2011 Roller Derby World Cup

Summary

The 2011 Roller Derby World Cup was an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine.[1][2] Teams of amateur skaters from around the world were fielded to compete for their respective nations.

2011 Roller Derby World Cup
2011
Tournament information
SportRoller derby
LocationToronto, Canada
DatesDecember 1, 2011 (2011-12-01)–December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04)
Established2011
Venue(s)The Bunker, Downsview Park
Teams13 nations
Websiterollerderbyworldcup.com
Final positions
Champions United States
1st runners-up Canada
2nd runners-up England
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Points scored10263 (277.38 per match)
MVPSmack Daddy (Canada)
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The inaugural 2011 Roller Derby World Cup was hosted by Toronto Roller Derby,[3] and was held December 1 through 4, 2011, at The Bunker at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1][2] It was won by Team USA, who beat Team Canada by a score of 336 points to 33 in the final.[4]

Live online coverage of the entire event was broadcast on the Derby News Network.[5]

Participating countries edit

 
Countries sending teams to the World Cup (in red)

The 2011 Roller Derby World Cup had thirteen countries taking part. Each team sent a roster of 20 skaters, plus alternates, to take part. Though not affiliated with the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, the World Cup was played and officiated under a ruleset developed and standardized by the WFTDA. Teams held tryouts during 2011 and started naming the rosters in August. The participating countries were:

Country Leagues sending skaters
Argentina 2x4 Roller Derby, Gotham Girls Roller Derby, Houston Roller Derby, Los Angeles Derby Dolls, Queen City Roller Girls, Windy City Rollers[6]
Australia Adelaide Roller Derby, Brisbane City Rollers, Canberra Roller Derby League, Coastal Assassins Roller Derby, Newcastle Roller Derby League, Sun State Roller Derby League, Sydney Roller Derby League, Victorian Roller Derby League[7]
Brazil Capital City Derby Dolls, Gotham Girls Roller Derby, Gray City Rebels, Ladies of HellTown, South Bay Derby Mizfits, Hell Girls From Oz Of Hell Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz, Sugar Loathe Derby Girls[6]
Canada 709 Derby Girls, E-Ville Roller Derby, Forest City Derby Girls, Houston Roller Derby, Montreal Roller Derby, Oil City Derby Girls, Pile O' Bones Derby Club, Red Deer Roller Derby Association, Rideau Valley Roller Girls, Terminal City Roller Girls, Toronto Roller Derby, Tri-City Roller Girls, West Kootenay Women's Roller Derby[8]
England Birmingham Blitz Dames, Central City Rollergirls, Dolly Rockit Rollers, Hellfire Harlots, Leeds Roller Dolls, London Rockin' Rollers, London Rollergirls, Rainy City Rollergirls[9]
Finland Bristol Roller Derby, Crime City Rollers, Dirty River Roller Grrrls, Helsinki Roller Derby, Kallio Rolling Rainbow, Tampere Rollin' Hos[10]
France DC Rollergirls, Les Petites Morts de Bordeaux, Montreal Roller Derby, Paris Rollergirls, Pioneer Valley Roller Derby, Roller Derby Metz Club, Roller Derby Toulouse[11]
Germany Barock City Roller Derby, Bear City Roller Derby, Harbor Girls Hamburg, Philly Rollergirls, Ruhrpott Roller Girls, Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz[12]
Ireland Birmingham Blitz Dames, Cork City Firebirds, Dolly Rockit Rollers, Dublin Roller Girls, Glasgow Roller Girls, GTA Rollergirls, Kernow Rollers, London Rollergirls, Rat City Rollergirls,[13][14]
New Zealand Dead End Derby, Hellmilton Roller Ghouls, Mount Militia Derby Crew, Northland Nightmares, Pirate City Rollers, Richter City Roller Derby[15]
Scotland Auld Reekie Roller Girls, Glasgow Roller Girls, Granite City Roller Girls, SoCal Derby[16]
Sweden Crime City Rollers, London Rockin' Rollers, London Rollergirls, Stockholm Roller Derby.[17][18]
United States Boston Derby Dames, Charm City Rollergirls, Dutchland Rollers, Gotham Girls Roller Derby, Minnesota RollerGirls, Oly Rollers, Philly Rollergirls, Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, Rose City Rollers, Steel City Derby Demons, Windy City Rollers[19]

Final standings edit

The final standings at the completion of the World Cup games were:[20]

  1.   United States
  2.   Canada
  3.   England
  4.   Australia
  5.   Finland
  6.   Sweden
  7.   France
  8.   New Zealand
  9.   Germany
  10.   Ireland
  11.   Scotland
  12.   Brazil
  13.   Argentina

Group stage edit

All teams competed in the group stage. Each team was placed in one of four groups, which contained either three or four teams. Every team played all the other teams in their group, and this process determined the seeding for the elimination stage.[21]

Group A edit

Team Pld W L PtsF PtsA PtD
  Canada 3 3 0 848 50 +798
  Sweden 3 2 1 299 272 +27
  France 3 1 2 275 382 -107
  Brazil 3 0 3 65 783 -718
Date Result Report
1 December 2011   Canada 244 17   France [1][22]
1 December 2011   Brazil 30 163   Sweden [2]
2 December 2011   Canada 196 26   Sweden [3]
2 December 2011   Brazil 28 212   France [4]
2 December 2011   France 46 110   Sweden [5]
2 December 2011   Brazil 7 408   Canada [6]

Group B edit

Team Pld W L PtsF PtsA PtD
  Australia 2 2 0 315 82 +233
  Germany 2 1 1 157 216 -59
  Finland 2 0 2 109 283 -174
Date Result Report
1 December 2011   Australia 136 53   Germany [7]
1 December 2011   Australia 179 29   Finland [8]
2 December 2011   Finland 80 104   Germany [9]

Group C edit

Team Pld W L PtsF PtsA PtD
  United States 2 2 0 812 9 +803
  New Zealand 2 1 1 132 488 -356
  Scotland 2 0 2 112 559 -447
Date Result Report
1 December 2011   New Zealand 8 377   United States [10]
2 December 2011   New Zealand 124 111   Scotland [11]
2 December 2011   Scotland 1 435   United States [12]

Group D edit

Team Pld W L PtsF PtsA PtD
  England 2 2 0 472 95 +377
  Ireland 2 1 1 228 250 -22
  Argentina 2 0 2 82 437 -355
Date Result Report
1 December 2011   Argentina 51 164   Ireland [13]
2 December 2011   England 199 64   Ireland [14]
2 December 2011   Argentina 31 273   England [15]

Elimination stage edit

Round 1 edit

In the first round of the elimination stage, the ten lowest ranked teams played. The winners advanced to the quarter-finals, while the losers entered the consolation stage.

Date Result Report
2 December 2011   Australia (4) 251 48   Scotland (13) [16]
2 December 2011   Argentina (12) 65 190   Sweden (5) [17]
2 December 2011   Brazil (11) 138 212   France (6) [18]
2 December 2011   Finland (10) 148 134   Ireland (7) [19]
3 December 2011   Germany (8) 127 142   New Zealand (9) [20]

Quarter finals edit

In the quarter-finals, the five winners from the round 1 were joined by the three top-ranked teams. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, while the losers entered round 2 of the consolation stage.

3 December 2011   Australia 126-80   Sweden
(81-6)
Report
3 December 2011   New Zealand 8-470   United States
(5-237)
Report
3 December 2011   England 383-14   France
(181-12)
Report
3 December 2011   Canada 499-11   Finland
(278-11)
Report

Semi finals edit

4 December 2011   Canada 161-90   England
(78-51)
Report
4 December 2011   Australia 4-532   United States
(0-277)
Report

Final edit

4 December 2011   Canada 33-336   United States
(9-178)
Report

Consolation stage edit

Round 1 edit

Date Result Report
3 December 2011   Scotland (13) 114 91   Argentina (12) [21]

Round 2 edit

Date Result Report
3 December 2011   Brazil (11) 57 213   Ireland (7) [22]
3 December 2011   Germany (8) 104 41   Scotland (13) [23]

Consolation Semifinals edit

Date Result Report
3 December 2011   New Zealand (9) 66 94   Sweden (5) [24]
3 December 2011   Finland (10) 115 84   France (6) [25]

Placement round edit

Place Date Result Report
11th Place 3 December 2011   Brazil (11) 64 113   Scotland (13) [26]
9th Place 3 December 2011   Germany (8) 116 60   Ireland (9) [27]
7th Place 4 December 2011   France (6) 180 129   New Zealand (9) [28]
5th Place 4 December 2011   Finland (10) 126 100   Sweden (5) [29]
3rd Place 4 December 2011   Australia (4) 85 203   England (3) [30]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Blood & Thunder Roller Derby World Cup 2011". Blood & Thunder Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Blood & Thunder Roller Derby World Cup hosted by Toronto Roller Derby". Blood & Thunder Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  3. ^ Yuen, Jenny (20 February 2011). "Roller Derby attracts a crowd". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. ^ "U.S. pummels Canada to win roller derby title". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  5. ^ "DNN Live Coverage: Blood & Thunder World Cup". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b Hurt Reynolds (26 August 2011). "Argentina, Brazil Announce World Cup Rosters". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  7. ^ Hurt Reynolds (14 September 2011). "Team Australia Announces World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  8. ^ Mercy Less (5 August 2011). "Team Canada Roster Announced". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Skaters". Team England. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  10. ^ Hurt Reynolds (26 August 2011). "Team Finland Announces World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  11. ^ Mercy Less (5 October 2011). "Team France 2011 World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Archived from the original on 2011-10-22. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Die komplette deutsche Mannschaft" (in German). Roller Derby Germany. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  13. ^ Hurt Reynolds (5 October 2011). "World Cup Team Ireland Roster". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  14. ^ eSkimo Jo, "Are all great Molly fans Wrench Heads and Photographers?", GTA Rollergirls, 20 November 2011
  15. ^ "World Cup NZ Team Announcement!". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  16. ^ Hurt Reynolds (2 September 2011). "Team Scotland World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  17. ^ "WFTDA and the Roller Derby World Cup". Women's Flat Track Derby Association. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  18. ^ "Kit Kat Power". Team Sweden. Retrieved 1 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ Justice Feelgood Marshall (7 August 2011). "Team USA Announces 28-Skater Roster". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  20. ^ "Day Four: Roller Derby World Cup". Roller Derby AU. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  21. ^ Justice Feelgood Marshall (17 November 2011). "Roller Derby World Cup Groups Set". Derby News Network. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  22. ^ "Canada trounces France 244-17 at roller derby World Cup", City News Toronto, 1 December 2011

External links edit

  • Official Blood & Thunder World Cup info page
  • http://torontorollerderby.com/ Host
  • http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com/ Broadcaster
  • http://www.hinckleydesign.com/ Producer
  • http://www.canuckderbytv.com/ Boutcast Technical
  • http://layer9.ca/ Boutcast Technical