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The Rink Hockey (Hardball Hockey, Roller Hockey) 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.
[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 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 A Championship was 2007, so B Championship will be in 2008. 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
[edit] Wins by Country
[edit] Championship B
[edit] Wins by Country
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
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