# 1955 Roller Hockey World Cup

The 1955 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eleventh 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 14 national teams (13 from Europe and 1 from South America) and it is also considered the 1955 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Chile). Each group was played in a different Italian city, with the final-eight played in the city of Milan, in Italy (officially the host city).

## Group stage
### Group A

* All the games played in Modena, Italy
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHI | FRA | DEN |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 6 | Advancing to final-eight | 2–1 | 7–1 | 10–1 |
| Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 3 | Advancing to final-eight | | | |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 3 | | 2–2 | | |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | −31 | 0 | | 0–12 | 0–10 | |

### Group B

* All the games played in Trieste, Italy
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FRG | NED |
| Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 3 | Advancing to final-eight | 2–2 | 8–0 |
| West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Advancing to final-eight | | 3–1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | | | |

### Group C

* All the games played in Novara, Italy
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SWI | IRE |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 4 | Advancing to final-eight | 5–1 | 8–0 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 2 | Advancing to final-eight | | 10–1 |
| Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | | | |

### Group D

* All the games played in Monza, Italy
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ENG | NOR | YUG |
| Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 6 | Advancing to final-eight | 4–2 | 8–1 | 10–1 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 4 | Advancing to final-eight | | 7–1 | 7–2 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 | | | | 2–2 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 1 | | | | |

## Final phase
### 9th to 14th play-off

| Team | YUG | NOR | NED | IRE | DEN |
| Yugoslavia | | | | | |
| Norway | 0–1 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 3–2 | 8–2 | | | |
| Ireland | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | |
| Denmark | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–11 | 0–7 | |
| France | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 7–0 |
* All the games played in Pistoia, Italy
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 9 |
| France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 7 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
| Ireland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 5 |
| Norway | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 |
| Denmark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 33 | −32 | 0 |

### Final-eight

| Team | BEL | FRG | CHI | ENG | ESP | ITA | SWI |
| Belgium | | | | | | | |
| West Germany | 1–2 | | | | | | |
| Chile | 2–0 | 1–2 | | | | | |
| England | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | | | | |
| Spain | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | | |
| Italy | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | |
| Switzerland | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| Portugal | 3–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 8–6 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
* All the games played in Milan, Italy
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain (C) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 13 |
| Italy | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 12 |
| Portugal | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 11 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 8 |
| Chile | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 4 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 3 |
| West Germany | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 3 |
| England | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 2 |

## Standings

| | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Italy |
| | Portugal |
| 4th | Switzerland |
| 5th | Chile |
| 6th | Belgium |
| 7th | West Germany |
| 8th | England |
| 9th | Netherlands |
| 10th | France |
| 11th | Yugoslavia |
| 12th | Ireland |
| 13th | Norway |
| 14th | Denmark |