2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates July 12 - July 17
Teams 14
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 44
Goals scored 332 (7.55 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Australia Dean Dunstan
MVP United States Travis Fudge

The 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 16th FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. It took place between 12 and 17 July 2010 in Beroun, Czech Republic.[1] The United States team was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.[2]

The tournament was won by the United States, who claimed their 12th world championship title by defeating Switzerland 6–1 in the World Championship final. The Czech Republic won against France 5–2 for the bronze medal. Spain won the World Cup tournament defeating Australia 1–0. The United States' Travis Fudge was named MVP of the tournament. Australia's Dean Dunstan and Michael Smart were the tournament's leading scorer and goaltender in save percentage respectively.[2]

Participating nations

The following 14 nations qualified for the tournament. One nation from Oceania, seven nations from Europe, three nations from North America, and three nations from South America were represented.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group stage

Fourteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams from Group A and Group B advanced to World Championship round. The last team in Group A and B advanced to the World Cup round. Teams in Group C also competed in a round-robin with the top two teams advancing to the World Championship round. The teams who finished third and fourth advanced to the World Cup round and the two teams who finished fifth and sixth are sent to compete in the 13th-14th placement game.[3]

     Team advanced to World Championship round
     Team advanced to World Cup round
     Team competes in 13–14 placement

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
 France 3 2 1 0 12 6 +6 5
 United States 3 2 0 1 17 4 +13 4
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 18 11 +7 3
 Colombia 3 0 0 3 2 28 –26 0
July 12, 2010
12:30		 United States  10 – 0
(6–0, 4–0)		  Colombia
July 12, 2010
15:30		 France  4 – 4
(1–3, 3–1)		   Switzerland
July 13, 2010
15:00		 Switzerland   12 – 1
(5–1, 7–0)		  Colombia
July 13, 2010
16:30		 United States  1 – 2
(0–0, 1–2)		  France
July 14, 2010
13:00		 Colombia  1 – 6
(0–5, 1–1)		  France
July 14, 2010
16:00		 United States  6 – 2
(4–2, 2–0)		   Switzerland

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 9 14 –5 2
 Spain 3 0 0 3 3 17 –14 0
July 12, 2010
14:00		 Canada  8 – 1
(4–0, 4–1)		  Spain
July 12, 2010
18:10		 Italy  2 – 6
(1–4, 1–2)		  Czech Republic
July 13, 2010
13:30		 Canada  6 – 4
(4–1, 2–3)		  Italy
July 13, 2010
20:10		 Czech Republic  6 – 0
(4–0, 2–0)		  Spain
July 14, 2010
14:30		 Italy  3 – 2
(0–2, 3–0)		  Spain
July 14, 2010
18:10		 Canada  1 – 4
(0–1, 1–3)		  Czech Republic

Group C

Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
 Mexico 5 3 1 1 19 16 +3 7
 Germany 5 3 1 1 29 19 +10 7
 Great Britain 5 3 0 2 24 19 +5 6
 Australia 5 3 0 2 22 13 +9 6
 Argentina 5 2 0 3 21 23 –2 4
 Venezuela 5 0 0 5 10 35 –25 0
July 12, 2010
08:00		 Great Britain  9 – 5
(4–1, 5–4)		  Venezuela
July 12, 2010
09:30		 Germany  9 – 6
(5–3, 4–3)		  Argentina
July 12, 2010
11:00		 Australia  5 – 3
(3–0, 2–3)		  Mexico
July 12, 2010
19:45		 Venezuela  0 – 7
(0–2, 0–5)		  Germany
July 13, 2010
09:00		 Great Britain  2 – 1
(1–1, 1–0)		  Australia
July 13, 2010
10:30		 Germany  2 – 2
(1–1, 1–1)		  Mexico
July 13, 2010
12:00		 Argentina  6 – 2
(4–1, 2–1)		  Venezuela
July 13, 2010
18:00		 Mexico  4 – 3
(2–0, 2–3)		  Great Britain
July 14, 2010
08:30		 Australia  3 – 6
(0–4, 3–2)		  Germany
July 14, 2010
10:00		 Great Britain  2 – 4
(0–0, 2–4)		  Argentina
July 14, 2010
11:30		 Mexico  4 – 2
(3–1, 1–1)		  Venezuela
July 14, 2010
19:45		 Australia  4 – 1
(3–1, 1–0)		  Argentina
July 15, 2010
08:00		 Germany  5 – 8
(2–2, 3–6)		  Great Britain
July 15, 2010
09:30		 Venezuela  1 – 9
(0–3, 1–6)		  Australia
July 15, 2010
11:00		 Argentina  4 – 6
(1–4, 3–2)		  Mexico

World Championship

The World Championship round is the top level playoff where the winning team finishes first overall for the tournament and wins the gold medal. It comprises the top three teams from Group A and B and the top two teams from Group C. The winning teams in the quarter-finals move on to compete in the semi-finals, while the losing teams are sent to the 5th-8th placement round. The two winning teams in the semi-finals advance to the gold medal game leaving the losing teams to compete for the bronze medal and third and fourth spot overall.[3]

Bracket

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1   France 4  
  C2   Germany 1   Semifinal
      QF1   France 0  
  Quarterfinal   QF2    Switzerland 7  
  B2   Canada 5
  A3    Switzerland 6         Final
              SF1    Switzerland 1
  Quarterfinal             SF2   United States 6
  B1   Czech Republic 13      
  C1   Mexico 1   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Czech Republic 3   SF1   France 2
  Quarterfinal   QF4   United States 8     SF2   Czech Republic 5
  A2   United States 2
  B3   Italy 1  

Quarter-finals

July 15, 2010
14:00		 United States  2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0)		  Italy
July 15, 2010
16:00		 Canada  5 – 6 OT
(3–2, 2–3)
( OT: 0–1 )		   Switzerland
July 15, 2010
18:10		 Czech Republic  13 – 1
(7–1, 6–0)		  Mexico
July 15, 2010
20:00		 France  4 – 1
(2–1, 2–0)		  Germany

Semi-finals

July 16, 2010
16:00		 France  0 – 7
(0–3, 0–4)		   Switzerland
July 16, 2010
18:10		 Czech Republic  3 – 8
(2–5, 1–3)		  United States

Bronze medal game

July 17, 2010
16:10		 France  2 – 5
(0–4, 2–1)		  Czech Republic

Gold medal game

July 17, 2010
20:00		 Switzerland   1 – 6
(0–2, 1–4)		  United States

5th-8th placement round

The 5th-8th placement round comprises the four teams who lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championship round. The teams play a qualifier against one other team, with the winners advancing to play-off for the fifth place and the losers compete against each other for seventh place.[3]

Bracket

  Qualifier                    
  QF1   Italy 6  
  QF2   Mexico 3   5th Place Game
      Q1   Italy 4
  Qualifier   Q2   Canada 2
  QF4   Canada 8
  QF3   Germany 2   7th Place Game
    Q3   Mexico 2
    Q4   Germany 7

Qualifying round

July 16, 2010
12:00		 Italy  6 – 3
(3–1, 3–2)		  Mexico
July 16, 2010
14:00		 Canada  8 – 2
(3–0, 5–2)		  Germany

7th-8th place game

July 17, 2010
09:00		 Mexico  2 – 7
(2–3, 0–4)		  Germany

5th-6th place game

July 17, 2010
11:00		 Italy  4 – 2
(2–0, 2–2)		  Canada

World Cup

The World Cup round is the second level playoff in the tournament where the winner finishes ninth overall and wins the World Cup gold medal. It also acts as a placement round for the places nine to twelve. The teams compete in a semi-final with the winners moving on to compete for the World Cup gold medal and the losers competing for the World Cup bronze.[3]

Bracket

  Semifinal            
  B4   Spain 4  
  C3   Great Britain 3   Gold medal
      SF1   Spain 1
  Semifinal   SF2   Australia 0
  A4   Colombia 2
  C4   Australia 5   Bronze medal
    SF1   Great Britain 6
    SF2   Colombia 1

Semi-finals

July 16, 2010
08:00		 Spain  4 – 3 OT
(2–2, 1–1)
( OT: 1–0 )		  Great Britain
July 16, 2010
10:00		 Colombia  2 – 5
(1–1, 1–4)		  Australia

Bronze medal game

July 17, 2010
13:00		 Great Britain  6 – 1
(5–0, 1–1)		  Colombia

Gold medal game

July 17, 2010
18:00		 Spain  1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0)		  Australia

13th-14th place game

The 13th-14th placement game consists of the two teams who finished last and second last in Group C. A single game is played with the winner receiving 13th place in the overall standings and the loser receiving 14th.[3]

July 16, 2010
20:00		 Argentina  6 – 3
(5–0, 1–3)		  Venezuela

Ranking and statistics

 


 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championship 

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Tournament awards

  • Individual awards:[2]
    • Most Valuable Player: United States Travis Fudge
    • Fair Play Award:  Spain
    • Best Goalkeeper: United States Michael Urbano
    • Best Defenseman: Czech Republic Karel Rachunek
    • Best Forward: Switzerland Diego Schwarzenbach
  • All-Star Team:[2]
    • Goalkeeper: United States Michael Urbano
    • Defense: Czech Republic Karel Rachunek
    • Forwards: Mexico Brian Baxter, United States Travis Fudge, Switzerland Julien Walker

Final standings

 United States
  Switzerland
 Czech Republic
4  France
5  Italy
6  Canada
7  Germany
8  Mexico
9  Spain
10  Australia
11  Great Britain
12  Colombia
13  Argentina
14  Venezuela

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[4]

Player GP G A Pts POS
Australia Dunstan, DeanDean Dunstan 7 13 4 17 32
Mexico Baxter, BrianBrian Baxter 8 12 5 17 2
United Kingdom Shelton, RobRob Shelton 7 9 6 15 2
Germany Carciola, AdrianoAdriano Carciola 8 9 6 15 6
Switzerland Walker, JulianJulian Walker 6 8 6 14 4
United States Messina, PetePete Messina 6 7 6 13 0
United Kingdom Hutchinson, DannyDanny Hutchinson 7 11 1 12 8
Switzerland Schwarzenbach, DiegoDiego Schwarzenbach 6 9 3 12 4
Mexico Ramirez, JulianJulian Ramirez 8 6 6 12 8
Australia Belic, StephenStephen Belic 7 5 7 12 8

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[4]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Australia Michael Smart 120 78 5 1.67 93.59 0
United States Michael Urbano 200 115 8 1.60 93.04 1
Czech Republic Ondrej Jirkuv 92 24 2 0.87 91.67 1
Italy Stefano Antinori 120 93 8 2.67 91.40 0
France Hugo Rebuffet 132 84 8 2.42 90.48 0

References

  1. ↑ "Basic info". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "History of the Tournament". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Games schedule". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  4. 1 2 "Players statistics". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

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