# 2001 Rink Hockey World Championship

The 2001 Rink Hockey World Championship was the 35th edition of the Rink Hockey World Championship, held between 29 September and 7 October 2001, in San Juan, Argentina. It was disputed by 15 countries. The final watched Spain beating hosts Argentina to claim their 11th title.

## Venue

| San Juan | San JuanSan Juan (Argentina) |
| Estadio Aldo Cantoni | San JuanSan Juan (Argentina) |
| Capacity: 8,000 | San JuanSan Juan (Argentina) |

## Format

The competition was disputed by 15 countries, divided in four groups of 3 or 4 teams each one.
Every game lasted 40 minutes, divided in 2 parts of 20 minutes.

## Matches
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | +34 | 9 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 6 |
| Angola | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 38 | −36 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 0 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | +32 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 |

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +25 | 9 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 3 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |

### Championship Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 2 | | |
| France | 1 | | |
| France | 1 | Italy | 1 |
| | | Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 15 | Spain | 3 |
| Chile | 0 | | | | |
| Chile | 0 | | | Spain | 3 |
| | | | | Argentina | 2 |
| Portugal | 5 | | | Argentina | 2 |
| Brazil | 0 | | | | |
| Brazil | 0 | Argentina | 3 | | |
| | | Portugal | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Argentina | 10 | Portugal | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Mozambique | 1 | | | | |
| Mozambique | 1 | | | Italy | 5 |
| | | | | Portugal | 3 |

### 5th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| France | 4 |
| Chile | 3 | | |
| Chile | 3 | France | 7 |
| | | Brazil | 5 |
| Brazil | 7 | Brazil | 5 |
| Mozambique | 0 | | |
| Mozambique | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Chile | 3 |
| | | Mozambique | 1 |

### 9th to 16th place Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place | Final | Final |
| Germany | 7 | | |
| England | 2 | | |
| England | 2 | Germany | 6 |
| | | Angola | 8 |
| Angola | - | Angola | 8 |
| Bye | - | | | | |
| Bye | - | | | Angola | 4 |
| | | | | Switzerland | 9 |
| United States | 2 | | | Switzerland | 9 |
| Netherlands | 0 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 0 | United States | 1 | | |
| | | Switzerland | 3 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Switzerland | 20 | Switzerland | 3 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Uruguay | 0 | | | | |
| Uruguay | 0 | | | Germany | 3 |
| | | | | United States | 5 |

### 13th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Uruguay | 2 |
| Netherlands | 4 | | |
| Netherlands | 4 | England | 2 |
| | | Netherlands | 4 |
| England | - | Netherlands | 4 |
| Bye | - | | |

## Final standings

| Place | Team |
| 1 | Spain |
| 2 | Argentina |
| 3 | Italy |
| 4 | Portugal |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Brazil |
| 7 | Chile |
| 8 | Mozambique |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Angola |
| 11 | United States |
| 12 | Germany |
| 13 | Netherlands |
| 14 | England |
| 15 | Uruguay |
* 2001 Rink Hockey World Championship
* Spain Eleventh title