Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship

Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Italy
Dates 9–15 September
Teams 10
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States (2nd title)
Runner-up   France
Third place   Italy
Fourth place  Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played 37
Goals scored 220 (5.95 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Italy Gianluca Tomasello
Austria Andreas Woell
(17 points)
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The Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship was the second such event organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Skating. It was hosted by Italy in Roccaraso. Ten national teams competed in one venue, the Roccaraso Palaghiaccio. The competition also served as qualifications for the third competition.

The United States, for the second consecutive year, went undefeated throughout the championship and captured its second gold medal by defeating France 7–1 in the final.[1] Italy captured the bronze medal with a 6–0 victory over Austria.

Host selection

The venue listed as host for the inline hockey teams was the Roccaraso Palaghiaccio "G Bolino".

Venues

Roccaraso
Roccaraso Palaghiaccio
"G. Bolino"
Capacity:

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 6 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twelve participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have to submit a roster by the start of the competition.

Format

The ten teams were divided into two pools of which the four best in each advanced to the medal round. There they met cross-over as indicated in the section below. The remaining teams played additional matches to determine their overall championship position.

In the round robin pool play, points were awarded as follows:

If two or more teams finished with an equal number of points during pool play, the team's position is determined by the following tiebreaking formula:

  1. The victor of the head-to-head competition
  2. The lowest total of goals allowed in common wins among the tied teams
  3. A shootout will take place.

Final ranking: places 1–4 were determined by the medal games. Places 5–10 were determined by the 5/10 placement round.

Pool play

     Team advanced to the Medal round
     Team advanced to the 5 through 10 placement round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF Pts
 United States 4 4 0 0 34 3 +31 8
 Austria 4 3 1 0 37 17 +20 6
 Argentina 4 2 2 0 20 16 +4 4
 Spain 4 1 3 0 27 15 +12 2
 Great Britain 4 0 4 0 4 71 –67 0

Pool B

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF Pts
 France 4 4 0 0 34 8 +26 8
 Italy 4 3 1 0 34 5 +29 6
 Brazil 3 1 2 0 12 7 +5 2
 Australia 3 1 2 0 14 16 –2 2
 Ecuador 4 0 4 0 4 62 –48 0

Medal round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
                           
  A1   United States 9  
B4   Australia 1  
  A1   United States 6  
  B2   Italy 2  
B2   Italy 5
  A3   Argentina 4  
    A1   United States 7
  B1   France 1
  B1   France 4  
A4   Spain 1  
  B1   France 4 Bronze medal game
  A2   Austria 1  
A2   Austria 7 B2   Italy 6
  B3   Brazil 3   A2   Austria 0

Note: Teams eliminated in the quarterfinals advance to the 5 through 10 placement round.

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 through 10 placement round

     Team advanced to the 5th place game
     Team advanced to the 7th place game
     Team advanced to the 9th place game
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF Pts
 Spain 2 2 0 0 19 4 +15 4
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 21 6 +15 4
 Australia 2 1 1 0 14 5 +9 2
 Brazil 2 1 1 0 18 6 +12 2
 Ecuador 2 0 2 0 1 25 –24 0
 Great Britain 2 0 2 0 3 30 –27 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

Ranking and statistics

 
 FIRS World Championship Winners 

United States
2nd title

Final ranking

The official FIRS final ranking of the tournament:

 United States
 France
 Italy
4  Austria
5  Spain
6  Argentina
7  Brazil
8  Australia
9  Ecuador
10  Great Britain

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Austria Andreas Woell 7 10 7 17 0
Italy Gianluca Tomasello 7 7 10 17 0
United States Dennis LeFevre 7 13 3 16 0
Brazil Geraldo Cardoso 7 9 7 16 0
Spain Gerard Jimenez 8 11 5 16 0
Spain Carlos Del Rosal 8 8 8 16 0
Austria Hermann Helm 7 11 3 14 2
France Laurent Spinetti 7 10 4 14 0
Spain David Cerezo 8 8 4 12 0
Ecuador Ricardo Perez 8 6 6 12 0

Source:

References

  1. ↑ "Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship Final". firs.rsportz.com. 1996-09-15.

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