1997 Roller Hockey World Cup

1997 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's A World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Wuppertal
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	380 (7.92 per match)
	← 1995 1999 →

The 1997 Roller Hockey World Cup was the thirty-third roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (7 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from Africa and 1 from North America). The tournament was played in the city of Wuppertal, in Germany.

Group stage[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ITA	ESP	ANG	FRA	NED
Argentina	5	4	1	0	36	7	+29	9	Advanced to quarter-finals	7–2	1–1	10–1	10–0	8–3
Italy	5	4	0	1	39	11	+28	8				15–1	6–1	11–0
Spain	5	3	1	1	31	8	+23	7		2–5		10–0	6–1	12–1
Angola	5	2	0	3	11	42	−31	4					4–3	5–4
France	5	1	0	4	11	29	−18	2						6–3
Netherlands	5	0	0	5	11	42	−31	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GER	BRA	SWI	USA	COL
Portugal	5	5	0	0	44	11	+33	10	Advanced to quarter-finals	6–1	3–2	4–2	17–2	14–4
Germany	5	4	0	1	18	16	+2	8					5–1	2–1
Brazil	5	2	1	2	24	19	+5	5		6–7		1–1	8–5	7–3
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	18	14	+4	5		2–3			6–4	7–2
United States	5	1	0	4	17	39	−22	2						5–3
Colombia	5	0	0	5	13	35	−22	0

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