Copenhagen Roller Derby (CRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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. Founded in 2009, the league consists of two teams, which compete against teams from other leagues. Copenhagen Roller Derby is a member of 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).

History

The league was founded in September 2009 by Charlie Hedman, a Swedish skater who had returned from a visit to the United States.About Copenhagen Roller Derby
, CRD Their internet posts calling for skaters to join the new league was seen by Ana Killingspree, a former skater with the

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who was then living in Aarhus. Together, the two built Copenhagen Roller Derby, which played its first bout in June 2010, winning against the Hamburg Harbor Girls. The league then played seven bouts in 2011, facing the Royal Windsor Rollergirls, Gent Go-Go Rollergirls, Bedfordshire Rollergirls, Berlin Bombshells, Crime City Rollers, Stockholm Roller Derby, Kallio Rollin Rainbow and the Hamburg Harbor Girls. By the end of 2011, the league had 95 members, and was one of three active leagues in Denmark, the others being based in Aarhus and

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. In October 2012, Copenhagen was accepted as a member of the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...

Programme.22 Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program
", WFTDA, 18 October 2012 Copenhagen graduated to full WFTDA membership in December 2013.

WFTDA rankings

References

{{WFTDA Division 3 Roller derby leagues Roller derby leagues established in 2009 Roller derby in Denmark Sports competitions in Copenhagen Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3 2009 establishments in Denmark