Amazing Atmosphere in Portuguese Roller Hockey

One more season is getting close to finish in most European Championships. After FC Barcelona, Dornbirn RHC, Grimsby, Nofit and HC Dinan Quévert victories in Spanish, Austrian, English, Israeli and French championships, also 1ª Divisão in Portugal it's almost finding it champion. After another amazing and emotional "O Clássico" between the two biggest Portuguese roller hockey clubs, Porto and Benfica, the final result was 5-5. This result is favorable to the home team, Benfica, that can stop Porto's supremacy in Portuguese hockey in last decade. With one more point than Porto, Benfica will try to win Tigres de Almeirim on last journey, and assure it 21st Portuguese title. But the reason of this article has something about Emotion and Atmosphere in roller hockey, as happen in sports like football and basketball. Which amateur sport can have something like the next video??? This was the last Benfica's goal appointed by one of greatest Portuguese players, Sérgio Silva.

  

The celebration after was unique, and is an image about how special is this sport for a lot of people!! Although our sort can't have the same visibility, managers with the same perspicacity, and of course the same money  than the majority of other sports, has something special, some kind of mystique and passion. It is just because of this that roller hockey can't stop!!!

 Video with all the goals of the match


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All goals of the King's Cup in video

Last weekend was full of emotion in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia. During these days, 8 teams had disputed the Spanish King's Cup, conquered by Barcelona. Watch and enjoy all the goals of this amazing competition.
To note that the weekend was full of wonderful goals like the next two, from Toni Sanchez (Vendrel) at minute 2:22 (first video), and Pedro Gil (FC Porto) on the second video.



Source: Hockeyglobal.net


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OK Stars like NBA All Stars, one more good example from Spain

For the third time OK STARS takes place in Spain. In 28th January, Blanes will be the Spanish Capital of Roller Hockey, with a full day of practice. 
For the unknowns about this competition, it's comparable to NBA All Stars. The Event is divided in different performances as:

• Young Championship
  
• Women's OK STARS 
• Skills Contest
•  Men's OK STARS (Match of Stars)

During the morning, the young championship will promote roller hockey between the Spanish young players,t he best way to prepare the future of roller hockey.
After the lunch comes the Women's OK STARS, showing that Roller Hockey can't survive without women's. Concerning the selection of women players and coaches to be prsent in Blanes, will be chosen by capitans and coaches of the teams of each conference (more details on the rules of tournament).

The main part of OK Stars will come after with some of the best players in the World. They will dispute first some Skills Contest splitted in 3 different categories:

1. Fastest Player (speed race between players)
2. Precision (shoot to specific parts of goal)
3. Best Goalkeeper (shoot from different sides of the rink by 8 players)

The winner of each category will win 500€!

To conclude the amazing day there will be the Match of Stars between the players of two conferences (again see all the rules of tournament).
One of the most interesting points of the Men's tournament is the selection of each player. Thus, all Roller Hockey Fans have the opportunity to choose their favorite players to play in Blanes. 

The voting will be until 18th January 2012 on the website of Spanish Federation.

Some videos of last editions

OK STARS 2011 SKILLS TOURNAMENT


OK STARS 2010 Match between OK LIGA STARS


Don't forget to vote and to watch the possible broadcast by Spanish and Catalan TV of this amazing event!!!
Source of news:RFEP 
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Mozambique surprising the World

Watch the Gold Goal that had qualified Mozambique against the strong national team of Angola




Also the press release of Mozambique and Angola




Also yesterday San Juan proved to the World why is the Capital of Roller Hockey. Watch this small movie:



The Quarter Finals will be tomorrow with following matches and time (Argentina time +4 UCT):

16,30 Portugal - France
18,00 Brazil - Mozambique
19,30 Spain - Italy
21,00 Argentina - Chile

Don't forget that all the matches have web livestream!!!

Open Ceremony and a Wonderful Show (source of photo: mundook.net )

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San Juan World Cup also in Cartoons

The organization of the 40th FIRS World Cup doesn't stop to surprise us. After the song, now it's time to watch a fantastic cartoon, concerning the  mascot of the Tournament Estiqui Jr..

Estiqui Jr. presented to Argentinian Kids (source: World Cup website)

The video presents the passion of the dinosaur for this wonderful sport. During the World Cup in the World Cup Arena, the mascot will be there to support all the national teams, and give more color to the event that everybody is waiting.  

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Lots of Roller Hockey LIVE next days

Who says that our sport doesn't appear on TV???
Since Wednesday, with the U-17 Euro Cup, and now tomorrow with the beginning of U-20 World Cup Roller Hockey will be very busy next days on TV/webTV.
Also for the first time the draw of the European Clubs competitions will be transmitted, live from Geneve, starting at 9h am tomorrow (10h Swiss time).

In the next image you can take a look in the schedule of the next days of transmissions, or to know deeper all the transmissions see the calendar of Plurisport. (all info in Portuguese, an also Portuguese time +0GMT)

Concerning the U-17 Euro Cup, will finish tomorrow with an interesting Portugal-Spain at 19:30h (20:30h Swiss Time). Today the results that decided the final matches were:

Switzerland 2-5 France 

 Andorra 4-2 England 

 Spain 9-0 Germany  

Italy 1-3 Portugal 

About the FIRS U-20 World Cup to be held in Barcelos, Portugal, everything appoint to be a great tournament. Seems that all national teams prepared harder to the competition. For the first time in a Roller Hockey Championship all the matches will be transmitted, and countries like India, South Africa, Angola, Colombia... will have the opportunity to see their young players in activity, against some of the best countries, and stars like Gonçalo Alves (just with 19 years, was the top scorer of senior 3rd division in Portugal).

The future of Roller Hockey is Alive and finally we have the opportunity to watch all the moments.

Thanks Plurisports!!!

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A Gift for Roller Hockey Lovers

Is because of videos like these that I still believe that Roller Hockey is one of the best Sports of the World, and just due to some people and some mistakes, it is not in a best position. The first one is the Epic match between Vilanova and Olivenrense to CERS Cup, that Vilanova won for 5-1. The second and third are a Marketing Campaign that Vilanova is doing during this week to promote the Final 4 of CERS Cup to be held next weekend in Vilanova.
Watch and Enjoy!!







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