1972 Roller Hockey World Cup

1972 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates26 July 1972 (1972-07-26)–
6 August 1972 (1972-08-06)
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (7th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Argentina
Fourth place West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played66
Goals scored568 (8.61 per match)
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The 1972 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twentieth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (6 from Europe, 2 from South America, 2 from Oceania, 1 from North America and 1 from Asia). All the games were played in the city of A Coruña, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Team  FRG  NED  JPN  NZL  AUS  USA  BEL  CHI  POR  ESP  ARG  ITA
 West Germany
 Netherlands 2–4
 Japan 0–12 1–10
 New Zealand 2–12 2–11 3–2
 Australia 1–7 3–10 5–1 3–2
 United States 4–6 3–8 9–2 2–2 5–1
 Belgium 3–12 3–5 9–2 9–2 5–4 1–5
 Chile 4–8 0–2 3–2 11–2 3–1 4–1 10–3
 Portugal 3–2 10–1 16–1 7–3 21–0 4–2 4–1 7–2
 Spain 3–0 8–1 14–0 20–0 18–3 16–1 15–2 10–3 4–0
 Argentina 2–1 2–5 5–0 6–1 10–3 5–0 3–3 9–0 2–0 0–2
 Italy 0–5 3–2 5–0 8–0 7–2 4–3 1–1 7–3 0–3 1–2 1–1
Source:[citation needed]

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain (C) 11 11 0 0 112 11 +101 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Portugal 11 9 0 2 75 18 +57 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 11 7 2 2 45 15 +30 16
 West Germany 11 8 0 3 69 24 +45 16
 Italy 11 6 2 3 37 22 +15 14
 Netherlands 11 7 0 4 57 39 +18 14
 Chile 11 5 0 6 43 52 −9 10
 Belgium 11 3 2 6 40 63 −23 8
 United States 11 3 1 7 35 53 −18 7
 Australia 11 2 0 9 26 89 −63 4
 New Zealand 11 1 1 9 18 91 −73 3
 Japan 11 0 0 11 11 91 −80 0
Source:[citation needed]
(C) 1972 World Champion

See also

External links

  • 1972 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database
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