The 2017 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the 16th edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, endorsed by World Skate. It was held in the Pavelló Olímpic in Reus, Spain. Benfica won the competition by beating Reus in the final (5–3). It was their second triumph in the Intercontinental Cup.
The tournament was a knockout competition in a final four format; four teams entered, with the host selected after the teams became known. Entered the tournament the European League winners from the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons and the South American Club Championship/Pan-American Club Championship winners from the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Teams Team Qualified as Qualified on Benfica 2015–16 CERH European League winner Andes Talleres 2016 South American Roller Hockey Club Championship winner Reus (host) 2016–17 CERH European League winner Concepción 2017 Pan-American Roller Hockey Club Championship winner
Venue Reus Pavelló Olímpic de Reus Capacity: 3,500
Matches In all matches, extra time and a penalty shootout were used to decide the winner if necessary.
All times are local, CET (UTC+1).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Goalscorers With four goals, Raül Marín and Jordi Adroher were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, there were 31 goals scored by 17 different players in 3 games, for an average of 10.33 goals per game.
4 goals Jordi Adroher Raül Marín
3 goals Carlos Nicolía Mauro Giuliani
2 goals Exequiel Tamborindegui Diogo Rafael Àlex Rodríguez Albert Casanovas
1 goal Juan Cruz Fontán Carlos López Miguel Rocha João Rodrigues Marc Torra Joan Salvat David Páez Jorge Martín Maturano Valter Neves
Fastest goal 3 minutes: Exequiel Tamborindegui (Andes Talleres vs Benfica)
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