1950 Roller Hockey World Cup

1950 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	27 May 1950 (1950-05-27)– 2 June 1950 (1950-06-02)
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (4th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Switzerland
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	289 (6.28 per match)

The 1950 Roller Hockey World Cup was the sixth 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 10 national teams (9 from Europe and 1 from Africa) and it is also considered the 1950 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Egypt). All the games were played in the city of Milan, in Italy, the chosen city to host the World Cup. It was the first edition decided in a final game, which saw Portugal defeating Italy by 4–0.

Results

Teams	E	N	B	E	F	WG	S	S	I
Egypt	X
Netherlands	5–1	X
Belgium	7–0	3–2	X
England	12–1	5–1	4–1	X
France	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–3	X
West Germany	11–0	7–2	2–0	3–2	3–3	X
Spain	11–1	5–1	3–4	2–1	8–0	4–2	X
Switzerland	9–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	5–3	4–1	1–1	X
Italy	14–0	9–1	7–1	5–1	4–2	3–0	4–0	6–1	X
Portugal	16–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	8–2	6–1	6–0	6–2	4–1

Standings

Colors

Teams advancing to final

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	9	9	0	0	52	7	+45	18
Italy	9	8	0	1	52	10	+42	16
Switzerland	9	6	1	2	33	21	+12	13
Spain	9	5	1	3	34	20	+14	11
West Germany	9	4	1	4	30	24	+6	9
France	9	3	2	4	20	33	−13	8
England	9	3	0	6	27	24	+3	6
Belgium	9	3	0	6	19	23	−4	6
Netherlands	9	1	0	8	13	36	−23	2
Egypt	9	0	1	8	5	87	−82	1

Final

June 2nd, 1950
	Portugal	4 – 0	Italy	Milan, Italy

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup
• CERH European Roller Hockey Championship

External links

• 1950 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database