Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Roller hockey was one of the demonstration sports introduced in the official programme of the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona. Its widespread support and top teams in the Catalonian region prompted the Organizing Committee to suggest its inclusion in the Olympic programme. Held from 26 July to 7 August, it comprised a single event for men. This sport was contested in four venues: Vic, Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Reus and Barcelona. Twelve nations entered a team, in a total of 120 players. The big favourites Spain, Italy, Portugal and Argentina all ended in the first four places with the Portuguese (world champions in the previous year) failing the podium and Argentina taking the gold away from the hosts.

In a preliminary round, the teams were divided into two groups according to the results of the 1991 World Championship, held in Portugal. Group A played in the Pavelló del Club Patí Vic, in Vic, while Group B played in the Pavelló de l'Ateneu de Sant Sadurní, in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. The first three in each group advanced to the semi-finals which were played in the Pavelló d'Esports de Reus, Reus, on a league-system. The top two teams played the final and the following two teams played the bronze medal match, in the Palau Blaugrana.

1 Final standings
2 Preliminary round
3 Semi-finals
4 Finals
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Argentina
2	Spain
3	Italy
4	Portugal
5	Brazil
6	Netherlands
7	United States
8	Germany
9	Angola
10	Switzerland
11	Australia
12	Japan

For a list of all the participating squads, see Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Squads and statistics

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Notes

Pts – points
Pld – matches played
W – win
D – draw
L – lost
GF – goals for
GA – goals against

[edit] Group A

Main article: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1. Italy	9	5	4	1	0	54	8
2. Portugal	8	5	4	0	1	59	8
3. Argentina	6	5	2	2	1	22	9
4. United States	5	5	2	1	2	24	27
5. Switzerland	2	5	1	0	4	12	28
6. Japan	0	5	0	0	5	4	95

[edit] Group B

Main article: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1. Spain	10	5	5	0	0	45	4
2. Brazil	8	5	4	0	1	27	12
3. Netherlands	5	5	2	1	2	22	24
4. Germany	4	5	2	0	3	13	17
5. Angola	3	5	1	1	3	7	23
6. Australia	0	5	0	0	5	7	42

[edit] Semi-finals

Main article: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Semi-finals

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1. Spain	9	5	4	1	0	19	8
2. Argentina	8	5	4	0	1	18	9
3. Portugal	6	5	3	0	2	22	12
4. Italy	4	5	2	0	3	21	19
5. Brazil	3	5	1	1	3	12	20
6. Netherlands	0	5	0	0	5	5	29

[edit] Finals

[edit] Notes

Half-time scores are shown in brackets.

[edit] Bronze medal

7 July 1992
	Portugal	2–3 (2–1)	Italy	Palau Blaugrana Barcelona
	Luís Ferreira Victor Hugo Silva		Francesco Amato Massimo Mariotti Roberto Crudeli
	Umpires: Miguel Angel Marti Corcuera (ESP) & Alfonso Mestres Torrens (ESP)

[edit] Gold medal

7 July 1992
	Spain	6–8 (5–5)	Argentina	Palau Blaugrana Barcelona
	A. Avecilla Porto (2) A. Rovira Lecha (2) Joan Ayats Presas Joan Carles Colas		J. Paes Picon (3) D. Allende Martinez (2) P. Cairo Valdivia (2) R. Roldan Gomez
	Umpires: Luís Alfredo Dias Rei (POR) & João António Pereira Faria (POR)