2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup
The 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 40th edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup.[1] It was held in September 2011 in San Juan, Argentina.[2] This was the fifth FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup organized in the province of San Juan.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Argentina |
| Dates | 24 September - 1 October |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | San Juan (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (15th title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Portugal |
| Fourth place |  Mozambique |
It was initially announced that the tournament was to be held in Maputo, Mozambique and the city of San Juan, Argentina was designated the alternative host city. In July, 2010 the FIRS declared that San Juan, Argentina would take the place of Maputo as host city for the tournament.[2]
Qualification
One year before the World Cup, the B World Championship was disputed in Dornbirn, Austria, where three teams were qualified.
The other thirteen qualified National Teams are the top thirteen National Teams of the previous World Cup, played in Vigo, Spain.
Venue
| San Juan |   San Juan San Juan (Argentina) |
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| Estadio Aldo Cantoni | |
| Capacity: 8,000 | |
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Matches
All times are Argentina Time (UTC-3).
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +25 | 9 |
 Chile |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
 Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
 Netherlands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 6 - 0 | Netherlands |
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| Spain | 15 - 1 | Netherlands |
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| Chile | 3 - 1 | Switzerland |
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| Chile | 6 - 1 | Netherlands |
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| Spain | 4 - 0 | Switzerland |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 9 |
 Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 6 |
 Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
 South Africa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 - 11 | Italy |
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| Argentina | 10 - 1 | South Africa |
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| Germany | 9 - 2 | South Africa |
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Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | +25 | 9 |
| Mozambique |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 6 |
 Angola |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 |
 United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 35 | −30 | 0 |
| Mozambique | 10 - 1 | United States |
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| United States | 3 - 7 | Angola |
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| Mozambique | 3 - 7 | Portugal |
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| United States | 1 - 18 | Portugal |
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| Mozambique | 4 - 3 | Angola |
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Knockout stage
Championship
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 3 | |||||||||
 Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 9 | |||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Chile | 3 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
| Portugal | 6 | |||||||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||||||
 France | 3 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | |||||||||
| Mozambique | 2 | |||||||||
5th–8th playoff
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||
| Chile | 4 | |||||
| Chile | 0 | |||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||
| France | 5 | |||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||
9th–16th playoff
| Quarter-finals | Semi finals | Ninth place | ||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 6 | |||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
 Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
| Colombia | 5 | |||||||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 4 | |||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| 29 September – San Juan | ||||||||||
| Angola | 3 | Eleventh place | ||||||||
| Angola | 7 | |||||||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||||||
 England | 1 | |||||||||
| Colombia | 1 | |||||||||
| Angola | 3 | |||||||||
13th–16th playoff
| Semi-finals | Thirteenth place | |||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||
| South Africa | 9 | |||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||
| United States | 11 | |||||
| United States | 5 | |||||
| 30 September – San Juan | ||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||
| England | 3 | |||||
| Fifteenth place | ||||||
| 1 October – San Juan | ||||||
| South Africa | 4 | |||||
| England | 7 | |||||
