Kallio Rolling Rainbow

Kallio Rolling Rainbow (KRR) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Helsinki in Finland. Founded in 2010, the league consists of three teams, plus two mixed travel teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Kallio is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

Kallio Rolling Rainbow
Metro areaHelsinki
CountryFinland
Founded2010
TeamsKallio All Colours (A team)
Kinapori Fistfunkers (B team)
Piritorin Ässät (C team)
Fisters of Mercy
Les Bombas
Suppopäät/Superbad
Track type(s)Flat
VenuePasila Sportshall
AffiliationsWFTDA
Southern Finland Sports and Athletics Association
Websiterollingrainbow.com

International presence

Three skaters from Kallio (Misbitch, Pink Spanker and Udre) were selected to play for Team Finland at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup in Toronto,[2] and a higher proportion of the squad for the 2014 Cup came from the league.[3]

During 2013, Kallio played in the first Suomi Cup of roller derby, winning the tournament by defeating Helsinki Roller Derby in the final.[3] Kallio has won the national Finnish league Suomi Cup also in 2015 and 2016.

WFTDA competition

In October 2013, Kallio was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme,[4] and became a full member in July 2014.[5] In 2016, Kallio qualified for their first appearance at WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs, entering the Montreal tournament as the seventh seed, ultimately going winless and finishing the weekend in tenth place.[6] In 2017 Kallio was the ninth seed at the Malmö Division 1 Playoff but again went winless, losing 269–162 to Detroit Roller Derby[7] and to Stockholm Roller Derby, 184–166.[8]

In 2018, Kallio qualified for the WFTDA European Continental Cup held in Birmingham, England as the first seed, and went unbeaten in capturing first place.[9]

Rankings
Season Final ranking[10] Playoffs Championship
2014 126 WFTDA[11] N/A N/A
2015 86 WFTDA[12] DNQ DNQ
2016 30 WFTDA[13] 10 D1[6] DNQ
2017 28 WFTDA[14] CR D1[8] DNQ
2018 37 WFTDA[15] 1 CC Europe[9] NA
  • CR = consolation round

References
  1. "Kallio Rolling Rainbow – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. Hurt Reynolds (26 August 2011). "Team Finland Announces World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  3. Jouni Munukka, "Roller Derby on naisten anarkistinen kontaktilaji", Helsingin Sanomat, 4 November 2013 (in Finnish)
  4. "WFTDA Accepts 28 Apprentice Leagues Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 29 October 2013
  5. "WFTDA Welcomes 16 New Member Leagues". WFTDA. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  6. Defiance, Brooklyn (4 September 2016). "D1M 9th Place: #8 Sun State swarms #7 Kallio, 155-148". Derby Central. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  7. Berrick, Genevieve D (8 September 2017). "D1M: #8 Detroit outshines #9 Kallio's rainbow, 269-162". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. Deadwards, Lisa (10 September 2017). "D1M: #7 Stockholm rolls past #9 Kallio, 184-166". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  9. "Kallio Rolling Rainbow Wins 2018 WFTDA Continental Cup – Europe – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  10. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  11. "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  12. "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  14. "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  15. "Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
Preceded by
event created		 WFTDA Continental Cup Europe winners
2018		 Succeeded by
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