Roller hockey was one of the sports featured in World Games I. The 1981 Games were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California in the United States. Roller hockey or its more recent variant, inline hockey (since 2005) has appeared in all editions of the World Games to date, except 1997.
Six teams contested each other in pool play. The games were played July 27–July 31, 1981 at Cal Skate Roller Rink in Milpitas, California. Teams from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Portugal, and the United States participated. Pereira Christiano of the Portuguese team observed, "I thought World Games might be another Olympiad. But I know the Olympiad, and World Games doesn't compare."[1]
Medalists
editSources: [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 PortugalJose Carlos Gomes Da Costa Pereira Christiano others . . . . . . . . . |
 United StatesDick Chado Dave DeSoto Gene Ferguson Pat Ferguson Johnny Raglin Jimmy Trussell others . . . . . . |
 ArgentinaAguero Luz Jose Martinazzo Daniel Martinazzo others . . . . . . . . |
Standing
edit| Team | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| United States
|
2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 |
| Argentina
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 |
 Italy
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 6 |
 Brazil
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 3 |
 Chile
|
0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 |
Details
editThe six teams played one game each against all of the other teams during the five-day competition.
Monday, July, 27, 1981:
- Argentina 5, Chile 2
Portugal 3, Brazil 1
United States 3, Italy 2
Tuesday, July 28, 1981:
- Portugal 3, Argentina 3, tie
United States 7, Chile 0
Italy 6, Brazil 4
Wednesday, July 29, 1981:
- Italy 4, Chile 3
Argentina 6, Brazil 2
United States 2, Portugal 2, tie
Thursday, July 30, 1981:
- Italy 5, Argentina 4
United States 3, Brazil 3, tie
Portugal 3, Chile 0
Friday, July 31, 1981:
- Brazil 4, Chile 3
United States 2, Argentina 2, tie
Portugal 5, Italy 2
Other known individual participants: BRA – Casado, Mauricio Duque, Guedes, Hequena, Newshander; CHI – Bendek, Munoz, Salvatierra; ITA – Colamaria, Giuseppe Marzella, Villani
References
edit- ^ "U.S. ties Brazil, maintains top spot in roller hockey". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 11E.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 29, 1981). "Roller speed skater Tom Peterson of Tacoma, Wash., gave..." United Press International.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 29, 1981). "For the Republic of China, the climb back into..." United Press International.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 31, 1981). "It's a long way from Olympic ice hockey to..." United Press International.
- ^ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 28, 1981. p. 7D.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 12E.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 31, 1981. p. 10E.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 1, 1981. p. 4E.
- ^ "Skating's big wheels compete in games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 24, 1981. p. 7E.
- ^ "Portugal rolls to win over Chile". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 1E.
- ^ "U.S. hits wood instead of gold in Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 1, 1981. p. 1E.