1968 Roller Hockey World Cup

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1968 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates26 April 1968 (1968-04-26)
4 May 1968 (1968-05-04)
Teams10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (10th title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Third placeFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Fourth placeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored343 (7.62 per match)
1966
1970

The 1968 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighteenth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 10 national teams (6 from Europe, 1 from South America, 1 from North America, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania, for the first time ever). All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

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Results

Team  NED   USA   ESP   ARG   JPN    SWI   FRG   ITA   NZL   POR
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3–3
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 8–23–0
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1–14–22–2
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 0–114–54–151–3
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 2–33–20–80–14–2
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1–23–40–71–14–17–1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3–06–11–32–34–24–23–2
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2–111–101–101–105–10–33–100–10
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8–03–02–13–126–115–010–24–121–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (C)9900926+8618
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 97115712+4515
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 95312613+1313
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 96033417+1712
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 94233328+510
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9315273037
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9315303227
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 93061542276
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 91081386732
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 90091677610
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) 1968 World Champion.

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