Crime City Rollers Explained

Crime City Rollers
Pixels:180px
Teams:A team
B team
C team
Juniors
Venue:Crime City Hall
Affiliations:WFTDA
Founded:2010
Metro Area:Malmö
Country:Sweden
Tracks:Flat

Crime City Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Malmö, Sweden.

Established in 2010,[1] [2] the Crime City Rollers comprises one home team and two traveling teams representing the league in competition with other leagues. The Crime City Rollers were accepted as an apprentice league of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in July 2011,[3] and became full members of the association in June 2012.[4]

Eleven skaters from Crime City Rollers were selected for Team Sweden at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, and one was selected for Team Finland.[5]

WFTDA competition

In 2015, Crime City first qualified for WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs, entering the Dallas tournament as the eighth seed and ultimately finishing in sixth place.[6] In 2016, Crime City returned to Division 1 Playoffs, entering the Columbia tournament as the seventh seed and finishing in sixth place again.[7] In 2017, Crime City hosted a Division 1 Playoff, the first WFTDA Playoff to be held outside of North America.[8] The fourth seed in Malmö, Crime City won their quarterfinal against Helsinki Roller Derby 215-170,[9] qualifying them for WFTDA Championships for the first time. After dropping their semifinal to Gotham Girls Roller Derby 237-65,[10] Crime City also lost the third-place game to London Rollergirls 181-138[11] and finished in fourth place. Crime City finished outside the medals at Championships in Philadelphia, losing a tight game to Montreal Roller Derby 133-129[12] and to Arch Rival Roller Derby 220-160.[13]

In 2018, Crime City took second place at the WFTDA Playoff in A Coruña, Spain, losing the title game 342-149 to Arch Rival.[14] At Championships in New Orleans, Crime City again faced Montreal in the opening game of the weekend, and again lost to them by 4 points, this time 184-180.[15] Crime City then rebounded in the consolation round, where they won at Championships for the first time, 173-160 over Jacksonville Roller Derby.[16]

Rankings

SeasonFinal ranking[17] PlayoffsChampionship
2013126 WFTDA[18] N/AN/A
201489 WFTDA[19] N/AN/A
201525 WFTDA[20] 6 D1DNQ
201613 WFTDA[21] 6 D1DNQ
201710 WFTDA[22] 4 D1CR D1
201810 WFTDA[23] 2CR

Played games

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crime City Rollers | Crime City Rollers . 2011-09-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111108094148/http://www.crimecityrollers.com/ccr/ . 2011-11-08 .
  2. http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/article870918/Spin-City.html (in Swedish)
  3. "WFTDA Adds Crop of 15 Apprentice Leagues ", WFTDA, 13 July 2011
  4. "Nine Leagues Become Full WFTDA Members ", WFTDA, 1 June 2012
  5. "WFTDA and the Roller Derby World Cup ", WFTDA, 1 November 2011
  6. Web site: Defiance. Brooklyn. D1D 5th Place: #6 Dallas Defeats #8 Crime City, 205-109. Derby Central. 25 November 2016. 13 September 2015.
  7. Web site: Abby. Hammer. D1C: #5 Crime City washes out #7 Rainy City, 142-112. Derby Central. 25 November 2016. 11 September 2016.
  8. Web site: Berrick. Genevieve D. International Roller Derby Teams Face Uncertain Season Thanks to Trump. Sports. Vice Media. 4 January 2018. en-ca. 21 February 2017.
  9. Web site: Skelton. K. D1M: #4 Crime City rolls over #5 Helsinki, 215-170 Derby Central. Derby Central. 4 January 2018. 8 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Defiance. Brooklyn. D1M: #1 Gotham beats #4 Crime City, 237-65 Derby Central. Derby Central. 4 January 2018. 9 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Defiance. Brooklyn. D1M: 3rd Place, #3 London claims bronze over #4 Crime City, 181-138 Derby Central. Derby Central. 4 January 2018. 10 September 2017.
  12. Web site: Deadwards. Lisa. D1 Champs: #9 Montréal Skids past #12 Crime City, 133-129. Derby Central. 4 January 2018. 3 November 2017.
  13. Web site: Khaos. Merry. Champs: #7 Arch Rival wears out #12 Crime City, 220-160. Derby Central. 4 January 2018. 5 November 2017.
  14. Web site: Arch Rival Roller Derby Wins 2018 International WFTDA Playoffs A Coruña – WFTDA . wftda.com . WFTDA . 10 January 2019 . 2 September 2018.
  15. Web site: 2018 Championships New Orleans Game 1: Crime City vs. Montréal – WFTDA . wftda.com . WFTDA . 10 January 2019 . 9 November 2018.
  16. Web site: 2018 Championships New Orleans Game 7: Crime City v. Jacksonville – WFTDA . wftda.com . WFTDA . 10 January 2019 . 10 November 2018.
  17. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  18. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2014. WFTDA. 25 November 2016.
  19. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2015. WFTDA. 25 November 2016.
  20. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2016. 25 November 2016.
  21. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA. wftda.com. 6 January 2017. WFTDA. 6 January 2017.
  22. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA. wftda.com. 5 January 2018. WFTDA. 5 January 2018.
  23. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA . wftda.com . 7 January 2019 . WFTDA . 10 January 2019.