2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup

2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  China
City Nanjing
Dates 27 August–2 September 2017
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (6th title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Germany
Fourth place  Chile
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Portugal Marlene Sousa
(9 goals)

The 2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 27 August to 2 September 2017, as part of the 2017 World Roller Games.

Spain won its sixth title, retaining the title they conquered one year before.

Competition format

During the previous edition of the World Cup, the FIRS determined to end with the celebration of two different tournaments for divisions A and B, and merged all competitions in a whole event integrated in the World Roller Games.[1] Despite this merge, teams were divided into two different competitions.[2]

For this tournament there would not be golden goals during the overtimes.

World Championship

The eight first ranked teams were divided into two groups. All teams would qualify for the quarterfinals.

FIRS Cup

The three remaining teams would a double round-robin tournament for determining the final positions.

Teams

The 12 participating teams were divided into three competitions according to their positions in the 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup. The Division B was renamed as FIRS Cup.

The two top seeded teams were drawn in different groups. The draw was held in Barcelona on 5 July 2017.[3]

World ChampionshipFIRS Cup
RankTeamRankTeam
1 Spain9 India
2 Portugal10 Egypt
3 Argentina11 England
4 France12 Japan
5 Chile
6 Colombia
7 Italy
8 Germany

World Championship

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Germany France United States
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 25 1 +24 9 Qualification to quarterfinals — — 10–1 8–0
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 30 10 +20 4 0–7 — — 27–0
3  France 3 1 1 1 31 13 +18 4 — 3–3 — —
4  United States 3 0 0 3 0 62 −62 0 — — 0–27 —
Source: FIRS

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina Chile Italy Portugal
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Qualification to quarterfinals — 1–0 2–0 —
2  Chile 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 — — — 2–2
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3 — 1–2 — —
4  Portugal 3 0 1 2 6 10 −4 1 2–5 — 2–3 —
Source: FIRS

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
30 August
 
 
 Argentina10
 
31 August
 
 United States0
 
 Argentina6
 
30 August
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany3
 
2 September
 
 Italy0
 
 Argentina5
 
30 August
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)7
 
 Spain4
 
31 August
 
 Portugal1
 
 Spain (p)2 (2)
 
30 August
 
 Chile2 (1) Third place
 
 Chile3
 
1 September
 
 France0
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Chile0
 

Source: FIRS

5th to 8th position bracket

 
Semifinals5th position game
 
      
 
31 August
 
 
 United States1
 
1 September
 
 Italy13
 
 Italy3
 
31 August
 
 France4
 
 Portugal1
 
 
 France3
 
7th position game
 
 
1 September
 
 
 United States0
 
 
 Portugal26

FIRS Cup

After the withdrawal of Egypt, the competition system changed for playing each team three teams against each other.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts England India Japan
1  England 6 5 1 0 35 11 +24 16 — 6–1 6–1, 7–1
2  India 6 3 1 2 21 22 −1 10 3–6, 5–5 — 5–2
3  Japan 6 0 0 6 7 30 −23 0 0–5 2–4, 1–3 —
Source: FIRS

Final standings

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Spain A 6 5 1 0 16 38 9 +29
2  Argentina B 6 5 0 1 15 31 10 +21
3  Germany A 6 3 1 2 10 37 16 +21
4  Chile B 6 2 2 2 8 9 9 0
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  France A 6 3 1 2 10 38 20 +18
6  Italy B 6 2 0 4 6 22 17 +5
7  Portugal B 6 1 1 4 4 34 17 +17
8  United States A 6 0 0 6 0 1 111 -110
Played the FIRS Cup
9  England — 6 5 1 0 16 35 11 +24
10  India — 6 3 1 2 10 21 22 -1
11  Japan — 6 0 0 6 0 7 30 -23

References

  1. ↑ "Congresso da FIRS muda formato dos mundiais" (in Portuguese). Jornal dos Desportos. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rink Hockey towards the World Roller Games Nanjing 2017". RollerSports.org. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sorteada la fase de grupos de hockey sobre patines de los World Roller Games 2017" (in Spanish). fep.es. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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