1954 Roller Hockey World Cup

1954 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	27 May 1954 (1954-05-27)– 9 June 1954 (1954-06-09)
Teams	15 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	105
Goals scored	690 (6.57 per match)

The 1954 Roller Hockey World Cup was the tenth 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 15 national teams (12 from Europe, 2 from South America and 1 from Africa) and it is also considered the 1954 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of non-European teams). All the games were played in the city of Barcelona, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Team	SWI	BEL	FRG	ESP	ITA	POR	DEN	IRE	EGY	FRA	ENG	NOR	NED	URU	CHI
Switzerland
Belgium	3–3
West Germany	3–3	0–2
Spain	2–0	2–1	4–2
Italy	4–3	2–0	3–2	1–2
Portugal	5–1	3–1	7–1	0–3	2–0
Denmark	0–10	1–8	3–4	0–16	0–14	1–12
Ireland	0–3	0–4	0–13	1–10	0–12	0–9	6–2
Egypt	1–7	0–6	0–9	0–13	0–7	0–11	4–3	3–5
France	2–5	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	3–0	6–0
England	1–7	3–5	4–4	1–3	2–5	1–6	11–1	8–1	5–1	3–1
Norway	0–5	0–7	1–10	0–9	1–10	1–14	3–1	3–5	3–4	2–5	1–9
Netherlands	3–2	2–4	0–7	2–9	2–3	2–11	11–1	6–1	6–0	2–2	1–6	10–1
Uruguay	1–8	0–2	2–5	1–8	1–3	2–8	4–2	5–3	3–2	0–2	4–3	3–0	2–3
Chile	2–6	2–1	0–5	1–4	1–2	1–2	7–0	3–0	5–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	3–0

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Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (C)	14	14	0	0	87	10	+77	28
Portugal	14	13	0	1	92	15	+77	26
Italy	14	11	0	3	66	17	+49	22
Belgium	14	8	2	4	45	19	+26	18
France	14	7	4	3	33	16	+17	18
West Germany	14	7	3	4	66	31	+35	17
Switzerland	14	7	2	5	59	31	+28	16
England	14	7	1	6	61	41	+20	15
Chile	14	7	1	6	32	26	+6	15
Netherlands	14	6	1	7	52	52	0	13
Uruguay	14	5	0	9	28	51	−23	10
Ireland	14	3	0	11	22	84	−62	6
Egypt	14	2	0	12	16	89	−73	4
Norway	14	1	0	13	16	94	−78	2
Denmark	14	0	0	14	15	114	−99	0

Source:
(C) 1954 World Champion

See also

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

External links

• 1954 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database