| Roller Hockey
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| | Championships. Inline Hockey World
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| The sport of hockey has many variations,
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| | Championships are rather more complicated
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| including the Olympic sports of ice
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| | as there are two different events each
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| hockey and field hockey. Roller Hockey
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| | year. One is organized by the
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| however, has also gained in popularity,
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| | International Roller Sports Federation
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| as a recreational activity and as a
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| | and the other is run by the International
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| competitive sport. It is an extremely
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| | Ice Hockey Federation. The United States
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| fast sport, exciting for spectators to
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| | and Canada are the traditional leaders in
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| watch, and demanding a lot of skill.
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| | the sport but Inline Hockey is becoming
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| | more popular across Europe and Latin
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| The goalies differ in that they use
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| | America.
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| different gloves for each sport. Inline
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| | Women have come to the sport too,
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| Hockey goalies use a catch glove, whereas
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| | becoming increasingly organized. Both
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| Quad Hockey goalies block shots with a
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| | Roller Hockey disciplines have structured
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| batting glove. Each of the Roller Hockey
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| | competitions. Inline Hockey has had
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| teams are made up of four skaters and a
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| | Women's World Championships since 2002
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| goalie. Inline Hockey, also known as
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| | and women have competed on the world
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| Street Hockey, is played over two, 20
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| | stage in Quad Hockey, since 1992. Again,
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| minute periods. Quad Hockey, sometimes
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| | the Quad Championships are dominated by
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| referred to as Hardball Hockey, is played
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| | Latin countries. Roller Hockey started as
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| for an extra five minutes in each period.
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| | an amateur pastime, played on the streets
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| Every sport wants Olympic status and Quad
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| | and local rinks. Ice Hockey may still be
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| Hockey was a demonstration sport at the
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| | the leading stick and puck sport, but the
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| Summer Olympics in Barcelona in 1992.
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| | other versions are keen to catch up.
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| Many World Championships have taken
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| | Countries without a tradition of playing
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| place, with the Latin countries
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| | sport on ice have welcomed this type of
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| dominating. Portugal is the most
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| | hockey too.
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| successful country, winning 15 Quad
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