The 2024 Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 46th edition of the

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, organised by

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. The tournament was held in

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, in the city of

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, as part of the

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. It took place alongside the women's tournament, which followed the same format.

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claimed their 18th world title.

Competition format

The competition is again divided into three championships: * World Cup, which brings together the eight best teams * Intercontinental Cup, which brings together the following eight teams * Challenger Cup, in which all the other teams play

World Cup

Qualified teams

8 teams qualified to the competition via world ranking. There were some quota places reserved to specific confederations in order to guarantee global representation in the tournament. In the group stage, the teams were divided into two groups of four. Argentina and Spain were seeded in the 1st pot as the top two in the rankings. Italy and Portugal were in pot 2, France and Angola in pot 3, while Chile and the United States were in pot 4. Each team plays once against every other team in their group. The top 3 teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage, where they are joined by the two group winners of the 2024 Intercontinental Championship. The bottom team in each group will play the knockout stage of the Intercontinental Championship. The knockout stage consists of a

single-elimination tournament A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...

. The quarter-finals losers will play for the 5th to 8th placements and the semi-finals losers will play each other for the third place.

Group Stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

5th to 8th placement

Intercontinental Cup

Qualified teams

Group Stage

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

13th to 16th placement

Challenger Cup Cup

Qualified teams

Eleven teams from five continents participate in the competition. Asia and Europe are the most represented continents with three national teams, ahead of Africa and America with two NT and Oceania with one NT. In the group stage, the teams were divided into two groups. Teams of same position in each group will have a match to decide final classification (1st group E vs 1st group F, 2E vs 2F and so on).

Group Stage

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage

''17th-18th place match'' ''19th-20th place match'' ''21th-22th place match'' ''23th-24th place match'' ''25th-26th place match''

Final classification

References

External links

World Skate website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2019 FIRS World Championship Roller Hockey World Cup International roller hockey competitions hosted by Italy FIRS World Cup