2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

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2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Dates5 July – 11 July
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Fourth placeFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored182 (7.91 per game)
Attendance29,252 (1,272 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Finland.svg Jimi Palanto (19 Pts)
  2014
2017  

The 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 19th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 5 and 11 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by Canada, earning their third World Championship title. Finland finished in second place and Sweden in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia, after losing the relegation game against Germany was relegated to Division I for 2017.

Contents

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2014 Division I tournament was won by Slovenia who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2013. [1] [2]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournaments. [4] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Tampere, Finland. [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+3).

Group A

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 33000256+199
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32001111326
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3100291783
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3000371690
Source: [ citation needed ]
5 July 2015
14:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4 – 5
(3–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–2)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 250
Game reference
5 July 2015
18:00
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg2 – 9
(2–3, 0–3, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2058
Game reference
6 July 2015
14:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 160
Game reference
6 July 2015
18:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg7 – 3
(0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2197
Game reference
7 July 2015
14:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 210
Game reference
7 July 2015
18:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg9 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 4–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 4414
Game reference

Group B

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 321001610+68
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32010178+97
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3010241282
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3001281571
Source: [ citation needed ]
5 July 2015
16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7 – 3
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 350
Game reference
5 July 2015
20:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2 – 5
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 270
Game reference
6 July 2015
16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6 – 0
(2–0, 3–0, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 287
Game reference
6 July 2015
20:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6 – 4
(3–0, 2–1, 0–2, 1–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 170
Game reference
7 July 2015
16:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1 – 2 (SO)
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 454
Game reference
7 July 2015
20:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 1750
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 quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Slovenia was relegated back to Division I after losing the relegation game against Germany, while the United States finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and the Czech Republic finished sixth following their win over Germany in their placement round games. In the semifinals Finland defeated Slovakia and Canada beat Sweden, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Slovakia and Sweden played off for the bronze medal with Sweden winning 5–4. Canada defeated Finland 4–2 in the gold medal game, earning their third World Championship title. [5]

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

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

9 July 2015
14:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2 – 5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–0, 0–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 340
Game reference
9 July 2015
16:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 410
Game reference
9 July 2015
18:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6 – 3
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 3168
Game reference
9 July 2015
20:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6 – 5
(0–3, 0–1, 5–0, 1–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 368
Game reference

Classification round

10 July 2015
14:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4 – 1
(0–0,1–0,0–1,3–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 165
Game reference
10 July 2015
16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5 – 2
(2–1,1–0,1–0,1–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 247
Game reference

Semifinals

10 July 2015
18:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4 – 3 (SO)
(1–0,1–0,1–1,0–2,0-0,1-0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2393
Game reference
10 July 2015
20:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6 – 2
(1–0,0–1,1–1,4–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 376
Game reference

Relegation game

11 July 2015
11:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 104
Game reference

Bronze medal game

11 July 2015
17:30
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5 – 4
(0–1, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2433
Game reference

Gold medal game

11 July 2015
20:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2 – 4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 6678
Game reference

Ranking and statistics


 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship winners 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
3rd title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

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

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

Scoring leaders

Finland's Marko Virtala scored four goals and six assists in his six games Marko Virtala 2012.jpg
Finland's Marko Virtala scored four goals and six 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. [8]

PlayerGPGAPts +/- PIMPOS
Flag of Finland.svg Jimi Palanto 611819+133.0F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dave Hammond 69514+31.5F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Ross66713+83.0D
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Woods 64812+61.5F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Bulmer 63912+70.0F
Flag of Finland.svg Sami Markkanen 621012+101.5D
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Noe 5551003.0F
Flag of Finland.svg Marko Virtala 64610+50.0F
Flag of Slovenia.svg Rok Jakopic 63710+40.0F
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Bejmo 6369+23.0D
Flag of Finland.svg Kristian Kuusela 6279+31.5F

Leading goaltenders

Sasu Hovi of Finland finished third among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 89.80 Sasu Hovi.jpg
Sasu Hovi of Finland finished third among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 89.80

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 Slovakia.svg Vladimir Neumann 271:53223182.3891.930
Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Vollmer 152:3410992.1291.740
Flag of Finland.svg Sasu Hovi 195:4098101.8489.800
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Leggat 291:04159192.3588.050
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tomaz Trelc 189:41120183.4285.000

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