1955 Roller Hockey World Cup

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).

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

Group stage

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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9th to 14th play-off

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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

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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
    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
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1955 World Champion

Standings

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Team
    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

See also

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