1950 Roller Hockey World Cup

1950 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	27 May 1950–; 2 June 1950
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (4th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Switzerland
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	289 (6.28 per match)
	← 1949 1951 →

The 1950 Roller Hockey World Cup was the sixth 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 10 national teams (9 from Europe and 1 from Africa) and it is also considered the 1950 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Egypt). All the games were played in the city of Milan, in Italy, the chosen city to host the World Cup. It was the first edition decided in a final game, which saw Portugal defeating Italy by 4–0.

Results edit

Team	EGY	NED	BEL	ENG	FRA	FRG	ESP	SWI	ITA
Egypt
Netherlands	5–1
Belgium	7–0	3–2
England	12–1	5–1	4–1
France	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–3
West Germany	11–0	7–2	2–0	3–2	3–3
Spain	11–1	5–1	3–4	2–1	8–0	4–2
Switzerland	9–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	5–3	4–1	1–1
Italy	14–0	9–1	7–1	5–1	4–2	3–0	4–0	6–1
Portugal	16–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	8–2	6–1	6–0	6–2	4–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Standings edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Portugal	9	9	0	0	52	7	+45	18	Advancing to final
Italy	9	8	0	1	52	10	+42	16	Advancing to final
Switzerland	9	6	1	2	33	21	+12	13
Spain	9	5	1	3	34	20	+14	11
West Germany	9	4	1	4	30	24	+6	9
France	9	3	2	4	20	33	−13	8
England	9	3	0	6	27	24	+3	6
Belgium	9	3	0	6	19	23	−4	6
Netherlands	9	1	0	8	13	36	−23	2
Egypt	9	0	1	8	5	87	−82	1