1948 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1948 Roller Hockey World Cup was the fourth 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 9 national teams (8 from Europe and 1 from Africa) and it is also considered the 1948 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Egypt) and the 1948 Montreux Nations Cup. All the games were played in the city of Montreux, in Switzerland, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1948 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	24 March 1948 (1948-03-24)– 30 March 1948 (1948-03-30)
Teams	9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up	England
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	285 (7.92 per match)

Results

Team	NED	EGY	FRA	SWI	BEL	ESP	ITA	ENG	POR
Netherlands
Egypt	5–0
France	8–0	5–1
Switzerland	9–0	7–0	5–2
Belgium	15–0	2–0	2–0	3–1
Spain	16–0	14–0	5–0	6–3	4–2
Italy	15–0	7–0	7–3	8–3	8–2	3–0
England	17–0	8–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	2–2	3–2
Portugal	15–0	13–0	6–0	5–4	10–0	3–1	3–1	1–2

Source:

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal (C)	8	7	0	1	56	8	+48	14
England	8	6	2	0	45	11	+34	14
Italy	8	6	0	2	48	14	+34	12
Spain	8	5	1	2	48	13	+35	11
Belgium	8	4	0	4	27	25	+2	8
Switzerland	8	3	0	5	33	29	+4	6
France	8	2	1	5	21	29	−8	5
Egypt	8	1	0	7	7	56	−49	2
Netherlands	8	0	0	8	0	100	−100	0

Source:
(C) 1948 World Champion

See also

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

External links

• 1948 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database