2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

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.

2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates5 July – 11 July
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored182 (7.91 per game)
Attendance29,252 (1,272 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Jimi Palanto (19 Pts)

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]

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 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+3).

Group A
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD 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
Source:
5 July 2015
14:00		Sweden 4 – 5
(3–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 Czech RepublicHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 250
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5 July 2015
18:00		Slovenia 2 – 9
(2–3, 0–3, 0–2, 0–1)		 FinlandHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2058
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6 July 2015
14:00		Sweden 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 160
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6 July 2015
18:00		Finland 7 – 3
(0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2197
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7 July 2015
14:00		Czech Republic 3 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 210
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7 July 2015
18:00		Finland 9 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 4–1)		 SwedenHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 4414
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Group B
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD 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
Source:
5 July 2015
16:00		United States 7 – 3
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0, 1–1)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 350
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5 July 2015
20:00		Slovakia 2 – 5
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2, 1–2)		 CanadaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 270
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6 July 2015
16:00		United States 6 – 0
(2–0, 3–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 287
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6 July 2015
20:00		Canada 6 – 4
(3–0, 2–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 170
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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
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7 July 2015
20:00		Canada 5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 United StatesHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 1750
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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 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]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  Finland 6
B4  Germany 3
QF3  Finland 4
QF4  Slovakia 3
A2  Czech Republic 3
B3  Slovakia 4
SF1  Finland 2
SF2  Canada 4
B1  Canada 6
A4  Slovenia 5
QF1  Canada 6 Bronze medal game
QF2  Sweden 2
B2  United States 2 SF1  Slovakia 4
A3  Sweden 5 SF2  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
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9 July 2015
16:00		Czech Republic 3 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 410
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9 July 2015
18:00		Finland 6 – 3
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 3168
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9 July 2015
20:00		Canada 6 – 5
(0–3, 0–1, 5–0, 1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 368
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Classification round
10 July 2015
14:00		Czech Republic 4 – 1
(0–0,1–0,0–1,3–0)		 GermanyHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 165
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10 July 2015
16:00		United States 5 – 2
(2–1,1–0,1–0,1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 247
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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
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10 July 2015
20:00		Canada 6 – 2
(1–0,0–1,1–1,4–0)		 SwedenHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 376
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Relegation game
11 July 2015
11:00		Germany 5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 SloveniaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 104
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Bronze medal game
11 July 2015
17:30		Sweden 5 – 4
(0–1, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 SlovakiaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2433
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Gold medal game
11 July 2015
20:00		Finland 2 – 4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–2)		 CanadaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 6678
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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 Jimi Palanto611819+133.0F
Canada Dave Hammond69514+31.5F
Canada Adam Ross66713+83.0D
Canada Thomas Woods64812+61.5F
Canada Brett Bulmer63912+70.0F
Finland Sami Markkanen621012+101.5D
United States Travis Noe5551003.0F
Finland Marko Virtala64610+50.0F
Slovenia Rok Jakopic63710+40.0F
Sweden Emil Bejmo6369+23.0D
Finland Kristian Kuusela6279+31.5F

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 Vladimir Neumann271:53223182.3891.930
Germany Jochen Vollmer152:3410992.1291.740
Finland Sasu Hovi195:4098101.8489.800
Canada Brett Leggat291:04159192.3588.050
Slovenia Tomaz Trelc189:41120183.4285.000

References
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  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. "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  4. "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  5. "2015 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. 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 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  7. "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  8. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
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