asiago, Roana Italy2017 Nanjing China2018 Asiago, Roana Italy 2019 Barcelona Spain2021 Roccaraso Italy2022 Buenos Aires, San Juan Argentina2024 Roccaraso Italy2026 Asunción Paraguay
Medal table
Country Gold Silver BronzeMedals1723218792417412143813370437011200110011
Senior women Year Gold Silver BronzeHost city (cities)Host country2002 Rochester United States2003 Písek Czech Republic2004 London Canada2005 Paris France2006 Detroit United States2007 Bilbao Spain2008 Düsseldorf Germany2009 Varese Italy2010 Beroun Czech Republic2011 Roccaraso Italy2012 Bucaramanga Colombia2013 Anaheim United States2014 Toulouse France2015 Rosario Argentina2016 Asiago, Roana Italy2017 Nanjing China2018 Asiago, Roana Italy2019 Barcelona Spain2021 Roccaraso Italy2022 Buenos Aires Argentina2023 Not Held2024 Roccaraso Italy2026 Asunción Paraguay
Medal table
Country Gold Silver BronzeMedals1164215721434291359116800110011
Junior men Year Gold Silver BronzeHost city (cities)Host country2007 Düsseldorf Germany2008 Philadelphia United States2009 Varese Italy2010 Düsseldorf Germany2011 Roccaraso Italy2012 Bucaramanga Colombia2013 Anaheim United States2014 Toulouse France2015 Rosario Argentina2016 Asiago, Roana Italy2017 Nanjing China2018 Asiago, Roana, Italy2019 Barcelona Spain2021 the tournament was not organized Roccaraso Italy2022 Buenos Aires, San Juan Argentina2023 Not Held2024 Roccaraso Italy
Junior women Year Gold Silver BronzeHost city (cities)Host country2014ToulouseFrance2016 Asiago, Roana Italy2017 Nanjing China 2018 Asiago, Roana Italy 2019 Barcelona Spain2021 the tournament was not organized Roccaraso Italy2022 Buenos Aires, San Juan Argentina2023 Not Held2024 Roccaraso Italy
Veteran men Year Gold Silver BronzeHost city (cities)Host country2010 Bisley Great Britain2011 Beroun Czech Republic2012 Pinerolo Italy2014 Prague Czech Republic2015 Düsseldorf Germany2016 Bolzano/Merano Italy
See also IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
References General History of the Tournament. International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
Specific
External links World Skate official website