Roller hockey world championship 1956

The roller hockey world championship in 1956 was the twelfth world championship in roller hockey . It took place in Porto from May 26th to June 2nd, 1956 . The tournament was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports and was also the European roller hockey championship.

The eleven participating teams played against each other in the league system .

55 games were played in which 247 goals were scored. The winner of the tournament was Portugal. It was Portugal's sixth title.

Attendees

The following eleven teams took part in the tournament:

10 from Europe

Belgium

France

Spain (defending champion)

Switzerland

Portugal (hosts)

Italy

England

Norway

Netherlands

Germany

One from South America

Brazil

league

Teams
Netherlands	-
France	(0: 0)	-
Italy	(2: 0)	(1: 1)	-
Belgium	(0: 1)	(3: 1)	(0: 7)	-
Norway	(2: 2)	(0: 1)	(4: 6)	(1: 3)	-
Brazil	(0: 3)	(4: 5)	(1: 3)	(3: 4)	(4: 1)	-
BR Germany	(3: 1)	(2: 1)	(1: 0)	(6: 0)	(1: 0)	(4: 0)	-
Spain	(6: 0)	(8: 0)	(1: 1)	(7: 0)	(6: 0)	(6: 0)	(1: 1)	-
England	(2: 1)	(4: 1)	(1: 0)	(4: 2)	(1: 1)	(5: 0)	(2: 0)	(1: 7)	-
Portugal	(4: 1)	(6: 0)	(1: 1)	(3: 1)	(10: 1)	(5: 0)	(3: 1)	(1: 0)	(6: 1)	-
Switzerland	(1: 2)	(3: 1)	(0: 4)	(3: 3)	(5: 2)	(6: 0)	(1: 0)	(2: 7)	(4: 2)	(0: 5)	-

table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Portugal	10	9	1	0	44: 6	+38	19th
2	Spain	10	7th	2	1	49: 6	+43	16
3	Italy	10	5	3	2	25:10	+15	13
4th	BR Germany	10	6th	1	3	19: 9	+10	13
5	England	10	6th	1	3	23:22	+1	13
6th	Switzerland	10	5	1	4th	25:26	−1	11
7th	Netherlands	10	3	2	5	11:20	−9	8th
8th	Belgium	10	3	1	6th	16:36	−20	7th
9	France	10	2	2	6th	11:31	−20	6th
10	Brazil	10	1	0	9	12:42	−30	2
11	Norway	10	0	2	8th	12:39	−27	2

Web links

• Results . Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.