1997 Roller Hockey World Cup

1997 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's A World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Wuppertal
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	380 (7.92 per match)

The 1997 Roller Hockey World Cup was the thirty-third roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (7 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from Africa and 1 from North America). The tournament was played in the city of Wuppertal, in Germany.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARG	ITA	ESP	ANG	FRA	NED
Argentina	5	4	1	0	36	7	+29	9	Advanced to quarter-finals			7–2	1–1	10–1	10–0	8–3
Italy	5	4	0	1	39	11	+28	8						15–1	6–1	11–0
Spain	5	3	1	1	31	8	+23	7				2–5		10–0	6–1	12–1
Angola	5	2	0	3	11	42	−31	4							4–3	5–4
France	5	1	0	4	11	29	−18	2								6–3
Netherlands	5	0	0	5	11	42	−31	0

Source:

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	GER	BRA	SWI	USA	COL
Portugal	5	5	0	0	44	11	+33	10	Advanced to quarter-finals			6–1	3–2	4–2	17–2	14–4
Germany	5	4	0	1	18	16	+2	8							5–1	2–1
Brazil	5	2	1	2	24	19	+5	5				6–7		1–1	8–5	7–3
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	18	14	+4	5				2–3			6–4	7–2
United States	5	1	0	4	17	39	−22	2								5–3
Colombia	5	0	0	5	13	35	−22	0

Source:

Final phase

9th to 12th play-off

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FRA	USA	NED	COL
France	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	6				7–0
United States	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	4		0–2		5–3	3–2
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	4	12	−8	2
Colombia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0		0–3		0–1

Source:

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Wuppertal
	Argentina	5
					Wuppertal
	Switzerland	2
					Argentina	4
	Wuppertal
					Spain	3
	Spain	2
									Wuppertal
	Germany	0
									Argentina	0
	Wuppertal
									Italy	5
	Italy	7
					Wuppertal
	Brazil	2
					Italy	4
	Wuppertal
					Portugal	2			Third place
	Portugal	19
									Wuppertal
	Angola	0
									Spain	3
									Portugal	1

	Fifth–eighth places				Fifth place
	Wuppertal
	Switzerland	3
					Wuppertal
	Germany	1
					Switzerland	2
	Wuppertal
					Brazil	4
	Brazil	5
	Angola	2
					Seventh place
					Wuppertal
					Germany	4
					Angola	1

Standings

	Team
	Italy
	Argentina
	Spain
4th	Portugal
5th	Brazil
6th	Switzerland
7th	Germany
8th	Angola
9th	France
10th	United States
11th	Netherlands
12th	Colombia

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links

• 1997 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database