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Netherlands - 6 November 1978 - 11 November 1978

Winner : Netherlands

 

Final standings

1	Netherlands
2	Belgium
3	West Germany
4	Great Britain
5	United States
6	Spain
7	Papua New Guinea
8	Luxemburg

 

Group A (Netherlands - 06/11/1978 - 08/11/1978)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Netherlands	6	3	3	0	0	63	10	+53
2	West Germany	4	3	2	0	1	17	27	-10
3	United States	2	3	1	0	2	25	35	-10
4	Spain	0	3	0	0	3	14	47	-33

Last matches

6 November 1978
	United States	6 - 7	West Germany
	Netherlands	26 - 2	Spain
7 November 1978
	West Germany	8 - 4	Spain
	Netherlands	20 - 6	United States
8 November 1978
	West Germany	2 - 17	Netherlands
	Spain	8 - 13	United States

Detail of the results

Group B (Netherlands - 06/11/1978 - 08/11/1978)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Belgium	6	3	3	0	0	70	10	+60
2	Great Britain	4	3	2	0	1	47	25	+22
3	Papua New Guinea	2	3	1	0	2	32	42	-10
4	Luxemburg	0	3	0	0	3	6	78	-72

Last matches

6 November 1978
	Papua New Guinea	3 - 16	Great Britain
	Belgium	26 - 2	Luxemburg
7 November 1978
	Luxemburg	1 - 28	Great Britain
	Papua New Guinea	5 - 23	Belgium
8 November 1978
	Luxemburg	3 - 24	Papua New Guinea
	Belgium	21 - 3	Great Britain

Detail of the results

Final Round (Netherlands - 10/11/1978 - 11/11/1978)

Places 5-8

11 November 1978
	Spain	12 - 7	Papua New Guinea
	United States	18 - 1	Luxemburg

Semi-Finals

10 November 1978
	Great Britain	6 - 23	Netherlands
	Belgium	24 - 3	West Germany

Place 7

11 November 1978
	Papua New Guinea	12 - 3	Luxemburg

Place 5

11 November 1978
	United States	11 - 7	Spain

Third Place Match

11 November 1978
	Great Britain	15 - 20	West Germany

Final

11 November 1978
	Netherlands	14 - 13	Belgium

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 3
  • Number of rounds : 8
  • Matches : 20
  • Home victories : 11 (55 %)
  • Away victories : 9 (45 %)
  • Drawn matches : 0 (0 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (312 points)
  • Average points per match : 23.15
  • Average points scored at home : 12.05
  • Scoring average: away games : 11.1
  • Total number of points : 463
  • Average points per round : 57.88
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Netherlands	5
  2	Belgium	4
  3	United States	3
  4	West Germany	3
  5	Great Britain	2
  6	Papua New Guinea	2

  Drawn matches

  1	Belgium	0
  2	Great Britain	0
  3	Luxemburg	0
  4	Netherlands	0
  5	Papua New Guinea	0
  6	Spain	0

  Losses

  1	Luxemburg	5
  2	Spain	4
  3	Great Britain	3
  4	Papua New Guinea	3
  5	United States	2
  6	West Germany	2

World Championships 1978 - Participating teams

Belgium

Great Britain

Luxemburg

Netherlands

Papua New Guinea

Spain

United States

West Germany

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