2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates 6 July – 11 July 2015
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up   Australia
Third place   Great Britain
Fourth place  Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 241 (10.48 per match)
Attendance 3,440 (150 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Croatia Ivan Jankovic
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The 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 5 and 11 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by Croatia who up winning gained promotion to the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Austria and Bulgaria were relegated to the European Qualification after losing their placement round games along with Latvia who lost the relegation game against Hungary.

Qualification

Seven teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2014 Championship and the 2014 Division I tournaments. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament. The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Israel, Macedonia and Serbia, with Bulgaria winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated in 2013.[1][2] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Argentina, Chile and Hong Kong, with Argentina winning promotion after also being relegated in 2013.[3][2]

  •  Argentina − Winner of the Rest of the World Qualification[3]
  •  Australia − Finished second in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Austria − Finished fifth in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Bulgaria − Winner of the European Qualification[1]
  •  Croatia − Finished third in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Great Britain − Relegated from the 2014 World Championship[5]
  •  Hungary − Finished sixth in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Latvia − Finished fourth in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 July to 6 July 2014.[1] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning their three games and finishing first in the standings. Israel finished in second place and Serbia in third.[1]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 0 18 7 +11 8
 Israel 3 2 0 0 1 25 22 +3 6
 Serbia 3 1 0 1 1 27 18 +9 4
 Macedonia 3 0 0 0 3 13 36 –23 0

All times are local.

4 July 2014
17:00		 Israel  10 – 8
(1–1, 4–1, 0–5, 5–1)		  Serbia Winter Sports Palace
4 July 2014 Bulgaria  6 – 3
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1, 2–2)		  Macedonia Winter Sports Palace
5 July 2014 Israel  14 – 6
(5–3, 2–1, 1–2, 6–0)		  Macedonia Winter Sports Palace
5 July 2014 Serbia  3 – 4 (OT)
(2–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1, 0–1)		  Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace
6 July 2014 Macedonia  4 – 16
(2–4, 1–3, 0–4, 1–5)		  Serbia Winter Sports Palace
6 July 2014 Bulgaria  8 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0, 4–1)		  Israel Winter Sports Palace

Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held at the Peru Beach Hockey Arena in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 19 November to 21 November 2014.[3] Argentina gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games and finishing first in the standings.[3] Hong Kong finished in second place after winning their game against Chile.[3]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 0 12 2 +10 6
 Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 1 11 7 +4 3
 Chile 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 –14 0

All times are local.

19 November 2014
21:00		 Chile  2 – 9
(1–2, 1–4, 0–3, 0–0)		  Hong Kong Peru Beach Hockey Arena
20 November 2014
21:00		 Hong Kong  2 – 5
(0–3, 2–0, 0–1, 0–1)		  Argentina Peru Beach Hockey Arena
21 November 2014
21:00		 Argentina  7 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 2–0)		  Chile Peru Beach Hockey Arena

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I.[6] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Tampere, Finland.[6] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group C

Group D

  •  Australia (10)
  •  Croatia (11)
  •  Hungary (14)
  •  Argentina (15)

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+3).

Group C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 0 36 6 +30 9
 Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 26 11 +15 6
 Austria 3 1 0 0 2 12 17 –5 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 2 42 –40 0
5 July 2015
13:00		 Latvia  12 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0, 5–0)		  Austria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 90
5 July 2015
17:00		 Bulgaria  1 – 16
(1–0, 0–7, 0–5, 0–4)		  Great Britain Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 127
6 July 2015
13:00		 Latvia  18 – 1
(5–0, 6–0, 5–0, 2–1)		  Bulgaria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 124
6 July 2015
17:00		 Great Britain  5 – 4
(0–1, 2–3, 2–0, 1–0)		  Austria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 252
7 July 2015
13:00		 Austria  8 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0, 2–0)		  Bulgaria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 138
7 July 2015
17:00		 Great Britain  5 – 6
(2–4, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		  Latvia Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 106

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6
 Australia 3 2 0 0 1 17 14 +3 6
 Hungary 3 1 0 1 1 10 12 –2 4
 Argentina 3 0 1 0 2 7 16 –9 2
5 July 2015
15:00		 Croatia  1 – 5
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		  Hungary Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 38
5 July 2015
19:00		 Argentina  3 – 6
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1, 1–2)		  Australia Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 300
6 July 2015
15:00		 Croatia  7 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 4–0, 2–0)		  Argentina Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 179
6 July 2015
19:00		 Australia  7 – 2
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0, 4–1)		  Hungary Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 183
7 July 2015
15:00		 Hungary  3 – 4 (OT)
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		  Argentina Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 130
7 July 2015
19:00		 Australia  4 – 9
(0–2, 1–3, 1–1, 2–3)		  Croatia Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 223

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 quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Austria and Bulgaria were relegated to the European Qualification after losing their placement round games and finished the tournament in seventh and eighth respectively. After winning their placement round games Latvia and Hungary competed in the relegation game with Latvia being relegated to the European Qualification after losing 3-4. The number of teams relegated to the Qualification tournaments was increased from two to three due to a change in format by the IIHF. The change means that three qualification tournaments will be held in the even years, starting in 2016, and the World Championships will be held in the odd years, starting in 2017. The qualification tournaments have been restructured into three regions to lower travel costs with the regions now being Africa / South America, Asia / Oceania, and Europe / North America.[7] In the semifinals Australia defeated Great Britain and Croatia beat Argentina, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Great Britain and Argentina played off for the bronze medal with Great Britain winning 3-2. Croatia defeated Australia 5-4 in overtime in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2017 Inline Hockey World Championship.[8][7]

  Quarterfinal                    
  D2   Australia 6  
  C3   Austria 3   Semifinal
      QF1   Australia 7  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Great Britain 4  
  C2   Great Britain 7
  D3   Hungary 5         Final
              SF1   Australia 4
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Croatia 5
  D1   Croatia 23      
  C4   Bulgaria 0   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Croatia 7   SF1   Great Britain 3
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Argentina 0     SF2   Argentina 2
  C1   Latvia 4
  D4   Argentina 5  

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

9 July 2015
13:00		 Australia  6 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 2–1, 2–0)		  Austria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 103
9 July 2015
15:00		 Great Britain  7 – 5
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0, 2–4)		  Hungary Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 119
9 July 2015
17:00		 Croatia  23 – 0
(6–0, 4–0, 7–0, 6–0)		  Bulgaria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 82
9 July 2015
19:00		 Latvia  4 – 5
(0–1, 1–0, 1–4, 2–0)		  Argentina Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 215

Placement round

10 July 2015
13:00		 Hungary  7 – 1
(1–1,2–0,0–0,4–0)		  Austria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 68
10 July 2015
15:00		 Latvia  14 – 0
(2–0,1–0,4–0,7–0)		  Bulgaria Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 127

Semifinals

10 July 2015
17:00		 Great Britain  4 – 7
(2–0, 2–3, 0–2, 0–2)		  Australia Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 101
10 July 2015
19:00		 Croatia  7 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		  Argentina Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 154

Relegation game

11 July 2015
12:00		 Latvia  3 – 4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2)		  Hungary Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 73

Bronze medal game

11 July 2015
13:00		 Great Britain  3 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0, 0–1)		  Argentina Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 191

Gold medal game

11 July 2015
15:00		 Croatia  5 – 4 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 3–1, 0–1, 1–0)		  Australia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 317

Ranking and statistics

 

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[9]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Croatia Mate Tomljenovic
    • Best Defenseman: Australia Cameron Todd
    • Best Forward: Croatia Ivan Jankovic

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[10]

Rk. Team
 Croatia
 Australia
 Great Britain
4.  Argentina
5.  Hungary
6.  Latvia
7.  Austria
8.  Bulgaria

Scoring leaders

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.[11]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Croatia Jankovic, IvanIvan Jankovic 6 12 13 25 +21 1.5 F
Croatia Jacmenjak, IgorIgor Jacmenjak 6 5 16 21 +17 9.0 F
Latvia Lipsbergs, RobertsRoberts Lipsbergs 6 7 11 18 +10 6.0 D
Latvia Galkins, AleksandrsAleksandrs Galkins 6 6 12 18 +19 1.5 D
Croatia Vedlin, DomenDomen Vedlin 6 5 12 17 +16 1.5 D
Latvia Lipsbergs, MiksMiks Lipsbergs 6 7 9 16 +10 3.0 F
United Kingdom Finney, NathanNathan Finney 6 3 11 14 +10 1.5 D
Latvia Kercs, AleksandrsAleksandrs Kercs 6 9 4 13 +13 1.5 F
United Kingdom Jones, SamSam Jones 6 6 7 13 +10 7.5 F
Latvia Maslovskis, RudolfsRudolfs Maslovskis 6 6 7 13 +15 0.0 D
Latvia Begovs, RustamsRustams Begovs 6 2 11 13 +13 3.0 F

Leading goaltenders

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.[12]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Hungary Kiss, TamasTamas Kiss 143:28 76 7 1.76 90.79 0
Croatia Tomljenovic, MateMate Tomljenovic 192:08 76 8 1.50 89.47 2
Latvia Kruze, KristapsKristaps Kruze 201:52 70 9 1.61 87.14 2
Austria Machreich, PatrickPatrick Machreich 204:16 159 23 4.05 85.53 0
Argentina Marcolongo, LucasLucas Marcolongo 259:42 164 27 3.74 83.54 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2014/2015 IIHF European Inline Hockey Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  2. 1 2 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "2014/2015 IIHF Rest of the World Inline Hockey Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  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. 1 2 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  7. 1 2 Merk, Martin (2015-07-08). "Next Worlds in Bratislava". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  8. ↑ "2015 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  9. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  10. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  11. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  12. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-11.

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