Skater hockey

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. 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.

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
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
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

External links

• IISHF, International Inline-Skater hockey Federation
• BiSHA, The National Governing Body for Skater Hockey in Great Britain
• FSIH, The Swiss Inline Hockey Federation
• Vesterbro Starz, European champions 2004 & 2006