FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20

FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20
Founded	2003
Region	International (FIRS)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Portugal (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Portugal Spain (3 titles each)
Website	FIRS
Vilanova 2015

The FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20 is a biennial international competition for men's under-20 national roller hockey teams organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) since 2003.

Portugal and Spain are the most successful teams, each having won three titles. The current champions are Portugal, who secured their second consecutive title after beating hosts Spain 4–3 on penalties in the 2015 edition's final.

History

Edition	Year	Host city	01 ! Gold	02 ! Silver	03 ! Bronze	4th place
1 (NO)	1999	Cali	Colombia	Argentina	Chile	France
2 (NO)	2002	Viña del Mar	Chile	Spain	Chile	Argentina

I	2003	Montevideo	Portugal	Argentina	France	England
II	2005	Malargüe	Argentina	Spain	Chile	Brazil
III	2007	Santiago	Spain	Portugal	Argentina	Chile
IV	2009	Bassano del Grappa	Spain	Portugal	Chile	Italy
V	2011	Barcelos	Spain	Portugal	Italy	Argentina
VI	2013	Cartagena	Portugal	Spain	Argentina	France
VII	2015	Vilanova	Portugal	Spain	France	Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	3	3	0	6
1	Portugal	3	3	0	6
3	Argentina	1	1	2	4
4	Chile	0	0	2	2
4	France	0	0	2	2
6	Italy	0	0	1	1

World Roller Hockey Championships

Men	Stuttgart 1936 Montreux 1939 Lisbon 1947 Montreux 1948 Lisbon 1949 Milan 1950 Barcelona 1951 Porto 1952 Geneva 1953 Barcelona 1954 Milan 1955 Porto 1956 Porto 1958 Madrid 1960 Santiago 1962 Barcelona 1964 São Paulo 1966 Porto 1968 San Juan 1970 A Coruña 1972 Lisbon 1974 Oviedo 1976 San Juan 1978 Talcahuano 1980 Barcelos 1982 Novara 1984 Sertãozinho 1986 A Coruña 1988 San Juan 1989 Porto 1991 Bassano 1993 Recife 1995 Wuppertal 1997 Reus 1999 San Juan 2001 Oliveira de Azeméis 2003 San Jose 2005 Montreux 2007 Vigo 2009 San Juan 2011 Luanda 2013 La Roche-sur-Yon 2015 Barcelona 2017

Women	Springe 1992 Alcobendas 2010 Recife 2012 Tourcoing 2014 Iquique 2016

Men's B	Macau 2004 Dornbirn 2010 Canelones 2012 Canelones 2014 2016

Men U-20	Barcelos 2011 Cartagena 2013 Vilanova 2015

Roller hockey in the world

World

Nations	Men's World Cup Women's World Cup Men's World Cup U-20 Nations Cup World Games Golden Cup

Clubs	World Club Championship Intercontinental Cup

Governing bodies	CIRH FIRS

Europe

Nations	Men's Euro Cup Women's Euro Cup Men's Euro Cup U-20 Men's Euro Cup U-17 Women's Euro Cup U-20 Latin Cup

Clubs	CERH European League Women's European League CERS Cup Continental Cup Eurockey Cup EVRICup CERH Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)

Governing bodies	CERH CERS

National championship	Austria Belgium England France Germany Italy Israel Netherlands Portugal Spain (Men Women) Switzerland

Asia

Nations	Asian Cup

Governing bodies	CARS

National championship	India Japan Macau Pakistan Chinese Taipei

America

Nations	American Cup Pan American ODESUR Games

Clubs	South American Club Championship Women's South American Club Championship

Governing bodies	CPRS

National championship	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Mexico Uruguay USA

Africa

Nations	African Cup

Clubs	African Club Championship

Governing bodies	FARS

National championship	Angola Egypt Mozambique South Africa

Oceania

Governing bodies	OCRS

National championship	Australia New Zealand

Events in

2013	World Cup Luanda World Cup U-20 Euro U-17 65th Nations Cup Eurockey Cup U-15 Women's Euro U-17 Women's Euro

2014	Euro Cup Latin Cup Ladies World Cup Tourcoing B-WC U-20 Euro Cup U-17 Euro Cup Eurockey Cup (U-15 U-17)

2015	World Cup La Roche Sur Yon World Cup U-20 Euro U-17 66th Nations Cup Eurockey Cup Women's Euro

2016	Euro Cup Latin Cup Ladies World B-WC U-20 Euro Cup U-17 Euro Cup Eurockey Cup

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