1955 Roller Hockey World Cup

1955 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates 14 May 1955 (1955-05-14)–
21 May 1955 (1955-05-21)
Teams 14 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up  Italy
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 61
Goals scored 328 (5.38 per match)

The 1955 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eleventh roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes (now under the name of Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports). It was contested by 14 national teams (13 from Europe and 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1955 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Chile). Each group was played in a different Italian city, with the final-eight played in the city of Milan, in Italy (officially the host city).

Group stage

Group A

Teams C F D
 Chile X
 France 2–2 X
 Denmark 0–120–10 X
 Spain 2–17–110–1
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3300193+166
 Chile 3111154+113
 France 3111139+43
 Denmark 3003132–310

Group B

Teams N WG
 Netherlands X
 West Germany 3–1 X
 Portugal 8–02–2
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 2110102+83
 West Germany 211053+23
 Netherlands 2002111–100

Group C

Teams I S
 Ireland X
  Switzerland 10–1 X
 Italy 8–05–1
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 2200131+124
  Switzerland 2101116+52
 Ireland 2002118–170

Group D

Teams Y N E
 Yugoslavia X
 Norway 2–2 X
 England 7–27–1 X
 Belgium 10–18–14–2
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium 3300224+186
 England 3201167+94
 Norway 3012417–131
 Yugoslavia 3012519–141

Final phase

9th to 14th play-off

Teams Y N N I D
 Yugoslavia X
 Norway 0–1 X
 Netherlands 3–28–2 X
 Ireland 3–01–11–4 X
 Denmark 0–40–41–110–7 X
 France 0–11–03–32–17–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 5410299+209
 France 5311135+87
 Yugoslavia 530286+26
 Ireland 5212137+65
 Norway 5113711–43
 Denmark 5005133–320

Final-eight

Teams B WG C E S I S
 Belgium X
 West Germany 1–2 X
 Chile 2–01–2 X
 England 1–13–31–2 X
 Spain 3–05–03–13–1 X
 Italy 2–05–03–03–21–2 X
  Switzerland 5–14–34–22–01–41–2 X
 Portugal 3–15–24–18–63–30–12–0
Colors
     1955 World Champion
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st, gold medalist(s)  Spain 7610237+1613
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Italy 7601175+1212
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal 75112514+1111
  Switzerland 74031714+38
 Chile 7205917–84
 Belgium 7115517–123
 West Germany 71151125–143
 England 70251422–82

Standings

Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal
4th   Switzerland
5th  Chile
6th  Belgium
7th  West Germany
8th  England
9th  Netherlands
10th  France
11th  Yugoslavia
12th  Ireland
13th  Norway
14th  Denmark

See also

External links

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.