The 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 40th edition of the
FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup
The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Since 1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two ye ...
.
It was held in September 2011 in
San Juan, Argentina
San Juan () is the capital and largest city of the Argentine province of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River, at above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the (over ...
.
This was the fifth FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup organized in the province of San Juan.
It was initially announced that the tournament was to be held in Maputo, Mozambique and the city of San Juan, Argentina was designated the alternative host city. In July, 2010 the FIRS declared that San Juan, Argentina would take the place of Maputo as host city for the tournament.
Qualification
One year before the World Cup, the
B World Championship was disputed in
Dornbirn
Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau.
Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlberg ...
,
Austria
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, where three teams were qualified.
The other thirteen qualified National Teams are the top thirteen National Teams of
the previous World Cup, played in
Vigo, Spain
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.
Venue
Matches
''All times are
Argentina Time
Argentina is located at a longitude that would naturally put it in the UTC−04:00 or UTC−05:00 time zone; however, it actually uses the UTC−03:00 time zone. Argentina determines whether to observe daylight saving time on a year-by-year basi ...
(
UTC-3).''
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Championship
5th–8th playoff
9th–16th playoff
13th–16th playoff
Final standing
References
External links
San Juan 2011 Official website*
{{Rink hockey international competitions
Roller Hockey World Cup
Rink Hockey World Championship
The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Since 1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two ye ...
International roller hockey competitions hosted by Argentina
2011 World Championship
IRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup