The initial series
were organized by the CERS (European Confederation
of Roller Sports) where the events were called
CERS Playlife Grand Prix,. In 2001 and 2002 F.I.R.S.
too over control of the events which were renamed
as the FIRS/CIC Roller World Cup. During these
years successful events were held in a number
of cities including Paris, Eindhoven, Duluth,Zurich,
Engadin, Rome, Naples, and Pamploma.
In 2003, the experienced
company Swiss Iguana Think Tank AG was given the
rights of organizing the events on a Worldwide
basis which was renamed as the FIRS/CIC World
Inline Cup. The cities of Seoul, Incheon, Taipei,
Munich, Mainz and Suzhou were added to the calendar
making the event a true WORLDWIDE series.
The
International Marathon event series on inline skates
had their start in the 90’s. At the beginning
of the 1999 season common rules and a unified classification
system was introduced. 
