Roller hockey world championship

The men's roller hockey world championship is a roller hockey tournament for national teams that determines the roller hockey world champion every two years. The organizer is the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) . Reigning world champion is Argentina , record world champion with 16 titles is Spain .

history

In 1936 the first international roller hockey tournament was held in Stuttgart . It was a European championship . However, until 1958, the European championship was also the world championship. Only then did nations from other continents play for the title.

In 1984 the B World Championship was introduced. Similar to ice hockey , not only one world championship is played. The A World Championship is held among the 16 best nations in the world. After a world championship, the three worst-placed teams relegate to the B world championship. On the other hand, the best three teams from the B world championship advance to the A championship.

Previous tournaments

A world championship

European and world championships
year	Venue	winner	Second place	third place	fourth place
1936	Stuttgart , Germany	England	Italy	Portugal	Switzerland
1939	Montreux , Switzerland	England	Italy	Portugal	Belgium
1947	Lisbon , Portugal	Portugal	Belgium	Spain	Italy
1948	Montreux , Switzerland	Portugal	England	Italy	Spain
1949	Lisbon , Portugal	Portugal	Spain	Italy	Belgium
1950	Milan , Italy	Portugal	Italy	Switzerland	Spain
1951	Barcelona , Spain	Spain	Portugal	Italy	Belgium
1952	Porto , Portugal	Portugal	Italy	Spain	Belgium
1953	Geneva , Switzerland	Italy	Portugal	Spain	Switzerland
1954	Barcelona , Spain	Spain	Portugal	Italy	Belgium
1955	Milan , Italy	Spain	Italy	Portugal	Switzerland
1956	Porto , Portugal	Portugal	Spain	Italy	BR Germany
World Championship
1958	Porto , Portugal	Portugal	Spain	Italy	Netherlands
1960	Madrid , Spain	Portugal	Spain	Argentina	Italy
1962	Santiago de Chile , Chile	Portugal	Italy	Spain	Switzerland
1964	Barcelona , Spain	Spain	Portugal	Italy	Argentina
1966	São Paulo , Brazil	Spain	Portugal	Argentina	Italy
1968	Porto , Portugal	Portugal	Spain	Argentina	Italy
1970	San Juan , Argentina	Spain	Portugal	Italy	Argentina
1972	A Coruña , Spain	Spain	Portugal	Argentina	BR Germany
1974	Lisbon , Portugal	Portugal	Spain	Argentina	BR Germany
1976	Oviedo , Spain	Spain	Argentina	Portugal	BR Germany
1978	Argentina	Argentina	Spain	Portugal	BR Germany
1980	Talcahuano , Chile	Spain	Argentina	Portugal	Chile
1982	Barcelos , Portugal	Portugal	Spain	Argentina	Chile
A world championship
1984	Novara , Italy	Argentina	Spain	Portugal	Italy
1986	Sertãozinho , Brazil	Italy	Spain	Portugal	Argentina
1988	A Coruña , Spain	Italy	Spain	Portugal	Argentina
1990	San Juan , Argentina	Spain	Portugal	Italy	Chile
1991	Porto , Portugal	Portugal	Netherlands	Argentina	Brazil
1993	Bassano dG , Lodi and Sesto SG , Italy	Portugal	Italy	Argentina	Spain
1995	Recife , Brazil	Argentina	Portugal	Spain	Brazil
1997	Wuppertal , Germany	Italy	Argentina	Spain	Portugal
1999	Reus , Spain	Argentina	Spain	Portugal	Italy
2001	San Juan , Argentina	Spain	Argentina	Italy	Portugal
2003	Oliveira de Azeméis , Portugal	Portugal	Italy	Spain	Argentina
2005	San Jose , USA	Spain	Argentina	Portugal	Italy
2007	Montreux , Switzerland	Spain	Switzerland	Argentina	Italy
2009	Vigo , Spain	Spain	Argentina	Portugal	Brazil
2011	San Juan , Argentina	Spain	Argentina	Portugal	Mozambique
2013	Luanda , Angola	Spain	Argentina	Portugal	Chile
2015	La Roche-sur-Yon , France	Argentina	Spain	Portugal	Germany
2017	Nanjing , China	Spain

Ranking of the world champions

title	team
16	Spain
16	Portugal
5	Argentina
4th	Italy
2	England
42	Total

B world championship

B world championship
year	Venue	winner	Second place	third place	fourth place
1984	Paris , France	France	Belgium	England	Angola
1986	Mexico City , Mexico	BR Germany	Netherlands	Mozambique	Australia
1988	Colombia	Colombia	Switzerland	Chile	Australia
1990	Macau	Brazil	Switzerland	Australia	England
1992	Andorra	Andorra	France	Mozambique	Angola
1994	Chile	France	Angola	Chile	Colombia
1996	Mexico City , Mexico	United States	Netherlands	Colombia	Andorra
1998	Macau	Chile	United States	Mozambique	Andorra
2000	Chatham , England	England	Netherlands	Canada	Uruguay
2002	Montevideo , Uruguay	Andorra	Colombia	England	Uruguay
2004	Macau	Catalonia	England	Andorra	Macau
2006	Montevideo , Uruguay	Mozambique	Netherlands	Colombia	Macau
2008	Vanderbijlpark , South Africa	United States	Netherlands	Colombia	South Africa
2010	Dornbirn , Austria	United States	South Africa	Netherlands	Austria
2012	Canelones , Uruguay	South Africa	England	Austria	Uruguay
2014	Canelones , Uruguay	Austria	England	Netherlands	United States

Ranking of the B world champions

title	team
3	United States
2	Andorra
2	France
1	Germany
1	Colombia
1	Brazil
1	Chile
1	England
1	Catalonia
1	Mozambique
1	South Africa
1	Austria
16	Total

Web links

• Official website of the FIRS (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Catalonia was not allowed to take part in the 2005 World Cup due to a complaint from Spain.