Bear City Roller Derby is a roller derby

Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 league based in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

. Founded in 2008, the league currently consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues.

History

The league was founded as the Berlin Bombshells, although it now reserves that name for its interleague bouting team. It was the second roller derby league in Germany, and was assisted in its early development by the first league, the Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz

Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz

Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz is a roller derby league based in Stuttgart. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues.-History:...

. In its early days, it was thrown out of its practice hall by Berlin's sports department; the team decided to take legal action to regain access to a public practice space. The league was given a boost when Diane Rott transferred from the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls

B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls

The B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, or B.A.D. Girls, is an all female flat-track roller derby league based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. B.A.D. Girls was founded in 2004 and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association . B.A.D. Girls is a skater owned and operated 501 ...

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It competed in the first roller derby bout between two German leagues, against the Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz

Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz

Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz is a roller derby league based in Stuttgart. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues.-History:...

 in 2009. In the same year, it competed in "Roll Britannia", the first roller derby tournament in Europe, while in December it hosted the first European Roller Derby Organisational Conference.

In October 2010, the league was accepted as an apprentice member of the WFTDA

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice, is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.- History :In July 2009, the WFTDA announced its new apprentice program for aspiring member leagues that replaced its traditional membership application process...

. By May 2011, it had more than 60 skaters.

Bear City hosted the first German Roller Derby Championship, held in December 2010, losing 124-128 to Stuttgart in the final.