1978 Roller Hockey World Cup
# 1978 Roller Hockey World Cup

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) |
| - | - |
| Estadio Aldo Cantoni | San JuanSan Juan (Argentina) |
| Capacity: 8,000 | San JuanSan Juan (Argentina) |

## Results

| Team | ESP | BRA | ARG | BEL | POR | MOZ | CHI | AUS | JPN | FRG | USA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 2–5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Argentina | 3–1 | 2–0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–11 | | | | | | | | |
| Portugal | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 10–3 | | | | | | | |
| Mozambique | 2–15 | 1–7 | 1–15 | 3–6 | 0–19 | | | | | | |
| Chile | 0–9 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 4–5 | 6–2 | | | | | |
| Australia | 2–10 | 0–6 | 0–10 | 5–5 | 1–16 | 5–3 | 3–10 | | | | |
| Japan | 0–23 | 3–11 | 0–18 | 3–13 | 0–16 | 1–8 | 0–13 | 1–4 | | | |
| West Germany | 2–3 | 6–3 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 3–8 | 9–1 | 15–3 | | |
| United States | 3–7 | 6–2 | 0–8 | 3–2 | 2–9 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 9–4 | 16–1 | 3–7 | |
| Italy | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina (C) | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 9 | +69 | 21 |
| Spain | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 20 | +68 | 20 |
| Portugal | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 22 | +67 | 17 |
| West Germany | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 13 |
| United States | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 12 |
| Chile | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 12 |
| Brazil | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 11 |
| Italy | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 11 |
| Belgium | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 8 |
| Australia | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 85 | −59 | 5 |
| Mozambique | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 92 | −67 | 2 |
| Japan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 146 | −133 | 0 |
