World Skate Inline Hockey World Championships
Annual roller inline hockey tournament
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The Inline Hockey World Championship is an annual inline hockey tournament organized by World Skate. Prior to the creation of World Skate in September 2017, the championship was administrated by the Comité International Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). It is the sport's highest-profile annual international tournament.
Current season, competition or edition: 2026 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships | |
| Sport | Inline hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| No. of teams | 8 in Group 1 Open in Group 2 |
| Continent | International (WS) |
Most recent champions |  United States (men) United States (women) |
| Most titles | United States (men; 17 titles) United States(women; 11 titles) |
| Website | worldskate.org |
2017, 2019 and since 2022 editions are part of World Skate Games.
History
The first tournament was held in Chicago, United States in 1995. The United States won the tournament after defeating Canada in the final. The United States won the tournament a further three times before in 1999 they were beaten by Switzerland in the gold medal game. The following year the United States reclaimed the gold medal and again won it in 2001.[1]
In 2002 FIRS expanded the inline program to include a women's tournament. Both the men's and women's tournaments were held in Rochester, New York, United States where Canada's men's and women's teams went on to win their respective tournaments. Through the next four years the United States continued their dominance in the men's tournament while in the women's both Canada and the United States competed in the final all four times by both winning two gold medals each.[1]
In 2007 FIRS again expanded their inline program to include a men's junior tournament. The United States went on to win the first edition of the tournament after beating the Czech Republic in the final.[1]
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.[2]
Tournament results
Senior men
Medal table
| Country |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
17 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
 Czech Republic |
8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
 Canada |
1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
 France |
1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
 Switzerland |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
 Italy |
0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
 Austria |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Senior women
Medal table
| Country | Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
11 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| Canada |
5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Czech Republic |
3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Spain |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| France |
1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
 Australia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Junior men
| Year | Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Host city (cities) | Host country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | United States | Czech Republic |  Germany | Düsseldorf | Germany |
| 2008 |  Great Britain | United States | Canada | Philadelphia | United States |
| 2009 | Czech Republic | Canada | United States | Varese | Italy |
| 2010 | Czech Republic | United States | France | Düsseldorf | Germany[5] |
| 2011 | Czech Republic | United States | France | Roccaraso | Italy |
| 2012 | Czech Republic |  Colombia | United States | Bucaramanga | Colombia |
| 2013 | Czech Republic | United States | Canada | Anaheim | United States |
| 2014 | France | Canada | Czech Republic | Toulouse | France |
| 2015 | Czech Republic | France | Italy | Rosario | Argentina |
| 2016 | Czech Republic | Italy | Switzerland | Asiago, Roana | Italy |
| 2017 | France | Spain | Italy | Nanjing | China |
| 2018 | United States | Italy | Spain | Asiago, Roana, | Italy |
| 2019 | Czech Republic | United States | Spain | Barcelona | Spain |
| 2021 | the tournament was not organized | Roccaraso | Italy | ||
| 2022 |  Chinese Taipei | United States | Czech Republic | Buenos Aires, San Juan | Argentina |
| 2023 | Not Held | ||||
| 2024 |  Slovakia | Spain | United States | Roccaraso | Italy |
Junior women
| Year | Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Host city (cities) | Host country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Spain |
United States |
Great Britain |
Toulouse | France |
| 2016 | Spain | Italy | Canada | Asiago, Roana | Italy |
| 2017 | Chinese Taipei | Italy | New Zealand | Nanjing | China |
| 2018 | Spain | Finland | Chinese Taipei | Asiago, Roana | Italy |
| 2019 | Spain | United States | Canada | Barcelona | Spain |
| 2021 | the tournament was not organized | Roccaraso | Italy | ||
| 2022 |  Namibia | United States | Colombia | Buenos Aires, San Juan | Argentina |
| 2023 | Not Held | ||||
| 2024 | Spain | United States | Namibia | Roccaraso | Italy |
Veteran men
| Year | Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Host city (cities) | Host country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Czech Republic | France | Italy | Bisley | Great Britain |
| 2011 | Czech Republic | France | Italy | Beroun | Czech Republic |
| 2012 | France | Czech Republic | Italy | Pinerolo | Italy |
| 2014 | Czech Republic | France | Slovakia | Prague | Czech Republic |
| 2015 | Czech Republic | Italy | Slovakia | Düsseldorf | Germany |
| 2016 | Czech Republic | United States | Switzerland | Bolzano/Merano | Italy |