2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup
# 2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup

The 2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 42nd edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in France, in the city of La Roche-sur-Yon, from 20 to 27 June 2015.

## Qualification

### Qualified nations

| Competition | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup | September 20 – 28, 2013 | Angola | 13 | Spain Argentina Portugal Chile Italy Brazil Mozambique France Angola Switzerland Germany South Africa Colombia |
| 2014 FIRS Men's B-Roller Hockey World Cup | November 15 – 22, 2014 | Uruguay | 3 | Austria England Netherlands |
| Total | | | 16 | |

## Venues

The games of the tournament were played in La Roche-sur-Yon.

| La Roche-sur-Yon | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| - | - |
| Vendéspace | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Capacity: 4,900 | La Roche-sur-Yon |

## Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 10 players, including two goalkeepers.

## Draw

The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.

## First round

The group winners and runners up advanced to the round of 16. The third and fourth places advanced to a series of playoff matches to determine the final standings.

All times are France Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 9 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 9 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 9 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 6 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 0 |

## Knockout phase

### Ninth to sixteenth place playoff

**Bracket**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | |
| Angola | 12 | | | |
| Angola | 12 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | |
| England | 0 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| England | 0 | Angola | 3 | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | Angola | 3 | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | Brazil | 2 | |
| Colombia | 1 | Brazil | 2 | |
| Colombia | 1 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Brazil | 3 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Brazil | 3 | | | | Angola | 4 |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | | | Angola | 4 |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | | Switzerland | 3 |
| Switzerland | 6 | | | | Switzerland | 3 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | |
| Netherlands | 5 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | |
| Netherlands | 5 | Switzerland | 5 | | | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | Switzerland | 5 | | | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | Austria | 2 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Austria | 5 | Austria | 2 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Austria | 5 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| South Africa | 1 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| South Africa | 1 | | | | Brazil | 5 |
| | | | | | Austria | 3 |

**Thirteenth to sixteenth place bracket**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| England | 1 |
| England | 1 | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Colombia | 7 | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Colombia | 7 | Colombia | 4 |
| 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | Colombia | 4 |
| 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | Netherlands | 2 |
| Netherlands | 9 | Netherlands | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 | | |
| South Africa | 3 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| | | England | 6 |
| | | South Africa | 5 |

### Championship playoff

**Bracket**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | |
| Spain | 9 | | | |
| Spain | 9 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | |
| Mozambique | 0 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Mozambique | 0 | Spain | 6 | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | Spain | 6 | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | Germany | 2 | |
| Italy | 6 | Germany | 2 | |
| Italy | 6 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Germany | 7 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Germany | 7 | | | | Spain | 1 |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | | | Spain | 1 |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | | Argentina | 6 |
| Argentina | 5 | | | | Argentina | 6 |
| Argentina | 5 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | |
| France | 0 | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | | |
| France | 0 | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 25 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | Portugal | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Portugal | 6 | Portugal | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Portugal | 6 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Chile | 0 | | | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Chile | 0 | | | | Germany | 3 |
| | | | | | Portugal | 7 |

**Fifth to eighth place bracket**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Mozambique | 2 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Italy | 5 | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Italy | 5 | Italy | 6 |
| 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | | Italy | 6 |
| 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 26 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | France | 3 |
| France (a.e.t.) | 3 | France | 3 |
| Chile | 2 | | |
| Chile | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon | 27 June – La Roche-sur-Yon |
| | | Mozambique | 8 |
| | | Chile | 5 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Relegation |
| - | - | - |
| | Argentina | |
| | Spain | |
| | Portugal | |
| 4 | Germany | |
| 5 | Italy | |
| 6 | France | |
| 7 | Mozambique | |
| 8 | Chile | |
| 9 | Angola | |
| 10 | Switzerland | |
| 11 | Brazil | |
| 12 | Austria | |
| 13 | Colombia | |
| 14 | Netherlands | Relegation to B World Cup |
| 15 | England | Relegation to B World Cup |
| 16 | South Africa | Relegation to B World Cup |
