1955 Roller Hockey World Cup

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1955 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates14 May 1955 (1955-05-14)–
21 May 1955 (1955-05-21)
Teams14 (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 played61
Goals scored328 (5.38 per match)
← 1954
1956 →

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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification  ESP  CHI  FRA  DEN
 Spain 3 3 0 0 19 3 +16 6 Advancing to final-eight 2–1 7–1 10–1
 Chile 3 1 1 1 15 4 +11 3
 France 3 1 1 1 13 9 +4 3 2–2
 Denmark 3 0 0 3 1 32 −31 0 0–12 0–10
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification  POR  FRG  NED
 Portugal 2 1 1 0 10 2 +8 3 Advancing to final-eight 2–2 8–0
 West Germany 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 3 3–1
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification  ITA   SWI  IRE
 Italy 2 2 0 0 13 1 +12 4 Advancing to final-eight 5–1 8–0
  Switzerland 2 1 0 1 11 6 +5 2 10–1
 Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 18 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification  BEL  ENG  NOR  YUG
 Belgium 3 3 0 0 22 4 +18 6 Advancing to final-eight 4–2 8–1 10–1
 England 3 2 0 1 16 7 +9 4 7–1 7–2
 Norway 3 0 1 2 4 17 −13 1 2–2
 Yugoslavia 3 0 1 2 5 19 −14 1
Source: [citation needed]

Final phase

9th to 14th play-off

Team  YUG  NOR  NED  IRE  DEN  FRA
 Yugoslavia
 Norway 0–1
 Netherlands 3–2 8–2
 Ireland 3–0 1–1 1–4
 Denmark 0–4 0–4 1–11 0–7
 France 0–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 7–0
Source: [citation needed]
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 5 4 1 0 29 9 +20 9
 France 5 3 1 1 13 5 +8 7
 Yugoslavia 5 3 0 2 8 6 +2 6
 Ireland 5 2 1 2 13 7 +6 5
 Norway 5 1 1 3 7 11 −4 3
 Denmark 5 0 0 5 1 33 −32 0
Source: [citation needed]

Final-eight

Team  BEL  FRG  CHI  ENG  ESP  ITA   SWI  POR
 Belgium
 West Germany 1–2
 Chile 2–0 1–2
 England 1–1 3–3 1–2
 Spain 3–0 5–0 3–1 3–1
 Italy 2–0 5–0 3–0 3–2 1–2
  Switzerland 5–1 4–3 4–2 2–0 1–4 1–2
 Portugal 3–1 5–2 4–1 8–6 3–3 0–1 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain (C) 7 6 1 0 23 7 +16 13
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 7 6 0 1 17 5 +12 12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal 7 5 1 1 25 14 +11 11
  Switzerland 7 4 0 3 17 14 +3 8
 Chile 7 2 0 5 9 17 −8 4
 Belgium 7 1 1 5 5 17 −12 3
 West Germany 7 1 1 5 11 25 −14 3
 England 7 0 2 5 14 22 −8 2
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1955 World Champion

Standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, 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

  • FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup
  • CERH European Roller Hockey Championship

External links

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