The 2018 Roller Derby World Cup was the third international women's Roller Derby World Cup, taking place on February 1–4 at EventCity, in Manchester, United Kingdom, with 38 teams competing. An international roller derby tournament, it was organised by a committee consisting of ten representatives from various areas of the roller derby community.[2][3]
| 2018 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Roller derby |
| Location | Manchester, England |
| Dates | February 1, 2018–February 4, 2018 |
| Established | 2011 |
| Host(s) | Rainy City Roller Derby |
| Venue(s) | EventCity |
| Teams | 38 nations |
| Website | rollerderbyworldcup |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States |
| 1st runners-up |  Australia |
| 2nd runners-up |  Canada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 92 |
| Points scored | 28533 (310.14 per match) |
| MVP | Tui Lyon[1] |
| Best Jammer |  Sara Gilbert[1] |
| Best Blocker |  Hulka[1] |
| Fan Favourite |  Lady Trample[1] |
Some teams selected their skaters as early as October 2016, when the tournament was expected to be held in 2017.[4]
USA Roller Derby successfully defended their title, defeating Team Australia in the final.[5]
Participating teams edit
Teams representing 38 countries participated.[3] While most national teams are representing a country in the conventional sense, the members of Team Indigenous comprise skaters of Indigenous heritage from Canada, the United States, Argentina, New Zealand and Samoa.[6][7] The Korean team does not specify North or South Korea in its name.[8]
- List of teams[9]
New Zealand (as Aotearoa)
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
France
Finland
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Indigenous
Iran (as IRN)
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea[8]
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Scotland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Wales
West Indies
South Africa (as ZA)
Tournament structure edit
The tournament ran on four tracks over four days, with an opening round of short, 30-minute games on the first day to determine seedings for the second and third days, via a ranking algorithm.[10] The second and third days saw two additional games for each team (for a total of four games guaranteed for all participants), resulting in a final rating and ranking by the same algorithm. The top eight teams in that ranking proceeded to an 8-way elimination tournament, with losing teams playing additional games for final ranking. The teams in positions ninth through sixteenth played one additional game for final ranking. (This system is essentially, a modified Swiss-system tournament for the first three days, with strengths for matchings derived from a power ranking, and Fontes-style matching of multiple games between recalculation of strengths.)
Ranking Round edit
Blue Round edit
| 2018-02-01 10:00 |
(Report) |  Indigenous
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67–91 |  Italy
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 10:00 |
(Report) |  Iran
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67–104 |  Switzerland
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 10:30 |
(Report) |  Mexico
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245–6 |  Romania
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 10:30 |
(Report) |  Austria
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79–77 |  Russia
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 11:00 |
(Report) | Canada
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199–34 |  Wales
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 11:00 |
(Report) | Finland
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131–53 |  Germany
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 11:30 |
(Report) |  Spain
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120–43 |  Brazil
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 11:30 |
(Report) |  Denmark
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117–52 |  Portugal
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 12:00 |
(Report) |  France
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47–166 | United States
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 12:00 |
(Report) |  Scotland
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83–124 | New Zealand
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 12:30 |
(Report) |  Greece
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87–76 |  South Africa
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 12:30 |
(Report) |  Belgium
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6–180 | Argentina
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 13:00 |
(Report) |  England
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201–144 |  Korea
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 13:00 |
(Report) |  Netherlands
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82–79 |  Ireland
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 13:30 |
(Report) |  West Indies
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11–238 |  Sweden
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 13:30 |
(Report) |  Philippines
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108–43 |  Czech Republic
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 14:00 |
(Report) | Australia
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259–10 |  Norway
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 14:00 |
(Report) |  Japan
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53–102 |  Poland
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 14:30 |
(Report) |  Costa Rica
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36–141 |  Iceland
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
Pink Round edit
| 2018-02-01 14:30 |
(Report) | Italy
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114–30 | Iran
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 15:00 |
(Report) | Switzerland
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30–153 | Mexico
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 15:00 |
(Report) | Romania
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41–149 | Austria
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 15:30 |
(Report) | Wales
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54–185 | France
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 15:30 |
(Report) | Brazil
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89–80 | Denmark
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 16:00 |
(Report) | Russia
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0–291 | Canada
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 16:00 |
(Report) | Portugal
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19–231 | Finland
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 16:30 |
(Report) | Germany
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95–77 | Scotland
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 16:30 |
(Report) | New Zealand
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189–59 | Greece
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 17:00 |
(Report) | United States
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190–15 | Spain
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 17:00 |
(Report) | Korea
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62–108 | Belgium
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 17:30 |
(Report) | Argentina
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233–10 | Netherlands
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 17:30 |
(Report) | Sweden
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150–15 | Philippines
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 |
(Report) | South Africa
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0–283 | England
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 |
(Report) | Czech Republic
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53–106 | Japan
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 18:30 |
(Report) | Norway
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90–116 | West Indies
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 18:30 |
(Report) | Poland
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287–28 | Costa Rica
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 |
(Report) | Ireland
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6–238 | Australia
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 |
(Report) | Iceland
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13–173 | Indigenous
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
Yellow Round edit
| 2018-02-02 09:00 |
(Report) | Argentina
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32–139 | Australia
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 09:00 |
(Report) | Indigenous
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107–140 | Netherlands
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 09:30 |
(Report) | Brazil
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177–152 | Iran
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 09:30 |
(Report) | Korea
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154–285 | Ireland
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 11:00 |
(Report) | Canada
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254–155 | France
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 11:00 |
(Report) | West Indies
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185–92 | Poland
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 11:30 |
(Report) | Norway
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32–417 | Finland
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 11:30 |
(Report) | Japan
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175–220 | Switzerland
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 13:00 |
(Report) | Philippines
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138–225 | Spain
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 13:00 |
(Report) | Czech Republic
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99–610 | Germany
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 13:30 |
(Report) | Belgium
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280–111 | Italy
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 13:30 |
(Report) | Romania
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186–210 | South Africa
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 15:00 |
(Report) | England
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308–21 | Mexico
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 15:00 |
(Report) | Iceland
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13–604 | Scotland
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 15:30 |
(Report) | Wales
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21–469 | United States
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 15:30 |
(Report) | Sweden
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635–6 | Russia
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 17:00 |
(Report) | Costa Rica
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112–501 | Greece
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 17:00 |
(Report) | New Zealand
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268–83 | Denmark
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 17:30 |
(Report) | Portugal
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182–102 | Austria
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
Green Round edit
| 2018-02-02 17:30 |
(Report) | Netherlands
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183–201 | Brazil
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 19:00 |
(Report) | United States
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361–49 | Argentina
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 19:00 |
(Report) | Iran
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258–160 | Korea
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 09:30 |
(Report) | Austria
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6–591 | England
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 09:30 |
(Report) | Scotland
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235–250 | Wales
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 10:00 |
(Report) | Ireland
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287–84 | West Indies
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 10:00 |
(Report) | Poland
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131–285 | Norway
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-03 11:30 |
(Report) | Australia
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331–62 | Sweden
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 11:30 |
(Report) | Finland
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465–18 | Japan
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 12:00 |
(Report) | Switzerland
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121–151 | Philippines
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 12:00 |
(Report) | Spain
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476–41 | Czech Republic
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-03 13:30 |
(Report) | Greece
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7–795 | Canada
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 13:30 |
(Report) | Germany
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218–139 | Belgium
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 14:00 |
(Report) | Italy
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381–35 | Iceland
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 14:00 |
(Report) | Denmark
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225–134 | Indigenous
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-03 15:30 |
(Report) | Russia
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232–116 | Romania
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 15:30 |
(Report) | France
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395–59 | Portugal
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 16:00 |
(Report) | Mexico
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70–225 | New Zealand
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 16:00 |
(Report) | South Africa
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112–45 | Costa Rica
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
Knockout stage edit
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Australia | 238 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | France | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | France | 130 | 1 | Australia | 222 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sweden | 104 | 4 | England | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | England | 205 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sweden | 134 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | France | 114 | 1 | Australia | 146 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Finland | 143 | 2 | United States | 187 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Canada | 254 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Argentina | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | 6 | Argentina | 127 | 3 | Canada | 62 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Finland | 141 | 2 | United States | 274 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sweden | 197 | 2 | United States | 309 | 4 | England | 147 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Argentina | 148 | 7 | Finland | 34 | 3 | Canada | 173 | |||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
| 2018-02-03 19:30 |
(Report) | United States
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309–34 | Finland
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 19:30 |
(Report) | Canada
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254–70 | Argentina
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 20:00 |
(Report) | Australia
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238–47 | France
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 20:00 |
(Report) | England
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205–134 | Sweden
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
Classification games for 5th-8th place edit
| 2018-02-04 10:00 |
(Report) | France
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130–104 | Sweden
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-04 10:30 |
(Report) | Finland
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141–127 | Argentina
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
Semi-finals edit
| 2018-02-04 10:00 |
(Report) | United States
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274–62 | Canada
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-04 12:30 |
(Report) | Australia
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222–106 | England
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
Final classification games edit
Match for 15th place edit
| 2018-02-04 12:30 |
(Report) | Mexico
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175–120 | Belgium
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
Match for 13th place edit
| 2018-02-04 12:00 |
(Report) | Germany
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143–108 | Ireland
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Track 3 (Roll Line) |
Match for 11th place edit
| 2018-02-04 10:30 |
(Report) | Wales
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191–162 | Scotland
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
Match for 9th place edit
| 2018-02-04 12:00 |
(Report) | Aotearoa
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116–149 | Spain
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
Match for 7th place edit
| 2018-02-04 14:30 |
(Report) | Sweden
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197–148 | Argentina
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Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
Match for 5th place edit
| 2018-02-04 14:30 |
(Report) | Finland
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143–114 | France
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Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
Third place play-off edit
| 2018-02-04 17:30 |
(Report) |  Canada
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173–147 | England
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
Final edit
| 2018-02-04 19:00 |
(Report) |  Australia
|
146–187 | United States 
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Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
Tournament team rankings edit
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Rtg[11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
7 | 7 | 0 | 1956 | 374 | +1582 | 1713.0 |
| 2 | Australia |
7 | 6 | 1 | 1573 | 450 | +1123 | 2044.7 |
| 3 | Canada |
7 | 6 | 1 | 2028 | 687 | +1341 | 616.5 |
| 4 | England |
7 | 5 | 2 | 1841 | 700 | +1141 | 552.2 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||
| 5 | Finland |
7 | 6 | 1 | 1562 | 672 | +890 | 314.8 |
| 6 | France |
7 | 3 | 4 | 1073 | 1018 | +55 | 286.0 |
| 7 | Sweden |
7 | 4 | 3 | 1520 | 846 | +674 | 394.7 |
| 8 | Argentina |
7 | 2 | 5 | 839 | 1108 | -269 | 351.1 |
| Classification games | ||||||||
| 9 | Spain |
5 | 4 | 1 | 985 | 528 | +457 | 92.4 |
| 10 | New Zealand |
5 | 4 | 1 | 922 | 444 | +478 | 96.6 |
| 11 | Wales |
5 | 2 | 3 | 550 | 1250 | -700 | 87.6 |
| 12 | Scotland |
5 | 1 | 4 | 1161 | 673 | +488 | 82.6 |
| 13 | Germany |
5 | 4 | 1 | 1119 | 554 | +565 | 80.5 |
| 14 | Ireland |
5 | 2 | 3 | 765 | 701 | +64 | 57.1 |
| 15 | Mexico |
5 | 3 | 2 | 664 | 689 | -25 | 47.8 |
| 16 | Belgium |
5 | 2 | 3 | 653 | 746 | -93 | 46.6 |
| Eliminated in the ranking rounds | ||||||||
| 17 | Philippines |
4 | 2 | 2 | 412 | 539 | -127 | 36.7 |
| 18 | Denmark |
4 | 2 | 2 | 505 | 543 | -38 | 35.8 |
| 19 | Brazil |
4 | 3 | 1 | 510 | 535 | -25 | 32.5 |
| 20 | Norway |
4 | 1 | 3 | 417 | 923 | -506 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Netherlands |
4 | 2 | 2 | 415 | 620 | -205 | 30.4 |
| 22 | Korea |
4 | 0 | 4 | 520 | 852 | -332 | 29.8 |
| 23 | Italy |
4 | 3 | 1 | 697 | 412 | +285 | 29.3 |
| 24 | Iran |
4 | 1 | 3 | 507 | 555 | -48 | 24.2 |
| 25 | West Indies |
4 | 2 | 2 | 396 | 707 | -311 | 23.6 |
| 26 | Portugal |
4 | 1 | 3 | 312 | 845 | -533 | 23.5 |
| 27 | Indigenous |
4 | 1 | 3 | 481 | 469 | +12 | 23.3 |
| 28 | Switzerland |
4 | 2 | 2 | 475 | 546 | -71 | 21.4 |
| 29 | Poland |
4 | 2 | 2 | 612 | 551 | +61 | 14.0 |
| 30 | Japan |
4 | 1 | 3 | 352 | 840 | -488 | 13.9 |
| 31 | Czech Republic |
4 | 0 | 4 | 236 | 1300 | -1064 | 10.3 |
| 32 | Austria |
4 | 2 | 2 | 336 | 891 | -555 | 8.1 |
| 33 | Greece |
4 | 2 | 2 | 654 | 1172 | -518 | 6.7 |
| 34 | Russia |
4 | 1 | 3 | 315 | 1121 | -806 | 4.3 |
| 35 | South Africa |
4 | 2 | 2 | 398 | 601 | -203 | 3.5 |
| 36 | Iceland |
4 | 1 | 3 | 202 | 1194 | -992 | 2.4 |
| 37 | Romania |
4 | 0 | 4 | 349 | 836 | -487 | 2.3 |
| 38 | Costa Rica |
4 | 0 | 4 | 221 | 1041 | -820 | 1.0 |
Exhibition matches edit
In addition to competition matches, three exhibition matches were played during the tournament.
| 2018-02-03 18:00 |
(Report) | Baltic
|
252–194 |  Israel
|
Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-04 14:00 |
(Report) | Russia
|
244–183 | Iceland
|
Track 3 (Roll Line) |
International Juniors Expo edit
| 2018-02-04 16:00 |
(Report) | Team Dolphins | 263–172 | Team Kingfishers | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
Broadcast edit
The entire weekend was broadcast online via pay-per-view streaming,[12] and the tournament's fourth day was additionally carried on BBC Sport.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "The 2018 Roller Derby World Cup Was Worth The Wait – The Apex". The Apex. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Rainy City to Host the Next Roller Derby World Cup in Manchester, England in February 2018", The Apex, 5 December 2016
- ^ a b "TEAMS – Roller Derby World Cup". www.rollerderbyworldcup.com. Roller Derby World Cup. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Karen Doherty, "England call for our roller girls", Oldham Evening Chronicle, 12 October 2016
- ^ Moye, David; Dahlen, Damon (6 February 2018). "America Wins Its Third Roller Derby World Cup In A Row". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Larsen, Karin (24 September 2017). "Roller Derby mom of 8 inspires with World Cup selection". CBC News. CBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Rhainnon (30 January 2018). "All-Indigenous team off to compete at Roller Derby World Cup in U.K." CBC News. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Roller Derby World Cup 2018 to be shown on BBC - and it can be brutal". BBC Sport. 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "TEAMS – Roller Derby World Cup". rollerderbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Team Pairings, Structure for the Roller Derby World Cup – Roller Derby World Cup". www.rollerderbyworldcup.com. Roller Derby World Cup. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Live Rankings". www.rollerderbyworldcup.com. Roller Derby World Cup. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "LIVE STREAM – Roller Derby World Cup". rollerderbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
