2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I

2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Dates28 June – 4 July
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Austria
Runners-up  Croatia
Third place  Hungary
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored244 (11.09 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Szilard Sandor
Igor Jacmenjak
(16 points)

The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I was the eighth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Färjestads Ishall in Karlstad, with the medal games played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. Austria won the final against Croatia.

Venues

Karlstad Karlstad
Färjestads Ishall
Capacity: 4,700
Löfbergs Lila Arena
Capacity: 8,647

Qualification

The following eight nations qualified for the Division I tournament. One nation from Asia, one nation from Australia, four nations from Europe, and two nations from South America were represented.

Asia
Australia
Europe
South America
  1. ^ a b c d e Automatic qualifier after a 2–6 placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
  2. ^ a b Qualified after winning a 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification
  3. ^ Relegated after a bottom placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

Division I Qualification tournaments

The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification tournaments were held in July 2009. There were two qualification tournaments; an Americas qualifier and a European qualifier. The winners of each, Argentina and Croatia, advanced to the Division I tournament.

Americas qualifier

 Argentina became the Americas qualifier as the only other active member,  Brazil had already qualified for the 2010 tournament.

European qualifier

2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Division I European Qualification
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates24 July – 26 July
Teams4

The 2009 European Qualification tournament was held from July 24, 2009, to July 26, 2009. The winner of this tournament, Croatia, advanced to the next level of the IIHF World Championship, which is the Division I tournament. Games were played at the Winter Palace of Sports in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Four participating teams were placed in one group. After playing a round-robin, the top team advances to the 2010 Division I tournament.

Nations
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Croatia
  •  Israel
  •  Turkey
Standings
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Croatia 3 3 0 0 0 36 5 +31 9 Division I tournament
 Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 24 15 +9 6 Eliminated from competition
 Israel 3 1 0 0 2 12 23 −11 3
 Turkey 3 0 0 0 3 4 33 −29 0
Source:
Fixtures

All times are local (UTC+3).

24 July
18:00
Croatia 11 – 2 IsraelWinter Palace of Sports, Sofia
24 July
20:00
Turkey 2 – 11 BulgariaWinter Palace of Sports, Sofia
25 July
18:00
Croatia 15 – 1 TurkeyWinter Palace of Sports, Sofia
25 July
20:00
Bulgaria 11 – 3 IsraelWinter Palace of Sports, Sofia
26 July
14:00
Israel 7 – 1 TurkeyWinter Palace of Sports, Sofia
26 July
18:00
Bulgaria 2 – 10 CroatiaWinter Palace of Sports, Sofia

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, and 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

Preliminary round

Eight participated teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top team in each group advanced to the Qualification Games. The last three teams in each group competed in the Playoff Round.

All games were played at the Färjestads Ishall in Karlstad.

Group C

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 0 27 11 +16 7 Qualification Games
 Hungary 3 1 1 0 1 15 14 +1 5 Playoff Round
 Croatia 3 1 0 0 2 14 24 −10 3
 Australia 3 1 0 0 2 12 19 −7 3
Source:

All times are local (UTC+2).

28 June
13:00
Hungary 2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1, 1–1)
 AustraliaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 54
Game reference
Referees:
Kevin Lord
Crt Kralj
6.0 minPenalties4.5 min
35Shots38
28 June
17:00
Croatia 2–13
(0–3, 1–5, 0–3, 1–2)
 SlovakiaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 12
Game reference
Referees:
Petr Ulehla
Miklos Incze
7.5 minPenalties7.5 min
40Shots42
29 June
13:00
Hungary 8–5
(1–1, 4–1, 2–0, 1–3)
 CroatiaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 88
Game reference
Referees:
Ulrich Erd
Lubos Jakubec
6.0 minPenalties1.5 min
40Shots27
29 June
19:00
Slovakia 10–4
(3–2, 1–2, 3–0, 3–0)
 AustraliaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 39
Game reference
Referees:
Radim Prchal
Niklas Lindberg
4.5 minPenalties7.5 min
55Shots35
30 June
15:00
Australia 3–7
(0–3, 2–0, 1–0, 0–4)
 CroatiaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 42
Game reference
Referees:
Mikael Sjoqvist
Michael Ericsson
6.0 minPenalties12.0 min
35Shots36
30 June
19:00
Slovakia 4–5 (OT)
(1–1, 1–0, 0–3, 2–0)
(OT 0–1)
 HungaryFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 13
Game reference
Referees:
Jan Nordstrom
Roland Aumueller
1.5 minPenalties9.0 min
43Shots25

Group D

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 23 5 +18 9 Qualification Games
 Brazil 3 0 2 0 1 12 15 −3 4 Playoff Round
 Japan 3 1 0 1 1 12 14 −2 4
 Argentina 3 0 0 1 2 11 24 −13 1
Source:

All times are local (UTC+2).

28 June
15:00
Brazil 6–5 (GWS)
(0–0, 1–2, 3–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO 1–0)
 JapanFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 82
Game reference
Referees:
Roger Ericson
Lubos Jakubec
3.0 minPenalties7.5 min
42Shots42
28 June
19:00
Argentina 3–13
(1–2, 1–2, 1–6, 0–3)
 Great BritainFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Referees:
Carl Friday
Tony Kuloaro
9.0 minPenalties6.0 min
18Shots37
29 June
15:00
Brazil 6–5 (GWS)
(2–0, 0–1, 1–2, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO 1–0)
 ArgentinaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 42
Game reference
Referees:
Kevin Lord
Lars Bruggemann
3.0 minPenalties7.5 min
47Shots20
29 June
17:00
Great Britain 5–2
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 3–0)
 JapanFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 17
Game reference
Referees:
Roland Aumueller
Miklos Incze
6.0 minPenalties7.5 min
48Shots22
30 June
13:00
Japan 5–3
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1, 0–2)
 ArgentinaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 24
Game reference
Referees:
Jeffrey Scott
Crt Karlj
9.0 minPenalties7.5 min
32Shots28
30 June
17:00
Great Britain 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 BrazilFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Game reference
Referees:
Lubos Jakubec
Niklas Lindberg
4.5 minPenalties4.5 min
29Shots26

Qualification games

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
C1  Austria 17
D4  Argentina 0
#1  Austria 7
#4  Australia 2
D2  Brazil 4
C3  Croatia 13
SF1  Australia 5
SF2  Hungary 6
D1  Great Britain 1
C4  Australia 2
#2  Croatia 12 Bronze medal game
#3  Hungary 8
C2  Hungary 12 SF1  Austria 5
D3  Japan 4 SF2  Croatia 0

Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

2 July
13:00
Hungary 12–4
(4–0, 4–1, 2–1, 2–2)
 JapanFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 35
Game reference
Referees:
Carl Friday
Michael Ericsson
7.5 minPenalties4.5 min
37Shots46
2 July
15:00
Brazil 4–13
(0–3, 0–7, 2–0, 2–3)
 CroatiaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Game reference
Referees:
Lubos Jakubec
Niklas Lindberg
10.5 minPenalties7.5 min
33Shots48
2 July
17:00
Great Britain 1–2 (GWS)
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO 0–1)
 AustraliaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 52
Game reference
Referees:
Radim Prchal
Tony Kuloaro
3.0 minPenalties4.5 min
24Shots25
2 July
19:00
Austria 17–0
(5–0, 7–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 ArgentinaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Game reference
Referees:
Miklos Incze
Mikael Sjoqvist
4.5 minPenalties7.5 min
39Shots17

Placement

5/6 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

3 July
13:00
Japan 8–3
(3–1, 0–1, 3–1, 2–0)
 BrazilFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 28
Game reference
Referees:
Lubos Jakubec
Petr Ulehla
7.5 minPenalties12.0 min
36Shots31

7/8 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

3 July
15:00
Great Britain 6–3
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1, 3–2)
 ArgentinaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 44
Game reference
Referees:
Crt Kralj
Ulrich Erd
10.5 minPenalties6.0 min
31Shots16

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

3 July
17:00
Croatia 12–8
(3–2, 3–2, 4–3, 2–1)
 HungaryFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 22
Game reference
Referees:
Jeffrey Scott
Roland Aumueller
16.0 minPenalties6.0 min
25Shots41
3 July
19:00
Austria 7–2
(3–1, 2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 AustraliaFärjestads Ishall, Karlstad
Attendance: 52
Game reference
Referees:
Don Moffatt
Michael Ericsson
1.5 minPenalties7.5 min
34Shots32

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

4 July
12:00
Australia 5–6
(1–5, 0–0, 2–0, 2–1)
 HungaryLöfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 137
Game reference
Referees:
Ulrich Erd
Kevin Lord
1.5 minPenalties6.5 min
46Shots22

Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

4 July
14:00
Croatia 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 AustriaLöfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
Attendance: 159
Game reference
Referees:
Jeffrey Scott
Crt Kralj
7.5 minPenalties3.0 min
16Shots24

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
 Austria
 Croatia
 Hungary
4.  Australia
5.  Great Britain
6.  Japan
7.  Brazil
8.  Argentina

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum
    • Best Defenseman: Viktor Tokaji
    • Best Forward: Tomislav Grozaj

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.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Szilard Sandor 6 6 10 16 +2 10.5 FW
Igor Jacmenjak 6 5 11 16 +1 9.0 DF
Tomislav Grozaj 6 9 6 15 +3 0 FW
Tamas Lencses 6 7 8 15 +8 3.0 DF
Viktor Tokaji 6 2 10 12 +6 1.5 FW
Alex Pearman 5 7 4 11 +10 3.0 FW
Jose Guilardi 5 6 5 11 +5 4.5 DF
Mario Novak 6 6 5 11 +7 1.5 FW
Sean Jones 6 6 4 10 +3 6.0 FW
Gergely Borbas 6 5 5 10 +2 0 FW
Nathan Finney 5 5 5 10 +9 0 FW
Daniel Oberkofler* 3 3 7 10 +12 0 FW
Trpimir Piragic 6 3 7 10 −2 7.5 FW
Facundo Vadra 5 3 7 10 −4 1.5 DF

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to Division I after the qualification games.

Source: IIHF.com
18:01, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
Bernhard Starkbaum* 132:00 52 1 0.27 98.08 2
James Tanner 197:00 89 7 1.28 92.13 1
Jozef Ondrejka** 96:00 75 6 2.25 92.00 0
Mitsuhiro Oue 177:50 131 17 3.44 87.02 0
Krisztian Budai 189:50 147 22 4.17 85.03 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to Division I after the qualification games. Two asterisks (**) denote that the player's team was promoted to the Championship Division after the qualification games.

Source: IIHF.com
17:48, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

See also

References