1976 Roller Hockey World Cup

1976 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	11 September 1976 (1976-09-11)– 21 September 1976 (1976-09-21)
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (8th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	493 (7.47 per match)

The 1976 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twenty-second roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (6 from Europe, 2 from South America, 2 from Oceania, 1 from North America and 1 from Asia). All the games were played in the city of Oviedo, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Teams	B	J	N	US	I	A	S	F	P	WG	NZ
Brazil	X
Japan	0–8	X
Netherlands	1–4	8–0	X
United States	2–4	14–0	3–3	X
Italy	4–1	8–0	4–4	2–6	X
Australia	0–3	7–0	3–0	0–5	2–8	X
Spain	6–1	23–0	5–1	2–1	13–0	9–2	X
France	4–3	4–0	3–1	2–6	3–3	5–0	1–13	X
Portugal	6–2	23–2	5–2	4–1	2–1	12–0	1–2	11–2	X
West Germany	4–1	9–1	2–4	2–2	0–0	8–0	0–3	5–1	3–3	X
New Zealand	2–5	10–2	3–7	1–7	1–6	2–7	0–16	1–7	2–11	1–5	X
Argentina	3–1	8–1	5–3	3–3	5–1	4–1	4–4	5–1	1–0	1–2	6–1

Standings

Colors

1976 World Champion

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	11	10	1	0	96	11	+85	21
Argentina	11	8	2	1	45	18	+27	18
Portugal	11	8	1	2	78	18	+60	17
West Germany	11	6	3	2	40	17	+23	15
United States	11	5	3	3	50	23	+27	13
Italy	11	4	3	4	36	37	−1	11
France	11	5	1	5	33	48	−15	11
Brazil	11	5	0	6	33	32	+1	10
Netherlands	11	3	2	6	30	37	−7	8
Australia	11	3	0	8	22	56	−34	6
New Zealand	11	1	0	10	24	79	−55	2
Japan	11	0	0	11	6	122	−116	0

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links

• 1976 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database