1954 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1954 Roller Hockey World Cup was the tenth 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 15 national teams (12 from Europe, 2 from South America and 1 from Africa) and it is also considered the 1954 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of non-European teams). All the games were played in the city of Barcelona, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1954 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates27 May 1954 (1954-05-27)–
9 June 1954 (1954-06-09)
Teams15 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Italy
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played105
Goals scored690 (6.57 per match)

Results
Team   SWI  BEL  FRG  ESP  ITA  POR  DEN  IRE  EGY  FRA  ENG  NOR  NED  URU  CHI
  Switzerland
 Belgium 3–3
 West Germany 3–3 0–2
 Spain 2–0 2–1 4–2
 Italy 4–3 2–0 3–2 1–2
 Portugal 5–1 3–1 7–1 0–3 2–0
 Denmark 0–10 1–8 3–4 0–16 0–14 1–12
 Ireland 0–3 0–4 0–13 1–10 0–12 0–9 6–2
 Egypt 1–7 0–6 0–9 0–13 0–7 0–11 4–3 3–5
 France 2–5 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 6–0
 England 1–7 3–5 4–4 1–3 2–5 1–6 11–1 8–1 5–1 3–1
 Norway 0–5 0–7 1–10 0–9 1–10 1–14 3–1 3–5 3–4 2–5 1–9
 Netherlands 3–2 2–4 0–7 2–9 2–3 2–11 11–1 6–1 6–0 2–2 1–6 10–1
 Uruguay 1–8 0–2 2–5 1–8 1–3 2–8 4–2 5–3 3–2 0–2 4–3 3–0 2–3
 Chile 2–6 2–1 0–5 1–4 1–2 1–2 7–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 3–0
Source:

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain (C) 14 14 0 0 87 10 +77 28
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Portugal 14 13 0 1 92 15 +77 26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 14 11 0 3 66 17 +49 22
 Belgium 14 8 2 4 45 19 +26 18
 France 14 7 4 3 33 16 +17 18
 West Germany 14 7 3 4 66 31 +35 17
  Switzerland 14 7 2 5 59 31 +28 16
 England 14 7 1 6 61 41 +20 15
 Chile 14 7 1 6 32 26 +6 15
 Netherlands 14 6 1 7 52 52 0 13
 Uruguay 14 5 0 9 28 51 −23 10
 Ireland 14 3 0 11 22 84 −62 6
 Egypt 14 2 0 12 16 89 −73 4
 Norway 14 1 0 13 16 94 −78 2
 Denmark 14 0 0 14 15 114 −99 0
Source:
(C) 1954 World Champion

See also
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