1997 Roller Hockey World Cup

1997 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's A World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Wuppertal
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	380 (7.92 per match)

The 1997 Roller Hockey World Cup was the thirty-third roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (7 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from Africa and 1 from North America). The tournament was played in the city of Wuppertal, in Germany.

Group stage

Group A

Teams	A	S	I	A	F	N
Argentina	X	1–1	7–2	10–1	10–0	8–3
Spain		X	2–5	10–0	6–1	12–1
Italy			X	15–1	6–1	11–0
Angola				X	4–3	5–4
France					X	6–3
Netherlands						X

Colors

Teams advancing to quarter-finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	5	4	1	0	36	7	+29	9
Italy	5	4	0	1	39	11	+28	8
Spain	5	3	1	1	31	8	+23	7
Angola	5	2	0	3	11	42	−31	4
France	5	1	0	4	11	29	−18	2
Netherlands	5	0	0	5	11	42	−31	0

Group B

Teams	P	B	S	G	US	C
Portugal	X	3–2	4–2	6–1	17–2	14–4
Brazil		X	1–1	6–7	8–5	7–3
Switzerland			X	2–3	6–4	7–2
Germany				X	5–1	2–1
United States					X	5–3
Colombia						X

Colors

Teams advancing to quarter-finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	5	5	0	0	44	11	+33	10
Germany	5	4	0	1	18	16	+2	8
Brazil	5	2	1	2	24	19	+5	5
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	18	14	+4	5
United States	5	1	0	4	17	39	−22	2
Colombia	5	0	0	5	13	35	−22	0

Final phase

9th to 12th play-off

Teams	US	C	F	N
United States	X	3–2	0–2	5–3
Colombia		X	0–3	0–1
France			X	7–0
Netherlands				X

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	6
United States	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	4	12	−8	2
Colombia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Wuppertal
	Argentina	5
					Wuppertal
	Switzerland	2
					Argentina	4
	Wuppertal
					Spain	3
	Spain	2
									Wuppertal
	Germany	0
									Argentina	0
	Wuppertal
									Italy	5
	Italy	7
					Wuppertal
	Brazil	2
					Italy	4			Third place
	Wuppertal
					Portugal	2
	Portugal	19							Spain	3
	Angola	0							Portugal	1
									Wuppertal

	Fifth–eighth places				Fifth place
	Wuppertal
	Switzerland	3
	Germany	1
					Wuppertal
					Switzerland	2
					Brazil	4
					Seventh place
	Wuppertal			Wuppertal
	Brazil	5		Germany	4
	Angola	2			Angola	1

Standings

	Team
	Italy
	Argentina
	Spain
4th	Portugal
5th	Brazil
6th	Switzerland
7th	Germany
8th	Angola
9th	France
10th	United States
11th	Netherlands
12th	Colombia

See also

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

External links

• 1997 World Cup in rink-hockey.net historical database