1958 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1958 Roller Hockey World Cup was the thirteenth 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 10 national teams (all from Europe) and marks the first time that a world championship was not considered a European championship. All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1958 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates26 May 1958 (1958-05-26)
2 June 1958 (1958-06-02)
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (7th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored348 (7.73 per match)
1956
1960

Results edit

Team  FRG  NED  ITA   SWI  ESP  POR  DEN  FRA  ENG  BEL
  West Germany
  Netherlands 5–4
  Italy 4–2 5–0
   Switzerland 2–0 1–4 2–3
  Spain 6–2 9–1 2–2 9–1
  Portugal 8–1 14–0 3–1 6–1 2–2
  Denmark 0–10 1–12 0–11 0–6 0–21 1–14
  France 2–3 1–3 0–5 2–2 0–9 0–6 13–1
  England 5–3 1–3 1–4 4–1 3–10 0–6 18–1 11–2
  Belgium 4–5 1–6 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–2 9–0 5–2 2–3
Source: [citation needed]

Standings edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Portugal (C) 9 8 1 0 61 7 +54 17
    Spain 9 6 3 0 70 13 +57 15
    Italy 9 7 1 1 38 10 +28 15
  Netherlands 9 6 0 3 34 37 −3 12
  England 9 5 0 4 46 32 +14 10
  Belgium 9 3 1 5 26 23 +3 7
  West Germany 9 3 0 6 30 36 −6 6
   Switzerland 9 2 1 6 16 30 −14 5
  France 9 1 1 7 22 45 −23 3
  Denmark 9 0 0 9 5 120 −115 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1958 World Champion

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