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 countryItaly
Dates14 May 1955 (1955-05-14)–
21 May 1955 (1955-05-21)
Teams14 (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 played61
Goals scored328 (5.38 per match)

Group stage

Group A
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
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
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
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:
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:
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
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