1952 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1952 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighth 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 1952 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Egypt). All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1952 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates28 June 1952 (1952-06-28)
7 July 1952 (1952-07-07)
Teams10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (5th title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Spain
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored270 (5.87 per match)
1951
1953

Results

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Team  FRA  BEL  ENG  NED  EGY  ITA  ESP   SWI  POR  DEN
  France
  Belgium 5–2
  England 1–1 0–5
  Netherlands 4–2 1–2 2–1
  Egypt 0–2 0–3 0–9 0–6
  Italy 2–3 5–1 2–1 4–2 12–1
  Spain 3–0 2–1 1–1 6–1 4–0 2–3
   Switzerland 1–3 1–3 1–4 1–1 7–0 2–4 1–3
  Portugal 9–0 2–1 9–0 11–1 13–0 1–3 2–1 7–1
  Denmark 0–7 0–7 0–6 0–9 0–6 0–9 0–7 1–5 0–13
Source: [citation needed]

Standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Portugal 9 8 0 1 67 7 +60 16 Advancing to final
  Italy 9 8 0 1 44 13 +31 16
    Spain 9 6 1 2 29 9 +20 13
  Belgium 9 6 0 3 28 13 +15 12
  Netherlands 9 4 1 4 27 27 0 9
  France 9 4 1 4 20 25 −5 9
  England 9 3 2 4 23 21 +2 8
   Switzerland 9 2 1 6 20 26 −6 5
  Egypt 9 1 0 8 7 56 −49 2
  Denmark 9 0 0 9 1 69 −68 0
Source: [citation needed]

Final

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July 7th, 1952
Portugal     4 – 0     Italy Porto, Portugal

See also

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