RollerSoccer, Futins, Football Skating, Roller Foot or roller football is a version of

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(soccer) played on roller skates.

History

The sport was created in the

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in 1882 and the first documented match was a game between local rivals Derby and Burton on 30 January of that year. A 1934 game at London's Forest Gate Roller Rink, between two teams of female players, was filmed for an item on Pathé News. Over a decade later ''

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'' reported in 1949 that it had been revived in

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, having disappeared for more than thirty years. The game re-emerged serendipitously in

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in 1995, when a soccer ball rolled into the street while Zack Phillips was

inline skating Inline skating is a multi-disciplinary sport and can refer to a number of activities practiced using inline skates. Inline skates typically have two to five polyurethane wheels depending on the style of practice, arranged in a single line by a ...

. He instinctively kicked the ball with his skates and immediately envisioned sporting potential. Later that day he brought his own soccer ball to his group of inline skate friends who had previously kicked pine cones while skating. In 1996 Zack established the RollerSoccer International Federation and launched
website
and with the help of skate friends. By 1998, it was described as "well established in some areas". In the early 2000's the Futins (Futebol de Patins) organization established by Almir Falcão in

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connected with the RollerSoccer organization. The first RollerSoccer World Cup was held in

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in 2003 and again in 2004 whereafter the tournament was rotated around the world with European and National events also emerging. Fourteen (14) RollerSoccer World Cups or Club World Cups were held through 2019. Post-COVID the world championships are resuming as th
Football Skating World Cup 8-18 December in Trabzon, Turkey
and a Club World Cup during 2023. The country with most active players and the highest number of teams is

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, with UMS Easy Riders currently the defending Club World Cup Champion. Skaters on inline and roller skates on every continent (except

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) have played soccer/football on skates.

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and

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have interesting history. African and Asian teams have been emerging for many years.

World championships

* 2003 (

) : ** 1st ''Holland'' ** 2nd ''Germany'' * 2004 (

) : ** 1st ''Germany'' ** 2nd ''Holland'' * 2005 (

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) : ** 1st ''Germany'' *2006 (

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) : ** 1st ''Planet Roller'' ** 2nd ''AMSCAS Marseille'' * 2007 (

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) : ** 1st ''AMSCAS Marseille'' ** ?? ** 3rd ''Planet Roller'' ** ?? ** 5th ''UTOPIE Toulon'' * 2008 (

) : ** 1st ''Away Team'' ** 2nd ''AMSCAS Marseille'' ** 3rd ''Euroland'' ** 4th ''Planet Roller'' * 2009 (

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) : ** 1st ''AMSCAS Marseille'' ** 2nd ''Shark Épinay Roller Soccer'' ** 3rd ''Planet Roller'' ** 4th ''UTOPIE Toulon'' * 2010 (

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): ** 1st ''AMSCAS Marseille'' * 2011 (

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) : ** 1st ''AMSCAS Marseille'' ** 2nd ''Sport Clube Recife'' ** 3rd ''Recife Futins Clube'' * 2012 (

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) : ** 1st ''AMSCAS Marseille'' ** 2nd ''Rollera'' Ljubljana ** 3rd ''Recife Futins Clube'' ** 4th ''Shark Épinay Roller Soccer'' * 2013 (

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) : ** 1st ''AMSCAS Marseille'' ** 2nd ''RSCT'' Toulon ** 3rd ''Phénix,'' Marseille ** 4th ''Paris RF '' * 2015 (

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) : ** 1st ''RSCT'' Toulon ** 2nd ''Phenix'' Marseille ** Semi finalists: ''Rollera'' Ljubljana , ''AMSCAS Marseille'' * 2017 (

) : ** 1st ''Phénix,'' Marseille ** 2nd ''UMS Easy Riders'' Pontault-Combault ** 3rd ''AMSCAS Marseille'' ** 4th ''RSCT'' Toulon * 2019 (

) : ** 1st ''UMS Easy Riders'' Pontault-Combault ** 2nd ''Roller Holland'' Amsterdam ** 3rd '' Shinobis Riders'' Brussels ** 4th ''Phénix,'' Marseille * 2022 (

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) : *
8-18 December 2022 Trabzon, Turkey

References

External links

The Official Rollersoccer International Federation

The Official London Rollersoccer page
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