Rink Hockey World Championship

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The Rink Hockey (Hardball Hockey, Hoquei em Patins, Roller Hockey, Hockey Patín) World Championship is a competition also referred to as the World Championship - A between the best male national teams in the World. It happens every two years and it is organized by FIRS.

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Rink Hockey has 2 World Championships: an A Championship and a B championship. The Group A contains the 16 best world teams, as the Group B contains 16 nations of inferior level. Each Championship happens every two years in alterned years; for example B Championship was 2006, so A Championship will be in 2007. The first three-placed nations on the B championship are granted an entry to next year's A championship and the 3 worst-placed teams on the A are relegated to the B championship.

Year Host Winner 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
2007 Montreux, Switzerland
2005 San Jose, California, USA Spain Argentina Portugal Italy
2003 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal Portugal Italy Spain Argentina
2001 San Juan, Argentina Spain Argentina Italy Portugal
1999 Reus, Spain Argentina Spain Portugal Italy
1997 Wuppertal, Germany Italy Argentina Spain Portugal
1995 Recife, Brazil Argentina Portugal Spain Brazil
1993 Lodi and Bassano, Italy Portugal Italy Argentina Spain
1991 Porto, Portugal Portugal Netherlands Argentina Brazil
1990 San Juan, Argentina Spain Portugal Italy Chile
1988 A Coruña, Spain Italy Spain Portugal Argentina
1986 Sertãozinho, Brazil Italy Spain Portugal Argentina
1984 Novara, Italy Argentina Spain Portugal Italy
1982 Barcelos, Portugal Portugal Spain Argentina Chile
1980 Talcahuano, Chile Spain Argentina Portugal Chile
1978 San Juan, Argentina Argentina Spain Portugal Germany
1976 Oviedo, Spain Spain Argentina Portugal Germany
1974 Lisbon, Portugal Portugal Spain Argentina Germany
1972 A Coruña, Spain Spain Portugal Argentina Germany
1970 San Juan, Argentina Spain Portugal Italy Argentina
1968 Porto, Portugal Portugal Spain Argentina Italy
1966 São Paulo, Brazil Spain Portugal Argentina Italy
1964 Barcelona, Spain Spain Portugal Italy Argentina
1962 Santiago, Chile Portugal Italy Spain Switzerland
1960 Madrid, Spain Portugal Spain Argentina Italy
1958 Porto, Portugal Portugal Spain Italy Netherlands
1956(*) Porto, Portugal Portugal Spain Italy Germany
1955(*) Milan, Italy Spain Italy Portugal Switzerland
1954(*) Barcelona, Spain Spain Portugal Italy Belgium
1953(*) Geneva, Switzerland Italy Portugal Spain Switzerland
1952(*) Porto, Portugal Portugal Italy Spain Belgium
1951(*) Barcelona, Spain Spain Portugal Italy Belgium
1950(*) Milan, Italy Portugal Italy Switzerland Spain
1949(*) Lisbon, Portugal Portugal Spain Italy Belgium
1948(*) Montreux, Switzerland Portugal England Italy Spain
1947(*) Lisbon, Portugal Portugal Belgium Spain Italy
1939(*) Montreux, Switzerland England Italy Portugal Belgium
1936(*) Stuttgart, Germany England Italy Portugal Switzerland

* - *Also considered European Championships.

Wins Country
15 Flag of PortugalPortugal
12 Flag of SpainSpain
4 Flag of ArgentinaArgentina
4 Flag of ItalyItaly
2 Flag of EnglandEngland
37 Total

Year Host Winner 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
2008 Flag of AustraliaAustralia
2006 Flag of UruguayMontevideo, Uruguay Flag of MozambiqueMozambique Flag of NetherlandsNetherlands Flag of ColombiaColombia Flag of MacauMacao
2004 Flag of MacauMacao Flag of CataloniaCatalonia[1] Flag of EnglandEngland Flag of AndorraAndorra Flag of MacauMacao
2002 Flag of UruguayMontevideo, Uruguay Flag of AndorraAndorra Flag of ColombiaColombia Flag of EnglandEngland Flag of UruguayUruguay
2000 Flag of EnglandChatham, England Flag of EnglandEngland Flag of NetherlandsNetherlands Flag of CanadaCanada Flag of UruguayUruguay
1998 Flag of MacauMacao Flag of ChileChile Flag of United StatesUnited States Flag of MozambiqueMozambique Flag of AndorraAndorra
1996 Flag of MexicoMexico City, Mexico Flag of United StatesUnited States Flag of NetherlandsNetherlands Flag of ColombiaColombia Flag of AndorraAndorra
1994 Flag of ChileChile Flag of FranceFrance Flag of AngolaAngola Flag of ChileChile Flag of ColombiaColombia
1992 Flag of AndorraAndorra Flag of AndorraAndorra Flag of FranceFrance Flag of MozambiqueMozambique Flag of AngolaAngola
1990 Flag of MacauMacao Flag of BrazilBrazil Flag of SwitzerlandSwitzerland Flag of AustraliaAustralia Flag of EnglandEngland
1988 Flag of ColombiaColombia Flag of ColombiaColombia Flag of SwitzerlandSwitzerland Flag of ChileChile Flag of AustraliaAustralia
1986 Flag of MexicoMexico City, Mexico Flag of GermanyGermany Flag of NetherlandsNetherlands Flag of MozambiqueMozambique Flag of AustraliaAustralia
1984 Flag of FranceParis, France Flag of FranceFrance Flag of BelgiumBelgium Flag of EnglandEngland Flag of AngolaAngola

Wins Country
2 Flag of AndorraAndorra, Flag of FranceFrance
1 Flag of BrazilBrazil, Flag of CataloniaCatalonia, Flag of ChileChile, Flag of EnglandEngland, Flag of GermanyGermany, Flag of MozambiqueMozambique, Flag of United StatesUnited States, Flag of ColombiaColombia
12 Total

  1. ^ Catalonia, due to the opposition of the federation of Spain, wasn't allowed to participate in the 2005 World Championship A in San Jose, USA.


Rink Hockey in the World

Club Competitions

World Club Championship | European Champions League | Cers Cup

National Teams Competitions

European Championship (2006) | World Championship

Governing Bodies

CIRH | CERH | FIRS
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