Australia men's national inline hockey team
Australia
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Association |
Ice Hockey Australia Skate Australia |
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General Manager |
Martin Jones |
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Head coach |
Stuart Philps |
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IIHF code |
AUS |
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Team colors |
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IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship |
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Appearances |
14 (first in 1996) |
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Best result |
9th (in 2000) |
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The Australia men's national inline hockey team represents Australia in international inline hockey competitions. They are controlled by Ice Hockey Australia for events organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation and by Skate Australia for events organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. Australia plays in Division I of the IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and Group C at the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships.
Governing bodies
The Australia men's inline hockey team is controlled by two governing bodies. Ice Hockey Australia controls the Australian team in events organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1] They are the governing body for all ice hockey in Australia also responsible for fielding teams in international ice hockey tournaments.[2] Skate Australia controls the Australian team in all other inline hockey tournaments through their umbrella association Inline Hockey Australia and are the recognised national federation for roller sports in Australia by the International Roller Sports Federation.[3][4][5][6] Skate Australia is the controlling body of roller sports in Australia including artistic roller skating, inline speed skating, roller hockey, roller derby, skateboarding and aggressive inline skating.[7]
History
In 1996 Australia first competed in the inaugural IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship held in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.[8] Australia finished tenth out of the 11 teams competing. In 2000 Australia finished with their best result and finished ninth overall at the World Championship. Australia continued to compete in the annual World Championships missing only the 2002 tournament.[8]
Following the split of the World Championship in 2003 into two division, Top division and Division I, Australia was relegated into Division I. They finished with their best result in the Division I tournament finishing third behind Japan and Brazil.[9] In 2006 Australia suffered their worst ever finish at the World Championships finishing 14th out of 16 teams.[10]
Roster
From the 2014 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I[11]
# | Name | Pos | Date of Birth |
10 | Austin !Spencer Austin | F | 01992-03-05-00005 March 1992 |
7 | Best !Steve Best | F | 01992-03-29-000029 March 1992 |
78 | Brophy !Christopher Brophy | D | 01986-09-14-000014 September 1986 |
91 | Casaceli !Michael Casaceli | F | 01981-10-16-000016 October 1981 |
22 | Cleland !Nicholas Cleland | D | 01985-11-30-000030 November 1985 |
9 | Collins !Antony Collins | D | 01985-07-03-00003 July 1985 |
79 | Fitzgerald !Brenton Fitzgerald | F | 01988-04-13-000013 April 1988 |
77 | Fritchley !Luke Fritchley | D | 01986-02-05-00005 February 1986 |
19 | Gavin, JordanJordan Gavin | F | 01982-09-22-000022 September 1982 |
25 | Glass !Andrew Glass | G | 01989-04-04-00004 April 1989 |
8 | Haynes !Michael Haynes | D | 01986-03-11-000011 March 1986 |
8 | James !Michael James | G | 01990-03-15-000015 March 1990 |
15 | Jones, SeanSean Jones | F | 01985-05-26-000026 May 1985 |
4 | Todd, CameronCameron Todd | F | 01994-07-21-000021 July 1994 |
21 | Turner !Lee Turner | F | 01990-07-04-00004 July 1990 |
World Championship record
- 1996 – 10th[8]
- 1997 – 11th[8]
- 1998 – 14th[8]
- 1999 – No tournament held
- 2000 – 9th[8]
- 2001 – 10th[8]
- 2002 – Did not participate[8]
- 2003 – 11th (3rd in Division I)[9]
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Australia men's national inline hockey team
Medal record |
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Men's IIHF InLine Hockey
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World Championships
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Bronze | 2003 Germany | Division I |
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