1976 Roller Hockey World Cup

1976 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates11 September 1976 (1976-09-11)–
21 September 1976 (1976-09-21)
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (8th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Portugal
Fourth place West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played66
Goals scored493 (7.47 per match)
← 1974
1978 →

The 1976 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twenty-second roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (6 from Europe, 2 from South America, 2 from Oceania, 1 from North America and 1 from Asia). All the games were played in the city of Oviedo, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Team  BRA  JPN  NED  USA  ITA  AUS  ESP  FRA  POR  FRG  NZL  ARG
 Brazil
 Japan 0–8
 Netherlands 1–4 8–0
 United States 2–4 14–0 3–3
 Italy 4–1 8–0 4–4 2–6
 Australia 0–3 7–0 3–0 0–5 2–8
 Spain 6–1 23–0 5–1 2–1 13–0 9–2
 France 4–3 4–0 3–1 2–6 3–3 5–0 1–13
 Portugal 6–2 23–2 5–2 4–1 2–1 12–0 1–2 11–2
 West Germany 4–1 9–1 2–4 2–2 0–0 8–0 0–3 5–1 3–3
 New Zealand 2–5 10–2 3–7 1–7 1–6 2–7 0–16 1–7 2–11 1–5
 Argentina 3–1 8–1 5–3 3–3 5–1 4–1 4–4 5–1 1–0 1–2 6–1
Source: [citation needed]

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain (C) 11 10 1 0 96 11 +85 21
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina 11 8 2 1 45 18 +27 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal 11 8 1 2 78 18 +60 17
 West Germany 11 6 3 2 40 17 +23 15
 United States 11 5 3 3 50 23 +27 13
 Italy 11 4 3 4 36 37 −1 11
 France 11 5 1 5 33 48 −15 11
 Brazil 11 5 0 6 33 32 +1 10
 Netherlands 11 3 2 6 30 37 −7 8
 Australia 11 3 0 8 22 56 −34 6
 New Zealand 11 1 0 10 24 79 −55 2
 Japan 11 0 0 11 6 122 −116 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1976 World Champion

See also