2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates 19–25 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-up   United States
Third place   Canada
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 248 (10.78 per match)
Attendance 32,224 (1,401 per match)
Website http://www.inlinehockey2011.com/index_eng.asp

The 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 16th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 19–25 June in the Czech Republic. The games were played in the ČEZ Arena in Pardubice.

Venue

Pardubice
ČEZ Arena
Capacity: 10,194

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 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
^ = Qualified after a top placement at the 2010 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 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2010 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

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 22 8 +14 9
 Slovenia 3 2 0 0 1 14 13 +1 6
 Canada 3 1 0 0 2 13 15 −2 3
 Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 11 24 −13 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 June 2011
14:00
Canada  4 – 6
(2–0, 0–4, 2–1, 0–1)
 Slovenia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 100
19 June 2011
20:00
Slovakia  3 – 12
(1–2, 1–2, 0–3, 1–5)
 United States ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 450
20 June 2011
14:00
Canada  6 – 3
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 Slovakia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 250
20 June 2011
20:00
United States  4 – 2
(0–1, 3–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 Slovenia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 350
21 June 2011
14:00
Slovenia  6 – 5
(3–1, 2–2, 1–1, 0–1)
 Slovakia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 300
21 June 2011
20:00
United States  6 – 3
(0–1, 4–2, 0–0, 2–0)
 Canada ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 869

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 0 24 6 +18 9
 Finland 3 2 0 0 1 19 18 +1 6
 Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 16 23 −7 3
 Germany 3 0 0 0 3 13 25 −12 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 June 2011
16:00
Sweden  4 – 10
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–6)
 Finland ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 350
19 June 2011
18:00
Germany  1 – 9
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5, 1–1)
 Czech Republic ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 2,000
20 June 2011
16:00
Sweden  9 – 7
(1–1, 4–2, 1–3, 3–1)
 Germany ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 350
20 June 2011
18:00
Czech Republic  9 – 2
(3–1, 1–0, 3–1, 2–0)
 Finland ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 3,500
21 June 2011
16:00
Finland  7 – 5
(2–1, 3–1, 0–1, 2–2)
 Germany ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 553
21 June 2011
18:00
Czech Republic  6 – 3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0, 2–2)
 Sweden ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 4,500

Playoff Round

  Quarterfinal                    
  B2   Finland 5  
  A3   Canada 6   Semifinal
      QF1   Canada 2  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   United States 4  
  A1   United States 16
  B4   Germany 1         Final
              SF1   United States 2
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Czech Republic 3
  A2   Slovenia 2      
  B3   Sweden 6   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Sweden 4   SF1   Canada 13
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Czech Republic 8     SF2   Sweden 7
  A4   Czech Republic 9
  B1   Slovakia 2  

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 June 2011
14:00
Slovenia  2 – 6
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1, 0–3)
 Sweden ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 200
23 June 2011
16:00
Finland  5 – 6
(1–1, 1–3, 2–1, 1–1)
 Canada ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 1,000
23 June 2011
18:00
Czech Republic  9 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 Slovakia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 4,200
23 June 2011
20:00
United States  16 – 1
(3–0, 3–0, 5–1, 5–0)
 Germany ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 200

Placement round

All times are local (UTC+2).

24 June 2011
14:00
Slovenia  5 – 3
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
 Germany ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 150
24 June 2011
16:00
Finland  5 – 4 (GWS)
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0, 2–3)
(OT 0–0)
(GWS 1–0)
 Slovakia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 300

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

24 June 2011
18:00
Sweden  4 – 8
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2, 2–3)
 Czech Republic ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 3,500
24 June 2011
20:00
Canada  2 – 4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 United States ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 500

Relegation round

Time is local (UTC+2).

25 June 2011
10:00
Germany  9 – 0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 Slovakia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 102

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

25 June 2011
16:00
Canada  13 – 7
(1–2, 5–0, 5–3, 2–2)
 Sweden ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 2,500

Gold medal match

Time is local (UTC+2).

25 June 2011
18:00
Czech Republic  3 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
 United States ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 6,000

Ranking and statistics

 


 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners 

Czech Republic
1st title

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper:  Roman Handl (CZE)
    • Best Defenseman:  Tomas Demel (CZE)
    • Best Forward:  Jose Junior Cadiz (USA)

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
 Czech Republic
 United States
 Canada
4.  Sweden
5.  Finland
6.  Slovenia
7.  Germany
8.  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
Canada David Hammond 6 11 6 17 +5 6.0 FW
Finland Sami Markkanen 5 9 6 15 −5 1.5 DF
Czech Republic Ludek Broz 6 9 5 14 +15 6.0 FW
Sweden Simon Olsson 6 7 7 14 +1 13.0 FW
United States Itan Chavira 5 10 1 11 +5 1.5 FW
Slovenia Matic Kralj 5 9 2 11 −3 4.5 FW
Sweden Kristian Luukkonen 6 5 6 11 +2 4.5 FW
Czech Republic Martin Vozdecky 6 5 6 11 +13 3.0 FW
United States Nathan Sigmund 6 4 7 11 +10 1.5 FW
Canada Max Grassi 6 3 8 11 +9 4.5 FW

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

Source: IIHF.com

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
Czech Republic Roman Handl 288:00 142 14 1.75 90.14 0
United States Troy Redmann 190:55 103 11 2.07 89.32 0
Slovenia Gasper Kroselj 205:11 149 20 3.51 86.58 0
Slovakia Roman Hrusovsky 142:01 113 18 4.56 84.07 0
Canada Brett Leggat 286:43 183 30 3.77 83.61 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts.

Source: IIHF.com

See also

References

    External links