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2008 Rink Hockey European Championship
The 2008 Rink Hockey European Championship was the 48th edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship—the biennial rink hockey competition for European national teams, supervised by CERH—that took place in the Spanish city of Oviedo, at the local arena ''Palacio de los Deportes'' ( en, Sports Palace), on July 21–26, 2008. In a final against long-time rivals, Portugal, the hosts and holders Spain won their fifth consecutive European title. Format The tournament consists of two distinct phases: a single round-robin group phase and a knockout phase. In the first phase, the eight finalist teams are divided into two groups of four teams. Within each group, every team plays one match against all the other teams, to decide the group classification. Unlike previous editions, all participating teams advance to the quarterfinals phase, whatever their final placing in the group phase. In the quarterfinals, each group winner and the runner-up teams will play the third and fourth pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain National Rink Hockey Team
Spain national roller hockey team is the national team side of Spain at international roller hockey. It is one of the best teams of the world and has been dominating both the Rink Hockey World Championship and the Rink Hockey European Championship in the last decade. The Spain national side is Catalonia based, since roller hockey is specially popular in that Spanish region, although it also has first-class teams in other regions, like Galicia and Asturias. Squad * Head coach: Alejandro Domínguez Titles * Roller Hockey World Cup (17): 1951, 1954, 1955, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1989, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017 * European Roller Hockey Championship (18): 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2021 * Nations Cup (17): 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 Competitive record World Championship Source: See also * Spain women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
