title: 1952 Roller Hockey World Cup
text: # 1952 Roller Hockey World Cup
  
  The 1952 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighth 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 10 national teams (9 from Europe and 1 from Africa) and it is also considered the 1952 European Roller Hockey Championship (despite the presence of Egypt). All the games were played in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Team | FRA | BEL | ENG | NED | EGY | ITA | ESP | SWI | POR |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | France | | | | | | | | | |
  | Belgium | 5–2 | | | | | | | | |
  | England | 1–1 | 0–5 | | | | | | | |
  | Netherlands | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | | | | |
  | Egypt | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–9 | 0–6 | | | | | |
  | Italy | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 12–1 | | | | |
  | Spain | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | | | |
  | Switzerland | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | | |
  | Portugal | 9–0 | 2–1 | 9–0 | 11–1 | 13–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 7–1 | |
  | Denmark | 0–7 | 0–7 | 0–6 | 0–9 | 0–6 | 0–9 | 0–7 | 1–5 | 0–13 |
  
  ## Standings
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Portugal | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 7 | +60 | 16 | Advancing to final |
  | Italy | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 16 | Advancing to final |
  | Spain | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 13 | |
  | Belgium | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 12 | |
  | Netherlands | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 9 | |
  | France | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 9 | |
  | England | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 8 | |
  | Switzerland | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 5 | |
  | Egypt | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 56 | −49 | 2 | |
  | Denmark | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 69 | −68 | 0 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | July 7th, 1952 |
  | - |
  | July 7th, 1952 | Portugal | 4 – 0 | Italy | Porto, Portugal |
  