2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates May 26 – June 1
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Sweden (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 46
Goals scored 450 (9.78 per match)
Attendance 22,486 (489 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Germany Michael Wolf – 7 goals
MVP Slovenia Gasper Kroselj

The 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was divided into two divisions, the top division, for the teams ranked 1st–8th in the world. Additionally, Division I consisted of the teams ranked 9th–16th in the world. All 16 teams would be eligible to win the top division world championship. At the conclusion of pool play, the last placed teams in pools A & B played in cross-over games against the winners of pool C & D. The winners advanced to the playoff in the top division, while the losers were entered into the Division I playoff round.

Top Division

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Germany 3 2 0 0 1 22 8 14 6
United States United States 3 2 0 0 1 20 9 11 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10 17 −7 6
 Austria 3 0 0 0 3 6 24 −18 0
May 26, 2007
20:00
Germany  10–0
( 2–0, 3–0, 1–0,4–0 )
 Czech Republic Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 3,126
May 27, 2007
18:00
United States United States 3–4
( 2–1, 1–0, 0–2, 0–1 )
 Czech Republic Passau, Germany
Attendance: 1,200
May 27, 2007
20:00
Germany  8–1
( 0–0, 2–0, 1–0, 5–1 )
 Austria Passau, Germany
Attendance: 1,890
May 28, 2007
20:00
Austria  1–10
( 1–1, 0–3, 0–6, 0–0 )
United States United States Passau, Germany
Attendance: 300
May 29, 2007
18:00
Czech Republic  6–4
( 2–0, 3–0, 0–2, 1–2 )
 Austria Passau, Germany
Attendance: 300
May 29, 2007
20:00
United States United States 7–4
( 3–2, 2–0, 1–2, 1–0 )
 Germany Passau, Germany
Attendance: 1,800

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Slovenia 3 2 1 0 0 13 6 7 8
Sweden Sweden 3 2 0 1 0 19 7 12 7
 Finland 3 1 0 0 2 11 9 2 3
 Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 7 28 −21 0
May 27, 2007
18:00
Slovenia  4 – 3 (2OT)
( 0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0 )
Sweden Sweden Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 390
May 27, 2007
20:00
Finland  8–4
( 2–0, 1–3, 1–0, 4–1 )
 Slovakia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 410
May 28, 2007
18:00
Sweden Sweden 13–1
( 4–1, 2–0, 6–0, 1–0 )
 Slovakia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 500
May 28, 2007
20:00
Finland  1–2
( 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–1 )
 Slovenia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 850
May 30, 2007
12:00
Slovakia  2–7
( 0–3, 0–1, 2–1, 0–2 )
 Slovenia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 100
May 30, 2007
18:00
Sweden Sweden 3–2
( 1–0, 0–0, 2–1, 0–1 )
 Finland Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 200

Qualifying Round

May 30, 2007
20:00
Slovakia  7–4
( 2–1, 3–0, 0–3, 2–0 )
 Brazil Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 250

Slovakia remains in Top Division, Brazil remains in Division I

May 30, 2007
18:00
Austria  6 – 5 (OT)
( 0–1, 1–0, 2–1, 2–3, 1–0 )
 Great Britain Passau, Germany
Attendance: 200

Austria remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I

Championship Round

Draw

  Quarterfinal                    
  A3   Czech Republic 2  
  B2  Sweden Sweden 6   Semifinal
      QF1  Sweden Sweden 5  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Germany 2  
  B4   Slovakia 2
  A1   Germany 10         Final
              SF2  Sweden Sweden 4
  Quarterfinal             SF1   Finland 3
  B3   Finland 7      
  A2  United States United States 4   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Finland 6   SF1   Germany 6
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Austria 5     SF2   Austria 3
  A4   Austria 2
  B1   Slovenia 1  

Ranking and statistics

 


  2007 Men's World Inline Hockey

Championships Winners 


Sweden

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
1st Sweden Sweden
2nd  Finland
3rd  Germany
4.  Austria
5.  Slovenia
6.  United States
7.  Czech Republic
8.  Slovakia

Division I

Preliminary Round

Group C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 22 7 15 9
 Japan 3 2 0 0 1 15 14 1 6
 Namibia 3 1 0 0 2 13 16 −3 3
 South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 7 20 −13 0
May 27, 2007
14:00
Japan  6–3
( 1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 1–1 )
 Namibia Passau, Germany
May 27, 2007
16:00
South Africa  1–7
( 0–3, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1 )
 Great Britain Passau, Germany
May 28, 2007
16:00
Japan  5–3
( 2–1, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0 )
 South Africa Passau, Germany
May 28, 2007
18:00
 Great Britain 7–2
( 0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–0 )
 Namibia Passau, Germany
May 29, 2007
16:00
Great Britain  8–4
( 3–2, 3–0, 0–1, 2–1 )
 Japan Passau, Germany
May 29, 2007
14:00
Namibia  8–3
( 2–1, 4–1, 1–0, 1–1 )
 South Africa Passau, Germany

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 15 10 5 9
 Australia 3 2 0 0 1 26 13 13 6
 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 14 26 −12 3
 Hungary 3 0 0 0 3 15 21 −6 0
May 27, 2007
14:00
Brazil  6–5
( 0–2, 3–0, 2–1, 1–2 )
 Australia Landshut, Germany
May 27, 2007
16:00
New Zealand  9–8
( 3–3, 3–3, 2–2, 1–0 )
 Hungary Landshut, Germany
May 28, 2007
14:00
Brazil  5–3
( 2–1, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )
 New Zealand Landshut, Germany
May 28, 2007
16:00
Hungary  5–8
( 1–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–2 )
 Australia Landshut, Germany
May 30, 2007
10:00
Hungary  2–4
( 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1 )
 Brazil Landshut, Germany
May 30, 2007
16:00
Australia  13–2
( 4–1, 3–1, 4–0, 2–0 )
 New Zealand Landshut, Germany

Finals round

Draw

  Quarterfinal                    
  C3   Namibia 3  
  D2   Australia 5   Semifinal
      QF1   New Zealand 7  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Australia 3  
  D4   Hungary 4
  C1   Great Britain 3         Final
              SF2   Brazil 5
  Quarterfinal             SF1   New Zealand 4
  C2   Japan 4      
  D3   New Zealand 5   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Brazil 7   SF1   Hungary 6
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Hungary 2     SF2   Australia 5
  C4   South Africa 3
  D1   Brazil 9  

Ranking and statistics

 


  2007 Men's World Inline Hockey

Division I Championships Winners 


Brazil

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
1st  Brazil
2nd  New Zealand
3rd  Hungary
4.  Australia
5.  Great Britain
6.  Japan
7.  Namibia
8.  South Africa

References

  1. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/inlineA/inline.hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/129/IHM129000_85I_1_0.pdf
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