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 countrySwitzerland
Dates29 May 1953 (1953-05-29)–
6 June 1953 (1953-06-06)
Teams13 (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 played46
Goals scored282 (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
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