1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship explained

Type:	iih
Year:	1997
Country:	United States
Dates:	July 1997
Num Teams:	12
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Winners:	USA
Second:	CAN
Third:	SWI
Prevseason:	1996
Nextseason:	1998

The 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the second IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,^[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place at Anaheim, California, United States, with the gold-medal game played July 25, 1997, at the Arrowhead Pond.^[2]

Teams

The twelve-team tournament was split into two groups.

Group A comprised

• Canada
• Finland
• Germany
• Russia
• Switzerland
• United States

and Group B comprised

• Australia
• Austria
• Czech Republic
• Italy
• Japan
• Netherlands

Tournament

Preliminary round

Scores

Group A standings

Group B standings

Playoff round

Bronze medal game

Consolation round

9th place game

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
2. Web site: Team Canada Defeats Finland 10-4 at World In-Line Hockey Championship Tournament Opener.