# 1997 Roller Hockey World Cup

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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ITA | ESP | ANG | FRA | NED |
| Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 7 | +29 | 9 | Advanced to quarter-finals | 7–2 | 1–1 | 10–1 | 10–0 | 8–3 |
| Italy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 8 | Advanced to quarter-finals | | | 15–1 | 6–1 | 11–0 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 7 | Advanced to quarter-finals | 2–5 | | 10–0 | 6–1 | 12–1 |
| Angola | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 42 | −31 | 4 | Advanced to quarter-finals | | | | 4–3 | 5–4 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 2 | | | | | | 6–3 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 42 | −31 | 0 | | | | | | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GER | BRA | SWI | USA | COL |
| Portugal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 | +33 | 10 | Advanced to quarter-finals | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 17–2 | 14–4 |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 8 | Advanced to quarter-finals | | | | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Brazil | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 5 | Advanced to quarter-finals | 6–7 | | 1–1 | 8–5 | 7–3 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 5 | Advanced to quarter-finals | 2–3 | | | 6–4 | 7–2 |
| United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 2 | | | | | | 5–3 |
| Colombia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 0 | | | | | | |

## Final phase
### 9th to 12th play-off

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

### Final round

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