Vancouver, BC

By Vile Love It

The first upset of the WFTDA D1 Playoffs Vancouver came early Saturday when the Queen City Roller Girls Lake Effect Furies of Buffalo, NY, USA (seed #9) overtook the Naptown Roller Girls Tornado Sirens of Indianapolis, IN, USA (seed #6) after an exhausting and hard-hitting game. This win earns Queen City a second game today against the Sacred City Derby Girls Sacrificers of Sacramento, CA, USA and a chance for fifth place.

By The Oxford Commakaze

The Terminal City Rollergirls (seed #5) had everything on the line Friday night: A shot at Champs, a winning record against their opponents, and hometown pride in front of a local crowd in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the 2016 International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Vancouver. After a heart-stopping 60 minutes of play that had the crowd roaring as Terminal City faced Philly Roller Derby (seed #4) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it came down to just two points. Unfortunately for the hometown crowd, that final score read two points in Philly’s favor, 164-162 – although Philly’s (outnumbered) fans in the stands certainly didn’t seem to mind.

By Vile Love It

Victorian Roller Derby League from Melbourne, VIC, AU made history in their game against Stockholm Roller Derby from Stockholm, SWE in Game 5 of the 2016 International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Vancouver by posting a shutout in the first period. According to WFTDA records, no other team has kept an opponent scoreless for the entire first half of a game.

By Culta Skaro

It was a Golden State battle for game 4 of the 2016 International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Vancouver as the Angel City Derby Girls of Los Angeles, California, squared off against the Sacred City Derby Girls of Sacramento, California. Angel left the track with a substantial victory, besting Sac City 602 to 45.

By Vile Love It

Game 3 of the WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Vancouver featured Seed 3, the Rat City Rollergirls from Seattle, Washington, against Seed 6, the Naptown Roller Girls from Indianapolis, Indiana. It was a game of inches; the amount of space it took the Rat City jammers to get by Naptown’s defense over and over again, or the amount between Rat City blockers as Naptown’s jammers tried to pry open a path through the pack.