1953 Roller Hockey World Cup
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Host countrySwitzerland
Dates29 May 1953–
6 June 1953
6 June 1953
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
| Roller Hockey Men's World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Switzerland |
| Dates | 29 May 1953– 6 June 1953 |
| Teams | 13 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Italy (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 46 |
| Goals scored | 282 (6.13 per match) |
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The 1953 Roller Hockey World Cup was the ninth roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes (now under the name of Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports). It was contested by 13 national teams (11 from Europe, 1 from Africa and for the first time, 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1953 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presences of Egypt and Brazil). All the games were played in the city of Geneva, in Switzerland, the chosen city to host the World Cup. Also for the first time there was a two-group stage, with the first two teams from each group qualifying to a final-four group.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 | 11 | Advancing to final-four |
| Spain |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | +29 | 10 | |
 England |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 8 | |
 Netherlands |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 7 | |
 Brazil |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 32 | −21 | 3 | |
 Ireland |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 38 | −30 | 3 | |
 Egypt |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 39 | −30 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 9 | Advancing to final-four |
| Switzerland |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 7 | |
 Belgium |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 6 | |
 West Germany |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 6 | |
 France |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 2 | |
 Denmark |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 44 | −38 | 0 |
Final phase
4th to 12th play-offs
- 11th place play-off
| Ireland |
5 – 1 | Denmark |
Geneva, Switzerland |
- 9th place play-off
| France |
1 – 1 | Brazil |
Geneva, Switzerland |
- 7th place play-off
| West Germany |
4 – 1 | Netherlands |
Geneva, Switzerland |
- 5th place play-off
| Belgium |
2 – 1 | England |
Geneva, Switzerland |
- France classified in 9th place, by greater goal average in the group phase.
Final-four
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ITA | POR | ESP | SWI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Italy (C) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |||||
 |
Portugal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | 0–3 | ||||
 |
Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||
| 4 | Switzerland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 0–1 |
