By September 2011, there were more than 1,000 amateur roller derby leagues on every inhabited continent in countries such as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Sweden and Singapore.
Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby was the first roller derby league to be formed in Germany and the second in Europe, being set up in April 2006. In 2008, they assisted Bear City Roller Derby in establishing itself in Berlin, and by the end of 2009, there were seven leagues in the country.
In October 2010, Bear City was accepted as the first German apprentice member of the WFTDA.
The first German Championship was held in 2010, Stuttgart beating Bear City Roller Derby 128âÂÂ124 in the final.
The first Roller Derby World Cup took place in 2011 from December 1 until December 4 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The first Team Germany roster featured skaters from Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby, Bear City Roller Derby, Barock City Roller Derby, Harbor Girls Hamburg (St. Pauli Roller Derby), Philly Roller Derby and Ruhrpott Roller Derby.
The second Roller Derby World Cup took place in 2014 from December 4 to December 7 in Dallas, Texas.
The 2018 Roller Derby World Cup took place from February 1âÂÂ4, 2018 in Manchester, England. Team Germany came in 13th place out of 38 teams.
Team Germany played the second highest-scoring bout in the 2018 World Cup, scoring 610 against Team Czech Republic. The only other two teams to score over 600 points in a single bout were Team Sweden against Russia (635-6) and Team Scotland (13-604) against Team Iceland.