Roller soccer

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RollerSoccer, Futins, Football Skating, Roller Foot
Football (or soccer ball), inline skates or roller skates, pads
VenueRoller rink, 5 a side football court, Outside sports court
Presence
Country or regionAfrica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
OlympicNo
ParalympicNo

RollerSoccer, Futins, Football Skating, Roller Foot or roller football is a version of association football (soccer) played on roller skates.

History

The sport was created in the English Midlands[1] in 1882 and the first documented match was a game between local rivals Derby and Burton on 30 January of that year. A 1934 game at London's Forest Gate Roller Rink, between two teams of female players, was filmed for an item on Pathé News.[2] Over a decade later Billboard reported in 1949 that it had been revived in Detroit, having disappeared for more than thirty years.[3]

The game re-emerged serendipitously in

Pernambuco, Brazil
connected with the RollerSoccer organization.

The first RollerSoccer World Cup was held in London in 2003 and again in 2004 whereafter the tournament was rotated around the world with European and National events also emerging. Fourteen (14) RollerSoccer World Cups or Club World Cups were held through 2019. Post-COVID the world championships are resuming as the Football Skating World Cup 8-18 December in Trabzon, Turkey and a Club World Cup during 2023.

The country with most active players and the highest number of teams is France, with UMS Easy Riders currently the defending Club World Cup Champion. Skaters on inline and roller skates on every continent (except Antarctica) have played soccer/football on skates. Australia[6] and Belgium[7] have interesting history. African and Asian teams have been emerging for many years.

World championships

References

  1. ^ "The Derby Daily Telegraph". 31 January 1882.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Soccer On Skates! (1934)". British Pathé. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Roller soccer at Imlay City", Billboard, 26 February 1949
  4. The Vindicator
    , 9 June 2001, section E, p.1
  5. ^ Liz Miller, Get Rolling: The Beginner's Guide to In-Line Skating, p.31
  6. 666 ABC Canberra
    , 20 December 2011
  7. ^ "Grâce à des jeunes, le roller soccer est une affaire qui roule en Belgique", RTBF, 19 April 2010 (in French)
  8. ^ "Nine teams vie for football on roller skates World Cup in Belgium | Reuters.com". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

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