1978 Roller Hockey World Cup

Roller Hockey Men's World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	1 October 1978 (1978-10-01)– 12 October 1978 (1978-10-12)
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	607 (9.2 per match)
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The 1978 Roller Hockey World Cup was the twenty-third roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 12 national teams (5 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from North America, 1 from Africa, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania). All the games were played in the Estadio Aldo Cantoni, in the city of San Juan, in Argentina, the chosen city to host the World Cup.

Venue

San Juan	San Juan San Juan (Argentina)
Estadio Aldo Cantoni
Capacity: 8,000

Results

Team	ESP	BRA	ARG	BEL	POR	MOZ	CHI	AUS	JPN	FRG	USA	ITA
Spain
Brazil	2–5
Argentina	3–1	2–0
Belgium	1–4	1–1	1–11
Portugal	2–3	2–3	2–2	10–3
Mozambique	2–15	1–7	1–15	3–6	0–19
Chile	0–9	5–3	1–3	6–2	4–5	6–2
Australia	2–10	0–6	0–10	5–5	1–16	5–3	3–10
Japan	0–23	3–11	0–18	3–13	0–16	1–8	0–13	1–4
West Germany	2–3	6–3	2–3	5–3	3–5	5–1	3–8	9–1	15–3
United States	3–7	6–2	0–8	3–2	2–9	4–3	5–3	9–4	16–1	3–7
Italy	3–8	0–1	1–3	2–4	1–3	9–1	3–2	6–1	9–1	2–2	3–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina (C)	11	10	1	0	78	9	+69	21
Spain	11	10	0	1	88	20	+68	20
Portugal	11	8	1	2	89	22	+67	17
West Germany	11	6	1	4	59	35	+24	13
United States	11	6	0	5	52	49	+3	12
Chile	11	6	0	5	58	38	+20	12
Brazil	11	5	1	5	39	27	+12	11
Italy	11	5	1	5	39	31	+8	11
Belgium	11	3	2	6	41	53	−12	8
Australia	11	2	1	8	26	85	−59	5
Mozambique	11	1	0	10	25	92	−67	2
Japan	11	0	0	11	13	146	−133	0