Rink Hockey American Championship

See also: Copa America (disambiguation)

Rink Hockey American Championship

Copa America Logo-Tournament in 2010
Founded	2006
Region	Americas (CSP)
Number of teams	8 (finals)
Current champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Argentina (2 titles)
Website	http://www.cspatin.org/
Vic 2010

The Rink Hockey American Championship or CSP Copa America is a Rink Hockey competition with the national teams of American countries that happens every four years. It is organized by CSP, South American Federation of Rink Hockey.

The last "Copa America" was held in Vic, Catalonia, and for the first time both men's and women's tournaments were played at the same time and in the same city.[1]

The national teams to participate were:

Men Teams	Women Teams
Catalonia	Catalonia
Argentina	Argentina
Brazil	Brazil
Chile	Chile
USA	USA
Uruguay	Uruguay
Ecuador	DNP
Costa Rica	DNP
Germany	Germany
South Africa	South Africa

Men's Results

Tournaments

Year	Host city	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th Place	5th place	6th place
2012
2010	Vic	Catalonia	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	Germany	Uruguay
2008	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Catalonia	Chile	Brazil	Colombia	United States
2007	Recife	Argentina	Catalonia	Brazil	Chile	Colombia	South Africa

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	2	1	0	3
2	Catalonia	1	2	0	3
3	Brazil	0	0	2	2
4	Chile	0	0	1	1
5	Colombia	0	0	0	0
6	United States	0	0	0	0

Women Results

Tournaments

Year	Host city	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th Place	5th place	6th place
2013	Punta del Este
2011	Sertãozinho	Catalonia	Chile	Brazil	Uruguay	South Africa
2010	Vic	Argentina	Catalonia	Chile	Germany	Brazil	United States
2007	Santiago	Chile	Catalonia	Brazil	United States	Colombia
2006	Santiago	Argentina	Chile	Catalonia	Colombia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	2	0	0	2
2	Catalonia	1	2	1	4
2	Chile	1	2	1	4
4	Brazil	0	0	2	2

Next tournaments

The celebration of the 2012 Men's Cup was originally designed to be played in Santiago de Chile, but in the end it was changed to be played in November in the Brazilian city of Recife. One month before the competition, the Catalan Federation announced that the team couldn't play in the Cup because the Catalan government decided not to support the team economically, and at the same time, the Argentinian Federation also announced that they won't be playing either as they were having internal problems. Seeing that the two bigger countries were not coming to the event, the 2012 Men's Cup was disbanded.

The Uruguayan city of Montevideo was selected as host for the 2013 Woman's Cup, but the celebration of that event was not possible for the same problems.

See also

• American Championships

External links

• Rink Hockey American Championship at HoqueiPatins.cat (Catalan)
• American Federation of Rink Hockey
• Copa América 2010 official website
• Man American Championship in Recife
• Woman American Championship in Santiago do Chile
• FIRS Organizational chart
• Confederation Argentina de Patinage
• Confederação Brasileira de Hóquei e Patinação
• The Canadian In-Line & Roller Skating Association
• Federatión Chilena de Hockey y Patinaje
• Federatión Colombiana de Patinaje
• Hockey Mexico
• Federación Uruguaya de Patín y Hockey
• USA Roller Sports
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