Roll Ball World Cup

The Roll Ball World Cup is an international men's and women's international Roll Ball tournament organized by the International Roll Ball Federation (IRBF).

Roll Ball World Cup
2011–present
Tournament information
LocationVarious
Month playedVarious
Established2011
FormatGroup stage followed by knockout
Current champion
India

Summary

2011 World Cup
Main article: 2011 Rollball World Cup

The first Roll Ball World Cup was held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune in Maharashtra state of the Republic of India. This was held from 17 April 2011 to 22 April 2011. Denmark was the winner. Host India was the runner-up.[1]

2013 World Cup

The second World Cup was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 3 to 6 October 2013. It was won by India by defeating the inaugural champions Iran in the final.[2]

2015 World Cup

The hosts India won the 3rd Roll Ball World Cup by beating Iran by 6–4 in the final. It was held in Pune in Balewadi Stadium.

2017 World Cup
Main article: 2017 Roll Ball World Cup

The hosts were Bangladesh and the venue was Dhaka. In the men's category India defeated Iran by 8–7 while the women defeated the same opponent by the margin of 6–4.[3][4]

Results
  • Teams :
  • 2011 - 16 Men
  • 2013 - 10 Men + 3 Women
  • 2015 - 27 Men + 11 Women - 14 to 20 Dec
  • 2017 - 38 Men + 27 Women - 17 to 23 Feb

Women
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2011
Pune		 _ _ _ _
2013
Nairobi
India		 10-1
Kenya
Nepal
2015
Pune
Kenya		 2-1
India
Iran		 1-0
Uganda
2017
Dhaka
India		 6–4
Iran
Kenya		 8–1
Senegal

Men
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2011
Pune
Denmark		 15-1
India
Belarus		 15-1
Nepal
2013
Nairobi
India		 9-6
Iran
Denmark		 4-3
Kenya
2015
Pune
India		 6-4
Iran
Latvia		 7-4
Kenya
2017
Dhaka
India		 8–7
Iran
Kenya		 7–1
Bangladesh

Medal table

INDIA 2011 GOLD MEDAL

INDIA 2013 GOLD MEDAL

KENYA 2015 GOLD MEDAL

INDIA 2017 GOLD MEDAL

INDIA 2019 SILVER MEDAL

KENYA 2019 GOLD MEDAL

Men

India 3 gold and one silver

KENYA 2019 SILVER MEDAL

KENYA 2017 BRONZE MEDAL

Results

References
  1. Roll Ball World Cup 2011 Matches
  2. 2nd Roll Ball World Cup 2013
  3. "Double delights as Indian men, women win 4th Roll Ball World Cup". dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. February 22, 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. "Roll Ball World Cup: India triumphant, successfully defend the accolades". www.kawowo.com. Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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