The Intercontinental Cup is a roller hockey competition organized by World Skate and usually contested between the World Skate Europe and the World Skate America champions clubs.

History

The Intercontinental Cup was established in 1985 and was organized by

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. In 2006, the then-CIRH (

Comité Internationale de Rink-Hockey The International Rink Hockey Committee or Comité Internationale de Rink-Hockey or CIRH was a sports governing body within the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports designed to organize rules and competitions for the sport rink hockey. Ext ...

) tried to establish a World Club Championship, but that competition was quickly discontinued in favor of the Intercontinental Cup. In 2017, the

Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports The Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS; en, International Federation of Roller Sports) was the world governing body for roller sports, including skateboarding, rink hockey, inline hockey, inline speed skating, inline alpine, down ...

(FIRS) merged with the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) to form World Skate, which organized the 2017 Intercontinental Cup played in a Final Four format by the 2016 and 2017

CERH European League The WSE Champions League is an annual club roller hockey competition organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey and contested by teams from the top-ranked European leagues. The current champions are Italian side Trissino, which secured their ...

champions, Benfica and Reus, and the 2016 and 2017 CSP South American Club Championship/CPP Pan-American Club Championship winners, Andes Talleres and Concepción, with Benfica facing Andes Talleres and Reus facing Concepción. In 2018, the World Skate created the

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, played in a Final Four formats by the four finalists of Europe and America. In 2021, the Intercontinental Cup was disputed by the european champions Sporting and the runners-up FC Porto on a two-legged tie.

Winners

Statistics

Winners by team

Winners by country

References

External links

World Competitions at RinkHockey.net
{{Club world championships Roller hockey competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1983 Multi-national professional sports leagues