1953 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1953 Roller Hockey World Cup was the ninth 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 13 national teams (11 from Europe, 1 from Africa and for the first time, 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1953 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presences of Egypt and Brazil). All the games were played in the city of Geneva, in Switzerland, the chosen city to host the World Cup. Also for the first time there was a two-group stage, with the first two teams from each group qualifying to a final-four group.

1953 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	29 May 1953 (1953-05-29)– 6 June 1953 (1953-06-06)
Teams	13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	282 (6.13 per match)

Group stage

Group A

Team	POR	ESP	ENG	NED	BRA	IRE	EGY
Portugal
Spain	1–1
England	0–3	1–3
Netherlands	2–7	2–2	2–4
Brazil	0–8	0–7	1–7	4–6
Ireland	0–10	1–10	1–9	0–5	2–2
Egypt	1–4	0–11	3–11	1–5	2–4	2–4

Source:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Portugal	6	5	1	0	33	4	+29	11	Advancing to final-four
Spain	6	4	2	0	34	5	+29	10
England	6	4	0	2	32	13	+19	8
Netherlands	6	3	1	2	22	18	+4	7
Brazil	6	1	1	4	11	32	−21	3
Ireland	6	1	1	4	8	38	−30	3
Egypt	6	0	0	6	9	39	−30	0

Source:

Group B

Team	ITA	SWI	BEL	FRG	FRA	DEN
Italy
Switzerland	2–2
Belgium	1–2	4–0
West Germany	3–6	1–4	4–0
France	1–3	1–2	0–5	1–3
Denmark	1–13	0–8	0–12	3–8	2–3

Source:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Italy	5	4	1	0	26	8	+18	9	Advancing to final-four
Switzerland	5	3	1	1	16	8	+8	7
Belgium	5	3	0	2	22	6	+16	6
West Germany	5	3	0	2	19	14	+5	6
France	5	1	0	4	6	15	−9	2
Denmark	5	0	0	5	6	44	−38	0

Source:

Final phase

4th to 12th play-offs

11th place play-off

	Ireland	5 – 1	Denmark	Geneva, Switzerland

9th place play-off

	France	1 – 1	Brazil	Geneva, Switzerland

7th place play-off

	West Germany	4 – 1	Netherlands	Geneva, Switzerland

5th place play-off

	Belgium	2 – 1	England	Geneva, Switzerland

• France classified in 9th place, by greater goal average in the group phase.

Final-four

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ITA	POR	ESP	SWI
	Italy (C)	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	6
	Portugal	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4		0–3
	Spain	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2		0–1	1–2
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0		2–4	1–6	0–1

Source:
(C) 1953 World Champion

Standings

	Team
	Italy
	Portugal
	Spain
4th	Switzerland
5th	Belgium
6th	England
7th	West Germany
8th	Netherlands
9th	France
10th	Brazil
11th	Ireland
12th	Denmark
13th	Egypt

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup
• CERH European Roller Hockey Championship

External links

• 1953 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database