1956 Roller Hockey World Cup

1956 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates 26 May 1956 (1956-05-26)–
2 June 1956 (1956-06-02)
Teams 11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (6th title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 55
Goals scored 247 (4.49 per match)

The 1956 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twelfth 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 11 national teams (10 from Europe and 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1956 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Brazil). All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Teams N F I B N B WG S E P
 Netherlands X
 France 0–0 X
 Italy 2–01–1 X
 Belgium 0–13–10–7 X
 Norway 2–20–14–61–3 X
 Brazil 0–34–51–33–44–1 X
 West Germany 3–12–11–06–01–04–0 X
 Spain 6–08–01–17–06–06–01–1 X
 England 2–14–11–04–21–15–02–01–7 X
 Portugal 4–16–01–13–110–15–03–11–06–1 X
  Switzerland 1–23–10–43–35–26–01–02–74–20–5

Standings

Colors
     1956 World Champion
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st, gold medalist(s)  Portugal 10910446+3819
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Spain 10721496+4316
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 105322510+1513
 West Germany 10613199+1013
 England 106132322+113
  Switzerland 105142526−111
 Netherlands 103251120−98
 Belgium 103161636−207
 France 102261131−206
 Brazil 101091242−302
 Norway 100281239−272

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