1996 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship explained

Type:	iih
Year:	1996
Country:	United States
Dates:	August 4–10, 1996
Num Teams:	11
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Winners:	USA
Second:	CAN
Third:	FIN
Nextseason:	1997

The 1996 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the first IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,^[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, with the gold-medal game played on August 10, 1996.

Teams

The eleven-team tournament was split into three groups.

Group A

• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Italy

Group B

• Australia
• Austria
• Canada
• Finland

Group C

• Japan
• Russia
• Switzerland
• United States

Tournament

Playoff round

Bronze medal game

Consolation round

Relegation

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20180305215920/http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/all-medallists/inline-hockey.html IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships