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)

Group stage

Group A
Teams C F D
 Chile X
 France 2–2 X
 Denmark 0–120–10 X
 Spain 2–17–110–1
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3300193+166
 Chile 3111154+113
 France 3111139+43
 Denmark 3003132–310

Group B
Teams N WG
 Netherlands X
 West Germany 3–1 X
 Portugal 8–02–2
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 2110102+83
 West Germany 211053+23
 Netherlands 2002111–100

Group C
Teams I S
 Ireland X
  Switzerland 10–1 X
 Italy 8–05–1
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 2200131+124
  Switzerland 2101116+52
 Ireland 2002118–170

Group D
Teams Y N E
 Yugoslavia X
 Norway 2–2 X
 England 7–27–1 X
 Belgium 10–18–14–2
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-eight
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium 3300224+186
 England 3201167+94
 Norway 3012417–131
 Yugoslavia 3012519–141

Final phase

9th to 14th play-off
Teams Y N N I D
 Yugoslavia X
 Norway 0–1 X
 Netherlands 3–28–2 X
 Ireland 3–01–11–4 X
 Denmark 0–40–41–110–7 X
 France 0–11–03–32–17–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 5410299+209
 France 5311135+87
 Yugoslavia 530286+26
 Ireland 5212137+65
 Norway 5113711–43
 Denmark 5005133–320

Final-eight
Teams B WG C E S I S
 Belgium X
 West Germany 1–2 X
 Chile 2–01–2 X
 England 1–13–31–2 X
 Spain 3–05–03–13–1 X
 Italy 2–05–03–03–21–2 X
  Switzerland 5–14–34–22–01–41–2 X
 Portugal 3–15–24–18–63–30–12–0
Colors
     1955 World Champion
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 7610237+1613
 Italy 7601175+1212
 Portugal 75112514+1111
  Switzerland 74031714+38
 Chile 7205917–84
 Belgium 7115517–123
 West Germany 71151125–143
 England 70251422–82

Standings
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
  • FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup
  • CERH European Roller Hockey Championship

References
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