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Roller Hockey was one of three Demonstration Sport s 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 , 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 . FINAL STANDINGS SQUADS See Also: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Squads and statistics COMPETITION Preliminary round See Also: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Preliminary round Group A Group B Semi-finals See Also: Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Semi-finals
Finals Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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