1950 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1950 Roller Hockey World Cup was the sixth 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 1950 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Egypt). All the games were played in the city of Milan, in Italy, the chosen city to host the World Cup. It was the first edition decided in a final game, which saw Portugal defeating Italy by 4–0.

1950 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates27 May 1950 (1950-05-27)–
2 June 1950 (1950-06-02)
Teams10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (4th title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place  Switzerland
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored289 (6.28 per match)

Results
Team  EGY  NED  BEL  ENG  FRA  FRG  ESP   SWI  ITA  POR
 Egypt
 Netherlands 5–1
 Belgium 7–0 3–2
 England 12–1 5–1 4–1
 France 2–2 1–0 2–1 5–3
 West Germany 11–0 7–2 2–0 3–2 3–3
 Spain 11–1 5–1 3–4 2–1 8–0 4–2
  Switzerland 9–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 5–3 4–1 1–1
 Italy 14–0 9–1 7–1 5–1 4–2 3–0 4–0 6–1
 Portugal 16–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 8–2 6–1 6–0 6–2 4–1
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Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Portugal 9 9 0 0 52 7 +45 18 Advancing to final
 Italy 9 8 0 1 52 10 +42 16
  Switzerland 9 6 1 2 33 21 +12 13
 Spain 9 5 1 3 34 20 +14 11
 West Germany 9 4 1 4 30 24 +6 9
 France 9 3 2 4 20 33 −13 8
 England 9 3 0 6 27 24 +3 6
 Belgium 9 3 0 6 19 23 −4 6
 Netherlands 9 1 0 8 13 36 −23 2
 Egypt 9 0 1 8 5 87 −82 1
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Final
June 2nd, 1950
Portugal 4 – 0 Italy Milan, Italy

See also
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