2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

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2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Dates7–13 June 2009
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (1st title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Fourth placeFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Games played24
Goals scored249 (10.38 per game)
Attendance4,288 (179 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Austria.svg Martin Grabher-Meier
  2008
2010  

The 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 7 and 13 June 2009 in Ingolstadt, Germany at the Saturn Arena and Saturn Rink 2. The tournament was won by Austria who upon winning gained promotion to the 2010 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While South Africa and Chinese Taipei were relegated to the continental qualifications after losing their relegation round games.

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Qualification

Three teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified based on their results from the 2008 Championship and 2008 Division I tournaments. Chinese Taipei qualified as the Asian-Oceanian qualifier. [1] South Africa qualified after defeating Namibia on aggregate in a best-of-two qualification series. [1] The games were held on 24 and 30 August 2008 in Namibia and South Africa with South Africa winning the first 3–2 and tying the second 1–1. [1]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, and the qualification tournaments. [4] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Ingolstadt, Germany. [4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding): [4]

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top two teams advance to the Qualifying round where they face-off against the two last-placed teams of the Groups A and B from the Top Division tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs. [4] Teams finishing second through to fourth advance to the Playoff round.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group C

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 33000346+289Qualifying round
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 311012314+95Playoff round
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31011131304
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 30003845370
Source: [ citation needed ]
7 June 2009
13:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5 – 4 (SO)
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 350
Game reference
9.0 minPenalties9.0 min
25Shots31
7 June 2009
17:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg5 – 19
(1–5, 1–6, 2–5, 1–3)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 390
Game reference
1.5 minPenalties4.5 min
21Shots35
8 June 2009
14:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg18 – 3
(3–0, 7–1, 4–2, 4–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Saturn Arena
Attendance: 65
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties6.0 min
61Shots19
8 June 2009
17:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg8 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 150
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties6.0 min
33Shots18
9 June 2009
13:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 135
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties9.0 min
41Shots18
9 June 2009
17:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg7 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 225
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties6.0 min
28Shots38

Group D

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 33000169+79Qualifying round
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 320011710+76Playoff round
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 310021918+13
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30003621150
Source: [ citation needed ]
7 June 2009
15:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6 – 4
(2–0, 1–1, 0–3, 3–0)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 400
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties6.0 min
37Shots17
7 June 2009
19:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1 – 5
(0–3, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 63
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties4.5 min
18Shots25
8 June 2009
15:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5 – 3
(3–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 102
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties9.0 min
32Shots28
8 June 2009
19:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg10 – 4
(2–1, 3–0, 1–3, 4–0)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties13.5 min
44Shots17
9 June 2009
15:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg11 – 2
(4–1, 2–0, 2–1, 3–0)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 85
Game reference
10.5 minPenalties12.0 min
49Shots17
9 June 2009
19:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg2 – 5
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–4)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Saturn Rink 2
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties3.0 min
18Shots30

Qualifying round

Austria and Brazil advanced to the qualifying round after finishing first in Group C and Group D respectively. [5] Austria faced off against Canada, who finished last in Group A of the Top Division tournament, and Brazil was drawn against Slovakia, who finished last in Group B of the Top Division tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs. [6] [7] Both Austria and Brazil lost their matches and advanced to the Division I playoffs, while Canada and Slovakia advanced to the Top Division playoffs. [7]

All times are local (UTC+2).

10 June 2009
16:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4 – 3
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Saturn Arena
Attendance: 238
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties7.5 min
47Shots19
10 June 2009
18:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg6 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Saturn Arena
Attendance: 265
Game reference
17.5 minPenalties7.5 min
27Shots24

Playoff round

Austria and Brazil advanced to the playoff round after losing their qualifying round matches. They were seeded alongside the six other teams of the tournament based on their results in the preliminary round. The four winning quarterfinalists advanced to the semifinals while the losing teams moved on to the relegation round. [8] In the relegation round Chinese Taipei and South Africa lost their games to Australia and Japan respectively and were relegated to the continental qualifications. [8] In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Brazil and Austria beat Hungary, both advancing to the gold medal game. [8] After losing the semifinals Brazil and Hungary played off for the bronze medal with Brazil winning 4–3. [8] Austria defeated Great Britain 2–1 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2010 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. [8]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
D1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 10
C4 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0
QF1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3
QF2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5
D2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5
C3 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
SF1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1
SF2 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2
C1 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8
D4 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2
QF3 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 9 Bronze medal game
QF4 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1
C2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 SF1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4
D3 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5 SF2 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

11 June 2009
13:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4 – 5
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 2–3)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 189
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties9.0 min
36Shots24
11 June 2009
15:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg5 – 2
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1, 3–1)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193
Game reference
24.5 minPenalties3.0 min
30Shots21
11 June 2009
17:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg8 – 2
(2–0, 4–0, 0–2, 2–0)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 211
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties4.5 min
28Shots14
11 June 2009
19:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg10 – 0
(0–0, 5–0, 4–0, 1–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123
Game reference

Relegation round

12 June 2009
13:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg9 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 3–0, 0–1)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 65
Game reference
9.0 minPenalties9.0 min
27Shots29
12 June 2009
15:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg15 – 7
(5–1, 4–0, 3–1, 3–5)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Saturn Rink 2
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties3.0 min
38Shots26

Semifinals

12 June 2009
17:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3 – 5
(0–1, 0–2, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 175
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties9.0 min
40Shots18
12 June 2009
19:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg9 – 1
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123
Game reference
0.0 minPenalties22.0 min
36Shots14

Bronze medal game

13 June 2009
12:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg4 – 3
(0–2, 2–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Saturn Arena
Attendance: 118
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties1.5 min
47Shots34

Gold medal game

13 June 2009
14:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Saturn Arena
Attendance: 500
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties4.5 min
22Shots21

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: [9]

Rk.Team
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
4.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
6.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7.Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
8.Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Scoring leaders

Austria's Raphael Herburger scored six goals and eight assists in his six games 20150207 1758 Ice Hockey AUT SVK 9547.jpg
Austria's Raphael Herburger scored six goals and eight assists in his six games

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics. [10]

PlayerGPGAPts +/- PIMPOS
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Grabher-Meier671118+171.5 F
Flag of Austria.svg Harry Lange 651217+150.0 F
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Matus 551015+116.0 F
Flag of Austria.svg Raphael Herburger 66814+131.5 F
Flag of Austria.svg Mario Altmann 66713+111.5 D
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Feichtner68412+111.5 F
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sean Jones 57512+101.5 F
Flag of Hungary.svg Szilard Sandor64812+96.0 F
Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Araujo63912+91.5 D
Flag of Austria.svg Mark Brunnegger 68311+103.0 D
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Hamer67411+106.0 F
Flag of Hungary.svg Gergely Borbas64711+84.5 F
Flag of Austria.svg Christian Dolezal53811+103.0 F
Flag of Austria.svg Youssef Riener 611011+100.0 D

Leading goaltenders

Bernhard Starkbaum of Austria finished as the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 96.70 Bernhard Starkbaum.jpg
Bernhard Starkbaum of Austria finished as the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 96.70

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics. [11]

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of Austria.svg Bernhard Starkbaum 192:009130.5696.701
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Tanner216:00117122.0089.740
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Imagawa161:0089112.4687.640
Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Arauja216:0093142.3384.950
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Szoke199:50153244.3284.310

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