Rink Hockey Yearbook 2014 by Fernando Castro January 2015 1 Contents Introduction - 2 World - 3 Europe - 10 Portugal - 23 Spain - 30 Italy - 44 France - 50 Germany - 55 Switzerland - 61 England - 66 Netherlands - 69 Austria - 70 Israel - 71 America - 72 Argentina - 73 Chile - 83 Brazil - 90 Colombia - 93 Uruguay - 95 USA - 96 Mexico - 98 Costa Rica - 100 Africa - 101 Angola - 102 Mozambique - 105 Egypt - 106 Asia - 108 Japan - 109 India - 110 Oceania - 111 New Zealand - 112 Australia - 112 Rankings - 115 Sport Statistics - 118 2 Introduction This is the first edition of the Rink-Hockey Yearbook, being an attempt to present the most relevant results and features of this sport worldwide, during the year. All the data have been obtained in internet and are compiled also in databases available at website rinkhockey.net, for results of games, standings of competitions and participating players, goals marked and coaches and referees. Being a non-official publication, it may contain errors and omissions, for which we will be very happy to receive contributions at
[email protected] Photo from Marzia Cattini 3 World The world competitions played this year were: - Women World Championship - Men World Championship B - Intercontinental Cup 4 World Women Championship Disputed in Tourcoing, France, from the 26th October till 1st November. Champion was Argentina, after defeating France in the final game by 3-0. The tournament was disputed by 14 countries, divided in 4 groups, 2 with 4 teams, the other 2 with 3 teams. The 1st phase tables were: Group