2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 2 June – 8 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Great Britain
Runner-up   Austria
Third place   Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 215 (9.77 per match)
Attendance 1,100 (50 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United Kingdom Philip Hamer
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The 2013 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 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by Great Britain who upon winning gained promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and Argentina were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

Qualification

Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2012 World Championship and the 2012 Division I tournaments. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament. The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Latvia, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated last year.[1] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Argentina and Brazil, with Argentina winning promotion.[2] In addition to the Rest of the World tournament Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil in a South American invitational tournament.[2]

  •  Argentina − Winner of the Rest of the World Qualification[2]
  •  Australia − Finished fifth in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Austria − Finished third in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Bulgaria − Winner of the European Qualification[1]
  •  Croatia − Finished fourth in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Great Britain − Relegated from the 2012 World Championship[4]
  •  Hungary − Finished second in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Japan − Finished sixth in 2012 World Championship Division I[3]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 3 August 2012 to 5 August 2012.[1] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning all of their games and finishing first in the standings.[1] Latvia finished in second place after winning two of their games and losing the third against Bulgaria in overtime.[1]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 0 28 12 +16 8
 Latvia 3 2 0 1 0 47 12 +35 7
 Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 26 25 +1 3
 Macedonia 3 0 0 0 3 8 60 –52 0

All times are local.

3 August 2012
18:00		 Macedonia  3 – 14
(0–2, 2–5, 0–3, 1–4)		  Bulgaria Winter Palace
3 August 2012
20:00		 Turkey  4 – 14
(0–5, 1–2, 2–4, 1–3)		  Latvia Winter Palace
4 August 2012
18:00		 Turkey  18 – 3
(3–0, 4–1, 4–2, 7–0)		  Macedonia Winter Palace
4 August 2012
20:00		 Bulgaria  6 – 5 (OT)
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1, 1–3, 1–0)		  Latvia Winter Palace
5 August 2012
15:00		 Latvia  28 – 2
(9–1, 8–0, 6–1, 5–0)		  Macedonia Winter Palace
5 August 2012
17:00		 Bulgaria  8 – 4
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 2–3)		  Turkey Winter Palace

Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 and 14 December 2012.[2] Argentina gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Brazil.[2]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 0 13 6 +7 6
 Brazil 2 0 0 0 2 6 13 –7 0

All times are local.

13 December 2012
20:00		 Argentina  5 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 1–0, 2–1)		  Brazil Buenos Aires
14 December 2012
20:00		 Argentina  8 – 3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1, 4–1)		  Brazil Buenos Aires

South American invitational tournament

Following the Rest of the World tournament Argentina hosted a South American invitational tournament in Buenos Aires.[2] Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil for the tournament.[2] Brazil won the competition after defeating Colombia 5–3 in the final and Argentina beat Argentina B to finish third.[2]

Preliminary round

15 December 2012
14:00		 Brazil  18 – 1
  Uruguay Buenos Aires
15 December 2012
15:30		 Argentina  6 – 8
  Colombia Buenos Aires
15 December 2012
17:00		 Brazil  5 – 1
  Argentina B Buenos Aires
15 December 2012
18:30		 Argentina  11 – 0
  Venezuela Buenos Aires
15 December 2012
20:00		 Uruguay  3 – 8
  Argentina B Buenos Aires
15 December 2012
21:30		 Colombia  10 – 4
  Venezuela Buenos Aires

5th placement

16 December 2012
10:00		 Uruguay  3 – 16
  Venezuela Buenos Aires
16 December 2012
14:30		 Uruguay  4 – 9
  Venezuela Buenos Aires

Semifinals

16 December 2012
11:30		 Argentina B Argentina 1 – 7
  Colombia Buenos Aires
16 December 2012
13:00		 Brazil  3 – 1
  Argentina Buenos Aires

3rd placement

16 December 2012
16:00		 Argentina  4 – 1
  Argentina B Buenos Aires

1st placement

16 December 2012
17:30		 Brazil  5 – 3
  Colombia Buenos Aires

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.[5] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Dresden, Germany.[5] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group C

Group D

  •  Hungary (10)
  •  Austria (11)
  •  Japan (14)
  •  Argentina (15)

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 C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Australia 3 2 0 1 0 27 11 +16 7
 Great Britain 3 1 1 1 0 23 10 +13 6
 Croatia 3 1 1 0 1 26 14 +12 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 0 41 –41 0
2 June 2013
13:00		 Croatia  6 – 9
(1–5, 1–0, 2–3, 2–1)		  Australia Rink 2
Attendance: 80
2 June 2013
17:00		 Bulgaria  0 – 13
(0–3, 0–3, 0–4, 0–3)		  Great Britain Rink 2
Attendance: 90
3 June 2013
13:00		 Croatia  14 – 0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0, 4–0)		  Bulgaria Rink 2
Attendance: 20
3 June 2013
17:00		 Great Britain  5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		  Australia Rink 2
Attendance: 40
4 June 2013
13:00		 Australia  14 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0, 7–0)		  Bulgaria Rink 2
Attendance: 25
4 June 2013
17:00		 Great Britain  5 – 6 (OT)
(0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–1)		  Croatia Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Austria 3 3 0 0 0 15 5 +10 9
 Hungary 3 1 1 0 1 10 7 +3 5
 Japan 3 1 0 0 2 7 12 –5 3
 Argentina 3 0 0 1 2 6 14 –8 1
2 June 2013
15:00		 Austria  5 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 0–1, 1–0)		  Japan Rink 2
Attendance: 85
2 June 2013
19:00		 Argentina  2 – 3 (SO)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  Hungary Rink 2
Attendance: 90
3 June 2013
15:00		 Austria  6 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0, 1–0)		  Argentina Rink 2
Attendance: 40
3 June 2013
19:00		 Hungary  4 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		  Japan Rink 2
Attendance: 40
4 June 2013
15:00		 Japan  5 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1)		  Argentina Rink 2
Attendance: 30
4 June 2013
19:00		 Hungary  3 – 4
(1–2, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0)		  Austria Rink 2
Attendance: 45

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. Bulgaria and Argentina were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Croatia finished fifth after defeating Bulgaria and Japan finished sixth following their win over Argentina. In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Australia and Austria beat Hungary, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Australia and Hungary played off for the bronze medal with Hungary winning 7–5. Great Britain defeated Austria 5–1 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[6]

  Quarterfinal                    
  C1   Australia 5  
  D4   Argentina 4   Semifinal
      QF1   Australia 1  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Great Britain 6  
  C2   Great Britain 4
  D3   Japan 2         Final
              SF1   Great Britain 5
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Austria 1
  D1   Austria 21      
  C4   Bulgaria 2   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Austria 3   SF1   Australia 5
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Hungary 2     SF2   Hungary 7
  D2   Hungary 9
  C3   Croatia 1  

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

6 June 2013
13:00		 Great Britain  4 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 2–1, 0–0)		  Japan Rink 2
Attendance: 20
6 June 2013
15:00		 Hungary  9 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1, 4–0)		  Croatia Rink 2
Attendance: 20
6 June 2013
17:00		 Australia  5 – 4 (SO)
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		  Argentina Rink 2
Attendance: 40
6 June 2013
19:00		 Austria  21 – 2
(6–0, 5–1, 2–0, 8–1)		  Bulgaria Rink 2
Attendance: 20

Placement round

7 June 2013
13:00		 Japan  5 – 2
(2–1, 0–0, 1–0, 2–1)		  Argentina Rink 2
Attendance: 40
7 June 2013
15:00		 Croatia  14 – 2
(6–1, 2–1, 2–0, 4–0)		  Bulgaria Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Semifinals

7 June 2013
17:00		 Australia  1 – 6
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3, 1–1)		  Great Britain Rink 2
Attendance: 40
7 June 2013
19:00		 Austria  3 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		  Hungary Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Bronze medal game

8 June 2013
12:00		 Australia  5 – 7
(1–3, 1–1, 2–1, 1–2)		  Hungary Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Gold medal game

8 June 2013
14:00		 Austria  1 – 5
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–3)		  Great Britain Dresden Arena
Attendance: 175

Ranking and statistics

 

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[7]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Austria Lorenz Hirn
    • Best Defenseman: Australia Antony Collins
    • Best Forward: United Kingdom Philip Hamer

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[8]

Rk. Team
 Great Britain
 Austria
 Hungary
4.  Australia
5.  Croatia
6.  Japan
7.  Argentina
8.  Bulgaria

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.[9]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
United Kingdom Hamer, PhilipPhilip Hamer 6 8 9 17 +9 0.0 F
Austria Bischofberger, JohannesJohannes Bischofberger 6 7 9 16 +9 1.5 F
Croatia Jacmenjak, IgorIgor Jacmenjak 5 7 8 15 +13 1.5 D
Australia Jeffries, LiamLiam Jeffries 6 7 8 15 +15 1.5 F
United Kingdom Finney, NathanNathan Finney 6 5 10 15 +8 3.0 D
Australia Gavin, JordanJordan Gavin 6 5 9 14 +10 7.5 F
Austria Lange, HarryHarry Lange 6 5 8 13 +9 0.0 D
Austria Niec, AndreAndre Niec 6 5 8 13 +12 1.5 D
Hungary Bartalis, IstvanIstvan Bartalis 6 6 6 12 +5 4.5 F
Croatia Grozaj, TomisalvTomisalv Grozaj 5 9 2 11 +1 0.0 F

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.[10]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
United Kingdom Tanner, JamesJames Tanner 196:55 105 8 1.46 92.38 0
Japan Imagawa, ShingoShingo Imagawa 120:00 60 5 1.50 91.67 0
Austria Hirn, LorenzLorenz Hirn 168:00 79 7 1.50 91.14 0
Hungary Kiss, TamasTamas Kiss 245:00 132 15 2.20 88.64 0
Argentina Fernandez, FedericoFederico Fernandez 153:44 73 12 2.81 83.56 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "2012/2013 IIHF European InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2012/2013 IIHF Rest of the World InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  4. ↑ "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  5. 1 2 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  6. ↑ "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  7. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  8. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  9. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  10. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

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