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| Roller Hockey Men's World Championships | |
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| 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) |
| ← 1976 1980 → | |
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 JuanSan Juan (Argentina)
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| Estadio Aldo Cantoni | |
| Capacity: 8,000 | |
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Results
| Team | ESP | BRA | ARG | BEL | POR | MOZ | CHI | AUS | JPN | FRG | USA | ITA |
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| Spain
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 Brazil
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2–5 | |||||||||||
| Argentina
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3–1 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
 Belgium
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1–4 | 1–1 | 1–11 | |||||||||
| Portugal
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2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 10–3 | ||||||||
 Mozambique
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2–15 | 1–7 | 1–15 | 3–6 | 0–19 | |||||||
 Chile
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0–9 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 4–5 | 6–2 | ||||||
 Australia
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2–10 | 0–6 | 0–10 | 5–5 | 1–16 | 5–3 | 3–10 | |||||
 Japan
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0–23 | 3–11 | 0–18 | 3–13 | 0–16 | 1–8 | 0–13 | 1–4 | ||||
| West Germany
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2–3 | 6–3 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 3–8 | 9–1 | 15–3 | |||
 United States
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3–7 | 6–2 | 0–8 | 3–2 | 2–9 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 9–4 | 16–1 | 3–7 | ||
 Italy
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3–8 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 9–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Argentina (C)
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11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 9 | +69 | 21 |
 Spain
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11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 20 | +68 | 20 |
 Portugal
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11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 22 | +67 | 17 |
| West Germany
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11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 13 |
| United States
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11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 12 |
| Chile
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11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 12 |
| Brazil
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11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 11 |
| Italy
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11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 11 |
| Belgium
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11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 8 |
| Australia
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11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 85 | −59 | 5 |
| Mozambique
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11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 92 | −67 | 2 |
| Japan
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11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 146 | −133 | 0 |
(C) 1978 World Champion
See also
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| Europe – WSE |
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| Asia – CARS |
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| America – CPRS |
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| Africa – FARS |
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| Oceania – OCRS |
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