2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship explained

Type:iih
Year:2010
Country:Sweden
Dates:28 June – 4 July
Cities:1
Winners:USA
Second:Czech Republic
Third:Sweden
Fourth:Canada
Games:22
Goals:240
Scoring Leader: Dick Axelsson (16 points)
Mvp: Dick Axelsson
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. The US team won the final against the Czech Republic 4–3 won their fifth title.[1]

Venue

Karlstad
Löfbergs Lila Arena
Capacity: 8,647

Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.

Europe
North America

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

Group A

Group B

Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Playoff round. The last team in each group competed in the Qualification Games.

All games were played at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad.

Group A

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group B

All times are local (UTC+2).

Qualification games

The last team from each group of the Preliminary Round competed in the Qualification Games against the top team from each group of the Division I tournament's Preliminary round. They were placed into two games: teams from Groups A and C played each other in Group A/C, while teams from Groups B and D played each other in Group B/D.

The two winners of these games advanced to the Top Division Playoff Round. In the Top Division Playoff Round, the winner of the A/C game was seeded A4, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded B4.

The two losers of these games were relegated to the Division I Playoff Round. In the Division I Playoff Round, the loser of the A/C game was seeded C1, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded D1.

Game A/C

Time is local (UTC+2).

Game B/D

Time is local (UTC+2).

Playoff round

Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

Placement

7/8 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

5/6 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

Ranking and statistics


Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk.Team
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5.
6.
7.
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Scoring leaders

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.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Dick Axelsson 6 14 2 16 +9 16.0 FW
Andreas Svensson 6 8 7 15 −1 3.0 DF
Kyle Kraemer 6 11 3 14 +13 1.5 FW
Shawn Gawrys 6 9 5 14 +5 6.0 FW
Patrick Maroon 6 7 7 14 +5 0 FW
Sami Markkanen 5 4 10 14 −1 0 DF
David Hammond 6 8 4 12 −2 3.0 FW
Ziga Jeglic 5 7 5 12 −1 0 FW
Marcus Weinstock 6 6 6 12 −6 1.5 FW
Patrik Sebek 6 4 8 12 +3 0 DF
Daniel Wessner 6 3 9 12 +4 7.5 FW
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com
18:32, 4 July 2010 (UTC) (UTC)

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Troy Redmann 138:28 68 6 1.56 91.18 1
Roman Handl 251:50 128 14 2.00 89.06 1
Thomas Tartaglione 147:27 62 7 1.71 88.71 1
Bernhard Starkbaum* 117:51 120 18 5.50 85.00 0
Thomas Ower 159:51 110 17 3.83 84.55 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to the Division I tournament after the qualification games.
Source: IIHF.com
18:35, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fifth title for US-team . 2010-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629214751/http://www.iihf.com/channels0910/inline/news/news-singleview-inline/article/americans-take-inline-gold.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4194&cHash=1e160a8425 . 2011-06-29 . . dead .