# 2018 Roller Derby World Cup

The 2018 Roller Derby World Cup was the third international women's Roller Derby World Cup, taking place on February 1–4 at EventCity, in Manchester, United Kingdom, with 38 teams competing. An international roller derby tournament, it was organised by a committee consisting of ten representatives from various areas of the roller derby community.
Some teams selected their skaters as early as October 2016, when the tournament was expected to be held in 2017.
USA Roller Derby successfully defended their title, defeating Team Australia in the final.

## Participating teams

Teams representing 38 countries participated. While most national teams are representing a country in the conventional sense, the members of Team Indigenous comprise skaters of Indigenous heritage from Canada, the United States, Argentina, New Zealand and Samoa. The Korean team does not specify North or South Korea in its name.

### List of teams

* New Zealand (as Aotearoa)
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* France
* Finland
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Indigenous
* Iran (as IRN)
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Korea
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Scotland
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
* Wales
* West Indies
* South Africa (as ZA)

## Tournament structure

The tournament ran on four tracks over four days, with an opening round of short, 30-minute games on the first day to determine seedings for the second and third days, via a ranking algorithm. The second and third days saw two additional games for each team (for a total of four games guaranteed for all participants), resulting in a final rating and ranking by the same algorithm. The top eight teams in that ranking proceeded to an 8-way elimination tournament, with losing teams playing additional games for final ranking. The teams in positions ninth through sixteenth played one additional game for final ranking. (This system is essentially, a modified Swiss-system tournament for the first three days, with strengths for matchings derived from a power ranking, and Fontes-style matching of multiple games between recalculation of strengths.)

## Ranking Round
### Blue Round

| 2018-02-01 10:00 | (Report) | Indigenous | 67–91 | Italy | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 10:00 | (Report) | Iran | 67–104 | Switzerland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 10:30 | (Report) | Mexico | 245–6 | Romania | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 10:30 | (Report) | Austria | 79–77 | Russia | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 11:00 | (Report) | Canada | 199–34 | Wales | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 11:00 | (Report) | Finland | 131–53 | Germany | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 11:30 | (Report) | Spain | 120–43 | Brazil | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 11:30 | (Report) | Denmark | 117–52 | Portugal | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 12:00 | (Report) | France | 47–166 | United States | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 12:00 | (Report) | Scotland | 83–124 | New Zealand | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 12:30 | (Report) | Greece | 87–76 | South Africa | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 12:30 | (Report) | Belgium | 6–180 | Argentina | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 13:00 | (Report) | England | 201–144 | Korea | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 13:00 | (Report) | Netherlands | 82–79 | Ireland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 13:30 | (Report) | West Indies | 11–238 | Sweden | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 13:30 | (Report) | Philippines | 108–43 | Czech Republic | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 14:00 | (Report) | Australia | 259–10 | Norway | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 14:00 | (Report) | Japan | 53–102 | Poland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 14:30 | (Report) | Costa Rica | 36–141 | Iceland | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |

### Pink Round

| 2018-02-01 14:30 | (Report) | Italy | 114–30 | Iran | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 15:00 | (Report) | Switzerland | 30–153 | Mexico | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 15:00 | (Report) | Romania | 41–149 | Austria | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 15:30 | (Report) | Wales | 54–185 | France | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 15:30 | (Report) | Brazil | 89–80 | Denmark | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 16:00 | (Report) | Russia | 0–291 | Canada | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 16:00 | (Report) | Portugal | 19–231 | Finland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 16:30 | (Report) | Germany | 95–77 | Scotland | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 16:30 | (Report) | New Zealand | 189–59 | Greece | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 17:00 | (Report) | United States | 190–15 | Spain | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 17:00 | (Report) | Korea | 62–108 | Belgium | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 17:30 | (Report) | Argentina | 233–10 | Netherlands | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 17:30 | (Report) | Sweden | 150–15 | Philippines | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 | (Report) | South Africa | 0–283 | England | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 | (Report) | Czech Republic | 53–106 | Japan | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-01 18:30 | (Report) | Norway | 90–116 | West Indies | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-01 18:30 | (Report) | Poland | 287–28 | Costa Rica | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 | (Report) | Ireland | 6–238 | Australia | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-01 18:00 | (Report) | Iceland | 13–173 | Indigenous | Track 3 (Roll Line) |

### Yellow Round

| 2018-02-02 09:00 | (Report) | Argentina | 32–139 | Australia | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 09:00 | (Report) | Indigenous | 107–140 | Netherlands | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 09:30 | (Report) | Brazil | 177–152 | Iran | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 09:30 | (Report) | Korea | 154–285 | Ireland | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 11:00 | (Report) | Canada | 254–155 | France | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 11:00 | (Report) | West Indies | 185–92 | Poland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 11:30 | (Report) | Norway | 32–417 | Finland | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 11:30 | (Report) | Japan | 175–220 | Switzerland | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 13:00 | (Report) | Philippines | 138–225 | Spain | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 13:00 | (Report) | Czech Republic | 99–610 | Germany | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 13:30 | (Report) | Belgium | 280–111 | Italy | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 13:30 | (Report) | Romania | 186–210 | South Africa | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 15:00 | (Report) | England | 308–21 | Mexico | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 15:00 | (Report) | Iceland | 13–604 | Scotland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 15:30 | (Report) | Wales | 21–469 | United States | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-02 15:30 | (Report) | Sweden | 635–6 | Russia | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 17:00 | (Report) | Costa Rica | 112–501 | Greece | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 17:00 | (Report) | New Zealand | 268–83 | Denmark | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-02 17:30 | (Report) | Portugal | 182–102 | Austria | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |

### Green Round

| 2018-02-02 17:30 | (Report) | Netherlands | 183–201 | Brazil | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-02 19:00 | (Report) | United States | 361–49 | Argentina | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-02 19:00 | (Report) | Iran | 258–160 | Korea | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 09:30 | (Report) | Austria | 6–591 | England | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 09:30 | (Report) | Scotland | 235–250 | Wales | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 10:00 | (Report) | Ireland | 287–84 | West Indies | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 10:00 | (Report) | Poland | 131–285 | Norway | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-03 11:30 | (Report) | Australia | 331–62 | Sweden | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 11:30 | (Report) | Finland | 465–18 | Japan | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 12:00 | (Report) | Switzerland | 121–151 | Philippines | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 12:00 | (Report) | Spain | 476–41 | Czech Republic | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-03 13:30 | (Report) | Greece | 7–795 | Canada | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 13:30 | (Report) | Germany | 218–139 | Belgium | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 14:00 | (Report) | Italy | 381–35 | Iceland | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 14:00 | (Report) | Denmark | 225–134 | Indigenous | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-03 15:30 | (Report) | Russia | 232–116 | Romania | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 15:30 | (Report) | France | 395–59 | Portugal | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 16:00 | (Report) | Mexico | 70–225 | New Zealand | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 16:00 | (Report) | South Africa | 112–45 | Costa Rica | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |

## Knockout stage

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | 1 | Australia | 238 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | France | 47 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | France | 130 | | | | 1 | Australia | 222 | |
| | | | 5 | Sweden | 104 | | | | 4 | England | 106 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | England | 205 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Sweden | 134 | | | | | |
| 8 | France | 114 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Australia | 146 |
| 7 | Finland | 143 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | United States | 187 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Canada | 254 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Argentina | 70 | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | 6 | Argentina | 127 | | | | 3 | Canada | 62 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 7 | Finland | 141 | | | | 2 | United States | 274 | | | |
| 5 | Sweden | 197 | | | | 2 | | | United States | 309 | | 4 | England | 147 |
| 6 | Argentina | 148 | | | | 7 | Finland | 34 | | | | 3 | Canada | 173 |

### Quarter-finals

| 2018-02-03 19:30 | (Report) | United States | 309–34 | Finland | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-03 19:30 | (Report) | Canada | 254–70 | Argentina | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-03 20:00 | (Report) | Australia | 238–47 | France | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |
| 2018-02-03 20:00 | (Report) | England | 205–134 | Sweden | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |

### Classification games for 5th-8th place

| 2018-02-04 10:00 | (Report) | France | 130–104 | Sweden | Track 3 (Roll Line) |
| 2018-02-04 10:30 | (Report) | Finland | 141–127 | Argentina | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |

### Semi-finals

| 2018-02-04 10:00 | (Report) | United States | 274–62 | Canada | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |
| 2018-02-04 12:30 | (Report) | Australia | 222–106 | England | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |

## Final classification games
### Match for 15th place

| 2018-02-04 12:30 | (Report) | Mexico | 175–120 | Belgium | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |

### Match for 13th place

| 2018-02-04 12:00 | (Report) | Germany | 143–108 | Ireland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |

### Match for 11th place

| 2018-02-04 10:30 | (Report) | Wales | 191–162 | Scotland | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |

### Match for 9th place

| 2018-02-04 12:00 | (Report) | Aotearoa | 116–149 | Spain | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |

### Match for 7th place

| 2018-02-04 14:30 | (Report) | Sweden | 197–148 | Argentina | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |

### Match for 5th place

| 2018-02-04 14:30 | (Report) | Finland | 143–114 | France | Track 2 (Blood & Thunder) |

### Third place play-off

| 2018-02-04 17:30 | (Report) | Canada | 173–147 | England | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |

### Final

| 2018-02-04 19:00 | (Report) | Australia | 146–187 | United States | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |

## Tournament team rankings

| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Rtg |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1956 | 374 | +1582 | 1713.0 |
| 2 | Australia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1573 | 450 | +1123 | 2044.7 |
| 3 | Canada | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2028 | 687 | +1341 | 616.5 |
| 4 | England | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1841 | 700 | +1141 | 552.2 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals |||||||||
| 5 | Finland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1562 | 672 | +890 | 314.8 |
| 6 | France | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1073 | 1018 | +55 | 286.0 |
| 7 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1520 | 846 | +674 | 394.7 |
| 8 | Argentina | 7 | 2 | 5 | 839 | 1108 | -269 | 351.1 |
| Classification games |||||||||
| 9 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 985 | 528 | +457 | 92.4 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 922 | 444 | +478 | 96.6 |
| 11 | Wales | 5 | 2 | 3 | 550 | 1250 | -700 | 87.6 |
| 12 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1161 | 673 | +488 | 82.6 |
| 13 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1119 | 554 | +565 | 80.5 |
| 14 | Ireland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 765 | 701 | +64 | 57.1 |
| 15 | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 664 | 689 | -25 | 47.8 |
| 16 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 3 | 653 | 746 | -93 | 46.6 |
| Eliminated in the ranking rounds |||||||||
| 17 | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 2 | 412 | 539 | -127 | 36.7 |
| 18 | Denmark | 4 | 2 | 2 | 505 | 543 | -38 | 35.8 |
| 19 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 510 | 535 | -25 | 32.5 |
| 20 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 3 | 417 | 923 | -506 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 2 | 415 | 620 | -205 | 30.4 |
| 22 | Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 520 | 852 | -332 | 29.8 |
| 23 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 697 | 412 | +285 | 29.3 |
| 24 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 3 | 507 | 555 | -48 | 24.2 |
| 25 | West Indies | 4 | 2 | 2 | 396 | 707 | -311 | 23.6 |
| 26 | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 312 | 845 | -533 | 23.5 |
| 27 | Indigenous | 4 | 1 | 3 | 481 | 469 | +12 | 23.3 |
| 28 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 475 | 546 | -71 | 21.4 |
| 29 | Poland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 612 | 551 | +61 | 14.0 |
| 30 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 352 | 840 | -488 | 13.9 |
| 31 | Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 4 | 236 | 1300 | -1064 | 10.3 |
| 32 | Austria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 336 | 891 | -555 | 8.1 |
| 33 | Greece | 4 | 2 | 2 | 654 | 1172 | -518 | 6.7 |
| 34 | Russia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 315 | 1121 | -806 | 4.3 |
| 35 | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 398 | 601 | -203 | 3.5 |
| 36 | Iceland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 202 | 1194 | -992 | 2.4 |
| 37 | Romania | 4 | 0 | 4 | 349 | 836 | -487 | 2.3 |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 4 | 0 | 4 | 221 | 1041 | -820 | 1.0 |

## Exhibition matches

In addition to competition matches, three exhibition matches were played during the tournament.
| 2018-02-03 18:00 | (Report) | Baltic | 252–194 | Israel | Track 4 (Rainy City Roller Derby) |
| 2018-02-04 14:00 | (Report) | Russia | 244–183 | Iceland | Track 3 (Roll Line) |

### International Juniors Expo

| 2018-02-04 16:00 | (Report) | Team Dolphins | 263–172 | Team Kingfishers | Track 1 (S-One Helmet Co.) |

## Broadcast

The entire weekend was broadcast online via pay-per-view streaming, and the tournament's fourth day was additionally carried on BBC Sport.