1991 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1991 Roller Hockey World Cup was the thirtieth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from North America, 1 from Africa and 1 from Oceania). The group A was played in the city of Braga and all the other games were played in Porto, in the north of Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1991 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's A World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (13th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	327 (6.81 per match)

Portugal won his 13th title, defeating surprise finalists, the Netherlands, by 7-0, in the final. It was the first title for Portugal since 1982. Because of its importance, the final was attended by the Portuguese President, Mário Soares.

Group stage

Group A

Team	GER	ANG	ARG	ESP	ITA	SWI
Germany
Angola	2–4
Argentina	6–0	2–2
Spain	10–3	8–1	2–1
Italy	9–2	4–0	1–0	0–4
Switzerland	1–3	3–2	1–5	0–10	1–11

Source:

• All the games played in Braga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Spain	5	5	0	0	24	5	+19	10	Advancing to quarter-finals
Italy	5	4	0	1	25	7	+18	8
Argentina	5	2	1	2	14	6	+8	5
Germany	5	2	0	3	12	28	−16	4
Switzerland	5	1	0	4	6	21	−15	2
Angola	5	0	1	4	7	21	−14	1

Source:

Group B

Team	AUS	BRA	CHI	USA	NED	POR
Australia
Brazil	8–0
Chile	6–2	0–6
United States	7–2	4–0	5–2
Netherlands	4–1	3–3	2–0	4–6
Portugal	11–2	2–1	11–0	8–1	6–1

Source:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Portugal	5	5	0	0	38	5	+33	10	Advancing to quarter-finals
United States	5	4	0	1	23	16	+7	8
Brazil	5	2	1	2	18	9	+9	5
Netherlands	5	2	1	2	14	16	−2	5
Chile	5	1	0	4	8	26	−18	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	7	36	−29	0

Source:

Final phase

9th to 12th play-off

Team	SWI	CHI	ANG	AUS
Switzerland
Chile	1–4
Angola	1–3	3–0
Australia	2–6	3–11	3–3

Source:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	13	4	+9	6
Angola	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	3
Chile	3	1	0	2	12	10	+2	2
Australia	3	0	1	2	8	20	−12	1

Source:

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Porto
	Italy	5
					Porto
	Brazil	6
					Brazil	1
	Porto
					Portugal	5
	Germany	0
									Porto
	Portugal	8
									Portugal	7
	Porto
									Netherlands	0
	Spain	4
					Porto
	Netherlands	5
					Netherlands (pso)	1 (3)
	Porto
					Argentina	1 (1)			Third place
	Argentina (pso)	5 (3)
									Porto
	United States	5 (1)
									Brazil	0
									Argentina	6

	Fifth–eighth places				Fifth place
	Porto
	Italy	9
					Porto
	Germany	4
					Italy	4
	Porto
					Spain	3
	Spain	3
	United States	2
					Seventh place
					Porto
					Germany	4 (0)
					United States (pso)	4 (1)

Standings

	Team
	Portugal
	Netherlands
	Argentina
4th	Brazil
5th	Italy
6th	Spain
7th	United States
8th	Germany
9th	Switzerland
10th	Angola
11th	Chile
12th	Australia

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links

• 1991 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database