Roller hockey (Quad)
Roller Hockey is a ball sport that is exerted on roller skates. The five players, a goalkeeper and four field players play against each other and trying - with hockey sticks - to accommodate a small cork -filled ball in the opposing goal. The winner is the team that scores the most goals.
Roller hockey is to be distinguished from inline skater hockey and inline hockey. These two sports are played more physical, inline hockey a puck, the game device.
Roller hockey is traditionally played with classic roller skates, but for some years now inliner are allowed and in use. This other maneuvers are possible than with the roller skates. This primarily affects the braking and, derived from it, the faster changes of direction.
Unlike hockey, both sides of the racket may be used during roller hockey.
Before each goal is a goal. Fouls inside the penalty to be punished with a penalty to the opposing team. However, this also happens if the goalkeeper holds the ball intentionally. Slight infractions are punished with a " team foul ". In ten team fouls to the opposing team receives a penalty, then every fifth. Team Fouls were introduced to take the hardness out of the game before there were yellow cards. The referees find it easier now a foul punish.
In a rough foul ( even with bleating ), the player is punished with a Blue Card and must leave the pitch for two minutes, the team must play as long outnumbered. In addition, the opposing team gets a penalty. Will a goal against the playing shorthanded team within the penalty period, they may with five men, with the exception of the penalized player must serve his penalty, play again. In case of intentional rough fouls, the player is penalized with a red card and ejected from the game, his team must play shorthanded four minutes. Furthermore, it gives the opposing team a penalty.
Game time is 2 × 25 minutes, interrupted by a 10 - minute break, played only 15 to 20 minutes per half in the student and youth are partially.
Germany
In Germany, there are several national associations and the German Skates and Inline Association ( DRIV), the umbrella organization, the Sports Commission coordinates the Federal Roller Hockey Leagues and German championships. Stronghold of the German Roller Hockey Sports is North Rhine -Westphalia: From there come seven of the ten teams participating in the 2012/13 Bundesliga season. Since that season, the Valkenswaardse RC from the Netherlands takes part in the German game mode.
German record champion of the men is the RESG Walsum with so far 16 titles. German record champion of the ladies is the RSC Cronenberg with ten titles. RSC 2010, the German champion in the women's and the men's. This went for the first time in history, all national title with a club. From the RSC Cronenberg comes also the only existing all-girls team in North Rhine -Westphalia.
The women's national team of the driv is after 2003 became on September 23, 2007 in Alcorcón (Spain ) for the second time European champion and has participated in the World Championships in Japan in 2008. Here she won the seventh place among the twelve participating nations. At the World Cup 2010 in Alcobendas, Spain, fourth place jumped out behind Argentina, France and Spain.
Switzerland
In Switzerland, occur more frequently in a professional association networks and it is increasingly working at junior level. Buoyancy gave here the successes of Mr. National: The Swiss men won at the 2006 European Championship surprisingly the semi-final against hosts Italy 5-3 in the shootout and went so for the first time in the finals. There they were subject to Spain 0-2 and won the silver medal. In the 2007 World Cup in their own country, the Swiss team in the finals once again lost against Spain. The four-time German champion RSV Weil am Rhein takes since he joined the Confederation of Switzerland in 2004 at the regular operating very successfully participated and represented Switzerland internationally in the European Cup, in which one could off two German teams in 2008/2009 and at the end the season as the first foreign team a national title ( Swiss Champion 2008 /2009) and the cup victory celebrated.
Internationally
In contrast to Germany, where roller hockey is a niche sport, the sport enjoys in Italy, Spain, Argentina, Chile and Portugal great popularity and it is not rare that a game will be played in front of several thousand spectators. The national teams of these countries are also the strongest in Europe and the world. Roller Hockey International in the Federation Internationale de Roller Sports ( FIRS ) organized.
1992 roller hockey was thanks to Juan Antonio Samaranch, who was in the 1950s, the Spanish national team goalkeeper, an Olympic demonstration sport. It was the only sport in which all games were sold out. The final was won by Argentina in front of 17,000 spectators with 8:6 against Spain. The attendance record is 125,000 spectators at the championship finals in Brazil in 1962.
In 2008, the men's European Championship was held in Oviedo (Spain). 2009 was the venue for the World Cup Vigo, Spain. World Champions were the hosts ahead of Argentina, Portugal and Brazil. In Wuppertal 2010, the 49th European Championships took place after 1997 ( World Champion Italy ); European champions Spain won the World Cup ahead of Portugal, third place secured the French in the penalty shootout after extra time against Germany. In Darmstadt, the U20 Women's Championship was held in 2010.