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Roller Hockey World Cup U-20
Founded2003
RegionInternational (FIRS)
Number of teams16
Current champions Portugal
(3rd title)
Most successful team(s) Portugal
 Spain
(3 titles each)
WebsiteFIRS
Vilanova 2015

The FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20 is a biennial international competition for men's under-20 national roller hockey teams organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) since 2003.

Portugal and Spain are the most successful teams, each having won three titles. The current champions are Portugal, who secured their second consecutive title after beating hosts Spain 4–3 on penalties in the 2015 edition's final.

History

Edition Year Host city 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze 4th place
1 (NO) 1999 Colombia Cali  Colombia  Argentina  Chile  France
2 (NO) 2002 Chile Viña del Mar  Chile  Spain  Chile  Argentina
I 2003 Uruguay Montevideo  Portugal  Argentina  France  England
II 2005 Argentina Malargüe  Argentina  Spain  Chile  Brazil
III 2007 Chile Santiago  Spain  Portugal  Argentina  Chile
IV 2009 Italy Bassano del Grappa  Spain  Portugal  Chile  Italy
V 2011 Portugal Barcelos  Spain  Portugal  Italy  Argentina
VI 2013 Colombia Cartagena  Portugal  Spain  Argentina  France
VII 2015 Spain Vilanova  Portugal  Spain  France  Italy

Medal table

1  Spain 3 3 0 6
 Portugal 3 3 0 6
3  Argentina 1 1 2 4
4  Chile 0 0 2 2
 France 0 0 2 2
6  Italy 0 0 1 1