2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

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.

2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates1 June – 7 June
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Finland (4th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  United States
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored196 (8.52 per game)
Attendance11,210 (487 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Travis Noe

Qualification

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]

Seeding and groups

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):

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 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 21 7 +14 9
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 16 8 +8 6
 Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 −3 3
 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 3 5 24 −19 0
Source:
1 June 2014
14:00		Great Britain 3 – 10
(1–1, 0–5, 1–3, 1–1)		 United StatesPardubice Arena
Attendance: 150
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1 June 2014
18:00		Slovakia 2 – 5
(0–2, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicPardubice Arena
Attendance: 2000
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2 June 2014
15:00		Slovakia 7 – 1
(2–0, 3–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 Great BritainPardubice Arena
Attendance: 150
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2 June 2014
19:00		United States 5 – 4
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1, 1–2)		 Czech RepublicPardubice Arena
Attendance: 2000
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3 June 2014
18:00		Czech Republic 7 – 1
(3–0, 3–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 Great BritainPardubice Arena
Attendance: 800
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3 June 2014
20:00		United States 6 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 150
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Group B
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 3 3 0 0 0 17 9 +8 9
 Sweden 3 1 1 0 1 13 14 −1 5
 Canada 3 1 0 0 2 10 11 −1 3
 Germany 3 0 0 1 2 6 12 −6 1
Source:
1 June 2014
16:00		Canada 3 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 GermanyPardubice Arena
Attendance: 450
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1 June 2014
20:00		Finland 7 – 4
(0–0, 2–1, 2–3, 3–0)		 SwedenPardubice Arena
Attendance: 210
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2 June 2014
13:00		Canada 3 – 5
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 FinlandPardubice 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)		 GermanyPardubice Arena
Attendance: 400
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3 June 2014
14:00		Germany 2 – 5
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–4)		 FinlandPardubice Arena
Attendance: 100
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3 June 2014
16:00		Sweden 5 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 CanadaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 250
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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. 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  Finland 7
A4  Great Britain 2
QF1  Finland 4
QF2  Sweden 2
B2  Sweden 12
A3  Slovakia 1
SF1  Finland 6
SF2  Canada 2
A1  United States 4
B4  Germany 1
QF3  United States 5 Bronze medal game
QF4  Canada 6
A2  Czech Republic 5 SF1  Sweden 5
B3  Canada 6 SF2  United States 12

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals
5 June 2014
14:00		Sweden 12 – 1
(5–0, 2–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 SlovakiaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 200
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5 June 2014
16:00		United States 4 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 GermanyPardubice 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)		 CanadaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 2000
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5 June 2014
20:00		Finland 7 – 2
(3–0, 3–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 Great BritainPardubice Arena
Attendance: 150
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Placement round
6 June 2014
13:00		Slovakia 4 – 5 (SO)
(0–1, 0–2, 3–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 GermanyPardubice Arena
Attendance: 100
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6 June 2014
19:00		Czech Republic 6 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 Great BritainPardubice Arena
Attendance: 300
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Relegation game
7 June 2014
10:00		Slovakia 2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 Great BritainPardubice Arena
Attendance: 100
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Semifinals
6 June 2014
15:00		Finland 4 – 2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0, 1–2)		 SwedenPardubice 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)		 CanadaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 250
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Bronze medal game
7 June 2014
16:30		United States 12 – 5
(3–2, 3–2, 2–1, 4–0)		 SwedenPardubice Arena
Attendance: 300
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Gold medal game
7 June 2014
19:00		Finland 6 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 3–0)		 CanadaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 500
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Ranking and statistics


 2014 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners 

Finland
4th title

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Canada Brett Leggat
    • Best Defenseman: Finland Sami Markkanen
    • Best Forward: United States Matt White

Final standings

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

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States
4. Sweden
5. Czech Republic
6. Germany
7. Slovakia
8. Great Britain

Scoring leaders
Canada's Chris Terry scored seven goals and four 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
United States Travis Noe681220+83.0F
United States Matt White610717+141.5F
Sweden Marcus Nilsson68513–413.0F
Czech Republic Michal Simo54913+160.0F
United States Patrick Lee67512+73.0D
Czech Republic Patrik Sebek55712+133.0D
United States Tyler Spezia65712+124.5F
Canada Chris Terry67411–53.0F
Czech Republic Martin Vozdecky57411+110.0F
United States Rafael Rodriguez64711+133.0D
Canada Dave Hammond63811–26.0F

Leading goaltenders
Finland's Sasu Hovi finished first among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 90.99

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
Finland Sasu Hovi192:00111101.8890.990
Germany Thomas Ower196:23138162.9388.410
Czech Republic Dusan Salficky196:4193132.3886.020
Canada Brett Leggat295:38174253.0485.630
Slovakia Jozef Ondrejka148:5092153.6383.700

References
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