1976 Roller Hockey World Cup

1976 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	11 September 1976 (1976-09-11)– 21 September 1976 (1976-09-21)
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (8th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	493 (7.47 per match)

The 1976 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twenty-second roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (6 from Europe, 2 from South America, 2 from Oceania, 1 from North America and 1 from Asia). All the games were played in the city of Oviedo, in Spain, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Results

Team	BRA	JPN	NED	USA	ITA	AUS	ESP	FRA	POR	FRG	NZL	ARG
Brazil
Japan	0–8
Netherlands	1–4	8–0
United States	2–4	14–0	3–3
Italy	4–1	8–0	4–4	2–6
Australia	0–3	7–0	3–0	0–5	2–8
Spain	6–1	23–0	5–1	2–1	13–0	9–2
France	4–3	4–0	3–1	2–6	3–3	5–0	1–13
Portugal	6–2	23–2	5–2	4–1	2–1	12–0	1–2	11–2
West Germany	4–1	9–1	2–4	2–2	0–0	8–0	0–3	5–1	3–3
New Zealand	2–5	10–2	3–7	1–7	1–6	2–7	0–16	1–7	2–11	1–5
Argentina	3–1	8–1	5–3	3–3	5–1	4–1	4–4	5–1	1–0	1–2	6–1

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Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (C)	11	10	1	0	96	11	+85	21
Argentina	11	8	2	1	45	18	+27	18
Portugal	11	8	1	2	78	18	+60	17
West Germany	11	6	3	2	40	17	+23	15
United States	11	5	3	3	50	23	+27	13
Italy	11	4	3	4	36	37	−1	11
France	11	5	1	5	33	48	−15	11
Brazil	11	5	0	6	33	32	+1	10
Netherlands	11	3	2	6	30	37	−7	8
Australia	11	3	0	8	22	56	−34	6
New Zealand	11	1	0	10	24	79	−55	2
Japan	11	0	0	11	6	122	−116	0

Source:
(C) 1976 World Champion

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links

• 1976 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database