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)

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

Teams N US S A J S WG I NZ
 Netherlands X
 United States 3–3 X
 Spain 8–23–0 X
 Argentina 1–14–22–2 X
 Japan 0–114–54–151–3 X
  Switzerland 2–33–20–80–14–2 X
 West Germany 1–23–40–71–14–17–1 X
 Italy 3–06–11–32–34–24–23–2 X
 New Zealand 2–111–101–101–105–10–33–100–10 X
 Portugal 8–03–02–13–126–115–010–24–121–0

Standings

Colors
     1968 World Champion
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st, gold medalist(s)  Portugal 9900926+8618
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Spain 97115712+4515
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 95312613+1313
 Italy 96033417+1712
 Netherlands 94233328+510
 United States 93152730−37
 West Germany 93153032−27
  Switzerland 93061542−276
 New Zealand 91081386−732
 Japan 90091677−610

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