Roller hockey was one of the sports featured in World Games I.
The games were played July 27–July 31, 1981 at Cal Skate Roller Rink in Milpitas, California.
Teams from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Portugal, and the United States participated.
Pereira Christiano of the Portuguese team observed, "I thought World Games might be another Olympiad.
Other known individual participants: BRA – Casado, Mauricio Duque, Guedes, Hequena, Newshander; CHI – Bendek, Munoz, Salvatierra; ITA – Colamaria, Giuseppe Marzella, Villani