Roller Hockey
(Quad) or just roller hockey (in British English) or rink hockey (in American English), is
a team sport that enjoys significant popularity in a number of Latin countries.
Roller Hockey was a
demonstration rollersport in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. There have been many world championships,
Latin countries dominating the sport since the 1940s: Portugal (15 World titles), Spain (15 World titles), Italy (4 World titles) and Argentina (4 World titles). Other countries, such as
France, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Andorra and England are regular international competitors, but
rarely overcome 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. The most
important clubs in Europe (and, arguably, the world) are Benfica, FC Porto, OC
Barcelos and Sporting
CP from Portugal, FC Barcelona, Reus Deportiu, Igualada HC and Liceo La Coruña from Spain, and
occasionally Primavera
Prato, Follonica and Bassano
Hockey 54 from Italy. In terms of
trophies won FC
Barcelona is the most successful team having won nineteen European Cups.
In 2013, a world cup of
roller hockey will take place in Angola,
a former Portuguese colony, for the first time on the African continent.
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