2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

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2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 1–7 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Germany
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Finland
Fourth place  Slovenia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23

The 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 17th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 1 and 7 July in Ingolstadt, Germany. The tournament was won by Canada, earning their second World Championship title. Germany finished in second place and Finland third after defeating Slovenia in the bronze medal match. Great Britain were relegated to Division I for 2013 after losing the relegation game against Sweden.

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2011 Division I tournament was won by Great Britain who defeated Hungary 3-2 in the final.[1]

Seeding and groups

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The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I.[3] The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Ingolstadt, Germany.[3] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis 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 GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 22 13 +9 6
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 0 1 16 16 0 5
 Great Britain 3 1 0 1 1 9 19 -10 4
 Finland 3 1 0 0 2 12 11 +1 3
1 June 2012
14:00
Sweden  5–3
 Finland Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
1 June 2012
18:00
Great Britain  4–5 OT
 Czech Republic Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
2 June 2012
14:00
Sweden  13–3
 Great Britain Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
2 June 2012
18:00
Czech Republic  4–8
 Finland Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
3 June 2012
14:00
Finland  1–2
 Great Britain Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
3 June 2012
18:00
Czech Republic  7–4
 Sweden Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 14 10 +4 9
 Canada 3 1 0 1 1 10 12 -2 4
 Germany 3 1 0 0 2 14 14 0 3
 Slovenia 3 0 1 0 2 14 16 -2 2
1 June 2012
16:00
Canada  4–5 OT
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
1 June 2012
20:00
Germany  4–5
 United States Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
2 June 2012
16:00
Canada  4–3
 Germany Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
2 June 2012
20:00
United States  5–4
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
3 June 2012
16:00
Slovenia  5–7
 Germany Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
3 June 2012
20:00
United States  4–2
 Canada Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Playoff Round

  Quarterfinal                    
  B2   Canada 9  
  A3   Great Britain 3   Semifinal
      QF1   Canada 5  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Slovenia 3  
  A1   Sweden 3
  B4   Slovenia 4         Final
              SF1   Canada 9
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Germany 5
  A2   Czech Republic 5      
  B3   Germany 6   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Germany 3   SF1   Slovenia 4
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Finland 2     SF2   Finland 9
  A4   Finland 5
  B1   United States 4  

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 June 2012
14:00
Canada  9–3
 Great Britain Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
5 June 2012
16:00
Sweden  3–4 OT
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
5 June 2012
18:00
United States  4–5
 Finland Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
5 June 2012
20:00
Czech Republic  5–6 GWS
 Germany Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Placement round

6 June 2012
14:00
Sweden  4–5 GWS
 Czech Republic Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
6 June 2012
16:00
United States  18–1
 Great Britain Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Semifinals

6 June 2012
18:00
Canada  5–3
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
6 June 2012
20:00
Germany  3–2
 Finland Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Relegation round

7 June 2012
10:00
Sweden  7–2
 Great Britain Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Bronze medal game

7 June 2012
16:00
Finland  9–4
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Gold medal game

7 June 2012
18:00
Canada  9–5
 Germany Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

See also

References

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