rink hockey
Roller hockey (in British English), rink hockey (in American English) or quad hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. It is the only quad skate team sport in existence where two teams face-off against one another at the same time. Two t ...
team from Barcelos, Portugal. It is one of the most successful rink hockey teams in Portugal and
Europe
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. It is known and referred to as "Óquei de Barcelos", "OCB", "OC Barcelos", or just "Barcelos".
Foundation
The idea of creating a rink-hockey team was born in 1946 by a group of boys in Barcelos. Although the documentation shows that the team was founded on 22 December 1947, 1 January 1948 is considered the official foundation date of the club. The founders of the team were the Barcelos-born cousins Cândido Augusto Sousa Cunha and SimplÃcio Cândido Monteiro de Sousa. The first game of the team was in 1948 in the ring of Pessegal against the Clube dos Ourives (Goldsmiths' Club), and OC Barcelos won by 5-2. In the first years, the hockey that was played was a mix of
Field Hockey
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and Rink Hockey, because although the rules were similar to Rink Hockey, they didn't use skates. Rink hockey as it is played began in the club only in 1952.
Name
The cousins who founded the team were negotiating the cost of the first forms at a printing office for the team when a man approached them and suggested the name "Hockey Clube de Barcelos" to look more Portuguese, striking part of the word and writing "Óquei" so that it would look like "Hóquei". The printer misunderstood the instructions and made it "Óquei".
Logo
The logo consists of a
coat of arms
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, divided in two equal parts by a line. The left side of it is the Coat of Arms of Barcelos and the right side has the initials of the club: OCB. There is a crown of castles and walls and a hockey stick crossing the logo from behind with a ball at the end.
Achievements
National
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Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division
The Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division ( pt, Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão de Hóquei em Patins or simply ''1ª Divisão''; literally: Roller Hockey First Division National Championship) is the premier roller hockey league in Portu ...
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1992–93, 1995–96, 2000–01
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Portuguese Roller Hockey Cup
The Portuguese Roller Hockey Cup ( pt, Taça de Portugal de Hóquei em Patins) is a Portuguese roller hockey knockout competition open to all domestic clubs. Following a series of knockout rounds, the competition winner is determined in a final-fo ...
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1991–92, 1992–93, 2002–03, 2003–04
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Supertaça António Livramento The Supertaça António Livramento, also known as Supertaça Portuguesa de Hóquei em Patins (English: Portuguese Roller Hockey Super Cup), is an annual club roller hockey super cup match organised by the Portuguese Roller Sports Federation
The P ...
table tennis
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team (now extinct) and also a
volleyball
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team, created in 1950.
See also
Rink Hockey
Roller hockey (in British English), rink hockey (in American English) or quad hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. It is the only quad skate team sport in existence where two teams face-off against one another at the same time. Two t ...
Federação Portuguesa de Patinagem
The Portuguese Roller Sports Federation ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Patinagem) is the governing body for roller sports, such as rink hockey, Inline hockey, figure skating, speed skating in Portugal.
Honours
*FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup, Roll ...