2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates 28 June – 4 July
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States
Runner-up   Czech Republic
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 240 (10.91 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Dick Axelsson (16 points)
MVP Sweden Dick Axelsson

The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. The US-team won the final against the Czech Republic 4–3 won their fifth title.[1]

Venue

Karlstad
Löfbergs Lila Arena
Capacity: 8,647

Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.

Europe

North America

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 7 placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
^ = Qualified after a top placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
= Qualified as hosts

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group A

Group B

Rosters

Each teams roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Playoff round. The last team in each group competed in the Qualification Games.

All games were played at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad.

     Team advanced to Playoff Round
     Team competed in Qualifying Games

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 0 32 14 +18 7
 Finland 3 1 1 0 1 18 14 +4 5
 Slovenia 3 1 0 0 2 13 20 −6 3
 Austria 3 1 0 0 2 9 24 −15 3

All times are local (UTC+2).

28 June
14:00
Finland  7–3
(0–0, 2–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 Slovenia Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 256
28 June
20:00
Austria  4–13
(0–2, 1–5, 2–5, 1–1)
 Sweden Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 1,275
29 June
14:00
Finland  2–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2, 2–1)
 Austria Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 98
29 June
20:00
Sweden  11–1
(1–1, 1–0, 4–0, 5–0)
 Slovenia Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 627
30 June
16:00
Slovenia  9–2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0, 4–1)
 Austria Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 77
30 June
20:00
Sweden  8–9 (OT)
(2–3, 3–0, 3–2, 1–3)
(OT 0–1)
 Finland Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 2,127

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 21 7 +14 9
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 13 12 +1 6
 Canada 3 0 1 0 2 6 14 −8 2
 Germany 3 0 0 1 2 16 23 −7 1

All times are local (UTC+2).

28 June
16:00
Germany  8–9
(1–3, 3–1, 3–2, 1–3)
 Czech Republic Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 185
28 June
18:00
Canada  2–7
(0–3, 0–1, 2–3, 0–0)
 United States Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 330
29 June
16:00
Germany  3–4 (GWS)
(2–1, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO 1–0)
 Canada Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 123
29 June
18:00
United States  4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 Czech Republic Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 130
30 June
14:00
Czech Republic  4–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 Canada Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 72
30 June
18:00
United States  10–5
(1–0, 5–0, 2–3, 2–2)
 Germany Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

Qualification games

The last team from each group of the Preliminary Round competed in the Qualification Games against the top team from each group of the Division I tournament's Preliminary round. They were placed into two games: teams from Groups A and C played each other in Group A/C, while teams from Groups B and D played each other in Group B/D.

The two winners of these games advanced to the Top Division Playoff Round. In the Top Division Playoff Round, the winner of the A/C game was seeded A4, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded B4.

The two losers of these games were relegated to the Division I Playoff Round. In the Division I Playoff Round, the loser of the A/C game was seeded C1, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded D1.

     Team advanced to the Top Division Playoff Round
     Team competes in the Division I Playoff Round

Game A/C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 +4 3
 Austria 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 −4 0

Time is local (UTC+2).

1 July
18:00
Austria  2–6
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
 Slovakia Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 293

Game B/D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Germany 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 +1 3
 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0

Time is local (UTC+2).

1 July
16:00
Germany  3–2
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 Great Britain Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 212

Playoff round

Bracket

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1   United States 9  
  B4   Slovakia 0   Semifinal
      QF1   United States 12  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Canada 3  
  B2   Finland 8
  A3   Canada 10         Final
              SF1   United States 4
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Czech Republic 3
  B1   Sweden 6      
  A4   Germany 4   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Sweden 3   SF1   Canada 6
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Czech Republic 4     SF2   Sweden 7
  A2   Czech Republic 7
  B3   Slovenia 2  

Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

2 July
14:00
Finland  8–10
(4–5, 2–1, 0–2, 2–2)
 Canada Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 127
2 July
16:00
Czech Republic  7–2
(1–1, 2–0, 4–0, 0–1)
 Slovenia Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 86
2 July
18:00
United States  9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 Slovakia Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 172
2 July
20:00
Sweden  6–4
(3–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
 Germany Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 667

Placement

7/8 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

3 July
14:00
Slovakia  4–6
(1–2, 2–1, 1–2, 0–1)
 Germany Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 48

5/6 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

3 July
16:00
Slovenia  9–5
(1–0, 2–3, 2–1, 4–1)
 Finland Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 88

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

3 July
18:00
United States  12–3
(3–0, 2–0, 5–2, 2–1)
 Canada Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 329
3 July
20:00
Sweden  3–4
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
 Czech Republic Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 629

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

4 July
16:00
Canada  6–7
(0–3, 2–1, 1–2, 3–1)
 Sweden Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 1,150

Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

4 July
18:00
Czech Republic  3–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
 United States Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 1,537

Ranking and statistics

 


 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners 

United States
5th title

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Czech Republic Roman Handl
    • Best Defenseman: Finland Sami Markkanen
    • Best Forward: United States Nathan Sigmund
    • Most Valuable Player: Sweden Dick Axelsson

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
United States United States
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Sweden Sweden
4. Canada Canada
5. Slovenia Slovenia
6. Finland Finland
7. Germany Germany
8. Slovakia Slovakia

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Sweden Dick Axelsson 6 14 2 16 +9 16.0 FW
Sweden Andreas Svensson 6 8 7 15 −1 3.0 DF
United States Kyle Kraemer 6 11 3 14 +13 1.5 FW
United States Shawn Gawrys 6 9 5 14 +5 6.0 FW
United States Patrick Maroon 6 7 7 14 +5 0 FW
Finland Sami Markkanen 5 4 10 14 −1 0 DF
Canada David Hammond 6 8 4 12 −2 3.0 FW
Slovenia Ziga Jeglic 5 7 5 12 −1 0 FW
Sweden Marcus Weinstock 6 6 6 12 −6 1.5 FW
Czech Republic Patrik Sebek 6 4 8 12 +3 0 DF
Sweden Daniel Wessner 6 3 9 12 +4 7.5 FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

Source: IIHF.com
18:32, 4 July 2010 (UTC) (UTC)

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
United States Troy Redmann 138:28 68 6 1.56 91.18 1
Czech Republic Roman Handl 251:50 128 14 2.00 89.06 1
United States Thomas Tartaglione 147:27 62 7 1.71 88.71 1
Austria Bernhard Starkbaum* 117:51 120 18 5.50 85.00 0
Germany Thomas Ower 159:51 110 17 3.83 84.55 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to the Division I tournament after the qualification games.

Source: IIHF.com
18:35, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

See also

References

  1. Fifth title for US-team