2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

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2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesMay 26 – June 1
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Goals scored450 (9.78 per game)
Attendance22,486 (489 per game)
Scoring leader Flag of Germany.svg Michael Wolf – 7 goals
Awards
MVP Flag of Slovenia.svg Gasper Kroselj
  2006
2008  

The 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Contents

The tournament was divided into two divisions, the top division, for the teams ranked 1st–8th in the world. Additionally, Division I consisted of the teams ranked 9th–16th in the world. All 16 teams would be eligible to win the top division world championship. At the conclusion of pool play, the last placed teams in pools A & B played in cross-over games against the winners of pool C & D. The winners advanced to the playoff in the top division, while the losers were entered into the Division I playoff round.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32001228+146
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32001209+116
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32001101776
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30003624180
Source: [ citation needed ]
May 26, 2007
20:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg10–0
( 2–0, 3–0, 1–0,4–0 )
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 3,126
Game reference
Florian Jung (1) 6:56 (PP)(GWG)
Michael Wolf (1) 11:10 (PP)
Boris Blank (1) 13:03 (ES)
Michael Wolf (2) 15:23 (ES)
Michael Wolf (3) 20:36 (ES)
Aleksander Polaczek (1) 35:11 (ES)
Michael Wolf (4) 39:05 (ES)
Boris Blank (2) 40:14 (ES)
Lukas Slavetinsky (1) 45:19 (ES)
Daniel Huhn (1) 47:31 (PP)
Goals
May 27, 2007
18:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–4
( 2–1, 1–0, 0–2, 0–1 )
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Passau, Germany
Attendance: 1,200
Game reference
Brian Yingling (1) 0:15 (ES)
Aaron Moss (1) 1:04 (ES)
Brian Yingling (2) 18:39 (PP)
Goals Martin Piecha (1) 11:30 (PP)
Josef Fojtek (1) 25:56 (ES)
Martin Koudelka (1) 29:58 (ES)
Martin Koudelka (2) 47:58 (ES)(GWG)
May 27, 2007
20:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg8–1
( 0–0, 2–0, 1–0, 5–1 )
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Passau, Germany
Attendance: 1,890
Game reference
Daniel Menge (1) 14:50 (ES)
Patrick Reimer (1) 22:09 (ES)(GWG)
Patrick Reimer (2) 32:42 (ES)
Bjorn Fridel (1) 36:35 (ES)
Aleksander Polaczek (2) 37:17 (ES)
Boris Blank (3) 37:28 (ES)
Florian Jung (2) 39:24 (SH)
Aleksander Polaczek (3) 41:16 (ES)
Goals Gregor Baumgartner (1) 39:32 (PP)
May 28, 2007
20:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–10
( 1–1, 0–3, 0–6, 0–0 )
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Passau, Germany
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Michael Pollross (1) 5:12 (PP)Goals Aaron Moss (2) 3:58 (ES)
Thomas Bruce (1) 18:30 (ES)(GWG)
Brian Yingling (3) 18:45 (ES)
Greg Thompson (1) 20:39 (ES)
Brian Yingling (4) 26:23 (ES)
Aaron Moss (3) 28:01 (PP)
Thomas Bruce (2) 29:30 (ES)
James Beilsten (1) 31:10 (SH)
Jamie Yoder (1) 33:25 (ES)
Derek Kern (1) 35:27 (PP)
May 29, 2007
18:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6–4
( 2–0, 3–0, 0–2, 1–2 )
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Passau, Germany
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Jiri Polansky (1) 10:42 (ES)
Jiri Polansky (2) 11:27 (PP)
Zdenek Kubica (1) 19:02 (ES)
Patrick Sebek (1) 21:04 (ES)
Pavel Strycek (1) 22:36 (PP)(GWG)
Patrick Sebek (2) 45:14 (ES)
Goals Gregor Baumgartner (2) 25:29 (ES)
Martin Sturm (1) 31:10 (PP)
Gregor Baumgartner (3) 44:30 (ES)
Gregor Baumgartner (4) 46:46 (ES)
May 29, 2007
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–4
( 3–2, 2–0, 1–2, 1–0 )
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Passau, Germany
Attendance: 1,800
Game reference
Daniel Constanza (1) 2:04 (ES)
Charlie Yoder (1) 4:26 (PP)
James Beilsten (2) 4:48 (ES)
Brian Yingling (5) 13:56 (PP)
Ernest Hartlieb (1) 23:21 (PP)(GWG)
Charlie Yoder (2) 30:26 (ES)
Greg Thompson (2) 46:05 (PS)
Goals Aleksander Polaczek (4) 1:05 (ES)
Michael Wolf (5) 2:31 (ES)
Michael Wolf (6) 24:46 (ES)
Florian Jung (3) 32:22 (ES)

Group B

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 32100136+78
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 32010197+127
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 31002119+23
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30003728210
Source: [ citation needed ]
May 27, 2007
18:00
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg4 – 3 (2OT)
( 0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0 )
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 390
Game reference
Marjan Manfreda (1) 21:16 (ES)
Domen Vedlin (1) 32:36 (ES)
Marjan Manfreda (2) 36:38 (ES)
Matic Kralj (1) 53:00 (ES)(GWG)
Goals Johan Lilja (1) 10:51 (ES)
Jonas Karlsson (1) 26:26 (ES)
Daniel Borlin (1) 42:13 (ES)
May 27, 2007
20:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg8–4
( 2–0, 1–3, 1–0, 4–1 )
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 410
Game reference
Tuomas Valosaari (1) 4:07 (ES)
Mikko Liukkonen (1) 7:05 (ES)
Miika Lindholm (1) 20:05 (ES)
Krister Pietsalo (1) 31:12 (PP)
Kari Lohtander (1) 36:48 (ES)(GWG)
Camilo Miettinen (1) 37:55 (ES)
Jani Honkanen (1) 42:29 (ES)
Aki Tuominen (1) 44:44 (PP)
Goals Lukas Ruzicka (1) 17:46 (ES)
Milan Bartovic (1) 19:14 (PP)
Jakob Ruckay (1) 21:53 (ES)
Jakob Ruckay (2) 41:46 (ES)
May 28, 2007
18:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg13–1
( 4–1, 2–0, 6–0, 1–0 )
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 500
Game reference
Kristoffer Berglof (1) 4:31 (ES)
Linus Klasen (1) 6:37 (PP)(GWG)
Kristoffer Berglof (2) 8:25 (ES)
Daniel Borlin (2) 10:23 (ES)
Andreas Svensson (1) 13:51 (PP)
Kristian Luukkonen (1) 19:00 (ES)
Per Ledin (1) 24:40 (PP)
Bjorn Eriksson (1) 25:50 (ES)
Bjorn Eriksson (2) 27:22 (ES)
Linus Klasen (2) 28:44 (ES)
Kristoffer Berglof (3) 34:14 (ES)
Simon Olsson (1) 35:42 (ES)
Jimmy Anderson (1) 45:18 (SH)
Goals Rudolf Tomanek (1) 1:39 (ES)
May 28, 2007
20:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–2
( 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–1 )
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 850
Game reference
Aki Tuominen (2) 46:54 (PP)Goals Dejan Zemva (1) 7:23 (ES)
Marjan Manfreda (3) 43:48 (PP)(GWG)
May 30, 2007
12:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–7
( 0–3, 0–1, 2–1, 0–2 )
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 100
Jakob Ruckay (3) 24:39 (ES)
Milan Bartovic (2) 27:17 (ES)
Goals Dejan Zemva (2) 3:18 (PP)
Matic Kralj (2) 4:36 (PP)
Tadej Nabergoj (1) 11:09 (ES)(GWG)
Matic Kralj (3) 18:41 (ES)
Domen Vedlin (2) 29:56 (ES)
Denis Kadic (1) 36:47 (PP)
Denis Kadic (2) 46:52 (ES)
May 30, 2007
18:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–2
( 1–0, 0–0, 2–1, 0–1 )
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 200
Game reference
Per Ledin (2) 1:16 (ES)
Johan Lilja (2) 32:44 (SH)
Andreas Svensson (2) 35:20 (ES)
Goals Camilo Miettinen (2) 28:49 (ES)
Marco Virtala (1) 45:10 (ES)

Qualifying round

May 30, 2007
20:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg7–4
( 2–1, 3–0, 0–3, 2–0 )
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Landshut, Germany
Attendance: 250
Game reference

Slovakia remains in Top Division, Brazil remains in Division I

May 30, 2007
18:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg6 – 5 (OT)
( 0–1, 1–0, 2–1, 2–3, 1–0 )
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Passau, Germany
Attendance: 200
Game reference

Austria remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I

Championship Round

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2
B2 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6
QF1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5
QF2 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
B4 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2
A1 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10
SF2 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4*
SF1 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3
B3 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7
A2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4
QF3 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6Bronze medal game
QF4 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5
A4 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2* SF1 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6
B1 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1 SF2 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

Placement games

June 1, 2007 United States  Flag of the United States.svg8 - 7 (OT)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
June 1, 2007 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg9 - 0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

Ranking and statistics


  2007 Men's World Inline Hockey

Championships Winners 

Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden

Tournament awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk.Team
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
4.Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
5.Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
6.Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
8.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

Division I

Preliminary round

Group C

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 33000227+159
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 320011514+16
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 31002131633
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30003720130
Source: [ citation needed ]
May 27, 2007
14:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6–3
( 1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 1–1 )
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Passau, Germany
May 27, 2007
16:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–7
( 0–3, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1 )
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Passau, Germany
May 28, 2007
16:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg5–3
( 2–1, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0 )
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Passau, Germany
May 28, 2007
18:00
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7–2
( 0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–0 )
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Passau, Germany
May 29, 2007
16:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg8–4
( 3–2, 3–0, 0–1, 2–1 )
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Passau, Germany
May 29, 2007
14:00
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg8–3
( 2–1, 4–1, 1–0, 1–1 )
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Passau, Germany

Group D

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 330001510+59
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 320012613+136
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 310021426123
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30003152160
Source: [ citation needed ]
May 27, 2007
14:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6–5
( 0–2, 3–0, 2–1, 1–2 )
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Landshut, Germany
May 27, 2007
16:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg9–8
( 3–3, 3–3, 2–2, 1–0 )
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Landshut, Germany
May 28, 2007
14:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5–3
( 2–1, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Landshut, Germany
May 28, 2007
16:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg5–8
( 1–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–2 )
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Landshut, Germany
May 30, 2007
10:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–4
( 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1 )
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Landshut, Germany
May 30, 2007
16:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg13–2
( 4–1, 3–1, 4–0, 2–0 )
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Landshut, Germany

Finals round

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C3 Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 3
D2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5
QF1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7
QF2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3
D4 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4
C1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3
SF2 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5*
SF1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4
C2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4
D3 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5
QF3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7Bronze medal game
QF4 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2
C4 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3 SF1 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6
D1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9SF2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5

Placement games

June 1, 2007 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7 - 6Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
June 1, 2007 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg11 - 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

Ranking and statistics


  2007 Men's World Inline Hockey

Division I Championships Winners 

Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk.Team
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
4.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
6.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7.Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
8.Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

References

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