2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates 1 June – 7 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Finland (4th title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 196 (8.52 per match)
Attendance 11,210 (487 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Travis Noe
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The 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 19th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 1 and 7 June 2014 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by the Finland, earning their fourth World Championship title. Canada finished in second place and the United States in third after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal match. Great Britain, after losing the relegation game against Slovakia was relegated to Division I for 2015.

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2013 Division I tournament was won by Great Britain who defeated Austria in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2012.[1][2]

  •  Canada − Finished third in the 2012 World Championship[3]
  •  Czech Republic − Finished fifth in the 2012 World Championship[3]
  •  Finland − Finished seventh in the 2012 World Championship[3]
  •  Germany − Finished sixth in the 2012 World Championship[3]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I.[4] The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Pardubice, Czech Republic.[4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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 16 8 +8 6
 Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 –3 3
 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 3 5 24 –19 0
1 June 2014
14:00		 Great Britain  3 – 10
(1–1, 0–5, 1–3, 1–1)		  United States Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 150
1 June 2014
18:00		 Slovakia  2 – 5
(0–2, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1)		  Czech Republic Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 2000
2 June 2014
15:00		 Slovakia  7 – 1
(2–0, 3–1, 0–0, 2–0)		  Great Britain Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 150
2 June 2014
19:00		 United States  5 – 4
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1, 1–2)		  Czech Republic Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 2000
3 June 2014
18:00		 Czech Republic  7 – 1
(3–0, 3–1, 1–0, 0–0)		  Great Britain Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 800
3 June 2014
20:00		 United States  6 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		  Slovakia Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 150

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Finland 3 3 0 0 0 17 9 +8 9
 Sweden 3 1 1 0 1 13 14 –1 5
 Canada 3 1 0 0 2 10 11 –1 3
 Germany 3 0 0 1 2 6 12 –6 1
1 June 2014
16:00		 Canada  3 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  Germany Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 450
1 June 2014
20:00		 Finland  7 – 4
(0–0, 2–1, 2–3, 3–0)		  Sweden Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 210
2 June 2014
13:00		 Canada  3 – 5
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2, 1–1)		  Finland Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 100
2 June 2014
17:00		 Sweden  4 – 3 (OT)
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0)		  Germany Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 400
3 June 2014
14:00		 Germany  2 – 5
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–4)		  Finland Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 100
3 June 2014
16:00		 Sweden  5 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		  Canada Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 250

Playoff round

All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Great Britain was relegated after losing the relegation game against Slovakia, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Great Britain and Germany finished sixth following their win over Slovakia in their placement round games. In the semifinals Finland defeated Sweden and Canada beat the United States, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Sweden and the United States played off for the bronze medal with the United States winning 12–5. Finland defeated Canada 6–2 in the gold medal game, earning their fourth World Championship title.[5]

  Quarterfinal                    
  B1   Finland 7  
  A4   Great Britain 2   Semifinal
      QF1   Finland 4  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Sweden 2  
  B2   Sweden 12
  A3   Slovakia 1         Final
              SF1   Finland 6
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Canada 2
  A1   United States 4      
  B4   Germany 1   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   United States 5   SF1   Sweden 5
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Canada 6     SF2   United States 12
  A2   Czech Republic 5
  B3   Canada 6  

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

5 June 2014
14:00		 Sweden  12 – 1
(5–0, 2–1, 2–0, 3–0)		  Slovakia Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 200
5 June 2014
16:00		 United States  4 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0, 1–1)		  Germany Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 400
5 June 2014
18:00		 Czech Republic  5 – 6 (SO)
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1, 2–3, 0–0, 0–1)		  Canada Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 2000
5 June 2014
20:00		 Finland  7 – 2
(3–0, 3–1, 1–1, 0–0)		  Great Britain Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 150

Placement round

6 June 2014
13:00		 Slovakia  4 – 5 (SO)
(0–1, 0–2, 3–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		  Germany Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 100
6 June 2014
19:00		 Czech Republic  6 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0, 1–1)		  Great Britain Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 300

Relegation game

7 June 2014
10:00		 Slovakia  2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		  Great Britain Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 100

Semifinals

6 June 2014
15:00		 Finland  4 – 2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0, 1–2)		  Sweden Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 150
6 June 2014
17:00		 United States  5 – 6 (SO)
(2–2, 1–1, 1–2, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  Canada Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 250

Bronze medal game

7 June 2014
16:30		 United States  12 – 5
(3–2, 3–2, 2–1, 4–0)		  Sweden Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 300

Gold medal game

7 June 2014
19:00		 Finland  6 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 3–0)		  Canada Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 500

Ranking and statistics

 


 2014 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners 

Finland
4th title

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Canada Brett Leggat
    • Best Defenseman: Finland Sami Markkanen
    • Best Forward: United States Matt White

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[7]

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

Scoring leaders

Canada's Chris Terry scored seven goals and four assists in his six games

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.[8]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
United States Noe, TravisTravis Noe 6 8 12 20 +8 3.0 F
United States White, MattMatt White 6 10 7 17 +14 1.5 F
Sweden Nilsson, MarcusMarcus Nilsson 6 8 5 13 –4 13.0 F
Czech Republic Simo, MichalMichal Simo 5 4 9 13 +16 0.0 F
United States Lee, PatrickPatrick Lee 6 7 5 12 +7 3.0 D
Czech Republic Sebek, PatrikPatrik Sebek 5 5 7 12 +13 3.0 D
United States Spezia, TylerTyler Spezia 6 5 7 12 +12 4.5 F
Canada Terry, ChrisChris Terry 6 7 4 11 –5 3.0 F
Czech Republic Vozdecky, MartinMartin Vozdecky 5 7 4 11 +11 0.0 F
United States Rodriguez, RafaelRafael Rodriguez 6 4 7 11 +13 3.0 D
Canada Hammond, DaveDave Hammond 6 3 8 11 –2 6.0 F

Leading goaltenders

Finland's Sasu Hovi finished first among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 90.99

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[9]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Finland Hovi, SasuSasu Hovi 192:00 111 10 1.88 90.99 0
Germany Ower, ThomasThomas Ower 196:23 138 16 2.93 88.41 0
Czech Republic Salficky, DusanDusan Salficky 196:41 93 13 2.38 86.02 0
Canada Leggat, BrettBrett Leggat 295:38 174 25 3.04 85.63 0
Slovakia Ondrejka, JozefJozef Ondrejka 148:50 92 15 3.63 83.70 0

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  2. ↑ "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Tournament Progress". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  5. ↑ "2014 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  6. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  7. ↑ "Tournament Progress". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  8. ↑ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  9. ↑ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.

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