2009 Rink Hockey World Championship

2009 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	5–11 July 2009
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Vigo, Pontevedra
Final positions
Champions	Spain (14th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	253 (5.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pablo Álvarez (14)
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The 2009 Rink Hockey World Championship was the 39th edition of the Rink Hockey World Championship, held between 5 and 11 July 2009, in Vigo, Spain. It was disputed by 16 countries.

Format

The competition is disputed by 16 countries, divided in four groups of 4 teams each one.

Every game lasted 40 minutes, divided in 2 parts of 20 minutes.

Matches

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	26	2	+24	9
Angola	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
Mozambique	3	0	2	1	2	9	−7	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	0	19	−19	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
Andorra	3	1	0	2	9	7	+2	3
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	31	4	+27	9
Portugal	3	2	0	1	21	6	+15	6
Chile	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
United States	3	0	0	3	4	42	−38	0

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
Italy	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7
Germany	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
England	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

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Championship Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 July – Vigo
	Brazil	4
					10 July – Vigo
	Angola	0
					Brazil	2
	9 July – Vigo
					Argentina	5
	Argentina	3
									11 July – Vigo
	Italy	2
									Argentina	1
	9 July – Vigo
									Spain	3
	Spain	4
					10 July – Vigo
	Switzerland	1
					Spain	2
	9 July – Vigo
					Portugal	1			Third place
	France	2
									11 July – Vigo
	Portugal	4
									Brazil	3
									Portugal	8

5th–8th places bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	10 July – Vigo
	Angola	5
					11 July – Vigo
	Italy	2
					Angola	2
	10 July – Vigo
					France	3
	Switzerland	2
	France	3
					Seventh place
					11 July – Vigo
					Italy	1 (1)
					Switzerland	1 (0)

9th–12th places bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi finals				Ninth place
	9 July – Pontevedra
	Mozambique	3
					10 July – Pontevedra
	Netherlands	0
					Mozambique	2
	9 July – Pontevedra
					Germany	7
	Germany	4
									11 July – Pontevedra
	United States	2
									Germany	2
	9 July – Pontevedra
									Chile	3
	Andorra	1
					10 July – Pontevedra
	Colombia	4
					Colombia	2
	9 July – Pontevedra
					Chile	4			Eleventh place
	Chile	3
									11 July – Pontevedra
	England	2
									Mozambique	4
									Colombia	1

13th–16th places bracket

	Semi-finals				Thirteenth place
	10 July – Pontevedra
	Netherlands	6
					11 July – Pontevedra
	United States	5
					Netherlands	2
	10 July – Pontevedra
					England	3
	Andorra	2
	England	4
					Fifteenth place
					11 July – Pontevedra
					United States	4
					Andorra	3

Final standings

Rank	Nation
	Spain
	Argentina
	Portugal
4	Brazil
5	France
6	Angola
7	Italy
8	Switzerland
9	Chile
10	Germany
11	Mozambique
12	Colombia
13	England
14	Netherlands
15	United States
16	Andorra

2009 Rink Hockey World Championship
SPAIN 14th title

External links

• Official
• List of the Matches