2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

The 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by Great Britain who upon winning gained promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and Argentina were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates2 June – 8 June
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Great Britain
Runner-up  Austria
Third place  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored215 (9.77 per game)
Attendance1,100 (50 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United Kingdom Philip Hamer

Qualification

Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2012 World Championship and the 2012 Division I tournaments. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament. The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Latvia, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated last year.[1] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Argentina and Brazil, with Argentina winning promotion.[2] In addition to the Rest of the World tournament, Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil in a South American invitational tournament.[2]

  •  Argentina − Winner of the Rest of the World Qualification[2]
  •  Australia − Finished fifth in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Austria − Finished third in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Bulgaria − Winner of the European Qualification[1]
  •  Croatia − Finished fourth in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Great Britain − Relegated from the 2012 World Championship[4]
  •  Hungary − Finished second in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Japan − Finished sixth in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 3 August 2012 to 5 August 2012.[1] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning all of their games and finishing first in the standings.[1] Latvia finished in second place after winning two of their games and losing the third against Bulgaria in overtime.[1]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 0 28 12 +16 8 Qualified for Division I
 Latvia 3 2 0 1 0 47 12 +35 7
 Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 26 25 +1 3
 North Macedonia 3 0 0 0 3 8 60 −52 0
Source:

All times are local.

3 August 2012
18:00		North Macedonia 3 – 14
(0–2, 2–5, 0–3, 1–4)		 BulgariaWinter Palace
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3 August 2012
20:00		Turkey 4 – 14
(0–5, 1–2, 2–4, 1–3)		 LatviaWinter Palace
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4 August 2012
18:00		Turkey 18 – 3
(3–0, 4–1, 4–2, 7–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Palace
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4 August 2012
20:00		Bulgaria 6 – 5 (OT)
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1, 1–3, 1–0)		 LatviaWinter Palace
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5 August 2012
15:00		Latvia 28 – 2
(9–1, 8–0, 6–1, 5–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Palace
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5 August 2012
17:00		Bulgaria 8 – 4
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 2–3)		 TurkeyWinter Palace
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Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 and 14 December 2012.[2] Argentina gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Brazil.[2]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 0 13 6 +7 6 Qualified for Division I
 Brazil 2 0 0 0 2 6 13 −7 0
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All times are local.

13 December 2012
20:00		Argentina 5 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 1–0, 2–1)		 BrazilBuenos Aires
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14 December 2012
20:00		Argentina 8 – 3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1, 4–1)		 BrazilBuenos Aires
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South American invitational tournament

Following the Rest of the World tournament Argentina hosted a South American invitational tournament in Buenos Aires.[2] Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil for the tournament.[2] Brazil won the competition after defeating Colombia 5–3 in the final and Argentina beat Argentina B to finish third.[2]

Preliminary round

15 December 2012
14:00		Brazil 18 – 1 UruguayBuenos Aires
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15 December 2012
15:30		Argentina 6 – 8 ColombiaBuenos Aires
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15 December 2012
17:00		Brazil 5 – 1 Argentina BBuenos Aires
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15 December 2012
18:30		Argentina 11 – 0 VenezuelaBuenos Aires
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15 December 2012
20:00		Uruguay 3 – 8 Argentina BBuenos Aires
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15 December 2012
21:30		Colombia 10 – 4 VenezuelaBuenos Aires
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5th placement

16 December 2012
10:00		Uruguay 3 – 16 VenezuelaBuenos Aires
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16 December 2012
14:30		Uruguay 4 – 9 VenezuelaBuenos Aires
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Semifinals

16 December 2012
11:30		Argentina B Argentina1 – 7 ColombiaBuenos Aires
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16 December 2012
13:00		Brazil 3 – 1 ArgentinaBuenos Aires
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3rd placement

16 December 2012
16:00		Argentina 4 – 1 Argentina BBuenos Aires
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1st placement

16 December 2012
17:30		Brazil 5 – 3 ColombiaBuenos Aires
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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.[5] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Dresden, Germany.[5] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

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 C
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 2 0 1 0 27 11 +16 7
 Great Britain 3 1 1 1 0 23 10 +13 6
 Croatia 3 1 1 0 1 26 14 +12 5
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 0 41 −41 0
Source:
2 June 2013
13:00		Croatia 6 – 9
(1–5, 1–0, 2–3, 2–1)		 AustraliaRink 2
Attendance: 80
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2 June 2013
17:00		Bulgaria 0 – 13
(0–3, 0–3, 0–4, 0–3)		 Great BritainRink 2
Attendance: 90
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3 June 2013
13:00		Croatia 14 – 0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0, 4–0)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 20
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3 June 2013
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		 AustraliaRink 2
Attendance: 40
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4 June 2013
13:00		Australia 14 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0, 7–0)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 25
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4 June 2013
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 6 (OT)
(0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–1)		 CroatiaRink 2
Attendance: 40
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Group D
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 3 0 0 0 15 5 +10 9
 Hungary 3 1 1 0 1 10 7 +3 5
 Japan 3 1 0 0 2 7 12 −5 3
 Argentina 3 0 0 1 2 6 14 −8 1
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2 June 2013
15:00		Austria 5 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 JapanRink 2
Attendance: 85
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2 June 2013
19:00		Argentina 2 – 3 (SO)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 HungaryRink 2
Attendance: 90
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3 June 2013
15:00		Austria 6 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 40
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3 June 2013
19:00		Hungary 4 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 JapanRink 2
Attendance: 40
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4 June 2013
15:00		Japan 5 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 30
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4 June 2013
19:00		Hungary 3 – 4
(1–2, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0)		 AustriaRink 2
Attendance: 45
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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. Bulgaria and Argentina were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Croatia finished fifth after defeating Bulgaria and Japan finished sixth following their win over Argentina. In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Australia and Austria beat Hungary, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Australia and Hungary played off for the bronze medal with Hungary winning 7–5. Great Britain defeated Austria 5–1 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[6]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C1  Australia 5
D4  Argentina 4
QF1  Australia 1
QF2  Great Britain 6
C2  Great Britain 4
D3  Japan 2
SF1  Great Britain 5
SF2  Austria 1
D1  Austria 21
C4  Bulgaria 2
QF3  Austria 3 Bronze medal game
QF4  Hungary 2
D2  Hungary 9 SF1  Australia 5
C3  Croatia 1 SF2  Hungary 7

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals
6 June 2013
13:00		Great Britain 4 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 2–1, 0–0)		 JapanRink 2
Attendance: 20
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6 June 2013
15:00		Hungary 9 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1, 4–0)		 CroatiaRink 2
Attendance: 20
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6 June 2013
17:00		Australia 5 – 4 (SO)
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 40
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6 June 2013
19:00		Austria 21 – 2
(6–0, 5–1, 2–0, 8–1)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 20
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Placement round
7 June 2013
13:00		Japan 5 – 2
(2–1, 0–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 40
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7 June 2013
15:00		Croatia 14 – 2
(6–1, 2–1, 2–0, 4–0)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 40
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Semifinals
7 June 2013
17:00		Australia 1 – 6
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3, 1–1)		 Great BritainRink 2
Attendance: 40
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7 June 2013
19:00		Austria 3 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 HungaryRink 2
Attendance: 40
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Bronze medal game
8 June 2013
12:00		Australia 5 – 7
(1–3, 1–1, 2–1, 1–2)		 HungaryRink 2
Attendance: 40
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Gold medal game
8 June 2013
14:00		Austria 1 – 5
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–3)		 Great BritainDresden Arena
Attendance: 175
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Ranking and statistics

Final standings

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

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hungary
4. Australia
5. Croatia
6. Japan
7. Argentina
8. Bulgaria

Tournament Awards
  • Best players selected by the directorate:[8]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Austria Lorenz Hirn
    • Best Defenseman: Australia Antony Collins
    • Best Forward: United Kingdom Philip Hamer

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.[9]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
United Kingdom Philip Hamer68917+90.0F
Austria Johannes Bischofberger67916+91.5F
Croatia Igor Jacmenjak57815+131.5D
Australia Liam Jeffries67815+151.5F
United Kingdom Nathan Finney651015+83.0D
Australia Jordan Gavin65914+107.5F
Austria Harry Lange65813+90.0D
Austria Andre Niec65813+121.5D
Hungary Istvan Bartalis66612+54.5F
Croatia Tomisalv Grozaj59211+10.0F

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.[10]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
United Kingdom James Tanner196:5510581.4692.380
Japan Shingo Imagawa120:006051.5091.670
Austria Lorenz Hirn168:007971.5091.140
Hungary Tamas Kiss245:00132152.2088.640
Argentina Federico Fernandez153:4473122.8183.560

References
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