Roller soccer

{{Infobox sport

| name = RollerSoccer, Futins, Football Skating, Roller Foot

| image =File:A Rollersoccer match in progress.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = A practice session between London Fire Rollersoccer players

| union = RollerSoccer International Federation, Federation International Football Skating, Futines

| nickname =

| first = Late 19th century

| country/region = Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America

| registered =200

| clubs =

| contact = Yes

| team = 5 per side

| mgender =

| category = Team sport, ball sport, roller sport

| equipment = Football (or soccer ball), inline skates or roller skates, pads

| venue = Roller rink, 5 a side football court, Outside sports court

| olympic = No

| paralympic = No

}}

RollerSoccer, Futins, Football Skating, Roller Foot or roller football is a version of association football (soccer) played on roller skates.

History

The sport was created in the English Midlands{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1882-01-31?NewspaperTitle=Derby%2BDaily%2BTelegraph&IssueId=BL%2F0000327%2F18820131%2F&County=Derbyshire%2C%20England|title=The Derby Daily Telegraph|date=31 January 1882}} 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.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4XlDYhJ50s |title=Soccer On Skates! |date=1934 |type=video |publisher=British Pathé |access-date=22 October 2020 |via=YouTube}} Over a decade later Billboard reported in 1949 that it had been revived in Detroit, having disappeared for more than thirty years."Roller soccer at Imlay City", Billboard, 26 February 1949

The game re-emerged serendipitously in San Francisco in 1995, when a soccer ball rolled into the street while Zack Phillips was inline skating. 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."Skating sports roll on", The Vindicator, 9 June 2001, section E, p.1 In 1996 Zack established the RollerSoccer International Federation and launched a [http://rollersoccer.com website] and with the help of skate friends. By 1998, it was described as "well established in some areas".Liz Miller, Get Rolling: The Beginner's Guide to In-Line Skating, p.31 In the early 2000's the Futins (Futebol de Patins) organization established by Almir Falcão in Pernambuco, Brazil connected with the RollerSoccer organization.

The first RollerSoccer World Cup was held in London 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 the [http://Football%20Skating%20World%20Cup%208-18%20December%202022 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 France, with UMS Easy Riders currently the defending Club World Cup Champion. Skaters on inline and roller skates on every continent (except Antarctica) have played soccer/football on skates. AustraliaEleri Harris, "[http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/12/20/3394927.htm Canberra: The Roller-Socceroos]", 666 ABC Canberra, 20 December 2011 and Belgium"[http://www.rtbf.be/info/emissions/article_grace-a-des-jeunes-le-roller-soccer-est-une-affaire-qui-roule-en-belgique?id=4890283 Grâce à des jeunes, le roller soccer est une affaire qui roule en Belgique]", RTBF, 19 April 2010 {{in lang|fr}} have interesting history. African and Asian teams have been emerging for many years.

World championships

2003 (London) :
1st Holland {{flag|NED}}
2nd Germany {{flag|GER}}
2004 (London) :
1st Germany {{flag|GER}}
2nd Holland {{flag|NED}}
2005 (Germany) :
1st Germany {{flag|GER}}
2006 (Nuremberg) :
1st Planet Roller {{flag|FRA}}
2nd AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2007 (Paris) :
1st AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
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3rd Planet Roller {{flag|FRA}}
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5th UTOPIE Toulon {{flag|FRA}}
2008 (San Francisco) :
1st Away Team {{flag|USA}}
2nd AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
3rd Euroland {{flag|EUR}}
4th Planet Roller {{flag|FRA}}
2009 (Brussels) :
1st AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2nd Shark Épinay Roller Soccer {{flag|FRA}}
3rd Planet Roller {{flag|FRA}}
4th UTOPIE Toulon {{flag|FRA}}
2010 (Piacenza):
1st AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2011 (Recife) :
1st AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2nd Sport Clube Recife {{flag|BRA}}
3rd Recife Futins Clube {{flag|BRA}}
2012 (Marseille) :
1st AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2nd Rollera Ljubljana {{flag|SVN}}
3rd Recife Futins Clube {{flag|BRA}}
4th Shark Épinay Roller Soccer {{flag|FRA}}
2013 (Amsterdam) :
1st AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2nd RSCT Toulon {{flag|FRA}}
3rd Phénix, Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
4th Paris RF {{flag|FRA}}
2015 (Toulon) :
1st RSCT Toulon {{flag|FRA}}
2nd Phenix Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
Semi finalists: Rollera Ljubljana {{flag|SVN}}, AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2017 (Marseille) :
1st Phénix, Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2nd UMS Easy Riders Pontault-Combault {{flag|FRA}}
3rd AMSCAS Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
4th RSCT Toulon {{flag|FRA}}
2019{{Cite news |title=Nine teams vie for football on roller skates World Cup in Belgium |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/nine-teams-vie-for-football-on-roller-sk-idUSKCN1VB1VD |access-date=2022-11-03}} (Brussels) :
1st UMS Easy Riders Pontault-Combault {{flag|FRA}}
2nd Roller Holland Amsterdam {{flag|NLD}}
3rd Shinobis Riders Brussels {{flag|BEL}}
4th Phénix, Marseille {{flag|FRA}}
2022 (Turkey) :
[http://footballskating.com/ 8-18 December 2022 Trabzon, Turkey]

References

External links

[http://www.rollersoccer.com/ The Official Rollersoccer International Federation]
[http://www.rollersoccer.co.uk/ The Official London Rollersoccer page]

Category:Association football variants

Category:Inline skating

Category:Roller sports