2014 Roller Derby World Cup
The 2014 Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from six continents compete for their respective nations.
The 2014 Roller Derby World Cup is the second held, taking place from December 4 through 7, 2014, at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, USA. Team USA, who defeated Team Canada in the final of the the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup is hoping to repeat their victory.
Participating countries
Thirty countries are taking part, including all thirteen teams from the inaugural event.. As before, the 2014 event is being played and officiated under a ruleset developed and standardized by the WFTDA, although not sponsored by WFTDA. The participating countries are (returning countries in bold):
Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Denmark England Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Puerto Rico Scotland South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Wales West Indies USA
Group stage
All teams competed in the group stage. Each team was placed in one of eight groups, which contained either three or four teams. Each of the top eight seeds was placed in a different group, with the number one seed placed in Group 8 and the number eight seed placed in Group 1.[1] Every team played all the other teams in their group for forty-minute matches, and this process determined the seeding for the elimination stage, which will be sixty-minute matches.
The final results are as follows:[2]
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 783 | 134 | +649 |
Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 428 | 403 | +25 |
Wales | 3 | 1 | 2 | 373 | 497 | -124 |
South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 742 | -550 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | New Zealand | 218 | 59 | Norway |
4 December 2014 | South Africa | 97 | 208 | Wales |
4 December 2014 | New Zealand | 315 | 15 | South Africa |
4 December 2014 | Norway | 150 | 105 | Wales |
5 December 2014 | Norway | 219 | 80 | South Africa |
5 December 2014 | New Zealand | 250 | 60 | Wales |
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 994 | 77 | +917 |
Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 301 | 562 | -261 |
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 314 | 609 | -295 |
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 267 | 628 | -361 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | France | 369 | 27 | Switzerland |
4 December 2014 | Brazil | 167 | 139 | Portugal |
4 December 2014 | France | 315 | 14 | Brazil |
4 December 2014 | Switzerland | 132 | 139 | Portugal |
5 December 2014 | Switzerland | 108 | 120 | Brazil |
5 December 2014 | France | 310 | 36 | Portugal |
Group 3
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1074 | 80 | +994 |
West Indies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 380 | 489 | -109 |
Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 435 | 453 | -18 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 123 | 990 | -867 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | Sweden | 319 | 41 | West Indies |
4 December 2014 | Japan | 53 | 296 | Chile |
4 December 2014 | Sweden | 459 | 0 | Japan |
5 December 2014 | West Indies | 235 | 70 | Japan |
5 December 2014 | Sweden | 296 | 39 | Chile |
5 December 2014 | West Indies | 104 | 100 | Chile |
Group 4
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 686 | 148 | +538 |
Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 515 | 224 | +291 |
Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 248 | 553 | -305 |
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 682 | -524 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | Finland | 248 | 32 | Colombia |
4 December 2014 | Scotland | 207 | 45 | Mexico |
4 December 2014 | Finland | 126 | 78 | Scotland |
4 December 2014 | Colombia | 163 | 75 | Mexico |
5 December 2014 | Finland | 312 | 38 | Mexico |
5 December 2014 | Scotland | 230 | 53 | Colombia |
Group 5
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1311 | 46 | +1265 |
Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 470 | 531 | -61 |
Greece | 3 | 2 | 2 | 238 | 704 | -466 |
Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 911 | -738 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | Australia | 513 | 5 | Italy |
4 December 2014 | Belgium | 173 | 96 | Greece |
4 December 2014 | Australia | 349 | 24 | Belgium |
4 December 2014 | Italy | 82 | 125 | Greece |
5 December 2014 | Australia | 449 | 17 | Greece |
5 December 2014 | Italy | 86 | 273 | Belgium |
Group 6
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 895 | 101 | +794 |
Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 395 | 532 | -137 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 376 | 484 | -108 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 713 | -549 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | England | 272 | 31 | Germany |
4 December 2014 | Spain | 74 | 203 | Ireland |
4 December 2014 | England | 294 | 20 | Spain |
4 December 2014 | Germany | 129 | 142 | Ireland |
5 December 2014 | England | 329 | 50 | Ireland |
5 December 2014 | Germany | 216 | 70 | Spain |
Group 7
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 587 | 73 | +514 |
Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 252 | 371 | -119 |
Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 503 | -395 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | Canada | 286 | 50 | Argentina |
4 December 2014 | Canada | 301 | 23 | Denmark |
5 December 2014 | Denmark | 85 | 202 | Argentina |
Group 8
Team | Pld | W | L | PtsF | PtsA | PtD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1142 | 18 | +1124 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 224 | 659 | -435 |
Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 846 | -689 |
Date | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2014 | United States | 505 | 15 | Netherlands |
4 December 2014 | United States | 637 | 3 | Puerto Rico |
5 December 2014 | Puerto Rico | 154 | 209 | Netherlands |
Elimination stage
The first two rounds of the playoffs will be played on 6 December 2014, the semifinals and finals will be played on 7 December 2014.[3]
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Scotland |
References
- ^ "2014 Roller Derby World Cup Teams Placed into Brackets". 9 November 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "2014 Roller Derby World Cup Central". 2 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Schedule". 6 November 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.