# Rink Hockey European Championship

The Rink Hockey European Championship is a European roller hockey competition organised by World Skate Europe – Rink Hockey and contested by the best men's national teams.
Spain are the current champions, after defeating Portugal 4–2 in the 2023 final to win their nineteenth title. The most successful team is Portugal, who have won the competition twenty-one times.

## Results
### Tournaments

| Year | Host city | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1926 Details | Herne Bay | England | | France | Germany | | Switzerland | 6 |
| 1927 Details | Montreux | England | | France | Switzerland | | Germany | 6 |
| 1928 Details | Herne Bay | England | | France | Switzerland | | Germany | 6 |
| 1929 Details | Montreux | England | | Italy | France | | Germany | 6 |
| 1930 Details | Herne Bay | England | | France | Germany | | Switzerland | 6 |
| 1931 Details | Montreux | England | | France | Switzerland | | Italy | 7 |
| 1932 Details | Herne Bay | England | | Germany | France | | Portugal | 6 |
| 1934 Details | Herne Bay | England | | Germany | Switzerland | | Italy | 6 |
| 1936 Details | Stuttgart | England | | Italy | Portugal | | Switzerland | 7 |
| 1937 Details | Herne Bay | England | | Switzerland | Portugal | | Italy | 7 |
| 1938 Details | Antwerp | England | | Italy | Belgium | | Portugal | 7 |
| 1939 Details | Montreux | England | | Italy | Portugal | | Belgium | 7 |
| 1947 Details | Lisbon | Portugal | | Belgium | Spain | | Italy | 7 |
| 1948 Details | Montreux | Portugal | | England | Italy | | Spain | 9 |
| 1949 Details | Lisbon | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | Belgium | 8 |
| 1950 Details | Milan | Portugal | | Italy | Switzerland | | Spain | 10 |
| 1951 Details | Barcelona | Spain | | Portugal | Italy | | Belgium | 11 |
| 1952 Details | Porto | Portugal | | Italy | Spain | | Belgium | 10 |
| 1953 Details | Geneva | Italy | | Portugal | Spain | | Switzerland | 13 |
| 1954 Details | Barcelona | Spain | | Portugal | Italy | | Belgium | 15 |
| 1955 Details | Milan | Spain | | Italy | Portugal | | Switzerland | 14 |
| 1956 Details | Porto | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | West Germany | 11 |
| 1957 Details | Barcelona | Spain | | Portugal | Italy | | England | 6 |
| 1959 Details | Geneva | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | England | 10 |
| 1961 Details | Turin | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | Netherlands | 10 |
| 1963 Details | Porto | Portugal | | Spain | Netherlands | | Switzerland | 9 |
| 1965 Details | Lisbon | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | Netherlands | 9 |
| 1967 Details | Bilbao | Portugal | | Spain | Netherlands | | Italy | 9 |
| 1969 Details | Lausanne | Spain | | Portugal | Netherlands | | Switzerland | 9 |
| 1971 Details | Lisbon | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | West Germany | 9 |
| 1973 Details | Iserlohn | Portugal | | Spain | West Germany | | Italy | 9 |
| 1975 Details | Viareggio | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | West Germany | 8 |
| 1977 Details | Porto | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | West Germany | 9 |
| 1979 Details | Barcelona | Spain | | Portugal | Italy | | Netherlands | 9 |
| 1981 Details | Essen | Spain | | Portugal | Italy | | Netherlands | 9 |
| 1983 Details | Vercelli | Spain | | Portugal | Italy | | Netherlands | 8 |
| 1985 Details | Barcelos | Spain | | Italy | Portugal | | Netherlands | 9 |
| 1987 Details | Oviedo | Portugal | | Spain | Italy | | West Germany | 9 |
| 1990 Details | Lodi | Italy | | Spain | Portugal | | Netherlands | 9 |
| 1992 Details | Wuppertal | Portugal | | Italy | Spain | | Germany | 10 |
| 1994 Details | Funchal | Portugal | 3–1 | Spain | Italy | 3–0 | Switzerland | 13 |
| 1996 Details | Salsomaggiore | Portugal | League | Italy | Spain | League | Switzerland | 9 |
| 1998 Details | Paços de Ferreira | Portugal | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–0p) | Spain | Italy | 10–2 | Switzerland | 10 |
| 2000 Details | Wimmis | Spain | 6–3 | Portugal | Italy | 4–0 | France | 8 |
| 2002 Details | Florence | Spain | 4–2 | Portugal | Italy | 4–3 | France | 9 |
| 2004 Details | La Roche-sur-Yon | Spain | 4–2 | Italy | Portugal | 2–1 | Switzerland | 8 |
| 2006 Details | Monza | Spain | 2–0 | Switzerland | Portugal | 5–4 | Italy | 9 |
| 2008 Details | Oviedo | Spain | 1–0 | Portugal | Italy | 4–3 | France | 8 |
| 2010 Details | Wuppertal | Spain | 8–2 | Portugal | France | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–0p) | Germany | 8 |
| 2012 Details | Paredes | Spain | League | Portugal | Italy | League | France | 7 |
| 2014 Details | Alcobendas | Italy | League | Spain | Portugal | League | Germany | 6 |
| 2016 Details | Oliveira de Azeméis | Portugal | 6–2 | Italy | Spain | 7–1 | Switzerland | 8 |
| 2018 Details | A Coruña | Spain | 6–3 | Portugal | Italy | 5–2 | France | 11 |
| 2021 Details | Paredes | Spain | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | France | Not played (between Portugal and Italy). | Not played (between Portugal and Italy). | Not played (between Portugal and Italy). | 6 |
| 2023 Details | Sant Sadurní d'Anoia | Spain | 4–2 | Portugal | Italy | 6–5 | France | 8 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 In 1936 and then from 1939 to 1956, the tournament was also considered a World Cup.
* ↑ Originally scheduled to be held in July 2020, at La Roche-sur-Yon, the tournament was delayed and his location changed to Paredes due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Portugal | 21 | 15 | 9 | 45 |
| 2 | Spain | 19 | 16 | 6 | 41 |
| 3 | England | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 12 | 23 | 38 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 55 | 55 | 54 | 164 |