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).
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Italy |
Dates | 14 May 1955 21 May 1955 | –
Teams | 14 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 61 |
Goals scored | 328 (5.38 per match) |
Group stage
editGroup A
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | CHI | FRA | DEN | |
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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
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | FRG | NED | |
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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
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ITA | SWI | IRE | |
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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
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEL | ENG | NOR | YUG | |
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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
edit9th to 14th play-off
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain (C) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 13 |
Italy | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 12 |
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 |
Standings
editTeam | |
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Spain | |
Italy | |
Portugal | |
4th | Switzerland |
5th | Chile |
6th | Belgium |
7th | West Germany |
8th | England |
9th | Netherlands |
10th | France |
11th | Yugoslavia |
12th | Ireland |
13th | Norway |
14th | Denmark |