After the eight games played today, the 42nd World Championship of Rink Hockey in La Roche Sur Yon has reached the end of the first phase. Now, we know the names of the teams that will play for the gold medal and the ones that will play for relegation.

Spain, Argentina, Portugal and Italy won their groups winning all the games they played. France, Mozambique, Germany and Chile got the second place in the four groups.
The last night of qualifications in the Vendespace has been very exciting. The venue was full with 3.700 people sustaining France in its goal to reach the quarter-finals. The home team got the target coming back over Angola and won the decisive match of the group A.
Wednesday, the World Championship take its traditional pause. The best Rink Hockey of the world will be back again on Thursday with the beginning of the second phase that starts with quarter-finals. 

QUARTER-FINALS SCHEDULE
Thursday, june 25

Places from 1st to 8th
3.20 PM Spain vs Mozambique
5.00 PM Italy vs Germany
7.30 PM Portugal vs Chile
9.15 PM Argentina vs France

Places from 9th to 16th
8.30 AM - Angola vs England
10.10 AM Switzerland vs Netherland
11.50 AM Austria vs South Africa
13:30 AM Colombia - Brazil


TECHNICAL NOTES OF THE MATCHES PLAYED ON TUESDAY JUNE 23

MATCH #17: SWITZERLAND-ENGLAND 7-1 (1st half: 3-1)
SWITZERLAND: 1-Vizio, 2-J.Jimenez, 3-Schaffer, 4-G.Jimenez, 5-Munger, 6-Greimel, 7-Kissling, 8-Imhof, 9-Vanina, 10-Oberson. Coach: De Ramon Vilella
ENGLAND: 1-E.Mount, 2-A.Mount, 3-Smith, 4-Johnson, 5-Waddingham, 6-Greenwood, 7-Neville, 8-Stewart, 9-Jones, 10-Revill. Coach: Amaral.
REFEREES: Ullrich (Germany) and Jacquart (France). Table referee: Madurera (Brazil).
STARTING FIVE
SWITZERLAND: Vizio, G.Jimenez, Munger, Kissling, Imhof
ENGLAND: Revill, Smith, Waddingham, Neville, Stewart
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 0.16 G.Jimenez. 9.04 Imhof, 9.51 Kissling (P), 18.27 Waddingham
2ND HALF: 3.37 Schaffer, 9.32 Kissling (P), 11.29 Vanina, 20.00 G.Jimenez

MATCH #18: SOUTH AFRICA-COLOMBIA 1-4 (1st half: 1-1)
SOUTH AFRICA: 1-Von Tonder, 2-M.Guerra, 3-R.Guerra, 4-Correia, 5-C.Araujo, 6-Mendes, 7-L.Araujo, 8-Oliveira, 9-De Sousa, 15-Figueiredo. Coach: Maia.
COLOMBIA: 1-Canizales, 2-Lopez, 3-Hoyos, 4-Ramirez, 5-Giraldo, 6-Toro, 7-Castaño, 8-Martinez, 9-Castillo, 10-Garcia. Coach: Torres.
REFEREES: Madureira (Brazil), Esoli (France). Table referee: Costa (Angola)
STARTING FIVE
SOUTH AFRICA: Figueiredo, R.Guerra, C.Araujo, Oliveira, De Sousa.
COLOMBIA: Garcia, Hoyos, Castaño, Toro, Martinez. 
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 9.36 R.Guerra, 19.36 Ramirez (P)
2ND HALF: 0.23 Ramirez, 14.03 Giraldo, 19.59 Toro

MATCH #19: GERMANY-AUSTRIA 7-2 (1st half: 3-1)
GERMANY: 1-Glowka, 2-Karschau, 3-Hages, 4-Milewski, 5-Peinke, 6-Hilberrz, 7-Paczia, 8-Pereira, 9-Beckmann, 10-Leyer. Coach: Berenbeck.
AUSTRIA: 1-Schussling, 2-Brunner, 3-Zehrer, 4-Stockinger, 5-Huber, 6-Magister, 7-Parfant, 8-Winder, 9-Wolf, 10-Mohr. Coach: Meireles
REFEREES: Bleuzen (France) and Costa (Angola). Table referee: Cardona (Colombia)
STARTING FIVE
GERMANY: Leyer, Karschau, Hages, Milewski, Pereira
AUSTRIA: Mohr, Brunner, Stockinger, Huber, Parfant
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 2.46 Pereira, 9.18 Hages, 10.00 Karschau, 17.54 Parfant (P)
2ND HALF: 0.40 Milewski, 1.41 Brunner, 4.00 Milewski (PP), 5.25 Milewski, 7.16 Karschau
CARDS
1ST HALF: 17.50 blue card Peinke
2ND HALF: 2.35 blue card Stockinger

MATCH #20: ARGENTINA-MOZAMBIQUE 5-4 (1st half: 4-3)
ARGENTINA: 1-Svritz, 5-Nicolia, 7-Platero, 8-Paez, 9-Ordonez, 18-Lopez, 57-R.Garcia, 88-J.Garcia, 99-Romero, 12-Grimalt. Coach: Giuliani
MOZAMBIQUE: 1-Silva, 2-Pimentel, 3-Miquissente, 4-Araujo, 5-Pinto, 6-S.Esculudes, 7-Saraiva, 8-Rodrigues, 9-I.Esculudes, 10-Queferoz. Coach: Nunes.
REFEREES: Sanz (Spain) and Cardona (Colombia). Table referee: Ullrich (Germany).
STARTING FIVE
ARGENTINA: Grimalt, Nicolia, Platero, Lopez, R.Garcia
MOZAMBIQUE: Silva, Araujo, Pinto, Saraiva, Rodrigues 
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 2.33 Pinto, 2.46 Saraiva, 7.00 Nicolia, 7.12 Nicolia (P), 7.58 Nicolia, 11.05 Ordonez, 19.55 Rodrigues
2ND HALF: 3.09 Araujo (P), 8.22 Ordoñez
CARDS
2ND HALF: 3.09 blue card Platero

MATCH #21: SPAIN-NETHERLAND 12-0 (1st half: 4-0)
SPAIN: 1-Egurrola, 2-Perez, 3-Gual, 4-Bargallo, 5-Baliu, 6-E.Lamas, 7-Adroher, 8-J.Lamas, 9-Gil, 10-Grau. Coach: Pauls.
NETHERLAND: 1-J.Van Den Dungen, 2-C.Vives Boersma, 3-Nottlebohm, 4-Van Dooren, 5-S.Holtzer, 6-R.Van Den Dungen, 8-D.Holtzer, 9-Janssens, 10-Verharen. Coach: Van Den Brandt.
REFEREES: Galoppi (Italy) and Madureira (Brazil). Table referee: Risso (Argentina)
STARTING FIVE
SPAIN: Grau, Gual, Baliu, Adroher, Gil
NETHERLAND: J.Van Den Dungen, C.Vives Boersma, Van Dooren, D.Holtzer, Janssens
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 4.29 Gual, 4.36 Adroher, 11.10 Adroher, 19.50 J.Lamas (P)
2ND HALF: 2.38 E.Lamas, 8.31 Gil, 9.09 Adroher, 15.35 Adroher, 15.40 Gil, 17.17 Gil, 18.05 Adroher, 19.58 Baliu

MATCH #22: CHILE-ITALY 4-5 (1st half: 0-3)
CHILE: 1-Armijo, 2-Andrade, 3-Figa, 4-Diaz, 5-Osorio, 6-Castro, 7-A.Quintanilla, 8-Fernandez, 9-Carmona, 10-F.Quintanilla. Coach: Llera
ITALY: 10-Barozzi, 2-Motaran, 3-Amato, 5-Ambrosio, 8-Tataranni, 9-Illuzzi, 14-Verona, 19-Pagnini, 29-Cocco, 22-Gnata. Coach: Mariotti.
REFEREES: Risso (Argentina) and Sandoval (Spain). Table referee: Eggimann (Switzerland)
STARTING FIVE
CHILE: Armijo, Figa, Diaz, Fernandez, Carmona
ITALY: Barozzi, Motaran, Illuzzi, Ambrosio, Tataranni
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 3.43 Tataranni, 7.38 Tataranni, 14.57 Tataranni (P)
2ND HALF: 4.15 Ambrosio, 6.40 Castro (P), 7.44 Osorio, 15.01 Carmona, 16.48 Fernandez, 17.02 Ambrosio

MATCH #23: PORTUGAL-BRAZIL 8-2 (1st half: 3-1)
PORTUGAL: 1-Girao, 2-Neves, 3-Costa, 4-Rafael, 5-Pinto, 6-Alves, 7-Nunes, 8-Silva, 9-Rodrigues, 10-Henriques. Coach: Senica.
BRAZIL: 1-Rieger, 2-Garcia, 3-Dos Santos, 4-Raposo, 5-Guilherme, 6-Fernandes, 7-Dias, 8-Matos, 9-Justi, 10-Nascimento. Coach: Belbruno
REFEREES: Da Prato (Italy) and Eggiman (Switzerland). Table referee: Galoppi (Italy)
STARTING FIVE
PORTUGAL: Girao, Neves, Costa, Rafael, Silva, Rodrigues.
BRAZIL: Rieger, Raposo, Fernandes, Dias, Matos.
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 7.01 Rafael, 16.05 Rodrigues, 17.36 Costa, 18.22 Fernandes
2ND HALF: 10.41 Costa, 12.24 Costa, 12.45 Garcia, 13.14 Silva, 17.15 Alves, 18.30 Silva
CARDS
2ND HALF: 19.27 blue card Garcia

MATCH #24: FRANCE-ANGOLA (1st half:)
FRANCE: 1-Buanec, 2-Furstenberger, 3-Roux, 4-Weber, 5-Herman, 6-Le Roux, 7-Morales, 8-David, 9-Di Benedetto, 10-Tanguy. Coach: Savreux.
ANGOLA: 1-Garcia, 2-Centeno, 3-Anderson, 4-Bernardino, 5-Marcio, 6-Vieira, 7-Payero, 8-Mendes, 9-Pinto, 10-Veludo. Coach: Graça.
REFEREES: Galoppi (Italy) and Pinto (Portugal). Table referee: Da Prato (Italy)
STARTING FIVE
FRANCE: Tangui, Furstenberger, Roux, Le Roux, Di Benedetto
ANGOLA: Veludo, Centeno, Payero, Mendes, Pinto
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 2.12 Pinto
2ND HALF: 7.34 David, 17.20 Weber, 19.15 Di Benedetto (DS)
CARDS
2ND HALF: 18.23 blue card Weber, 19.10 blue card Mendes

All the results here

All the podcasts of the matches are available on FIRSTv

Pictures by Marzia Cattini