2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 1 June – 7 June |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 23 |
Goals scored | 196 (8.52 per game) |
Attendance | 11,210 (487 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
The 2014 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 ran alongside the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 1 and 7 June 2014 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by the Finland, earning their fourth World Championship title. Canada finished in second place and the United States in third after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal match. Great Britain, after losing the relegation game against Slovakia was relegated to Division I for 2015.
Qualification
[edit]Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2013 Division I tournament was won by Great Britain who defeated Austria in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2012.[1][2]
Canada − Finished third in the 2013 World Championship[3]
Czech Republic − Finished fifth in the 2013 World Championship[3]
Finland − Finished seventh in the 2013 World Championship[3]
Germany − Finished sixth in the 2013 World Championship[3]
Great Britain − Winner of 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I[1]
Slovakia − Finished fourth in the 2013 World Championship[3]
Sweden − Finished second in the 2013 World Championship[3]
United States − Finished first in the 2013 World Championship[3]
Seeding and groups
[edit]The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I.[4] The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Pardubice, Czech Republic.[4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):
Group C
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Group D
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Preliminary round
[edit]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
[edit]Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 |
1 June 2014 14:00 | Great Britain ![]() | 3 – 10 (1–1, 0–5, 1–3, 1–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 150 |
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1 June 2014 18:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 2 – 5 (0–2, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 2000 |
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2 June 2014 15:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 7 – 1 (2–0, 3–1, 0–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 150 |
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2 June 2014 19:00 | United States ![]() | 5 – 4 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1, 1–2) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 2000 |
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3 June 2014 18:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 7 – 1 (3–0, 3–1, 1–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 800 |
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3 June 2014 20:00 | United States ![]() | 6 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 150 |
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Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 |
1 June 2014 16:00 | Canada ![]() | 3 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 450 |
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1 June 2014 20:00 | Finland ![]() | 7 – 4 (0–0, 2–1, 2–3, 3–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 210 |
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2 June 2014 13:00 | Canada ![]() | 3 – 5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2, 1–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 100 |
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2 June 2014 17:00 | Sweden ![]() | 4 – 3 (OT) (1–1, 1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 400 |
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3 June 2014 14:00 | Germany ![]() | 2 – 5 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–4) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 100 |
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3 June 2014 16:00 | Sweden ![]() | 5 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 250 |
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Playoff round
[edit]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. Great Britain was relegated after losing the relegation game against Slovakia, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Great Britain and Germany finished sixth following their win over Slovakia in their placement round games. In the semifinals Finland defeated Sweden and Canada beat the United States, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Sweden and the United States played off for the bronze medal with the United States winning 12–5. Finland defeated Canada 6–2 in the gold medal game, earning their fourth World Championship title.[5]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 7 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
QF1 | ![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 12 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
SF1 | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||
SF2 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
QF3 | ![]() | 5 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
QF4 | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 5 | SF1 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 6 | SF2 | ![]() | 12 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
[edit]5 June 2014 14:00 | Sweden ![]() | 12 – 1 (5–0, 2–1, 2–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 200 |
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5 June 2014 16:00 | United States ![]() | 4 – 1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 400 |
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5 June 2014 18:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 5 – 6 (SO) (1–0, 2–1, 0–1, 2–3, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 2000 |
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5 June 2014 20:00 | Finland ![]() | 7 – 2 (3–0, 3–1, 1–1, 0–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 150 |
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Placement round
[edit]6 June 2014 13:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 4 – 5 (SO) (0–1, 0–2, 3–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 100 |
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6 June 2014 19:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 6 – 1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 300 |
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Relegation game
[edit]7 June 2014 10:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 2 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 100 |
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Semifinals
[edit]6 June 2014 15:00 | Finland ![]() | 4 – 2 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0, 1–2) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 150 |
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6 June 2014 17:00 | United States ![]() | 5 – 6 (SO) (2–2, 1–1, 1–2, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 250 |
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Bronze medal game
[edit]7 June 2014 16:30 | United States ![]() | 12 – 5 (3–2, 3–2, 2–1, 4–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 300 |
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Gold medal game
[edit]7 June 2014 19:00 | Finland ![]() | 6 – 2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 500 |
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Ranking and statistics
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2014 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners |
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![]() Finland 4th title |
Tournament Awards
[edit]- Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
- Best Goalkeeper:
Brett Leggat
- Best Defenseman:
Sami Markkanen
- Best Forward:
Matt White
- Best Goalkeeper:
Final standings
[edit]The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[7]
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Scoring leaders
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Chris_Terry.jpg/220px-Chris_Terry.jpg)
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 |
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6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +8 | 3.0 | F |
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6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +14 | 1.5 | F |
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6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | –4 | 13.0 | F |
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5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +16 | 0.0 | F |
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6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +7 | 3.0 | D |
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5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +13 | 3.0 | D |
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6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +12 | 4.5 | F |
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6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | –5 | 3.0 | F |
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5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +11 | 0.0 | F |
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6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +13 | 3.0 | D |
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6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | –2 | 6.0 | F |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Sasu_Hovi.jpg)
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 |
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192:00 | 111 | 10 | 1.88 | 90.99 | 0 |
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196:23 | 138 | 16 | 2.93 | 88.41 | 0 |
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196:41 | 93 | 13 | 2.38 | 86.02 | 0 |
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295:38 | 174 | 25 | 3.04 | 85.63 | 0 |
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148:50 | 92 | 15 | 3.63 | 83.70 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ a b "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ "2014 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ^ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-02.