2016 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships – Senior Men's tournament explained

Type:iih
Year:2016
Size:150
Country:Italy
Dates:June 20–25
Num Teams:23
Venues:2
Cities:2
Winners:CZE
Count:5
Second:ITA
Third:FRA
Fourth:USA
Games:67
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017

The senior men's tournament at the 2016 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships was the 21st event hosted by the Comité International de Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS), held in Asiago and Roana, Veneto region, Italy, between June 20–25, 2016.

The Czech Republic won the team's fifth title in history by defeating Italy in the final 4–0.

Format

Twenty-three team were divided into six pools. The top eight teams, based on final placement of the 2015 competition, were placed into Pools A and B, each with four teams. The remaining fifteen teams were divided into Pools C, D, E and F one with three teams and the other with four. The teams then played a round-robin within their pools. The best three teams in pools A and B, as well as the top team in pools C, D, E and F, advanced to a single-knockout playoff for the world championship. The remaining teams advanced to the single-knockout for other placement.

Nations

Asia
Europe
Oceania
Pan-America

Rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least six skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twenty-three participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster the sign-in date of the tournament.

Seeding and pools

The seeding in the preliminary round is based on the 2015 World Championships. The teams were grouped according to seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding 2015 placement). Top 8 placement was seeded in Level 1.

Level 1

Pool A

Pool B

Level 2

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

‡ Last participate championships.

Round robin

Pool A

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pool B

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pool F

World Championship

Indicates overtime victory

Indicates shootout victory

Gold medal game

5th through 8th placement

All times are local (UTC+1).

7th place game

9th through 16th placement

All times are local (UTC+1).

15th place game

17th through 22nd placement

All times are local (UTC+1).

21st place game

Final ranking

width=40width=200Teamwidth=40width=40width=250Final Result
610Champions
69Runners-up
610Third place
465Fourth place
5712Eliminated in Quarterfinals
668
762
863
96109th–16th placement
10699th–16th placement
11710Eliminated in Pre-q.
12559th–16th placement
13659th–16th placement
1477Eliminated in Pre-q.
15679th–16th placement
16609th–16th placement
175617th–22nd placement
1854
1964
2052
2166
2260
23DNS

See also