| Roller Hockey Men's World Championships | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 26 April 1968 (1968-04-26)– 4 May 1968 (1968-05-04) |
| Teams | 10 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Goals scored | 343 (7.62 per match) |
←1966 1970 → | |
The1968 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighteenthroller hockey world cup, organized by theFédération Internationale de Roller Sports. It was contested by 10 national teams (6 fromEurope, 1 fromSouth America, 1 fromNorth America, 1 fromAsia and 1 fromOceania, for the first time ever). All the games were played in the city ofPorto, inPortugal, the chosen city to host the World Cup.
| Team | NED | USA | ESP | ARG | JPN | SWI | FRG | ITA | NZL | POR |
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 Netherlands | ||||||||||
 United States | 3–3 | |||||||||
| Spain | 8–2 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| Argentina | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | |||||||
 Japan | 0–11 | 4–5 | 4–15 | 1–3 | ||||||
 Switzerland | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 4–2 | |||||
 West Germany | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | ||||
| Italy | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | |||
 New Zealand | 2–11 | 1–10 | 1–10 | 1–10 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–10 | 0–10 | ||
| Portugal | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 26–1 | 15–0 | 10–2 | 4–1 | 21–0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Portugal(C) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 6 | +86 | 18 |
 Spain | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 12 | +45 | 15 |
 Argentina | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 13 |
| Italy | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 12 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 10 |
| United States | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 7 |
| West Germany | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 42 | −27 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 86 | −73 | 2 |
| Japan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 77 | −61 | 0 |
| World |
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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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