TheWorld Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship forroller hockey organized byWorld Skate. The first event was held in1936, in the city ofStuttgart. Since1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two years on the odd years. Until2017, it was organized by theFédération 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 largerWorld Roller Games.
Through the2019 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 andArgentina winning five times.
Since the 2003 World Cup all events have been 16-team events, featuring a four groupround-robin tournament with four teams in each group. The top two teams in each group advance to an eight teamknockout final series.
TheFIRS 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 the2017 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup.
The tournament was held every two years, on the even years. The first event was held in1984, in the city ofParis.
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.
^Despite 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.
2024 Roller Hockey World Cup
Spain (18th title)
Portugal
Argentina
Italy
England
Switzerland
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Austria (1st title)
United States (3 titles)
Andorra
Colombia
South Africa
Chile
Mozambique
Brazil
Catalonia
Germany
Angola
Australia
Canada
