2009 Rink Hockey World Championship

2009 Rink Hockey World Championship
Teams	16
Host	Spain (Vigo and Pontevedra)
Champions	Spain (14th title)
Matches played	48
Goals scored	253 (average 6.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pablo Álvarez (14)
Official Site	Mundial Vigo 2009

The 2009 Rink Hockey World Championship was the 39th edition of the Rink Hockey World Championship, held between 5 and 11 July 2009, in Vigo, Spain. It was disputed by 16 countries.

Format

The competition is disputed by 16 countries, divided in four groups of 4 teams each one.

Every game lasted 40 minutes, divided in 2 parts of 20 minutes.

Matches

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	26	2	+24	9
Angola	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
Mozambique	3	0	2	1	2	9	−7	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	0	19	−19	1

4 July 2009 20:30	Spain	7 – 0	Mozambique	Vigo

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5 July 2009 19:45	Angola	3 – 0	Colombia	Vigo

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6 July 2009 16:30	Angola	2 – 2	Mozambique	Vigo

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6 July 2009 19:45	Colombia	0 – 16	Spain	Vigo

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7 July 2009 16:30	Colombia	0 – 0	Mozambique	Vigo

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7 July 2009 19:45	Angola	2 – 3	Spain	Vigo

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
Andorra	3	1	0	2	9	7	+2	3
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

5 July 2009 18:15	Switzerland	4 – 0	Netherlands	Vigo

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5 July 2009 21:30	Brazil	2 – 1	Andorra	Vigo

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6 July 2009 18:15	Switzerland	3 – 2	Andorra	Vigo

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6 July 2009 21:30	Netherlands	0 – 6	Brazil	Vigo

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7 July 2009 18:15	Switzerland	2 – 4	Brazil	Vigo

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7 July 2009 21:30	Netherlands	2 – 6	Andorra	Vigo

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	31	4	+27	9
Portugal	3	2	0	1	21	6	+15	6
Chile	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
United States	3	0	0	3	4	42	−38	0

5 July 2009 16:30	Chile	1 – 4	Argentina	Pontevedra

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5 July 2009 18:15	United States	1 – 15	Portugal	Pontevedra

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6 July 2009 18:15	Argentina	24 – 1	United States	Pontevedra

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6 July 2009 21:30	Chile	2 – 4	Portugal	Pontevedra

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7 July 2009 16:30	Chile	3 – 2	United States	Pontevedra

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7 July 2009 21:30	Argentina	3 – 2	Portugal	Pontevedra

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
Italy	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7
Germany	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
England	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

5 July 2009 19:45	Germany	2 – 7	France	Pontevedra

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5 July 2009 21:30	England	1 – 6	Italy	Pontevedra

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6 July 2009 16:30	England	0 – 3	France	Pontevedra

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6 July 2009 19:45	Italy	3 – 2	Germany	Pontevedra

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7 July 2009 18:15	England	2 – 3	Germany	Pontevedra

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7 July 2009 19:45	Italy	1 – 1	France	Pontevedra

Championship Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 July – Vigo
	Brazil	4
					10 July – Vigo
	Angola	0
					Brazil	2
	9 July – Vigo
					Argentina	5
	Argentina	3
									11 July – Vigo
	Italy	2
									Argentina	1
	9 July – Vigo
									Spain	3
	Spain	4
					10 July – Vigo
	Switzerland	1
					Spain	2			Third place
	9 July – Vigo
					Portugal	1
	France	2							Brazil	3
	Portugal	4							Portugal	8
									11 July – Vigo

5th–8th places bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	10 July – Vigo
	Angola	5
	Italy	2
					11 July – Vigo
					Angola	2
					France	3
					Seventh place
	10 July – Vigo			11 July – Vigo
	Switzerland	2		Italy	1 (1)
	France	3			Switzerland	1 (0)

9th–12th places bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi finals				Ninth place
	9 July – Pontevedra
	Mozambique	3
					10 July – Pontevedra
	Netherlands	0
					Mozambique	2
	9 July – Pontevedra
					Germany	7
	Germany	4
									11 July – Pontevedra
	United States	2
									Germany	2
	9 July – Pontevedra
									Chile	3
	Andorra	1
					10 July – Pontevedra
	Colombia	4
					Colombia	2			Eleventh place
	9 July – Pontevedra
					Chile	4
	Chile	3							Mozambique	4
	England	2							Colombia	1
									11 July – Pontevedra

13th–16th places bracket

	Semi-finals				Thirtheenth place
	10 July – Pontevedra
	Netherlands	6
	United States	5
					11 July – Pontevedra
					Netherlands	2
					England	3
					Fiftheenth place
	10 July – Pontevedra			11 July – Pontevedra
	Andorra	2		United States	4
	England	4			Andorra	3

Final standings

Rank	Nation
	Spain
	Argentina
	Portugal
4	Brazil
5	France
6	Angola
7	Italy
8	Switzerland
9	Chile
10	Germany
11	Mozambique
12	Colombia
13	England
14	Netherlands
15	United States
16	Andorra

2009 Rink Hockey World Championship
SPAIN Fourteenth Title

External links

• Official
• List of the Matches