The England national roller hockey team is the national team side of

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at international roller hockey.

started as the leading team in the sport, being the winner of the first 12 editions of the

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, from 1927 to 1939, with the 1937 and 1939 editions also serving as

Rink Hockey World Championship The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Since 1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two ye ...

, but were unable to keep the same position after World War II. England reached the podium in 1947, when they finished in 2nd place, losing the title to

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. Since then,

has never been able to reach the same status of the past, being nowadays considered a minor team. England Rink Hockey has achieved some positive results in recent years, competing at the

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organised by

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and at

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organised by

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formerly known as Comité Européen de R ...

Titles

* Roller Hockey World Cup: 1936*, 1939* (2) *

: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936*, 1937, 1938, 1939* (12) *also counting as World Championship * Nations Cup: 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927*, 1929*, 1931*, 1939*, 1950 (8) *Euro Cup, World Cup and Nations Cup were the same in this year.

National Teams

* Senior Men's * Senior Women's * Under 19 Men's * Under 17 Men's * Under 17 Ladies

External links

Official website of English Roller Hockey Federation
National Rink Hockey Team

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National roller hockey (quad) teams European national roller hockey (quad) teams

References

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Titles

National Teams

See also

External links

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