The Intercontinental Cup was a roller hockey competition organized by World Skate and usually contested between the World Skate Europe and the World Skate America champions clubs.
History The Intercontinental Cup was established in 1985 and was organized by FIRS.
In 2006, the then-CIRH (Comité Internationale de Rink-Hockey) tried to establish a World Club Championship, but that competition was quickly discontinued in favor of the Intercontinental Cup.
In 2017, the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) merged with the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) to form World Skate, which organized the 2017 Intercontinental Cup played in a Final Four format by the 2016 and 2017 CERH European League champions, Benfica and Reus, and the 2016 and 2017 CSP South American Club Championship/CPP Pan-American Club Championship winners, Andes Talleres and Concepción, with Benfica facing Andes Talleres and Reus facing Concepción.
In 2018, the World Skate created the women's tournament, played in a Final Four formats by the four finalists of Europe and America.
In 2021, the Intercontinental Cup was disputed by the European champions Sporting and the runners-up FC Porto on a two-legged tie.
For the 2022 edition, FIRS struggled to find hosts to organize the edition. Valongo was the only team that offered to host the competition. FIRS could not get positive answers from South American teams and 2022 was disputed on 17 June 2023 in a single match between 2022 European League finalists.
In 2025, the Intercontinental Cup was replaced by Rink hockey World Club Championship
Winners
YearLocationWinnerScoreRunners-up1983 Sertãozinho FC Barcelonagroup Porto1985 Sertãozinho Sertãozinho HCgroup Internacional Santos1985 Rawson, San Juan UVT5–3, 5–4 FC Barcelona1987 A Coruña HC Liceo7–3, 17–2 Concepción PC1989 A Coruña HC Liceo11–4, 8–2 CD Unión Estudiantil1992 Sertãozinho OC Barcelos2–1, 7–3 Sertãozinho HC1993 A Coruña HC Liceo7–5, 11–3 CD Unión Estudiantil1998 Barcelona FC Barcelona13–1 UVT2004 Santiago de Compostela HC Liceo9–1, 10–2 CD Unión Estudiantil2006 Alcoy FC Barcelona8–3 Olimpia PC2007 Follonica Follonica Hockey4–2 Concepción PC2008 Molins de Rei FC Barcelona3–1 Concepción PC2010 Reus Reus Deportiu4–1 Club Petroleros YPF2012 A Coruña HC Liceo6–4 CA Huracán2013 Torres Novas SL Benfica10–3 SC Recife2014 Barcelona FC Barcelona6–2 Club Petroleros YPF2016 Vic CP Vic5–1 CA Huracán2017 Reus SL Benfica5–3 Reus Deportiu2018 San Juan FC Barcelona5–4 Porto2021 Porto, Lisbon Porto 6–3, 5–6 Sporting2022 Valongo GSH Trissino 3–3 (3–1 ) AD Valongo2023 San Juan FC Barcelona6–3 Porto
Statistics Winners by team TeamWinnersRunners-up FC Barcelona7 (1983, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2018, 2023)1 (1985) HC Liceo5 (1987, 1989, 1993, 2004, 2012)0 Benfica2 (2013, 2017)0 Porto1 (2021)3 (1983, 2018, 2023) UVT1 (1986)1 (1998) Reus Deportiu1 (2010)1 (2017) OC Barcelos1 (1992)0 Follonica Hockey1 (2007)0 CP Vic1 (2016)0 GSH Trissino1 (2022)0 Concepción PC03 (1987, 2007, 2008) CD Unión Estudiantil03 (1989, 1993, 2004) Club Petroleros YPF02 (2010, 2014) CA Huracán02 (2012, 2016) Sertãozinho HC01 (1992) Olimpia PC01 (2006) SC Recife01 (2013) Sporting01 (2021) AD Valongo01 (2022)
Winners by country CountryWinnersRunners-up Spain143 Portugal45 Italy20 Argentina112 Brazil02
References
External links World Competitions at RinkHockey.net