Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Roller hockey

Roller hockey was one of three demonstration sports included in the official Olympic programme of the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona. This sport's widespread popularity and the existence of top-level competitive teams in Catalonia (such as FC Barcelona and Reus Deportiu Hockey) prompted the Organizing Committee to suggest its inclusion in the Olympic programme.

The sport was held from July 26 to August 7, 1992 and it comprised of a single event for men and was contested in four venues in Catalonia: Vic, Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Reus and Barcelona. A total of 12 nations entered a team, for a total of 120 players. The biggest contenders, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Argentina all finished in the first four places, with the Portuguese team (world champions from the 1991 Rink Hockey World Championship) failing to reach the podium and Argentina winning the final match against the Spanish hosts.

In a preliminary round, the teams were divided into two groups according to the results of the 1991 Rink Hockey World Championship, held in Portugal. Group A games were played at the Pavelló del Club Patí Vic, in Vic, while Group B games were played at the Pavelló de l'Ateneu de Sant Sadurní, in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. The best three teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, which were played as a six-team group stage, at the Pavelló d'Esports, in Reus. In the end, the top two teams played each other in the final and the third and fourth placed teams played each other in a bronze medal match, at the Palau Blaugrana.

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[edit] Final standings

Rank Team
Image:Med_1.png Argentina Argentina (ARG)
Image:Med_2.png Spain Spain (ESP)
Image:Med_3.png Italy Italy (ITA)
4 Portugal Portugal (POR)
5 Brazil Brazil (BRA)
6 Netherlands Netherlands (NED)
7 United States United States (USA)
8 Germany Germany (GER)
9 Angola Angola (ANG)
10 Switzerland Switzerland (SUI)
11 Australia Australia (AUS)
12 Japan Japan (JPN)

[edit] Squads

Main article: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Squads and statistics

[edit] Competition

[edit] Preliminary round

Main article: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

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

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. Spain Spain (ESP) 10 5 5 0 0 45 4
2. Brazil Brazil (BRA) 8 5 4 0 1 27 12
3. Netherlands Netherlands (NED) 5 5 2 1 2 22 24
4. Germany Germany (GER) 4 5 2 0 3 13 17
5. Angola Angola (ANG) 3 5 1 1 3 7 23
6. Australia Australia (AUS) 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 Spain (ESP) 9 5 4 1 0 19 8
2. Argentina Argentina (ARG) 8 5 4 0 1 18 9
3. Portugal Portugal (POR) 6 5 3 0 2 22 12
4. Italy Italy (ITA) 4 5 2 0 3 21 19
5. Brazil Brazil (BRA) 3 5 1 1 3 12 20
6. Netherlands Netherlands (NED) 0 5 0 0 5 5 29
  • Key: Pts – points; Pld – matches played; W – win; D – draw; L – lost; GF – goals for; GA – goals against

[edit] Finals

[edit] Bronze medal match

7 July 1992
Portugal Portugal (POR) 2–3 (2–1)[1] Italy Italy (ITA) 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 match

7 July 1992
Spain Spain (ESP) 6–8 (5–5) Argentina Argentina (ARG) 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)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Half-time scores are shown in brackets.

[edit] See also

[edit] References


Events at the 1992 Summer Olympics (Barcelona)
Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Basque pelota (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Roller hockey (demonstration) • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo (demonstration) • Tennis • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling
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