Roller hockey (in British English ), rink hockey (in American English ) or quad hockey is a team sport played on roller skates . It is a quad-skate team sport where two teams face-off against one another, trying to drive a hard ball with their sticks into the opposing teams' goalnet. Each team has five players on the rink at a time, four of whom are skaters and one who is the goalkeeper. The ball can only be put in motion by a stick, not the skate, otherwise a foul will be stated. The game has two 25-minute halves, with 15-minute halftime intermission, plus up to two 5-minute golden goal (a.k.a. "sudden death") periods to settle ties with the clock stopping when the ball becomes dead. If the tie persists, a penalty shootout will determine the winner. Players – including the goalie – use quad skates , whereas inline skates are used in inline hockey . The sticks are similar to those in bandy and shinty . Excessive contact between players is forbidden in rink hockey, unlike inline hockey.
32-473: OK Liga Femenina is a Spanish rink hockey league for women. It has been held since 2008 and is the women's version of the men's OK Liga . The OK Liga Femenina was created in 2008. In its first edition , it was played without Catalan teams due to the high costs of the travels during the competition. The championship is played through 26 matchdays in al round-robin format, a format quite common in other sports such as football. The top team when finished to play
64-410: A 1 m wall. The wall also has a wooden base 2 cm wide and at least 20 cm high. Behind the goals there is a 4 m high net, even if there are no stands (to avoid the ball bouncing back from a wall and hitting a player). If the ball hits the net, it's considered to be out of bounds. The markings are simple. The halfway line divides the rink into halves, and 22 m from the end wall an "anti-play" line
96-576: A total of 80 spots were available, with a maximum of 20 competitors per event. Each country could enter up to three athletes in each event. Roller sport made its debut at the Youth Olympic Games in 2018 , in which two speed skating events were added as medal sports. World Skate has been represented at the World Games since the first games, held in 1981 . Both artistic skating and inline speed skating track have been featured at every holding of
128-477: Is known as hockey sobre patines, hockey pista, hóquei em patins, hokej na koturaljkama, rulleskøjtehockey, rullskridskohockey and rulluisuhoki The rink has usually a polished wooden surface, but any flat, non-abrasive and non-slippery material such as treated cement is acceptable. Likewise, it is allowed for rink owners to put advertisements in the playing area, as long as they don't interfere with ball or skate motion, which includes both physically (must be at exactly
160-421: Is painted. The area is a 9x5.4 meters rectangle, placed from 2.7 to 3.3 m ahead of the end table. It has a protection area for goalkeepers, a half-circle with 1.5 m radius. All markings are 8 cm in width. The goal (painted in fluorescent orange) is 105 cm high by 170 cm wide. Inside the goal there is a thick net and a bar close to ground to trap the ball inside (before, two extra referees stayed behind
192-763: The 2004 Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship . The FIRS continued to expand the scope of its governance to additional roller sport disciplines and, by 2017, it served as the governing body of ten sports. The inaugural World Roller Games in 2017 served as the world championship for all ten of the FIRS' governed sports, merging the various world championship tournaments into a two week skating event hosted in Nanjing, China. The second World Roller Games were held in 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The FIRS rebranded as World Skate in June 2017. Along with
224-662: The United States in 1882 with the formation of the National Roller Polo League in Dayton , Ohio , with teams in seven cities. In 1884, the Massachusetts Roller Polo league was operating with 14 teams. Organized roller skating sports developed as the popularity of roller skates increased in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Roller hockey teams were playing throughout Europe as early as 1901. Roller Hockey
256-720: The World Roller Games , comprising all three of the world championships as regulated by the World Skate international federation. Roller hockey at HoqueiPatins.cat (in Catalan) World Skate World Skate is the only governing body in the world for all sports performed on skating wheels. The organisation is the successor of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) founded on 21 April 1924. World Skate serves as
288-461: The 'World Roller Games.' Over 3,000 athletes, 193 national teams, and 61 national federations participated in the fifteen-day festival, which named world champions in ten sports. The second edition of the World Roller Games attracted more than 4,000 athletes to Barcelona , Spain during July 2019. Seventy-six national federations participated in eleven sports. The third edition of the event –
320-746: The 1950s, mostly in London, UK . One reel shows British children on a street in London having a match. The contest was between the Vincent Harriers and Page Street Monarchs. Another reel taken in the UK shows men competing in an outdoor enclosure and titled, "Roller Hockey at Victoria Park, London (Wasps v Wanderers)". Another is simply titled, "Roller Hockey (1950-1959)". One reel was shot in Europe in 1940 with young male players, specifically in " Holland , Netherlands ", however
352-455: The 1970s. Artistic skating, rink hockey, and speed skating remained the principal sports regulated by FIRS until inline hockey was included in the 1990s, with the first Inline Hockey World Championship held in 1995. At the FIRS Congress in 2000, a vote approved the modification of the name from Fédération Internationale de Roller Skating to Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports ;
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#1733085044752384-470: The 26 matchdays is the champion. Conversely, the last team qualified is relegated to Primera División. like Points are awarded as follows: The Spanish Championship was played as a knock-out stage in one only city between the best teams at the interregional groups. It worked until 2008, when the current OK Liga was created. Roller hockey (quad) Since 2017, the World Championships for
416-558: The FIPR from its founding in 1924 until 1960. The FIPR began organizing World Championship events in the later 1930s, with the first Rink Hockey World Championship hosted in Stuttgart in 1936 . The inaugural Speed Skating World Championship was held in 1937–38, with events in Monza , Italy; London , United Kingdom; and Ferrara , Italy. After a pause to all sport competition during World War II ,
448-453: The FIRS acronym remained unchanged. In November 2004, the FIRS became subject of political controversy, known as the Fresno Case , when it revoked the provisional membership status of Catalonia . Spanish officials were reported as having brought pressure to bear on a number of countries to vote against Catalan membership. While it was a recognized member, Catalonia's national team won
480-563: The Games, and either roller hockey or inline hockey has been featured at all but the 1997 World Games . The International World Games Association (IWGA) announced on 16 April 2018 that four roller sports would be included in the 30 official sports competing for gold at the 2021 World Games , during 15–25 June in Birmingham, Alabama . Birmingham marks the 40th anniversary of the event which will feature 3,600 athletes from more than 100 countries. This
512-713: The World Championships resumed in 1947 and the first Artistic Skating World Championship was held in Washington, D.C. , United States. During the 1960s, the organization was recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the governing body for all roller skating sports and renamed as the Fédération Internationale de Roller Skating (FIRS). It gained member status in the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) in
544-548: The bi-annual World Skate Games , comprising all roller sport disciplines governed by World Skate. The World Skate Games are a multi-sport event that serves as the World Championship of 11 disciplines: alpine, artistic, inline downhill, inline freestyle, inline hockey, rink hockey, roller derby, roller freestyle, scooter, skateboard, and speed. The first edition of the event was hosted in Nanjing , China during September 2017 as
576-673: The first time the World Games has returned to the United States since 1981. On the programme for the 2021 World Games are four roller sports disciplines; artistic skating, inline hockey, and two speed skating types, road and track. World Skate is the only sport-type on the World Games programme to be represented in three separate clusters, with speed skating categorized with "Trend Sports," artistic skating with "Artistic Sports," and inline hockey with "Ball Sports." In May 2019, Panam Sports announced that skateboarding had been removed from
608-555: The first to be contested under the rebranded 'World Skate Games' moniker – was originally scheduled to take place in during October and November 2021 in the host cities of Vicente López, Buenos Aires and San Juan, Argentina . It was later announced that the Games would be postponed until 2022 due to scheduling conflicts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic but were expected to be hosted in Argentina as originally planned. In 1992, roller hockey
640-463: The goal to judge goal decisions), and 92 cm deep. While not attached to the ground, it is extremely heavy to prevent movement. World Skate provides the current rulebook at its website . According to the rule book, the playing time can be reduced depending on the age of the players (competitions played by younger players will have a lower playing time) and the sequence of the competition's matches (a competition disputed in consecutive days can have
672-428: The international governing body for: World Skate was established as the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes (FIPR) on 21 April 1924 as an organ for creating multinational European championship tournaments for roller sports. The founding meeting was organized by Fred Renkewitz and Otto Myer and included representatives from France, Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland. Renkewitz served as president of
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#1733085044752704-408: The players use sticks with blades resembling ice hockey sticks rather than bandy sticks or curved sticks styled in the manner seen today. This particular reel is titled, "Pathetone Lightens The "Blackout" With - ROLLER HOCKEY!". The film was shot at a seaside town in southern Holland at a popular resort called Scheveningen while crowd of people watched, "from the sea front promenade". Rink hockey
736-471: The playing time reduced with the aim to preserve the health and recovery of the players). The playing time must be defined before the start of each competition. The first recorded hardball roller hockey game was played in 1878 at the Denmark Rink in London, England. It was first known as "roller polo" due to the introduction of polo in 1876, skaters took polo to the rinks. The sport was introduced into
768-511: The rebrand, the World Roller Games were renamed the World Skate Games. The 2022 World Skate Games in Argentina will be the first edition to utilize the new name. Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , World Skate banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions, and will not stage any events in Russia or Belarus in 2022. Since 2017, World Skate has organized
800-401: The same level as the remaining area) and visually (dark colours or any other pattern which can mask the ball). There are three standard rink sizes: 34x17 meters (minimum), 40x20 meters, and 44x22 meters (maximum). Rinks can also be any size between the minimum and maximum values that has a 2:1 size ratio with a 10% margin of error. The rink has rounded corners (1 m radius) and is surrounded by
832-685: The sport have been part of the World Roller Games organised by World Skate . Roller hockey was a demonstration rollersport in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . There have been 44 editions of the Roller Hockey World Cup . Countries with the most world titles since the 1940s are: Spain (18 World titles), Portugal (16 World titles), Argentina (6 World titles) and Italy (4 World titles). Other countries, such as France , Brazil , Germany , Switzerland , Andorra and England are regular international competitors, but rarely overcome
864-415: The traditional powers. Roller hockey is a very fast sport, which may create a problem for TV transmissions, and new rinks are built using blue or white pavement to make the ball more visible on TV. Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , World Skate banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions, and will not stage any events in Russia or Belarus in 2022. Roller hockey
896-566: Was present as an exhibition sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain . The sport was a regular part of The World Games program in 1981 , 1985, 1989, 1993, and 2001. Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , World Skate banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions, and will not stage any events in Russia or Belarus in 2022. There are several international competitions with national teams. There are three world championships: men's, women's, and men's U20. Since 2017, World Skate has organised
928-615: Was not organized by the Roller Skating Rink Operators Association (RSROA) in the United States until 1959. The sport debuted at the US National Championships in 1961. The Pan American Games introduced roller skating as a sport in 1979 and debuted roller hockey the same year. It was one of the Pan American Games sports in 1979, 1987, 1991 and 1995. It has since been discontinued. Roller hockey
960-406: Was played at the 1992 Summer Olympics as a demonstration sport . Skateboarding events were introduced beginning at the 2020 Summer Olympics with two events: park and street . Much like BMX cycling , the park event features what resembles an empty swimming pool. Competitors have three timed runs for tricks. On street, there are ramps and rails for routines and tricks. At the 2020 Olympics,
992-401: Was played by the famous silent film stars, Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin, in the early 1900s. The first World Championships in roller hockey were held in 1936 in Stuttgart , Germany . During its existence, British Pathé produced a handful of film reels showing roller hockey outdoors as a part of life in different areas of the world. A number of reels were shot between 1940 and the end of
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1024-468: Was referred to as hardball hockey in the United States until November 2008 when the USOC adopted the sport's more common name, rink hockey . Other names for the sport include hardball roller hockey, ball hockey, international style ball hockey, international hockey, quad hockey, hockey, English roller hockey, hockey skids, traditional roller hockey, cane hockey, rollhockey, and rolhockey. In other languages, it
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