2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup

The 2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 27 August to 2 September 2017, as part of the 2017 World Roller Games.

2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country China
CityNanjing
Dates27 August–2 September 2017
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (6th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Germany
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Marlene Sousa
(9 goals)

Spain won its sixth title, retaining the title they conquered one year before.

Competition format

During the previous edition of the World Cup, the FIRS determined to end with the celebration of two different tournaments for divisions A and B, and merged all competitions in a whole event integrated in the World Roller Games.[1] Despite this merge, teams were divided into two different competitions.[2]

For this tournament there would not be golden goals during the overtimes.

World Championship

The eight first ranked teams were divided into two groups. All teams would qualify for the quarterfinals.

FIRS Cup

The three remaining teams would a double round-robin tournament for determining the final positions.

Teams

The 12 participating teams were divided into three competitions according to their positions in the 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup. The Division B was renamed as FIRS Cup.

The two top seeded teams were drawn in different groups. The draw was held in Barcelona on 5 July 2017.[3]

World ChampionshipFIRS Cup
RankTeamRankTeam
1 Spain9 India
2 Portugal10 Egypt
3 Argentina11 England
4 France12 Japan
5 Chile
6 Colombia
7 Italy
8 Germany

World Championship

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 25 1 +24 9 Qualification to quarterfinals — — 10–1 8–0
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 30 10 +20 4 0–7 — — 27–0
3  France 3 1 1 1 31 13 +18 4 — 3–3 — —
4  United States 3 0 0 3 0 62 −62 0 — — 0–27 —
Source: FIRS

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Qualification to quarterfinals — 1–0 2–0 —
2  Chile 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 — — — 2–2
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3 — 1–2 — —
4  Portugal 3 0 1 2 6 10 −4 1 2–5 — 2–3 —
Source: FIRS

Knockout stage
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
30 August
 
 
 Argentina10
 
31 August
 
 United States0
 
 Argentina6
 
30 August
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany3
 
2 September
 
 Italy0
 
 Argentina5
 
30 August
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)7
 
 Spain4
 
31 August
 
 Portugal1
 
 Spain (p)2 (2)
 
30 August
 
 Chile2 (1) Third place
 
 Chile3
 
1 September
 
 France0
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Chile0
 

Source: FIRS

Quarterfinals
30 August 2017
8:30
Chile  3–0  France Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
Ramos 32' (pen.), 44'
Donoso 45'		 Report
Umpires:
Rui Torres (Portugal), Joseph Silecchia (Italy)
30 August 2017
12:30
Argentina  10–0  United States Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
Gutiérrez 1', 12'
A. Fernández 4', 8', 11', 13'
Ma. Rodríguez 8' (pen.)
Silva 11', 17'
J. Fernández 36'		 Report
Umpires:
Giovanni Grisales (Colombia), Isidro Martínez (Chile)
30 August 2017
16:30
Germany  3–0  Italy Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
Henkels 21'
Wichardt 39'
La Rocca 42'		 Report
Umpires:
Joaquim Pinto, Paulo Rainha (Portugal)
30 August 2017
18:30
Spain  4–1  Portugal Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
Diez 5', 33'
Casarramona 15'
Lee 40'		 Report Sousa 28'
Umpires:
Daniel Costa, Carlos Fernández (Argentina)

Semifinals
31 August 2017
14:30
Argentina  6–1  Germany Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
Agudo 7', 16'
Gutiérrez 22'
Silva 28'
V. Fernández 36'
J. Fernández 48'		 Report Wichardt 45'
Umpires:
Rui Torres (Portugal), Joseph Silecchia (Italy)
31 August 2017
16:30
Spain  2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)  Chile Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
Casarramona 44'
Lee 55'
Diez
S. González
Busquets
Casarramona
Lee 		Report Ramos 18', 58'

Gaete
Ramos
Puertas
Donoso
Flores
Umpires:
Sergio Insúa, Carlos Fernández (Argentina)

Third place match
1 September 2017
14:30
Germany  3–0  Chile Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
K. Neubert 23', 44'
F. Neubert 32'		 Report
Umpires:
Rui Torres (Portugal), Joseph Silecchia (Italy)

Final
2 September 2017
16:00
Argentina  5–7 (a.e.t.)  Spain Longjiang Gymnasium, Nanjing
V. Fernández 4'
Silva 17'
J. Fernández 19'
Gutiérrez 31', 53'		 Report Lee 5'
Busquets 15', 56'
Puigdueta 18', 38'
Casarramona 53'
Diez 59'
Umpires:
Paulo Rainha, Joaquim Pinto

5th to 8th position bracket
 
Semifinals5th position game
 
      
 
31 August
 
 
 United States1
 
1 September
 
 Italy13
 
 Italy3
 
31 August
 
 France4
 
 Portugal1
 
 
 France3
 
7th position game
 
 
1 September
 
 
 United States0
 
 
 Portugal26

FIRS Cup

After the withdrawal of Egypt, the competition system changed for playing each team three teams against each other.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  England 6 5 1 0 35 11 +24 16 — 6–1 6–1, 7–1
2  India 6 3 1 2 21 22 −1 10 3–6, 5–5 — 5–2
3  Japan 6 0 0 6 7 30 −23 0 0–5 2–4, 1–3 —
Source: FIRS

Final standings
Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Spain A 6 5 1 0 16 38 9 +29
2  Argentina B 6 5 0 1 15 31 10 +21
3  Germany A 6 3 1 2 10 37 16 +21
4  Chile B 6 2 2 2 8 9 9 0
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  France A 6 3 1 2 10 38 20 +18
6  Italy B 6 2 0 4 6 22 17 +5
7  Portugal B 6 1 1 4 4 34 17 +17
8  United States A 6 0 0 6 0 1 111 −110
Played the FIRS Cup
9  England — 6 5 1 0 16 35 11 +24
10  India — 6 3 1 2 10 21 22 −1
11  Japan — 6 0 0 6 0 7 30 −23

References
  1. "Congresso da FIRS muda formato dos mundiais" (in Portuguese). Jornal dos Desportos. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. "Rink Hockey towards the World Roller Games Nanjing 2017". RollerSports.org. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. "Sorteada la fase de grupos de hockey sobre patines de los World Roller Games 2017" (in Spanish). fep.es. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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