2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

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2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates2 June – 8 June
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States (6th title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored239 (10.39 per game)
Attendance7,040 (306 per game)
Scoring leader Flag of the United States.svg Travis Noe
  2012
2014  

The 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 18th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their sixth World Championship title. Sweden finished in second place and Canada in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia after losing their placement round game and finishing last in the standings was relegated to Division I for 2014.

Contents

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2012 Division I tournament was won by Slovakia who defeated Hungary in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2011. [1] [2]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. [4] The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Dresden, Germany. [4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33000227+159
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32001199+106
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 301021026162
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3001251491
Source: [ citation needed ]
2 June 2013
14:00
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3 – 13
(1–4, 0–2, 1–4, 1–3)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dresden Arena
Attendance: 550
Game reference
2 June 2013
20:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1 – 6
(0–1, 0–3, 1–0, 0–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Dresden Arena
Attendance: 190
Game reference
3 June 2013
14:00
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg4 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Dresden Arena
Attendance: 110
Game reference
3 June 2013
18:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dresden Arena
Attendance: 275
Game reference
4 June 2013
14:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Dresden Arena
Attendance: 75
Game reference
4 June 2013
18:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg10 – 3
(3–2, 3–0, 1–1, 3–0)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Dresden Arena
Game reference

Group B

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 321002012+88
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 320012211+116
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31011121754
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30003620140
Source: [ citation needed ]
2 June 2013
16:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5 – 4 (OT)
(0–0, 0–3, 3–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Dresden Arena
Attendance: 785
Game reference
2 June 2013
18:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7 – 1
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dresden Arena
Attendance: 1420
Game reference
3 June 2013
16:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg7 – 4
(2–1, 3–1, 1–2, 1–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Dresden Arena
Attendance: 200
Game reference
3 June 2013
20:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1 – 5
(0–2, 0–1, 1–2, 0–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Dresden Arena
Attendance: 350
Game reference
4 June 2013
16:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3 – 11
(2–6, 1–1, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Dresden Arena
Attendance: 90
Game reference
4 June 2013
20:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4 – 8
(0–3, 1–2, 1–0, 2–3)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Dresden Arena
Attendance: 220
Game reference

Playoff round

All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Slovenia was relegated after losing the final placement round game against Finland, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and Germany finished sixth following their win over Finland. In the semifinals Sweden defeated Canada and the United States beat Slovakia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Canada and Slovakia played off for the bronze medal with Canada winning 5–1. The United States defeated Sweden 6–3 in the gold medal game, earning their sixth World Championship title. [5]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
B2 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12
A3 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3
QF1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10
QF2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
A2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8
B3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5
SF1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
SF2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6
A1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7
B4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4
QF3 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11 Bronze medal game
QF4 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4
B1 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3 SF1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
A4 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4 SF2 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

6 June 2013
14:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8 – 5
(2–5, 3–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Dresden Arena
Attendance: 130
Game reference
6 June 2013
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg12 – 3
(3–1, 4–1, 4–1, 1–0)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Dresden Arena
Attendance: 150
Game reference
6 June 2013
18:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Dresden Arena
Attendance: 210
Game reference
6 June 2013
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7 – 4
(3–1, 0–2, 2–0, 2–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dresden Arena
Attendance: 335
Game reference

Placement round

7 June 2013
14:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7 – 2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1, 3–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Dresden Arena
Game reference
7 June 2013
20:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5 – 7
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3, 3–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dresden Arena
Attendance: 230
Game reference

Relegation game

8 June 2013
11:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg8 – 3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–0, 3–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Dresden Arena
Attendance: 35
Game reference

Semifinals

7 June 2013
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg10 – 5
(2–0, 2–2, 0–3, 6–0)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Dresden Arena
Attendance: 120
Game reference
7 June 2013
18:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg11 – 4
(4–0, 4–1, 0–3, 3–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Dresden Arena
Attendance: 160
Game reference

Bronze medal game

8 June 2013
16:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Dresden Arena
Attendance: 570
Game reference

Gold medal game

8 June 2013
19:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6 – 3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–0, 3–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Dresden Arena
Attendance: 835
Game reference

Ranking and statistics


 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
6th title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: [7]

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

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. [8]

PlayerGPGAPts +/- PIMPOS
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Noe 611920+101.5F
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Nilsson 661420+143.0F
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Brolin 641620+156.0D
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Hoglund 613518+133.0F
Flag of Sweden.svg Kristian Luukkonen 671118+127.5F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Woods 67916+81.5F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Terry 69615+719.0F
Flag of the United States.svg Matt White69413+91.5F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Ross65813+24.5D
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Max Grassi 64913+14.5F
Flag of Sweden.svg Dick Axelsson 631013+714.5F

Leading goaltenders

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. [9]

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kuhn Ill 192:0093112.0688.170
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Leggat 279:11177243.0986.440
Flag of Finland.svg Jahu Taponen 205:09105152.6385.710
Flag of Sweden.svg Dennis Karlsson 120:0066103.0084.850
Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimir Neumann 144:00105164.0084.760

References

  1. 1 2 "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. "2011 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
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  4. 1 2 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  5. "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  6. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  7. "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  8. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  9. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.