2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	July 6 - July 12
Teams	17
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

The FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships XIV is held in Germany between July 6 and July 12, 2008. It is the 14th such event hosted by the International Roller Sports Federation. Teams representing 17 countries will participate in four pools. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition as well as selection of the five top placing teams for the 2009 World Games.

Participating teams

Group 1

Pool A

Czech Republic
France
South Korea
United States

Pool B

Canada
Italy
Spain
Switzerland

Group 2

Pool C

Australia
China
Great Britain
Venezuela

Pool D

Belgium
Germany
Iran
Mexico
Netherlands

Rules

For standing purposes, points shall be awarded as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a tie
No points for a loss

If teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied: 1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goal scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.

Group 1

The top eight inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the World Championship while the last team in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.

y	Team advanced to the World Championship
x	Team sent to the National Team World Cup

Pool A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	29	7	+3	5
United States	3	2	0	1	23	9	+3	5
France	3	1	2	0	15	13	+8	2
South Korea	3	0	3	0	3	41	-8	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
12:30

19 – 2

South Korea

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
15:30

France

5 – 6

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
17:00

14 – 1

South Korea

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
20:00

7 – 2

France

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
14:00

France

8 – 0

South Korea

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
18:30

3 – 3

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Pool B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	33	5	+2	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	19	7	-2	4
Italy	3	0	2	1	6	27	+2	1
Spain	3	0	2	1	4	23	+2	1

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
14:00

Switzerland

8 – 1

Spain

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
20:00

16 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
12:30

Switzerland

2 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
14:00

2 – 2

Spain

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
15:30

13 – 1

Spain

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
20:00

Switzerland

9 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Group 2

The remaining inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top team in each pool advance to the World Championship while the rest of the teams in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.

y	Team advanced to the World Championship
x	Team sent to the National Team World Cup

Pool C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
China	2	2	1	0	25	8	-3	4
Great Britain	3	2	1	0	20	8	+3	4
Australia	3	2	1	0	18	10	+10	4
Venezuela	3	0	3	0	4	41	-10	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
9:30

3 – 5

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
11:00

13 – 1

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
9:30

China

18 – 2

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
11:00

4 – 5

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
9:30

10 – 1

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
11:00

3 – 2

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Pool D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Germany	4	4	0	0	25	8	+12	8
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	28	13	+4	6
Mexico	4	2	2	0	29	14	+6	4
Belgium	4	1	3	0	14	16	-6	2
Iran	4	0	4	0	6	51	-12	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
8:00

Mexico

3 – 4

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
17:00

6 – 4

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
18:30

Belgium

7 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
8:00

Mexico

18 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
15:30

1 – 14

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
18:30

3 – 0

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
8:00

Mexico

2 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
12:30

Belgium

3 – 6

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
17:00

12 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
21:30

Mexico

6 – 4

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

World Championship

Draw

Quarterfinal

A1

Czech Republic

3

D1

0

Semifinal

QF1

2

Quarterfinal

QF3

France

5

B2

Switzerland

2

A3

France

3

Final

SF1

United States

6

Quarterfinal

SF2

France

3

A2

United States

7

B3

1

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

QF2

United States

2

SF1

Czech Republic

4

Quarterfinal

QF4

China

1

SF2

China

3

B1

3

C1

China

5

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 10, 2008
7:30

3 – 0

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
9:00

7 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
10:30

Switzerland

2 – 3

France

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
12:00

3 – 5

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
12:30

2 – 5

France

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
14:00

2 – 1

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Bronze Medal Game

All times are local (UTC+2)

July 12, 2008
TBA

4 – 3

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-4)

July 12, 2008
TBA

6 – 3

France

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

5th-8th Placement Round

Draw

Qualifier

QF1

Canada

8

QF3

1

5th Place Game

Q1

Canada

5

Qualifier

Q2

Switzerland

4

QF2

Switzerland

6

QF4

2

7th Place Game

Q1

2

Q2

Germany

4

Qualifying Round

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 10, 2008
17:00

8 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
18:30

Switzerland

6 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

7th-8th Place Game

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
17:00

2 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

5th-6th Place Game

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
18:30

5 – 4

Switzerland

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

National Team World Cup

Draw

Quarterfinal

A4

South Korea

5

D4

Belgium

2

Semifinal

QF1

South Korea

0

Quarterfinal

QF3

Great Britain

4

C3

Australia

4

D2

Netherlands

3

Final

SF1

Spain

3

Quarterfinal

SF2

1

D3

Mexico

4

C2

Great Britain

6

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

QF2

Spain

4

SF1

South Korea

5

Quarterfinal

QF4

2

SF2

4

B4

Spain

11

C4

Venezuela

1

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 9, 2008
8:00

South Korea

5 – 2

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
9:30

4 – 3

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
11:00

Mexico

4 – 6

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
12:30

Spain

11 – 1

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
9:30

South Korea

0 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
11:00

Spain

4 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Bronze Medal Game

All times are local (UTC+2)

July 12, 2008
11:00

South Korea

5 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-4)

July 12, 2008
12:30

Spain

3 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Placement Round Robin

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Mexico	4	4	0	0	39	9	+14	8
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	32	9	+3	6
Belgium	4	2	2	0	27	11	-3	4
Venezuela	4	0	3	1	8	41	+2	1
Iran	4	0	3	1	7	43	-2	1

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 9, 2008
14:00

1 – 14

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
18:30

Mexico

5 – 2

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
20:00

Netherlands

12 – 3

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
21:30

Belgium

11 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
13:30

Venezuela

1 – 13

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
15:30

Netherlands

3 – 4

Mexico

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
20:00

Mexico

16 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
21:30

Belgium

1 – 3

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
8:00

Venezuela

2 – 14

Mexico

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
15:30

2 – 2

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Ranking and statistics

FIRS World Championship Winners
men's national inline hockey team

FIRS National Team World Cup Winners
men's national inline hockey team

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the FIRS:
- Best Goalkeeper:
- Best Defenseman:
- Best Forward:
- Most Valuable Player:

All-Tournament Team:
- Goalkeeper:
- Defense:
- Forward:

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to FIRS:

Rk.	Team
01 !	United States
02 !	France
03 !	Czech Republic
4.	China
5.	Canada
6.	Switzerland
7.	Germany
8.	Italy
9.	Spain
10.	Great Britain
11.	South Korea
12.	Australia
13.	Mexico
14.	Netherlands
15.	Belgium
16.	Venezuela
17.	Iran

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS

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

Leading goaltenders

Only the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO

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

FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships

Current champions (2012): United States

2012 World Championships teams	Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador France Germany Italy Latvia Mexico Switzerland United States Venezuela

Tournaments	Chicago 1995 Roccaraso 1996 Zell am See 1997 Winnipeg 1998 Thun/Wichtrach 1999 Amiens 2000 Torrevieja 2001 Rochester 2002 Pisek 2003 London 2004 Paris 2005 Detroit 2006 Bilbao 2007 Dusseldorf 2008 Varese 2009 Beroun 2010 Roccaraso 2011 Bucaramunga 2012 Anaheim 2013

Finals	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Rosters	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Medalists Attendance Awards winners National Team World Cup

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