1953 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1953 Roller Hockey World Cup was the ninth 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 13 national teams (11 from Europe, 1 from Africa and for the first time, 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1953 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presences of Egypt and Brazil). All the games were played in the city of Geneva, in Switzerland, the chosen city to host the World Cup. Also for the first time there was a two-group stage, with the first two teams from each group qualifying to a final-four group.

1953 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
Dates29 May 1953 (1953-05-29)–
6 June 1953 (1953-06-06)
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Spain
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored282 (6.13 per match)

Group stage

Group A
Teams P S E N B I S
 Portugal X
 Spain 1–1 X
 England 0–31–3 X
 Netherlands 2–72–22–4 X
 Brazil 0–80–71–74–6 X
 Ireland 0–101–101–90–52–2 X
 Egypt 1–40–113–111–52–42–4 X
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-four
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 6510334+2911
 Spain 6420345+2910
 England 64023213+198
 Netherlands 63122218+47
 Brazil 61141132−213
 Ireland 6114838−303
 Egypt 6006939−300

Group B
Teams I S B WG F D
 Italy X
  Switzerland 2–2 X
 Belgium 1–24–0 X
 West Germany 3–61–44–0 X
 France 1–31–20–51–3 X
 Denmark 1–130–80–123–82–3 X
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-four
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 5410268+189
  Switzerland 5311168+87
 Belgium 5302226+166
 West Germany 53021914+56
 France 5104615−92
 Denmark 5005644−380

Final phase

4th to 12th play-offs
11th place play-off
Ireland 5 – 1 Denmark Geneva, Switzerland
9th place play-off
France 1 – 1 Brazil Geneva, Switzerland
7th place play-off
West Germany 4 – 1 Netherlands Geneva, Switzerland
5th place play-off
Belgium 2 – 1 England Geneva, Switzerland
  • France classified in 9th place, by greater goal average in the group phase.

Final-four
Teams I P S S
 Italy X
 Portugal 0–3 X
 Spain 0–11–2 X
  Switzerland 2–41–60–1 X
Colors
     1953 World Champion
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 330082+66
 Portugal 320185+34
 Spain 310234–12
  Switzerland 3003311–80

Standings
Team
 Italy
 Portugal
 Spain
4th   Switzerland
5th  Belgium
6th  England
7th  West Germany
8th  Netherlands
9th  France
10th  Brazil
11th  Ireland
12th  Denmark
13th  Egypt

See also
  • FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup
  • CERH European Roller Hockey Championship

References
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