1972 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1972 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twentieth 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 A Coruña, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1972 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates26 July 1972 (1972-07-26)
6 August 1972 (1972-08-06)
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (7th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Argentina
Fourth place West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played66
Goals scored568 (8.61 per match)
1970
1974

Results

Team FRG NED JPN NZL AUS USA BEL CHI POR ESP ARG ITA
 West Germany
 Netherlands2–4
 Japan0–121–10
 New Zealand2–122–113–2
 Australia1–73–105–13–2
 United States4–63–89–22–25–1
 Belgium3–123–59–29–25–41–5
 Chile4–80–23–211–23–14–110–3
 Portugal3–210–116–17–321–04–24–17–2
 Spain3–08–114–020–018–316–115–210–34–0
 Argentina2–12–55–06–110–35–03–39–02–00–2
 Italy0–53–25–08–07–24–31–17–30–31–21–1
Source: [citation needed]

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Spain (C)11110011211+10122
 Portugal119027518+5718
 Argentina117224515+3016
 West Germany118036924+4516
 Italy116233722+1514
 Netherlands117045739+1814
 Chile115064352−910
 Belgium113264063−238
 United States113173553−187
 Australia112092689−634
 New Zealand111191891−733
 Japan1100111191−800
Source: [citation needed]
(C) 1972 World Champion

See also