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)

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

Group A

Teams A S I A F N
 Argentina X 1–17–210–110–08–3
 Spain X 2–510–06–112–1
 Italy X 15–16–111–0
 Angola X 4–35–4
 France X 6–3
 Netherlands X
Colors
     Teams advancing to quarter-finals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 5410367+299
 Italy 54013911+288
 Spain 5311318+237
 Angola 52031142−314
 France 51041129−182
 Netherlands 50051142−310

Group B

Teams P B S G US C
 Portugal X 3–24–26–117–214–4
 Brazil X 1–16–78–57–3
  Switzerland X 2–36–47–2
 Germany X 5–12–1
 United States X 5–3
 Colombia X
Colors
     Teams advancing to quarter-finals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 55004411+3310
 Germany 54011816+28
 Brazil 52122419+55
  Switzerland 52121814+45
 United States 51041739−222
 Colombia 50051335−220

Final phase

9th to 12th play-off

Teams US C F N
 United States X 3–20–25–3
 Colombia X 0–30–1
 France X 7–0
 Netherlands X
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3300120+126
 United States 320187+14
 Netherlands 3102412−82
 Colombia 300327−50

Final round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
Wuppertal        
  Argentina  5
Wuppertal
   Switzerland  2  
  Argentina  4
Wuppertal
    Spain  3  
  Spain  2
Wuppertal
  Germany  0  
 2nd, silver medalist(s)  Argentina  0
Wuppertal
   1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy  5
  Italy  7
Wuppertal
  Brazil  2  
  Italy  4 Third place
Wuppertal
    Portugal  2  
  Portugal  19  3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Spain  3
  Angola  0     Portugal  1
Wuppertal
Fifth–eighth places Fifth place
Wuppertal
   Switzerland  3  
  Germany  1  
 
Wuppertal
       Switzerland  2
    Brazil  4
Seventh place
Wuppertal Wuppertal
  Brazil  5   Germany  4
  Angola  2     Angola  1

Standings

Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4th  Portugal
5th  Brazil
6th   Switzerland
7th  Germany
8th  Angola
9th  France
10th  United States
11th  Netherlands
12th  Colombia

See also

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