1953 Roller Hockey World Cup

1953 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Switzerland
Dates 29 May 1953 (1953-05-29)–
6 June 1953 (1953-06-06)
Teams 13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Italy (1st title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  Spain
Fourth place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 46
Goals scored 282 (6.13 per match)

The 1953 Roller Hockey World Cup was the ninth 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 13 national teams (11 from Europe, 1 from Africa and for the first time, 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1953 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presences of Egypt and Brazil). All the games were played in the city of Geneva, in Switzerland, the chosen city to host the World Cup. Also for the first time there was a two-group stage, with the first two teams from each group qualifying to a final-four group.

Group stage

Group A

Teams P S E N B I S
 Portugal X
 Spain 1–1 X
 England 0–31–3 X
 Netherlands 2–72–22–4 X
 Brazil 0–80–71–74–6 X
 Ireland 0–101–101–90–52–2 X
 Egypt 1–40–113–111–52–42–4 X
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-four
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 6510334+2911
 Spain 6420345+2910
 England 64023213+198
 Netherlands 63122218+47
 Brazil 61141132−213
 Ireland 6114838−303
 Egypt 6006939−300

Group B

Teams I S B WG F D
 Italy X
  Switzerland 2–2 X
 Belgium 1–24–0 X
 West Germany 3–61–44–0 X
 France 1–31–20–51–3 X
 Denmark 1–130–80–123–82–3 X
Colors
     Teams advancing to final-four
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 5410268+189
  Switzerland 5311168+87
 Belgium 5302226+166
 West Germany 53021914+56
 France 5104615−92
 Denmark 5005644−380

Final phase

4th to 12th play-offs

11th place play-off
Ireland Republic of Ireland 5 – 1 Denmark Denmark Geneva, Switzerland
9th place play-off
France France 1 – 1 Brazil Brazil Geneva, Switzerland
7th place play-off
West Germany West Germany 4 – 1 Netherlands Netherlands Geneva, Switzerland
5th place play-off
Belgium Belgium 2 – 1 England England Geneva, Switzerland

Final-four

Teams I P S S
 Italy X
 Portugal 0–3 X
 Spain 0–11–2 X
  Switzerland 2–41–60–1 X
Colors
     1953 World Champion
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy 330082+66
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Portugal 320185+34
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Spain 310234–12
  Switzerland 3003311–80

Standings

Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Portugal
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4th   Switzerland
5th  Belgium
6th  England
7th  West Germany
8th  Netherlands
9th  France
10th  Brazil
11th  Ireland
12th  Denmark
13th  Egypt

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