1978 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1978 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twenty-third roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (5 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from North America, 1 from Africa, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania). All the games were played in the Estadio Aldo Cantoni, in the city of San Juan, in Argentina, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1978 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates1 October 1978 (1978-10-01)
12 October 1978 (1978-10-12)
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Portugal
Fourth place West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played66
Goals scored607 (9.2 per match)
1976
1980

Venue

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The Argentina squad celebrating with the Cup
San Juan
 
 
San Juan
San Juan (Argentina)
Estadio Aldo Cantoni
Capacity: 8,000
 

Results

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Team  ESP  BRA  ARG  BEL  POR  MOZ  CHI  AUS  JPN  FRG  USA  ITA
  Spain
  Brazil 2–5
  Argentina 3–1 2–0
  Belgium 1–4 1–1 1–11
  Portugal 2–3 2–3 2–2 10–3
  Mozambique 2–15 1–7 1–15 3–6 0–19
  Chile 0–9 5–3 1–3 6–2 4–5 6–2
  Australia 2–10 0–6 0–10 5–5 1–16 5–3 3–10
  Japan 0–23 3–11 0–18 3–13 0–16 1–8 0–13 1–4
  West Germany 2–3 6–3 2–3 5–3 3–5 5–1 3–8 9–1 15–3
  United States 3–7 6–2 0–8 3–2 2–9 4–3 5–3 9–4 16–1 3–7
  Italy 3–8 0–1 1–3 2–4 1–3 9–1 3–2 6–1 9–1 2–2 3–1
Source: [citation needed]

Standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Argentina (C) 11 10 1 0 78 9 +69 21
    Spain 11 10 0 1 88 20 +68 20
    Portugal 11 8 1 2 89 22 +67 17
  West Germany 11 6 1 4 59 35 +24 13
  United States 11 6 0 5 52 49 +3 12
  Chile 11 6 0 5 58 38 +20 12
  Brazil 11 5 1 5 39 27 +12 11
  Italy 11 5 1 5 39 31 +8 11
  Belgium 11 3 2 6 41 53 −12 8
  Australia 11 2 1 8 26 85 −59 5
  Mozambique 11 1 0 10 25 92 −67 2
  Japan 11 0 0 11 13 146 −133 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1978 World Champion

See also

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