1966 Roller Hockey World Cup

1966 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	11 May 1966 (1966-05-11)– 20 May 1966 (1966-05-20)
Teams	10 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (5th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	284 (6.31 per match)
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The 1966 Roller Hockey World Cup was the seventeenth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 10 national teams (6 from Europe, 3 from South America and 1 from North America, for the first time ever). All the games were played in the city of São Paulo, in Brazil, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results[]

Team	CHI	ENG	USA	BRA	POR	NED	SWI	ITA	ARG	ESP
Chile
England	3–2
United States	1–2	6–5
Brazil	2–5	2–6	2–0
Portugal	9–0	11–1	13–2	10–0
Netherlands	5–6	5–0	2–4	3–1	2–9
Switzerland	6–3	5–2	2–4	2–1	0–2	2–6
Italy	1–1	6–4	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–3	2–4
Argentina	6–2	5–0	2–0	2–0	0–5	6–3	2–2	2–2
Spain	9–0	6–1	8–0	2–1	1–0	5–3	6–4	4–1	5–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Standings[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (C)	9	9	0	0	46	10	+36	18
Portugal	9	7	1	1	60	7	+53	15
Argentina	9	5	2	2	25	19	+6	12
Italy	9	4	3	2	24	20	+4	11
Switzerland	9	4	1	4	27	28	−1	9
Chile	9	3	1	5	21	42	−21	7
United States	9	3	0	6	19	39	−20	6
Netherlands	9	3	0	6	31	37	−6	6
England	9	2	0	7	22	48	−26	4
Brazil	9	1	0	8	9	34	−25	2

See also[]

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links[]

• 1966 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database