1952 Roller Hockey World Cup

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1952 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	28 June 1952 (1952-06-28)– 7 July 1952 (1952-07-07)
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (5th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Spain
Fourth place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	270 (5.87 per match)
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The 1952 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighth 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 1952 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Egypt). All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results[]

Team	FRA		ENG	NED	EGY	ITA	ESP	SWI	POR
France
	5–2
England	1–1	0–5
Netherlands	4–2	1–2	2–1
Egypt	0–2	0–3	0–9	0–6
Italy	2–3	5–1	2–1	4–2	12–1
Spain	3–0	2–1	1–1	6–1	4–0	2–3
Switzerland	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–1	7–0	2–4	1–3
Portugal	9–0	2–1	9–0	11–1	13–0	1–3	2–1	7–1
	0–7	0–7	0–6	0–9	0–6	0–9	0–7	1–5	0–13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Standings[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Portugal	9	8	0	1	67	7	+60	16	Advancing to final
Italy	9	8	0	1	44	13	+31	16
Spain	9	6	1	2	29	9	+20	13
	9	6	0	3	28	13	+15	12
Netherlands	9	4	1	4	27	27	0	9
France	9	4	1	4	20	25	−5	9
England	9	3	2	4	23	21	+2	8
Switzerland	9	2	1	6	20	26	−6	5
Egypt	9	1	0	8	7	56	−49	2
	9	0	0	9	1	69	−68	0

Final[]

July 7th, 1952
	Portugal	4 – 0	Italy	Porto, Portugal

See also[]

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup
• CERH European Roller Hockey Championship

External links[]

• 1952 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database