1939 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1939 Roller Hockey World Cup was the second 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 7 national teams (all from Europe) and it is also considered the 1939 European Roller Hockey Championship and the 1939 Montreux Nations Cup. All the games were played in the city of Montreux, in Switzerland, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1939 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
Dates6 April 1939 (1939-04-06)
10 April 1939 (1939-04-10)
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions England (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored101 (4.81 per match)
1936
1947

Results edit

Team   SWI  GER  FRA  BEL  POR  ITA  ENG
   Switzerland
  Germany 4–1
  France 5–4 1–7
  Belgium 4–4 2–0 0–2
  Portugal 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
  Italy 8–1 6–1 6–1 1–2 5–1
  England 5–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 3–0 4–1
Source: [citation needed]

Standings edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    England (C) 6 6 0 0 22 5 +17 12
    Italy 6 4 0 2 27 10 +17 8
    Portugal 6 2 2 2 6 11 −5 6
  Belgium 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 5
  France 6 2 1 3 11 22 −11 5
  Germany 6 2 0 4 13 14 −1 4
   Switzerland 6 0 2 4 12 26 −14 2
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1939 World Champion

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