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
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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 RepublicLandshut, Germany
Attendance: 3,126
May 27, 2007
18:00		United States United States3–4
( 2–1, 1–0, 0–2, 0–1 )		 Czech RepublicPassau, Germany
Attendance: 1,200
May 27, 2007
20:00		Germany 8–1
( 0–0, 2–0, 1–0, 5–1 )		 AustriaPassau, Germany
Attendance: 1,890
May 28, 2007
20:00		Austria 1–10
( 1–1, 0–3, 0–6, 0–0 )		United States United StatesPassau, Germany
Attendance: 300
May 29, 2007
18:00		Czech Republic 6–4
( 2–0, 3–0, 0–2, 1–2 )		 AustriaPassau, Germany
Attendance: 300
May 29, 2007
20:00		United States United States7–4
( 3–2, 2–0, 1–2, 1–0 )		 GermanyPassau, 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 SwedenLandshut, Germany
Attendance: 390
May 27, 2007
20:00		Finland 8–4
( 2–0, 1–3, 1–0, 4–1 )		 SlovakiaLandshut, Germany
Attendance: 410
May 28, 2007
18:00		Sweden Sweden 13–1
( 4–1, 2–0, 6–0, 1–0 )		 SlovakiaLandshut, Germany
Attendance: 500
May 28, 2007
20:00		Finland 1–2
( 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–1 )		 SloveniaLandshut, Germany
Attendance: 850
May 30, 2007
12:00		Slovakia 2–7
( 0–3, 0–1, 2–1, 0–2 )		 SloveniaLandshut, Germany
Attendance: 100
May 30, 2007
18:00		Sweden Sweden3–2
( 1–0, 0–0, 2–1, 0–1 )		 FinlandLandshut, Germany
Attendance: 200

Qualifying Round

May 30, 2007
20:00		Slovakia 7–4
( 2–1, 3–0, 0–3, 2–0 )		 BrazilLandshut, 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 BritainPassau, 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, gold medalist(s) Sweden Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 )		 NamibiaPassau, Germany
May 27, 2007
16:00		South Africa 1–7
( 0–3, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1 )		 Great BritainPassau, Germany
May 28, 2007
16:00		Japan 5–3
( 2–1, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0 )		 South AfricaPassau, Germany
May 28, 2007
18:00		 Great Britain7–2
( 0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–0 )		 NamibiaPassau, Germany
May 29, 2007
16:00		Great Britain 8–4
( 3–2, 3–0, 0–1, 2–1 )		 JapanPassau, Germany
May 29, 2007
14:00		Namibia 8–3
( 2–1, 4–1, 1–0, 1–1 )		 South AfricaPassau, 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 )		 AustraliaLandshut, Germany
May 27, 2007
16:00		New Zealand 9–8
( 3–3, 3–3, 2–2, 1–0 )		 HungaryLandshut, Germany
May 28, 2007
14:00		Brazil 5–3
( 2–1, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )		 New ZealandLandshut, Germany
May 28, 2007
16:00		Hungary 5–8
( 1–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–2 )		 AustraliaLandshut, Germany
May 30, 2007
10:00		Hungary 2–4
( 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1 )		 BrazilLandshut, Germany
May 30, 2007
16:00		Australia 13–2
( 4–1, 3–1, 4–0, 2–0 )		 New ZealandLandshut, 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, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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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