1956 Roller Hockey World Cup

1956 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates26 May 1956 (1956-05-26)–
2 June 1956 (1956-06-02)
Teams11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (6th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored247 (4.49 per match)
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1958 →

The 1956 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twelfth 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 11 national teams (10 from Europe and 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1956 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Brazil). All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Team  NED  FRA  ITA  BEL  NOR  BRA  FRG  ESP  ENG  POR   SWI
 Netherlands
 France 0–0
 Italy 2–0 1–1
 Belgium 0–1 3–1 0–7
 Norway 2–2 0–1 4–6 1–3
 Brazil 0–3 4–5 1–3 3–4 4–1
 West Germany 3–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 1–0 4–0
 Spain 6–0 8–0 1–1 7–0 6–0 6–0 1–1
 England 2–1 4–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–7
 Portugal 4–1 6–0 1–1 3–1 10–1 5–0 3–1 1–0 6–1
  Switzerland 1–2 3–1 0–4 3–3 5–2 6–0 1–0 2–7 4–2 0–5
Source: [citation needed]

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Portugal (C) 10 9 1 0 44 6 +38 19
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 10 7 2 1 49 6 +43 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 10 5 3 2 25 10 +15 13
 West Germany 10 6 1 3 19 9 +10 13
 England 10 6 1 3 23 22 +1 13
  Switzerland 10 5 1 4 25 26 −1 11
 Netherlands 10 3 2 5 11 20 −9 8
 Belgium 10 3 1 6 16 36 −20 7
 France 10 2 2 6 11 31 −20 6
 Brazil 10 1 0 9 12 42 −30 2
 Norway 10 0 2 8 12 39 −27 2
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1956 World Champion

See also