2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup

2011 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	24 September - 1 October 2011
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	San Juan (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (15th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Mozambique
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The 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 40th edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup.^[1] It was held in September 2011 in San Juan, Argentina.^[2] This was the fifth FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup organized in the province of San Juan.

It was initially announced that the tournament was to be held in Maputo, Mozambique and the city of San Juan, Argentina was designated the alternative host city. In July, 2010 the FIRS declared that San Juan, Argentina would take the place of Maputo as host city for the tournament.^[2]

Qualification

One year before the World Cup, the B World Championship was disputed in Dornbirn, Austria, where three teams were qualified.

The other thirteen qualified National Teams are the top thirteen National Teams of the previous World Cup, played in Vigo, Spain.

Venue

San Juan	San Juan San Juan (Argentina)
Estadio Aldo Cantoni
Capacity: 8,000

Matches

All times are Argentina Time (UTC-3).

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	27	2	+25	9
Chile	3	2	0	1	10	10	0	6
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

24 September 2011

Spain	8 - 1	Chile

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25 September 2011

Switzerland	6 - 0	Netherlands

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26 September 2011

Spain	15 - 1	Netherlands

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26 September 2011

Chile	3 - 1	Switzerland

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27 September 2011

Chile	6 - 1	Netherlands

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27 September 2011

Spain	4 - 0	Switzerland

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	21	5	+16	9
Italy	3	2	0	1	19	8	+11	6
Germany	3	1	0	2	12	12	0	3
South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	30	−27	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 September 2011

South Africa	0 - 11	Italy

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25 September 2011

Germany	2 - 4	Argentina

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26 September 2011

Germany	1 - 6	Italy

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26 September 2011

Argentina	10 - 1	South Africa

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27 September 2011

Germany	9 - 2	South Africa

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27 September 2011

Argentina	7 - 2	Italy

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	31	6	+25	9
Mozambique	3	2	0	1	17	11	+6	6
Angola	3	1	0	2	12	13	−1	3
United States	3	0	0	3	5	35	−30	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 September 2011

Mozambique	10 - 1	United States

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25 September 2011

Angola	2 - 6	Portugal

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26 September 2011

United States	3 - 7	Angola

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26 September 2011

Mozambique	3 - 7	Portugal

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27 September 2011

United States	1 - 18	Portugal

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27 September 2011

Mozambique	4 - 3	Angola

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	24	5	+19	9
France	3	2	0	1	10	11	−1	6
Colombia	3	1	0	2	9	14	−5	3
England	3	0	0	3	4	17	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 September 2011

England	1 - 5	Colombia

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25 September 2011

France	1 - 8	Brazil

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26 September 2011

Colombia	2 - 4	France

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26 September 2011

England	2 - 7	Brazil

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27 September 2011

Colombia	2 - 9	Brazil

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27 September 2011

England	1 - 5	France

Knockout stage

Championship

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	29 September – San Juan
	Spain	5
					30 September – San Juan
	Italy	2
					Spain	4
	29 September – San Juan
					Mozambique	3
	Brazil	6
									1 October – San Juan
	Mozambique	9
									Spain	5
	29 September – San Juan
									Argentina	4
	Argentina	12
					30 September – San Juan
	Chile	3
					Argentina	4
	29 September – San Juan
					Portugal	3			Third place
	Portugal	6
									1 October – San Juan
	France	3
									Portugal	9
									Mozambique	2

5th–8th playoff

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	30 September – San Juan
	France	3
					1 October – San Juan
	Chile	4
					Chile	0
	30 September – San Juan
					Italy	4
	Brazil	1
	Italy	6
					Seventh place
					1 October – San Juan
					France	5
					Brazil	4

9th–16th playoff

	Quarter-finals				Semi finals				Ninth place
	29 September – San Juan
	Switzerland	3
					30 September – San Juan
	South Africa	2
					Switzerland	6
	29 September – San Juan
					Colombia	0
	Colombia	5
									1 October – San Juan
	United States	2
									Switzerland	4
	29 September – San Juan
									Germany	3
	Germany	3
					30 September – San Juan
	Netherlands	2
					Germany	4
	29 September – San Juan
					Angola	3			Eleventh place
	Angola	7
									1 October – San Juan
	England	1
									Colombia	1
									Angola	3

13th–16th playoff

	Semi-finals				Thirteenth place
	30 September – San Juan
	South Africa	9
					1 October – San Juan
	United States	11
					United States	5
	30 September – San Juan
					Netherlands	0
	Netherlands	4
	England	3
					Fifteenth place
					1 October – San Juan
					South Africa	4
					England	7

Final standing

Rank Team  Spain  Argentina  Portugal 4  Mozambique 5  Italy 6  Chile 7  France 8  Brazil 9   Switzerland 10  Germany 11  Angola 12  Colombia 13  United States 14  Netherlands 15  England 16  South Africa  2011 FIRS Roller Hockey World Championship  SPAIN 15th title

References

1. "Comité International de Rink - Hockey 40th "A" World Championship 2011, Ciudad / City San Juan (Argentina)" (PDF). inf.fh-dortmund.de. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015.
2. "Confirmado oficialmente, el Mundial es en San Juan". Diario de Cuyo (in Spanish). 3 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.

External links

• San Juan 2011 Official website Archived 22 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup at HoqueiPatins.cat (in Catalan)