1972 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1972 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twentieth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (6 from Europe, 2 from South America, 2 from Oceania, 1 from North America and 1 from Asia). All the games were played in the city of A Coruña, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1972 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	26 July 1972 (1972-07-26)– 6 August 1972 (1972-08-06)
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (7th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	568 (8.61 per match)

Results

Team	FRG	NED	JPN	NZL	AUS	USA	BEL	CHI	POR	ESP	ARG	ITA
West Germany
Netherlands	2–4
Japan	0–12	1–10
New Zealand	2–12	2–11	3–2
Australia	1–7	3–10	5–1	3–2
United States	4–6	3–8	9–2	2–2	5–1
Belgium	3–12	3–5	9–2	9–2	5–4	1–5
Chile	4–8	0–2	3–2	11–2	3–1	4–1	10–3
Portugal	3–2	10–1	16–1	7–3	21–0	4–2	4–1	7–2
Spain	3–0	8–1	14–0	20–0	18–3	16–1	15–2	10–3	4–0
Argentina	2–1	2–5	5–0	6–1	10–3	5–0	3–3	9–0	2–0	0–2
Italy	0–5	3–2	5–0	8–0	7–2	4–3	1–1	7–3	0–3	1–2	1–1

Source:

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (C)	11	11	0	0	112	11	+101	22
Portugal	11	9	0	2	75	18	+57	18
Argentina	11	7	2	2	45	15	+30	16
West Germany	11	8	0	3	69	24	+45	16
Italy	11	6	2	3	37	22	+15	14
Netherlands	11	7	0	4	57	39	+18	14
Chile	11	5	0	6	43	52	−9	10
Belgium	11	3	2	6	40	63	−23	8
United States	11	3	1	7	35	53	−18	7
Australia	11	2	0	9	26	89	−63	4
New Zealand	11	1	1	9	18	91	−73	3
Japan	11	0	0	11	11	91	−80	0

Source:
(C) 1972 World Champion

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links

• 1972 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database