2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 2 June – 8 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States (6th title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 239 (10.39 per match)
Attendance 7,040 (306 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Travis Noe
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The 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 18th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their sixth World Championship title. Sweden finished in second place and Canada in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia after losing their placement round game and finishing last in the standings was relegated to Division I for 2014.

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2012 Division I tournament was won by Slovakia who defeated Hungary in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2011.[1][2]

  •  Canada − Finished first in the 2012 World Championship[3]
  •  Czech Republic − Finished sixth in the 2012 World Championship[3]
  •  Finland − Finished third in the 2012 World Championship[3]
  •  Germany − Finished second in the 2012 World Championship[3]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I.[4] The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Dresden, Germany.[4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group C

Group D

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+2).

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 22 7 +15 9
 Canada 3 2 0 0 1 19 9 +10 6
 Slovenia 3 0 1 0 2 10 26 –16 2
 Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 5 14 –9 1
2 June 2013
14:00		Slovenia 3 – 13
(1–4, 0–2, 1–4, 1–3)		 United StatesDresden Arena
Attendance: 550
2 June 2013
20:00		Slovakia 1 – 6
(0–1, 0–3, 1–0, 0–2)		 CanadaDresden Arena
Attendance: 190
3 June 2013
14:00		Slovenia 4 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 110
3 June 2013
18:00		Canada 3 – 5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–2)		 United StatesDresden Arena
Attendance: 275
4 June 2013
14:00		United States 4 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 75
4 June 2013
18:00		Canada 10 – 3
(3–2, 3–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 SloveniaDresden Arena

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Finland 3 2 1 0 0 20 12 +8 8
 Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 22 11 +11 6
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 1 1 12 17 –5 4
 Germany 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 –14 0
2 June 2013
16:00		Finland 5 – 4 (OT)
(0–0, 0–3, 3–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicDresden Arena
Attendance: 785
2 June 2013
18:00		Sweden 7 – 1
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 GermanyDresden Arena
Attendance: 1420
3 June 2013
16:00		Finland 7 – 4
(2–1, 3–1, 1–2, 1–0)		 SwedenDresden Arena
Attendance: 200
3 June 2013
20:00		Germany 1 – 5
(0–2, 0–1, 1–2, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicDresden Arena
Attendance: 350
4 June 2013
16:00		Czech Republic 3 – 11
(2–6, 1–1, 0–2, 0–2)		 SwedenDresden Arena
Attendance: 90
4 June 2013
20:00		Germany 4 – 8
(0–3, 1–2, 1–0, 2–3)		 FinlandDresden Arena
Attendance: 220

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 quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Slovenia was relegated after losing the final placement round game against Finland, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and Germany finished sixth following their win over Finland. In the semifinals Sweden defeated Canada and the United States beat Slovakia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Canada and Slovakia played off for the bronze medal with Canada winning 5–1. The United States defeated Sweden 6–3 in the gold medal game, earning their sixth World Championship title.[5]

  Quarterfinal                    
  B2  Sweden 12  
  A3  Slovenia 3   Semifinal
      QF1  Sweden 10  
  Quarterfinal   QF2  Canada 5  
  A2  Canada 8
  B3  Czech Republic 5         Final
              SF1  Sweden 3
  Quarterfinal             SF2  United States 6
  A1  United States 7      
  B4  Germany 4   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3  United States 11   SF1  Canada 5
  Quarterfinal   QF4  Slovakia 4     SF2  Slovakia 1
  B1  Finland 3
  A4  Slovakia 4  

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

6 June 2013
14:00		Canada 8 – 5
(2–5, 3–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicDresden Arena
Attendance: 130
6 June 2013
16:00		Sweden 12 – 3
(3–1, 4–1, 4–1, 1–0)		 SloveniaDresden Arena
Attendance: 150
6 June 2013
18:00		Finland 3 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 1–2)		 SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 210
6 June 2013
20:00		United States 7 – 4
(3–1, 0–2, 2–0, 2–1)		 GermanyDresden Arena
Attendance: 335

Placement round

7 June 2013
14:00		Czech Republic 7 – 2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1, 3–1)		 SloveniaDresden Arena
7 June 2013
20:00		Finland 5 – 7
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3, 3–1)		 GermanyDresden Arena
Attendance: 230

Relegation game

8 June 2013
11:00		Finland 8 – 3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–0, 3–1)		 SloveniaDresden Arena
Attendance: 35

Semifinals

7 June 2013
16:00		Sweden 10 – 5
(2–0, 2–2, 0–3, 6–0)		 CanadaDresden Arena
Attendance: 120
7 June 2013
18:00		United States 11 – 4
(4–0, 4–1, 0–3, 3–0)		 SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 160

Bronze medal game

8 June 2013
16:30		Canada 5 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 570

Gold medal game

8 June 2013
19:00		United States 6 – 3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–0, 3–1)		 SwedenDresden Arena
Attendance: 835

Ranking and statistics

 


 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners 

United States
6th title

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Canada Brett Leggat
    • Best Defenseman: Sweden Daniel Brolin
    • Best Forward: United States Travis Noe

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[7]

Rk. Team
 United States
 Sweden
 Canada
4.  Slovakia
5.  Czech Republic
6.  Germany
7.  Finland
8.  Slovenia

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.[8]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
United States Noe, TravisTravis Noe 6 11 9 20 +10 1.5 F
Sweden Nilsson, MarcusMarcus Nilsson 6 6 14 20 +14 3.0 F
Sweden Brolin, DanielDaniel Brolin 6 4 16 20 +15 6.0 D
Sweden Hoglund, HenrikHenrik Hoglund 6 13 5 18 +13 3.0 F
Sweden Luukkonen, KristianKristian Luukkonen 6 7 11 18 +12 7.5 F
Canada Woods, ThomasThomas Woods 6 7 9 16 +8 1.5 F
Canada Terry, ChrisChris Terry 6 9 6 15 +7 19.0 F
United States White, MattMatt White 6 9 4 13 +9 1.5 F
Canada Ross, AdamAdam Ross 6 5 8 13 +2 4.5 D
Canada Grassi, MaxMax Grassi 6 4 9 13 +1 4.5 F
Sweden Axelsson, DickDick Axelsson 6 3 10 13 +7 14.5 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.[9]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
United States Kuhn Ill, JerryJerry Kuhn Ill 192:00 93 11 2.06 88.17 0
Canada Leggat, BrettBrett Leggat 279:11 177 24 3.09 86.44 0
Finland Taponen, JahuJahu Taponen 205:09 105 15 2.63 85.71 0
Sweden Karlsson, DennisDennis Karlsson 120:00 66 10 3.00 84.85 0
Slovakia Neumann, VladimirVladimir Neumann 144:00 105 16 4.00 84.76 0

References

  1. 1 2 "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. ↑ "2011 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  4. 1 2 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  5. ↑ "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  6. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  7. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  8. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  9. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
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