2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates 5 July – 11 July
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 182 (7.91 per match)
Attendance 29,252 (1,272 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Finland Jimi Palanto (19 Pts)
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The 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 19th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 5 and 11 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by Canada, earning their third World Championship title. Finland finished in second place and Sweden in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia, after losing the relegation game against Germany was relegated to Division I for 2017.

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2014 Division I tournament was won by Slovenia who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2013.[1][2]
  •  Slovakia − Finished seventh in the 2014 World Championship[3]
  •  Slovenia − Winner of 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I[1]
  •  Sweden − Finished fourth in the 2014 World Championship[3]
  •  United States − Finished third in the 2014 World Championship[3]

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 tournaments.[4] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Tampere, Finland.[4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group A

Group B

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 A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Finland 3 3 0 0 0 25 6 +19 9
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 11 13 –2 6
 Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 9 17 –8 3
 Slovenia 3 0 0 0 3 7 16 –9 0
5 July 2015
14:00		Sweden 4 – 5
(3–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 Czech RepublicHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 250
5 July 2015
18:00		Slovenia 2 – 9
(2–3, 0–3, 0–2, 0–1)		 FinlandHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2058
6 July 2015
14:00		Sweden 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 160
6 July 2015
18:00		Finland 7 – 3
(0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2197
7 July 2015
14:00		Czech Republic 3 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 210
7 July 2015
18:00		Finland 9 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 4–1)		 SwedenHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 4414

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Canada 3 2 1 0 0 16 10 +6 8
 United States 3 2 0 1 0 17 8 +9 7
 Slovakia 3 0 1 0 2 4 12 –8 2
 Germany 3 0 0 1 2 8 15 –7 1
5 July 2015
16:00		United States 7 – 3
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0, 1–1)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 350
5 July 2015
20:00		Slovakia 2 – 5
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2, 1–2)		 CanadaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 270
6 July 2015
16:00		United States 6 – 0
(2–0, 3–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 287
6 July 2015
20:00		Canada 6 – 4
(3–0, 2–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 170
7 July 2015
16:00		Germany 1 – 2 (SO)
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 454
7 July 2015
20:00		Canada 5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 United StatesHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 1750

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. Slovenia was relegated back to Division I after losing the relegation game against Germany, while the United States finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and the Czech Republic finished sixth following their win over Germany in their placement round games. In the semifinals Finland defeated Slovakia and Canada beat Sweden, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Slovakia and Sweden played off for the bronze medal with Sweden winning 5–4. Canada defeated Finland 4–2 in the gold medal game, earning their third World Championship title.[5]

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1  Finland 6  
  B4  Germany 3   Semifinal
      QF3  Finland 4  
  Quarterfinal   QF4  Slovakia 3  
  A2  Czech Republic 3
  B3  Slovakia 4         Final
              SF1  Finland 2
  Quarterfinal             SF2  Canada 4
  B1  Canada 6      
  A4  Slovenia 5   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF1  Canada 6   SF1  Slovakia 4
  Quarterfinal   QF2  Sweden 2     SF2  Sweden 5
  B2  United States 2
  A3  Sweden 5  

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

9 July 2015
14:00		United States 2 – 5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–0, 0–2)		 SwedenHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 340
9 July 2015
16:00		Czech Republic 3 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 410
9 July 2015
18:00		Finland 6 – 3
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 3168
9 July 2015
20:00		Canada 6 – 5
(0–3, 0–1, 5–0, 1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 368

Classification round

10 July 2015
14:00		Czech Republic 4 – 1
(0–0,1–0,0–1,3–0)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 165
10 July 2015
16:00		United States 5 – 2
(2–1,1–0,1–0,1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 247

Semifinals

10 July 2015
18:00		Finland 4 – 3 (SO)
(1–0,1–0,1–1,0–2,0-0,1-0)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2393
10 July 2015
20:00		Canada 6 – 2
(1–0,0–1,1–1,4–0)		 SwedenHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 376

Relegation game

11 July 2015
11:00		Germany 5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 104

Bronze medal game

11 July 2015
17:30		Sweden 5 – 4
(0–1, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2433

Gold medal game

11 July 2015
20:00		Finland 2 – 4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–2)		 CanadaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 6678

Ranking and statistics

 


 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Winners 

Canada
3rd title

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Slovakia Vladimir Neumann
    • Best Defenseman: Canada Adam Ross
    • Best Forward: Finland Jimi Palanto

Final standings

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

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

Scoring leaders

Finland's Marko Virtala scored four goals and six assists in his six games

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
Finland Palanto, JimiJimi Palanto 6 11 8 19 +13 3.0 F
Canada Hammond, DaveDave Hammond 6 9 5 14 +3 1.5 F
Canada Ross, AdamAdam Ross 6 6 7 13 +8 3.0 D
Canada Woods, ThomasThomas Woods 6 4 8 12 +6 1.5 F
Canada Bulmer, BrettBrett Bulmer 6 3 9 12 +7 0.0 F
Finland Markkanen, SamiSami Markkanen 6 2 10 12 +10 1.5 D
United States Noe, TravisTravis Noe 5 5 5 10 0 3.0 F
Finland Virtala, MarkoMarko Virtala 6 4 6 10 +5 0.0 F
Slovenia Jakopic, RokRok Jakopic 6 3 7 10 +4 0.0 F
Sweden Bejmo, EmilEmil Bejmo 6 3 6 9 +2 3.0 D
Finland Kuusela, KristianKristian Kuusela 6 2 7 9 +3 1.5 F

Leading goaltenders

Sasu Hovi of Finland finished third among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 89.80

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
Slovakia Neumann, VladimirVladimir Neumann 271:53 223 18 2.38 91.93 0
Germany Vollmer, JochenJochen Vollmer 152:34 109 9 2.12 91.74 0
Finland Hovi, SasuSasu Hovi 195:40 98 10 1.84 89.80 0
Canada Leggat, BrettBrett Leggat 291:04 159 19 2.35 88.05 0
Slovenia Trelc, TomazTomaz Trelc 189:41 120 18 3.42 85.00 0

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  4. 1 2 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  5. ↑ "2015 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  6. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  7. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  8. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  9. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
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