# 2024 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 2024 Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 46th edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by World Skate. The tournament was held in Italy, in the city of Novara, as part of the 2024 World Skate Games.
It took place alongside the women's tournament, which followed the same format.
Spain 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.
| Event | Location | Berths | Qualified |
| 2023 Roller Hockey African Championship | Egypt | 1 | Angola |
| 2024 Roller Hockey Pan American Championship | Colombia | 3 | Argentina Chile United States |
| 2023 Roller Hockey European Championship | Spain | 4 | France Italy Portugal Spain |
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. 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 7 | Quarter-Finals | — | 4–4 | 7–1 | 9–2 |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 7 | Quarter-Finals | | — | 4–0 | 10–2 |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 3 | Quarter-Finals | | | — | 9–0 |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 0 | Intercontinental | | | | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 7 | Quarter-Finals | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | Quarter-Finals | | — | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | Quarter-Finals | | | — | 6–1 |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | Intercontinental | | | | — |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 20 september | 20 september | | |
| Argentina | 4 | | |
| Argentina | 4 | 21 september | 21 september | |
| Andorra | 1 | 21 september | 21 september |
| Andorra | 1 | Argentina | 5 |
| | | Italy | 4 |
| Angola | 2 | Italy | 4 |
| Angola | 2 | | | 22 september | 22 september |
| Italy | 5 | | | 22 september | 22 september |
| Italy | 5 | | | Argentina | 1 |
| | | | | Spain | 2 |
| Portugal | 4 | | | Spain | 2 |
| France | 2 | | | | |
| France | 2 | Portugal | 5 (1) | | |
| | | Spain (p) | 5 (2) | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Switzerland | 0 | Spain (p) | 5 (2) | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Spain | 7 | | | | |
| Spain | 7 | | | Italy | 3 |
| | | | | Portugal | 2 |

#### 5th to 8th placement

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 21 september | 21 september |
| Andorra | 2 |
| Andorra | 2 | 22 september | 22 september |
| Angola | 3 | 22 september | 22 september |
| Angola | 3 | Angola | 2 |
| | | France | 8 |
| France | 9 | France | 8 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | Andorra | 2 (0) |
| | | Switzerland (p) | 2 (2) |

## Intercontinental 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.
| Event | Location | Berths | Qualified |
| 2023 Roller Hockey African Championship | Egypt | 1 | Egypt |
| 2024 Roller Hockey Pan American Championship | Colombia | 2 | Colombia Brazil |
| 2023 Roller Hockey Asian Championship | Taiwan | 1 | Australia |
| 2023 Roller Hockey European Championship | Spain | 4 | Switzerland Germany England Andorra |
In the group stage, the teams were divided into two groups of four. Top team of each group qualifies to World Cup Quarter-finals. Remaining teams will dispute the Intercontinental Cup knockout-stage together with the last team of each group of World Cup.

### Group Stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 9 | World Cup | — | 5–4 | 3–0 | 17–0 |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 4 | Intercontinental | | — | 1–1 | 11–0 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | Intercontinental | | | — | 10–1 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | −37 | 0 | Intercontinental | | | | — |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Andorra | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | +26 | 7 | World Cup | — | 2–2 | 13–1 | 14–0 |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 7 | Intercontinental | | — | 7–1 | 20–1 |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 3 | Intercontinental | | | — | 7–2 |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 41 | −38 | 0 | Intercontinental | | | | — |

### Knockout stage

| 9th-16th places | 9th-16th places | 9th-12th places | 9th-12th places | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 19 september | 19 september | | |
| United States | 9 | | |
| United States | 9 | 20 september | 20 september | |
| Egypt | 0 | 20 september | 20 september |
| Egypt | 0 | United States | 3 |
| | | England | 4 |
| Germany | 3 | England | 4 |
| Germany | 3 | | | 22 september | 22 september |
| England | 5 | | | 22 september | 22 september |
| England | 5 | | | England | 4 |
| | | | | Chile | 8 |
| Colombia | 5 | | | Chile | 8 |
| Brazil | 3 | | | | |
| Brazil | 3 | Colombia | 2 | | |
| | | Chile | 5 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Australia | 0 | Chile | 5 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Chile | 11 | | | | |
| Chile | 11 | | | United States | 1 |
| | | | | Colombia | 6 |

#### 13th to 16th placement

| 13th-16th places | 13th-16th places | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| 20 september | 20 september |
| Egypt | 0 |
| Egypt | 0 | 21 september | 21 september |
| Germany | 12 | 21 september | 21 september |
| Germany | 12 | Germany | 7 |
| | | Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 4 | Brazil | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | | |
| Australia | 3 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | Egypt | 1 |
| | | Australia | 3 |

## 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.
| Event | Location | Berths | Qualified |
| 2023 Roller Hockey African Championship | Egypt | 2 | South Africa Mozambique |
| 2024 Roller Hockey Pan American Championship | Colombia | 2 | Mexico Uruguay |
| 2023 Roller Hockey Asian Championship | Taiwan | 3 | India Japan China |
| 2023 Roller Hockey Asian Championship | Taiwan | 1 | New Zealand |
| 2023 Roller Hockey European Championship | Spain | 3 | Austria Israel Netherlands |
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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | |
| 1 | Uruguay | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 15 | — | 4–3 | 5–3 | 10–1 | 6–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Israel | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 9 | +30 | 12 | | — | 6–4 | 11–1 | 9–0 | 10–0 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 9 | | | — | 7–2 | 5–3 | 9–1 |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 6 | | | | — | 3–0 | 8–1 |
| 5 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 3 | | | | | — | 4–3 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 41 | −36 | 0 | | | | | | — |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | |
| 1 | Austria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 9 | +52 | 12 | — | 8–6 | 9–0 | 10–3 | 34–0 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 14 | +35 | 9 | | — | 14–4 | 7–2 | 22–0 |
| 3 | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 6 | | | — | 5–4 | 18–0 |
| 4 | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 3 | | | | — | 36–2 |
| 5 | China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 110 | −108 | 0 | | | | | — |

### Knockout stage

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

## Final classification

World Cup :
| Rank | Country |
| | Spain |
| | Argentina |
| | Italy |
| 4th | Portugal |
| 5th | France |
| 6th | Angola |
| 7th | Switzerland |
| 8th | Andorra |
Intercontinental Cup :
| Rank | Country |
| 9th | Chile |
| 10th | England |
| 11th | Colombia |
| 12th | United States |
| 13th | Germany |
| 14th | Brazil |
| 15th | Australia |
| 16th | Egypt |
Challenger Cup :
| Rank | Country |
| 17th | Austria |
| 18th | Uruguay |
| 19th | Netherlands |
| 20th | Israel |
| 21th | Mozambique |
| 22th | South Africa |
| 23th | India |
| 24th | Japan |
| 25th | Mexico |
| 26th | China |
| 27th | New Zealand |