The 2014 Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's
roller derby
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States.
Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...
tournament organized by ''Blood & Thunder'' magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from six continents compete for their respective nations.
The 2014
Roller Derby World Cup
The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament formerly organized by ''Blood & Thunder magazine'', and currently organized by the Roller Derby World Cup Committee. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world ...
is the second held, taking place from December 4 through 7, 2014, at
Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center (KBHCCD) (formerly Dallas Convention Center) is a convention center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas.
The "Dallas Memorial Auditorium" was a standalone multipurpose arena, de ...
in
Dallas
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,
Texas
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, United States.
Team USA
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Olympic teams
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defeated
Team England in the final,
repeating their victory from the
2011 Roller Derby World Cup
The 2011 Roller Derby World Cup was an international women's roller derby tournament organized by ''Blood & Thunder'' magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world were fielded to compete for their respective nations.
The inaugural 20 ...
.
Participating countries
Thirty countries took part, including all thirteen teams from the inaugural event. As before, the 2014 event was played and officiated under a ruleset developed and standardized by the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...
(WFTDA), although not a WFTDA-sponsored event. The participating countries were (returning countries in bold):
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Group stage
All teams competed in the group stage. Each team was placed in one of eight groups, which contained either three or four teams. Each of the top eight seeds was placed in a different group, with the number one seed placed in Group 8 and the number eight seed placed in Group 1. Every team played all the other teams in their group for forty-minute matches, and this process determined the seeding for the elimination stage, which were sixty-minute matches.
Here are the results of the group stage. Each of the eight top-seeded teams won their group.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Elimination stage
The first two rounds of the playoffs were played on 6 December 2014, the semifinals and finals were played on 7 December 2014.
After the Round of sixteen, the remaining teams were reseeded for the quarterfinals.
Round of sixteen
All games were played on 6 December 2014. All times are
Central Standard Time
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(UTC−06:00).
The point differential was used to determine the seeding of the next round.
Quarterfinals through finals
The quarterfinals were played on 6 December 2014. The semis and finals were on 7 December 2014.
Team USA
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Olympic teams
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won the cup.
References
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External links
Official Blood & Thunder World Cup info page
Roller Derby World Cup
Roller Derby World Cup
The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament formerly organized by ''Blood & Thunder magazine'', and currently organized by the Roller Derby World Cup Committee. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world ...
Sports competitions in Dallas
2010s in Dallas
2014 in Texas