1974 Roller Hockey World Cup

1974 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	21 July 1974 (1974-07-21)– 29 July 1974 (1974-07-29)
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (11th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	504 (7.64 per match)
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The 1974 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twenty-first roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (8 from Europe, 2 from South America, 1 from North America and 1 from Oceania). All the games were played in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Team	BEL	AUS	ARG	FRG	BRA	NED	SWI	ITA	FRA	ESP	USA	POR
Belgium
Australia	5–3
Argentina	2–7	0–9
West Germany	9–3	1–1	3–0
Brazil	6–3	2–4	6–2	8–5
Netherlands	4–3	3–4	6–1	2–4	5–6
Switzerland	3–5	3–4	4–4	1–7	0–3	2–1
Italy	9–1	1–3	10–2	3–6	2–1	3–6	6–1
France	6–3	1–7	8–0	3–6	2–3	2–7	4–4	4–1
Spain	13–3	1–1	8–0	6–1	4–1	6–0	10–0	3–3	5–0
United States	7–3	2–2	6–1	1–4	1–3	5–4	2–3	3–4	2–4	0–3
Portugal	18–1	5–1	9–1	4–2	8–2	4–1	14–3	3–3	8–1	4–2	13–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal (C)	11	10	1	0	90	20	+70	21
Spain	11	8	2	1	60	13	+47	18
Argentina	11	7	3	1	41	22	+19	17
West Germany	11	7	1	3	48	32	+16	15
Brazil	11	7	0	4	41	36	+5	14
Italy	11	5	2	4	45	33	+12	12
France	11	4	1	6	35	46	−11	9
Netherlands	11	4	0	7	39	40	−1	8
United States	11	3	1	7	33	44	−11	7
Switzerland	11	2	2	7	24	60	−36	6
Belgium	11	2	0	9	35	82	−47	4
Australia	11	0	1	10	13	76	−63	1

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

• 1974 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database