Rose City Rollers Win 2024 WFTDA Global Championships in Post-COVID Return of Postseason Tournaments
The Rose City Rollers of Portland, Oregon, USA have won the 2024 WFTDA Global Championships! This is the third time in a row Rose City has taken home the Hydra, and the fifth time total, tying with Gotham Roller Derby (New York, NY, USA) for the most WFTDA Championship wins.
Rose City (1st Place – North America-West) defeated Arch Rival Roller Derby (1st Place – North America-Northeast) of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in a nail-biting, back-and-forth game that had fans watching in Veterans Memorial Coliseum and live at home on the edge of their seats until the last jam. In the end, Rose City came out on top once again, remaining the WFTDA Champions for another season. Arch Rival took home the silver, their first time taking home WFTDA Champs medals, after coming in Fourth Place at the 2019 WFTDA Championships. Denver Roller Derby (2nd Place North America-West), of Denver, Colorado, USA, came in Third Place to win the bronze after narrowly defeating Victorian Roller Derby League (1st Place – Oceania) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, who won the bronze in 2019.
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Victoria’s Pavey Wavey earned the tournament MVP award, for embodying the spirit of the WFTDA and our sport, both and off the track.
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The 2024 WFTDA Global Championships, hosted by Rose City Rollers in Portland on November 1-3, 2024, marked the long awaited return of the WFTDA Championship tournament after competition was put on hold in 2020 due the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, the WFTDA returned to competitive play with a new regional competitive system and championships structure, which ranks WFTDA teams regionally and places the top ranked teams into Regional Championships that determine which teams will compete in the Global Championships. The Competitive Season now runs for two years, so the next round of WFTDA Regional and Global Championships will occur in 2026. [Learn More]
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WFTDA would like to send our thanks to Rose City Rollers for hosting, and to all of the officials, announcers, photographers, and volunteers who participated and are essential to our sport.
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Tournament Results
First Place — Rose City Rollers of Portland, Oregon, USA
Second Place — Arch Rival Roller Derby of St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Third Place — Denver Roller Derby of Denver, Colorado, USA
Fourth Place — Victorian Roller Derby League of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Final Bracket
