Skater hockey
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Skater hockey is team sport played with a plastic ball. The game is played using inline roller skates or quad skates. It is different to Inline Hockey
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Skater hockey is played by two teams, and each team is permitted to have 5 players on the pitch, usually four outfield players and a goalkeeper. The rink (40mx20m) is divided in two halves with a goal in each end. A game last 3 periods of 20 minutes each.
Like Ice hockey
skater hockey is a contact sport and has similar set of rules, but still with several variations in the rules of the game, like no icing, the Free Hit rule and stricter limitations regarding physical contact. See the IISHF - Rules of the Game for detailed description.
Inline hockey
Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey in the United States, is a sport similar to ice hockey but played with inline skates. Like its parent sport, skaters on two teams use hockey sticks to direct a disk-shaped puck into the opponent's goal; however, various details of the game, such as...
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Skater hockey is played by two teams, and each team is permitted to have 5 players on the pitch, usually four outfield players and a goalkeeper. The rink (40mx20m) is divided in two halves with a goal in each end. A game last 3 periods of 20 minutes each.
Like Ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
skater hockey is a contact sport and has similar set of rules, but still with several variations in the rules of the game, like no icing, the Free Hit rule and stricter limitations regarding physical contact. See the IISHF - Rules of the Game for detailed description.
IISHF
Skater hockey is Internationally organized under IISHF (International Inline-Skater hockey Federation) with each of the nine member-countries organized in their national governing bodies.  Austria |
 Denmark |
 Germany |
 Israel |
 Netherlands |
 Poland |
 Russia |
 Switzerland |
 United Kingdom |
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| Österreichischer Rollsport- und Inline-Skate-Verband (ÖRSV) | Danish Rollerskating Association - Danmarks Rulleskøjte Union (DRsU) | Inline-Skater hockey Deutschland (ISHD) | Israel Inline-Skater hockey Federation (ILISHF) | Dutch Roller sports & Bandy Association (NRBB) | Polish Federation of Roller Skating (PZSW) | Russia Skater hockey | Fédération suisse de inline hockey (FSIH) | British Inline Skater Hockey Association (BISHA) |
IISHF European Men's Championships
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| 2010 | Denmark |
Switzerland |
Germany |
Lugano - Switzerland |
| 2009 | Switzerland |
Denmark |
United Kingdom |
Lugano - Switzerland |
| 2008 | Germany |
United Kingdom |
Switzerland |
Stegersbach - Austria |
| 2007 | Switzerland |
Germany |
United Kingdom |
Steindorf, Austria |
| 2006 | Germany |
Switzerland |
Austria |
Lugano, Switzerland |
| 2005 | Germany |
Switzerland |
Denmark |
Kaarst, Germany |
| 2004 | Germany |
Switzerland |
Denmark |
Paignton, United Kingdom |
IISHF European Men's Cup
| 2010 | HC Köln-West Rheinos |
Vesterbro Starz |
Hallamshire Hornets |
Kopenhagen, Denmark |
| 2009 | Hallamshire Hornets |
London Street Warriors |
HC Köln-West |
Delamont Switzerland |
| 2008 | HC Köln-West |
IHC La Tour de Peilz |
SHC Rossemaison |
Duisburg, Germany |
| 2007 | IHC La Tour de Peilz |
HC Köln-West |
Bissendorfer Panther |
Montreux, Switzerland |
| 2006 | Vesterbro Starz |
IHC La Tour de Peilz |
Uedesheim Chiefs |
Essen, Germany |
| 2005 | Duisburg Ducks |
SHC Rossemaison |
Copenhagen Vikings |
Delémont, Switzerland |
| 2004 | Vesterbro Starz |
Duisburg Ducks |
Hallamshire Hornets |
Kaarst, Germany |
European junior championships
- European junior champions 2007 are Germany
- European junior champions 2008 are Switzerland