1970 Roller Hockey World Cup

1970 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates22 April 1970 (1970-04-22)
3 May 1970 (1970-05-03)
Teams11 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (6th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Italy
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored545 (9.91 per match)
1968
1972

The 1970 Roller Hockey World Cup was the nineteenth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 11 national teams (6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from North America and 1 from Asia). All the games were played in the city of San Juan, in Argentina, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Venue

San Juan
San Juan is located in Argentina
San Juan
San Juan
San Juan (Argentina)
Estadio Aldo Cantoni
Capacity: 8,000

Results

Team  CHI  NED  FRG  POR  FRA  ARG  JPN  ITA  USA  BRA  ESP
 Chile
 Netherlands 7–6
 West Germany 4–8 5–3
 Portugal 5–3 12–2 3–1
 France 2–7 6–5 8–7 2–6
 Argentina 2–4 5–2 2–1 2–2 13–1
 Japan 2–9 2–7 4–8 0–14 3–10 1–18
 Italy 3–2 7–4 4–3 2–5 6–4 2–2 10–3
 United States 1–9 1–8 4–6 3–7 2–8 2–5 9–8 1–4
 Brazil 1–1 12–0 5–3 6–7 9–7 1–4 13–1 2–3 7–3
 Spain 7–1 10–3 7–2 3–2 13–2 6–2 7–1 7–0 8–0 12–6
Source: [citation needed]

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain (C) 10 10 0 0 90 19 +71 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Portugal 10 8 1 1 63 24 +39 17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 10 7 1 2 41 33 +8 15
 Argentina 10 6 2 2 55 22 +33 14
 Brazil 10 5 1 4 61 41 +20 11
 France 10 5 0 5 57 67 −10 10
 Chile 10 4 1 5 45 40 +5 9
 West Germany 10 3 0 7 41 48 −7 6
 Netherlands 10 3 0 7 41 66 −25 6
 United States 10 1 0 9 26 70 −44 2
 Japan 10 0 0 10 25 115 −90 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1970 World Champion

See also