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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[edit] A Class Championship and B Class Championship
Rink Hockey has 2 World Championships: an A Championship and a B championship. The Group A contains the 12 best world teams, as the Group B contains 12 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.
[edit] Winners
[edit] Championship A
* - *Also considered European Championships.
[edit] Wins by Country
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 15 |  Portugal |
| 12 |  Spain |
| 4 |  Argentina |
| 4 |  Italy |
| 2 |  England |
| 37 | Total |
[edit] Championship B
| Year | Host | Winner | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place |
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| 2008 |  Australia |
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| 2006 |  Montevideo, Uruguay |
 Mozambique |
 Netherlands |
 Colombia |
 Macao |
| 2004 | Macao |
 Catalonia[1] |
England |
 Andorra |
Macao |
| 2002 | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Andorra |
Colombia |
England |
Uruguay |
| 2000 | Chatham, England |
England |
Netherlands |
 Canada |
Uruguay |
| 1998 | Macao |
 Chile |
 United States |
Mozambique |
Andorra |
| 1996 |  Mexico City, Mexico |
United States |
Netherlands |
Colombia |
Andorra |
| 1994 | Chile |
 France |
 Angola |
Chile |
Colombia |
| 1992 | Andorra |
Andorra |
France |
Mozambique |
Angola |
| 1990 | Macao |
 Brazil |
 Switzerland |
Australia |
England |
| 1988 | Colombia |
 Venezuela |
Canada |
 Japan |
 Equador |
| 1986 | Mexico City, Mexico |
 Germany |
Netherlands |
Mozambique |
Australia |
| 1984 | Paris, France |
France |
 Belgium |
England |
Angola |
[edit] Wins by Country
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 2 | Andorra, France |
| 1 | Brazil, Catalonia, Chile, England, Germany, Mozambique, United States, Venezuela |
| 12 | Total |
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[edit] References
- ^ This victory by Catalonia was the first in the story of the sport of a team representing a region of a country. Due to the opposition of the team of Spain, the Catalonia team wasn't allowed to participate in the 2005 World Championship A in San Jose, USA.
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