1955 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1955 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eleventh 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 14 national teams (13 from Europe and 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1955 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Chile). Each group was played in a different Italian city, with the final-eight played in the city of Milan, in Italy (officially the host city).

1955 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	14 May 1955 (1955-05-14)– 21 May 1955 (1955-05-21)
Teams	14 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	328 (5.38 per match)

Group stage

Group A

• All the games played in Modena, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	CHI	FRA	DEN
Spain	3	3	0	0	19	3	+16	6	Advancing to final-eight			2–1	7–1	10–1
Chile	3	1	1	1	15	4	+11	3
France	3	1	1	1	13	9	+4	3				2–2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	1	32	−31	0				0–12	0–10

Source:

Group B

• All the games played in Trieste, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	FRG	NED
Portugal	2	1	1	0	10	2	+8	3	Advancing to final-eight			2–2	8–0
West Germany	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	3					3–1
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Source:

Group C

• All the games played in Novara, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ITA	SWI	IRE
Italy	2	2	0	0	13	1	+12	4	Advancing to final-eight			5–1	8–0
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	11	6	+5	2					10–1
Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	18	−17	0

Source:

Group D

• All the games played in Monza, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEL	ENG	NOR	YUG
Belgium	3	3	0	0	22	4	+18	6	Advancing to final-eight			4–2	8–1	10–1
England	3	2	0	1	16	7	+9	4					7–1	7–2
Norway	3	0	1	2	4	17	−13	1						2–2
Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	5	19	−14	1

Source:

Final phase

9th to 14th play-off

Team	YUG	NOR	NED	IRE	DEN	FRA
Yugoslavia
Norway	0–1
Netherlands	3–2	8–2
Ireland	3–0	1–1	1–4
Denmark	0–4	0–4	1–11	0–7
France	0–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	7–0

Source:

• All the games played in Pistoia, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	1	0	29	9	+20	9
France	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8	7
Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	8	6	+2	6
Ireland	5	2	1	2	13	7	+6	5
Norway	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	3
Denmark	5	0	0	5	1	33	−32	0

Source:

Final-eight

Team	BEL	FRG	CHI	ENG	ESP	ITA	SWI	POR
Belgium
West Germany	1–2
Chile	2–0	1–2
England	1–1	3–3	1–2
Spain	3–0	5–0	3–1	3–1
Italy	2–0	5–0	3–0	3–2	1–2
Switzerland	5–1	4–3	4–2	2–0	1–4	1–2
Portugal	3–1	5–2	4–1	8–6	3–3	0–1	2–0

Source:

• All the games played in Milan, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (C)	7	6	1	0	23	7	+16	13
Italy	7	6	0	1	17	5	+12	12
Portugal	7	5	1	1	25	14	+11	11
Switzerland	7	4	0	3	17	14	+3	8
Chile	7	2	0	5	9	17	−8	4
Belgium	7	1	1	5	5	17	−12	3
West Germany	7	1	1	5	11	25	−14	3
England	7	0	2	5	14	22	−8	2

Source:
(C) 1955 World Champion

Standings

	Team
	Spain
	Italy
	Portugal
4th	Switzerland
5th	Chile
6th	Belgium
7th	West Germany
8th	England
9th	Netherlands
10th	France
11th	Yugoslavia
12th	Ireland
13th	Norway
14th	Denmark

See also

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

External links

• 1955 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database