1968 Roller Hockey World Cup

1968 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	26 April 1968 (1968-04-26)– 4 May 1968 (1968-05-04)
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (10th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	343 (7.62 per match)
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The 1968 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighteenth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 10 national teams (6 from Europe, 1 from South America, 1 from North America, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania, for the first time ever). All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Team	NED	USA	ESP	ARG	JPN	SWI	FRG	ITA	NZL	POR
Netherlands
United States	3–3
Spain	8–2	3–0
Argentina	1–1	4–2	2–2
Japan	0–11	4–5	4–15	1–3
Switzerland	2–3	3–2	0–8	0–1	4–2
West Germany	1–2	3–4	0–7	1–1	4–1	7–1
Italy	3–0	6–1	1–3	2–3	4–2	4–2	3–2
New Zealand	2–11	1–10	1–10	1–10	5–1	0–3	3–10	0–10
Portugal	8–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	26–1	15–0	10–2	4–1	21–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal (C)	9	9	0	0	92	6	+86	18
Spain	9	7	1	1	57	12	+45	15
Argentina	9	5	3	1	26	13	+13	13
Italy	9	6	0	3	34	17	+17	12
Netherlands	9	4	2	3	33	28	+5	10
United States	9	3	1	5	27	30	−3	7
West Germany	9	3	1	5	30	32	−2	7
Switzerland	9	3	0	6	15	42	−27	6
New Zealand	9	1	0	8	13	86	−73	2
Japan	9	0	0	9	16	77	−61	0

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links

• 1968 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database

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World Roller Hockey Championships

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• Stuttgart 1936
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Women

• Springe 1992
• ... Alcobendas 2010
• Recife 2012
• Tourcoing 2014
• Iquique 2016
• Nanjing 2017
• Barcelona 2019

Men's B

• ... Macau 2004
• ... Dornbirn 2010
• Canelones 2012
• Canelones 2014

Men U-20

• ... Barcelos 2011
• Cartagena 2013
• Vilanova 2015