The 1997 Roller Hockey World Cup was the thirty-third roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (7 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from Africa and 1 from North America). The tournament was played in the city of Wuppertal, in Germany.
| Roller Hockey Men's A World Championships | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Germany |
| City | Wuppertal |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Italy (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 380 (7.92 per match) |
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARG | ITA | ESP | ANG | FRA | NED | |
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| Argentina
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 7 | +29 | 9 | Advanced to quarter-finals | 7–2 | 1–1 | 10–1 | 10–0 | 8–3 | ||
| Italy
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 8 | 15–1 | 6–1 | 11–0 | |||||
| Spain
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 7 | 2–5 | 10–0 | 6–1 | 12–1 | ||||
 Angola
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 42 | −31 | 4 | 4–3 | 5–4 | ||||||
 France
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 2 | 6–3 | |||||||
 Netherlands
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 42 | −31 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | GER | BRA | SWI | USA | COL | |
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| Portugal
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 | +33 | 10 | Advanced to quarter-finals | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 17–2 | 14–4 | ||
 Germany
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 8 | 5–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
 Brazil
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 5 | 6–7 | 1–1 | 8–5 | 7–3 | ||||
 Switzerland
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 5 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 7–2 | |||||
 United States
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 2 | 5–3 | |||||||
 Colombia
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Final phase edit
9th to 12th play-off edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FRA | USA | NED | COL | |
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| France
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 6 | 7–0 | ||||
| United States
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 3–2 | ||
| Netherlands
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 | |||||
| Colombia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Final round edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
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| Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||||||
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| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
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| Germany | 0 | |||||||||
 Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
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 Italy | 5 | |||||||||
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| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||
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| Portugal | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| Portugal | 19 | |||||||||
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| Angola | 0 | |||||||||
 Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||||||
| Fifth–eighth places | Fifth place | |||||
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| Switzerland | 3 | |||||
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| Germany | 1 | |||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||
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| Brazil | 4 | |||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||
| Angola | 2 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Wuppertal | ||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||
| Angola | 1 | |||||
Standings edit
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Italy
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Argentina
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Spain
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| 4th | Portugal
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| 5th | Brazil
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| 6th | Switzerland
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| 7th | Germany
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| 8th | Angola
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| 9th | France
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| 10th | United States
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| 11th | Netherlands
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| 12th | Colombia
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