Roller hockey world championship 1972
The 1972 roller hockey world championship was the 20th world roller hockey championship . It took place from April 22nd to May 4th, 1972 in A Coruña . The tournament was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports .
The 12 participating teams played against each other in the league system .
66 games were played in which 568 goals were scored. The winner of the tournament was Spain. It was Spain's sixth title.
Attendees
The following eleven teams took part in the tournament:
| 6 from Europe |
 Belgium |
.svg){kind=small} Spain (defending champions) (hosts) |
 Portugal |
 Italy |
 Netherlands |
 Germany |
| 2 from South America |
 Argentina |
 Chile |
| 2 from Oceania |
 New Zealand |
 Australia |
| One from Asia |
 Japan |
| One from North America |
 United States |
league
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BR Germany
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Netherlands
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(2: 4) | - | ||||||||||
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Japan
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(0:12) | (1:10) | - | |||||||||
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New Zealand
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(2:12) | (2:11) | (3: 2) | - | ||||||||
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Australia
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(1: 7) | (3:10) | (5: 1) | (3: 2) | - | |||||||
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United States
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(4: 6) | (3: 8) | (9: 2) | (2: 2) | (5: 1) | - | ||||||
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Belgium
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(3:12) | (3: 5) | (9: 2) | (9: 2) | (5: 4) | (1: 5) | - | |||||
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Chile
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(4: 8) | (0: 2) | (3: 2) | (11: 2) | (3: 1) | (4: 1) | (10: 3) | - | ||||
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Portugal
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(3: 2) | (10: 1) | (16: 1) | (7: 3) | (21: 0) | (4: 2) | (4: 1) | (7: 2) | - | |||
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Spain
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(3: 0) | (8: 1) | (14: 0) | (20: 0) | (18: 3) | (16: 1) | (15: 2) | (10: 3) | (4: 0) | - | ||
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Argentina
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(2: 1) | (2: 5) | (5: 0) | (6: 1) | (10: 3) | (5: 0) | (3: 3) | (9: 0) | (2: 0) | (0: 2) | - | |
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Italy
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(0: 5) | (3: 2) | (5: 0) | (8: 0) | (7: 2) | (4: 3) | (1: 1) | (7: 3) | (0: 3) | (1: 2) | (1: 1) | - |
table
| Pl. | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff | Points |
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| 1 |
Spain
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11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 112: 11 | +101 | 22nd |
| 2 |
Portugal
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11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 75:18 | +57 | 18th |
| 3 |
Argentina
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11 | 7th | 2 | 2 | 45:15 | +30 | 16 |
| 4th |
BR Germany
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11 | 8th | 0 | 3 | 69:24 | +45 | 16 |
| 5 |
Italy
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11 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 37:22 | +15 | 14th |
| 6th |
Netherlands
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11 | 7th | 0 | 4th | 57:39 | +18 | 14th |
| 7th |
Chile
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11 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 43:52 | −9 | 10 |
| 8th |
Belgium
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11 | 3 | 2 | 6th | 40:63 | −23 | 8th |
| 9 |
United States
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11 | 3 | 1 | 7th | 35:53 | −18 | 7th |
| 10 |
Australia
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11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 26:89 | −63 | 4th |
| 11 |
New Zealand
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11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18:91 | −73 | 3 |
| 12 |
Japan
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11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11:91 | −80 | 0 |
