Roller hockey world championship 1955

The 1955 roller hockey world championship was the eleventh world championship in roller hockey . It took place from May 14th to May 21st, 1955 in Milan . The tournament was organized by the Federation Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes and was also the European roller hockey championship, despite the participation of Chile.

The 14 participating teams first played against each other in four groups. Then the two best placed players in each group played against each other in one group and the rest in one group. Each group played in a different city, only the final round of the top eight was played in Milan, the official venue.

61 games were played in which 328 goals were scored. The winner of the tournament was Spain. It was Spain's second title in a row.

Attendees

The following 14 teams took part in the tournament:

13 from Europe	Belgium	France	Spain (defending champion)	Switzerland	Portugal	Italy (hosts)	England
	Netherlands	Germany	Ireland	Denmark	Yugoslavia (first part name)	Norway

One from South America

Chile

Group A

Venue: Modena

Results

Teams	Spain	Chile	France	Denmark
Spain	-
Chile	(2: 2)	-
France	(0:12)	(0:10)	-
Denmark	(2: 1)	(7: 1)	(10: 1)	-

table

Colours

Qualified for the top eight round

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	19: 3	+16	6th
2	Chile	3	1	1	1	15: 4	+11	3
3	France	3	1	1	1	13: 9	+4	3
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	3	1:32	−31	0

Group B

Venue: Trieste

Results

Teams	Netherlands	BR Germany	Portugal
Netherlands	-
BR Germany	(3: 1)	-
Portugal	(8: 0)	(2: 2)	-

table

Colours

Qualified for the top eight round

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Portugal	2	1	1	0	10: 2	+8	3
2	BR Germany	2	1	1	0	5: 3	+2	3
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1:11	−10	0

Group C

Venue: Novara

Results

Teams	Italy	Switzerland	Ireland
Italy	-
Switzerland	(10: 1)	-
Ireland	(8: 0)	(5: 1)	-

table

Colours

Qualified for the top eight round

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	13: 1	+12	4th
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	11: 6	+5	2
3	Ireland	2	0	0	2	1:18	−17	0

Group D

Venue: Monza

Results

Teams	Yugoslavia	Norway	England	Belgium
Yugoslavia	-
Norway	(2: 2)	-
England	(7: 2)	(7: 1)	-
Belgium	(10: 1)	(8: 1)	(4: 2)	-

table

Colours

Qualified for the top eight round

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	22: 4	+18	6th
2	England	3	2	0	1	16: 7	+9	4th
3	Norway	3	0	1	2	4:17	−13	2
4th	Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	5:19	−14	0

Final round

9. to 14.

Venue: Pistoia

Results

Teams	Yugoslavia	Norway	Netherlands	Ireland	Denmark	France
Yugoslavia	-
Norway	(0: 1)	-
Netherlands	(3: 2)	(8: 2)	-
Ireland	(3: 0)	(1: 1)	(1: 4)	-
Denmark	(0: 4)	(0: 4)	(1:11)	(0: 7)	-
France	(0: 1)	(1: 0)	(3: 3)	(2: 1)	(7: 0)	-

table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Netherlands	5	4th	1	0	29: 9	+30	9
2	France	5	3	1	2	13: 5	+8	7th
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	8: 6	+2	6th
4th	Ireland	5	2	1	2	13: 7	+6	5
5	Norway	5	1	1	3	7:11	−4	3
6th	Denmark	5	0	0	5	1:33	−32	0

1st to 8th

Venue: Milan

Results

Teams	Belgium	BR Germany	Chile	England	Spain	Italy	Switzerland	Portugal
Belgium	-
BR Germany	(1: 2)	-
Chile	(2: 0)	(1: 2)	-
England	(1: 1)	(3: 3)	(1: 2)	-
Spain	(3: 0)	(5: 0)	(3: 1)	(3: 1)	-
Italy	(2: 0)	(5: 0)	(3: 0)	(3: 2)	(1: 2)	-
Switzerland	(5: 1)	(4: 3)	(4: 2)	(2: 0)	(1: 4)	(1: 2)	-
Portugal	(3: 1)	(5: 2)	(4: 1)	(8: 6)	(3: 3)	(0: 1)	(2: 0)	-

table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Spain	7th	6th	1	0	23: 7	+16	13
2	Italy	7th	6th	0	1	17: 5	+12	12
3	Portugal	7th	5	1	1	25:14	+11	11
4th	Switzerland	7th	4th	0	3	17:14	+3	8th
5	Chile	7th	2	0	5	9:17	−8	5
6th	Belgium	7th	1	1	5	5:17	−12	3
7th	BR Germany	7th	1	1	5	11:25	−24	3
8th	England	7th	0	2	5	14:22	−8	2

Web links

• Results . Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.