1955 Roller Hockey World Cup

1955 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	14 May 1955 (1955-05-14)– 21 May 1955 (1955-05-21)
Teams	14 (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 played	61
Goals scored	328 (5.38 per match)

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's 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).

Group stage

Group A

Teams	C	F	D
Chile	X
France	2–2	X
Denmark	0–12	0–10	X
Spain	2–1	7–1	10–1

All the games played in Modena, Italy

Colors
	Teams advancing to final-eight

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	19	3	+16	6
Chile	3	1	1	1	15	4	+11	3
France	3	1	1	1	13	9	+4	3
Denmark	3	0	0	3	1	32	–31	0

Group B

Teams	N	WG
Netherlands	X
West Germany	3–1	X
Portugal	8–0	2–2

All the games played in Trieste, Italy

Colors
	Teams advancing to final-eight

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	1	1	0	10	2	+8	3
West Germany	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	3
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1	11	–10	0

Group C

Teams	I	S
Ireland	X
Switzerland	10–1	X
Italy	8–0	5–1

All the games played in Novara, Italy

Colors
	Teams advancing to final-eight

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	13	1	+12	4
Switzerland	2	1	1	11	6	+5	2
Ireland	2	0	2	1	18	–17	0

Group D

Teams	Y	N	E
Yugoslavia	X
Norway	2–2	X
England	7–2	7–1	X
Belgium	10–1	8–1	4–2

All the games played in Monza, Italy

Colors
	Teams advancing to final-eight

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	0	22	4	+18	6
England	3	2	0	1	16	7	+9	4
Norway	3	0	1	2	4	17	–13	1
Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	5	19	–14	1

Final phase

9th to 14th play-off

Teams	Y	N	N	I	D
Yugoslavia	X
Norway	0–1	X
Netherlands	3–2	8–2	X
Ireland	3–0	1–1	1–4	X
Denmark	0–4	0–4	1–11	0–7	X
France	0–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	7–0

All the games played in Pistoia, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	1	0	29	9	+20	9
France	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8	7
Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	8	6	+2	6
Ireland	5	2	1	2	13	7	+6	5
Norway	5	1	1	3	7	11	–4	3
Denmark	5	0	0	5	1	33	–32	0

Final-eight

Teams	B	WG	C	E	S	I	S
Belgium	X
West Germany	1–2	X
Chile	2–0	1–2	X
England	1–1	3–3	1–2	X
Spain	3–0	5–0	3–1	3–1	X
Italy	2–0	5–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	X
Switzerland	5–1	4–3	4–2	2–0	1–4	1–2	X
Portugal	3–1	5–2	4–1	8–6	3–3	0–1	2–0

All the games played in Milan, Italy

Colors
	1955 World Champion

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
01 ! Spain	7	6	1	0	23	7	+16	13
02 ! Italy	7	6	0	1	17	5	+12	12
03 ! Portugal	7	5	1	1	25	14	+11	11
Switzerland	7	4	0	3	17	14	+3	8
Chile	7	2	0	5	9	17	–8	4
Belgium	7	1	1	5	5	17	–12	3
West Germany	7	1	1	5	11	25	–14	3
England	7	0	2	5	14	22	–8	2

Standings

	Team
01 !	Spain
02 !	Italy
03 !	Portugal
4th	Switzerland
5th	Chile
6th	Belgium
7th	West Germany
8th	England
9th	Netherlands
10th	France
11th	Yugoslavia
12th	Ireland
13th	Norway
14th	Denmark

External links

1955 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database

References

World Roller Hockey Championships

Men	Stuttgart 1936 Montreux 1939 Lisbon 1947 Montreux 1948 Lisbon 1949 Milan 1950 Barcelona 1951 Porto 1952 Geneva 1953 Barcelona 1954 Milan 1955 Porto 1956 Porto 1958 Madrid 1960 Santiago 1962 Barcelona 1964 São Paulo 1966 Porto 1968 San Juan 1970 A Coruña 1972 Lisbon 1974 Oviedo 1976 San Juan 1978 Talcahuano 1980 Barcelos 1982 Novara 1984 Sertãozinho 1986 A Coruña 1988 San Juan 1989 Porto 1991 Bassano 1993 Recife 1995 Wuppertal 1997 Reus 1999 San Juan 2001 Oliveira de Azeméis 2003 San Jose 2005 Montreux 2007 Vigo 2009 San Juan 2011 Luanda 2013 La Roche-sur-Yon 2015 Barcelona 2017

Women	Springe 1992 Alcobendas 2010 Recife 2012 Tourcoing 2014 Iquique 2016

Men's B	Macau 2004 Dornbirn 2010 Canelones 2012 Canelones 2014 2016

Men U-20	Barcelos 2011 Cartagena 2013 Vilanova 2015

Roller hockey in the world

World

Nations	Men's World Cup Women's World Cup Men's World Cup U-20 Nations Cup World Games Golden Cup

Clubs	World Club Championship Intercontinental Cup

Governing bodies	CIRH FIRS

Europe

Nations	Men's Euro Cup Women's Euro Cup Men's Euro Cup U-20 Men's Euro Cup U-17 Women's Euro Cup U-20 Latin Cup

Clubs	CERH European League Women's European League CERS Cup Continental Cup Eurockey Cup EVRICup CERH Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)

Governing bodies	CERH CERS

National championship	Austria Belgium England France Germany Italy Israel Netherlands Portugal Spain (Men Women) Switzerland

National cups	Austria Belgium England France Germany Italy Israel Netherlands Portugal (Men Supercup) Spain (Men Women Supercup) Switzerland

Asia

Nations	Asian Cup

Governing bodies	CARS

National championship	India Japan Macau Pakistan Chinese Taipei

America

Nations	American Cup Pan American ODESUR Games

Clubs	South American Club Championship Women's South American Club Championship

Governing bodies	CPRS

National championship	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Mexico Uruguay USA

Africa

Nations	African Cup

Clubs	African Club Championship

Governing bodies	FARS

National championship	Angola Egypt Mozambique South Africa

Oceania

Governing bodies	OCRS

National championship	Australia New Zealand

Events in

2013	World Cup Luanda World Cup U-20 Euro U-17 65th Nations Cup Eurockey Cup U-15 Women's Euro U-17 Women's Euro

2014	Euro Cup Latin Cup Ladies World Cup Tourcoing B-WC U-20 Euro Cup U-17 Euro Cup Eurockey Cup (U-15 U-17)

2015	World Cup La Roche Sur Yon World Cup U-20 Euro U-17 66th Nations Cup Eurockey Cup Women's Euro

2016	Euro Cup Latin Cup Ladies World B-WC U-20 Euro Cup U-17 Euro Cup Eurockey Cup

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