1968 Roller Hockey World Cup

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.

1968 Roller Hockey World Cup
Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
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
Champions Portugal (10th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored343 (7.62 per match)

Results
Team  NED  USA  ESP  ARG  JPN   SWI  FRG  ITA  NZL  POR
 Netherlands
 United States 3–3
 Spain 8–2 3–0
 Argentina 1–1 4–2 2–2
 Japan 0–11 4–5 4–15 1–3
  Switzerland 2–3 3–2 0–8 0–1 4–2
 West Germany 1–2 3–4 0–7 1–1 4–1 7–1
 Italy 3–0 6–1 1–3 2–3 4–2 4–2 3–2
 New Zealand 2–11 1–10 1–10 1–10 5–1 0–3 3–10 0–10
 Portugal 8–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 26–1 15–0 10–2 4–1 21–0
Source:

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal (C) 9 9 0 0 92 6 +86 18
 Spain 9 7 1 1 57 12 +45 15
 Argentina 9 5 3 1 26 13 +13 13
 Italy 9 6 0 3 34 17 +17 12
 Netherlands 9 4 2 3 33 28 +5 10
 United States 9 3 1 5 27 30 −3 7
 West Germany 9 3 1 5 30 32 −2 7
  Switzerland 9 3 0 6 15 42 −27 6
 New Zealand 9 1 0 8 13 86 −73 2
 Japan 9 0 0 9 16 77 −61 0
Source:
(C) 1968 World Champion.

See also
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