The Men's Roller Derby World Cup is an international tournament in the sport of men's roller derby. The first World Cup was held between 14–16 March 2014 in

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, England. The event has since been held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in July 2016, and

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, Spain on April 5–8, 2018 The next tournament is to be hosted in

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, Missouri, USA on 9–12 July 2020. The tournament is endorsed by the

Men's Roller Derby Association The Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition (renamed to Men's Roller Derby Association in 2011), and currently has 59 ...

(MRDA), and is held under the rules of Flat Track Roller Derby developed 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 ...

, as used for all MRDA bouts.

2014 World Cup

Participating countries

Fifteen countries competed in the first tournament: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, USA, and Wales.Alex Sassoon Coby,
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'', 13 March 2014 Two other teams, including New Zealand, applied to enter and received invitations, but withdrew before the tournament started. ''

'' described Team USA as "...clearly the hot favourites to win the World Cup", but noted that the European teams had the most competitive experience, having competed in the two Battle of the Beasts tournaments. Team USA beat Team England in the final by 260 points to 71. Teams held tryouts during 2013 and could send a roster of up to twenty skaters. The participating countries were:

Results

Semi-finals

Final

Final rankings (2014)

The final rankings released after the Men's Roller Derby World Cup 2014 are as follows:

2016 World Cup

In 2015 The organisers of the Men's Roller Derby World Cup announced that the next World Cup would be held in July 2016, in

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, Canada.

Final rankings (2016)

The final rankings released after the Men's Roller Derby World Cup 2016 are as follows:Results from the 2016 Men's Roller Derby World Cup
20 March 2014

2018 World Cup

24 nations took part in the 2018 MRDWC in Barcelona Spain, up by 4 teams from 2016.

Final rankings (2018)

References

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