1951 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1951 Roller Hockey World Cup was the seventh 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 (all from Europe) and it is also considered the 1951 European Roller Hockey Championship. All the games were played in the city of Barcelona, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

1951 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	1 June 1951 (1951-06-01)– 10 June 1951 (1951-06-10)
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	465 (8.45 per match)
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Results

Team	DEN	IRE	NED	SWI	ENG	FRA	FRG	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP
Denmark
Ireland	2–1
Netherlands	7–0	6–1
Switzerland	12–0	6–1	3–0
England	11–0	11–0	6–2	2–1
France	13–0	10–0	3–1	5–1	6–1
West Germany	20–0	5–1	4–3	8–1	7–1	3–2
Belgium	22–0	14–0	6–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	4–3
Italy	20–0	13–1	6–3	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–3	7–2
Portugal	20–0	14–0	16–0	10–1	6–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	4–1
Spain	14–0	20–0	4–1	8–0	7–2	1–1	7–1	5–1	2–1	4–3

Source:

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (C)	10	9	1	0	72	10	+62	19
Portugal	10	8	0	2	79	12	+67	16
Italy	10	8	0	2	61	18	+43	16
Belgium	10	7	0	3	57	20	+37	14
West Germany	10	6	0	4	55	26	+29	12
France	10	5	1	4	43	14	+29	11
England	10	4	0	6	38	35	+3	8
Switzerland	10	4	0	6	30	40	−10	8
Netherlands	10	2	0	8	23	49	−26	4
Ireland	10	1	0	9	6	100	−94	2
Denmark	10	0	0	10	1	141	−140	0

Source:
(C) 1951 World Champion

See also

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

External links

• 1951 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database