2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates 1 June – 7 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Slovenia
Runner-up   Australia
Third place   Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 198 (9 per match)
Attendance 1,908 (87 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Slovenia Domen Vedlin
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The 2014 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 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2014 in Pardubice, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovenia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Brazil and Japan were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

Qualification

Three teams attempted to qualify for the one European spot remaining in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament, while Brazil automatically qualified for the Rest of the World spot as they were the only team who applied.[1] The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2013 World Championship and the 2013 Division I tournaments. The European qualification tournament was held in Passau, Germany with a place and was contested between Ireland, Latvia and Macedonia, with Lavia winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot.[2]

  •  Australia − Finished fourth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Austria − Finished second in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Brazil − Rest of the World Qualification[1]
  •  Croatia − Finished fifth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Hungary − Finished third in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Japan − Finished sixth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Latvia − Winner of the European Qualification[2]
  •  Slovenia − Relegated from the 2013 World Championship[4]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Eisarena in Passau, Germany from 9 August 2013 to 11 August 2013.[2] Latvia gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games and finishing first in the standings.[2] Ireland finished in second place after winning their game against Macedonia.[2]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia 2 2 0 0 0 48 1 +47 6
 Ireland 2 1 0 0 1 14 13 +1 3
 Macedonia 2 0 0 0 2 1 49 –48 0

All times are local.

9 August 2013
18:00		 Macedonia  1 – 35
(0–7, 0–10, 1–6, 0–12)		  Latvia Eisarena
10 August 2013
18:00		 Ireland  14 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 6–0, 0–0)		  Macedonia Eisarena
11 August 2013
11:00		 Latvia  13 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0, 7–0)		  Ireland Eisarena

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.[1] 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 Pardubice, Czech Republic.[1] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group C

  •  Slovenia (9)
  •  Australia (12)
  •  Croatia (13)
  •  Latvia (16)

Group D

  •  Austria (10)
  •  Hungary (11)
  •  Japan (14)
  •  Brazil (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
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 0 22 9 +13 9
 Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 10 10 0 6
 Australia 3 1 0 0 2 12 13 –1 3
 Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 8 20 –12 0
1 June 2014
15:00		 Latvia  4 – 9
(1–1, 0–2, 2–3, 1–3)		  Slovenia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
1 June 2014
17:00		 Australia  2 – 4
(0–0, 0–4, 1–0, 1–0)		  Croatia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 200
2 June 2014
14:00		 Australia  5 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0, 2–0)		  Latvia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 21
2 June 2014
18:00		 Slovenia  5 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		  Croatia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 115
3 June 2014
13:00		 Croatia  6 – 3
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0, 1–1)		  Latvia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 30
3 June 2014
15:00		 Slovenia  8 – 5
(2–0, 2–1, 0–2, 4–2)		  Australia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 100

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Austria 3 2 0 0 1 21 8 +13 6
 Hungary 3 1 1 0 1 13 14 –1 5
 Japan 3 1 0 1 1 9 15 –6 4
 Brazil 3 1 0 0 2 9 15 –6 3
1 June 2014
13:00		 Brazil  0 – 8
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1, 0–4)		  Austria Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 120
1 June 2014
19:00		 Hungary  4 – 3 (SO)
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 1–0)		  Japan Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 200
2 June 2014
16:00		 Hungary  3 – 6
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–3)		  Brazil Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 22
2 June 2014
20:00		 Austria  8 – 2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2, 4–0)		  Japan Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
3 June 2014
17:00		 Austria  5 – 6
(2–2, 0–0, 3–3, 0–1)		  Hungary Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 40
3 June 2014
19:00		 Japan  4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		  Brazil Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 150

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. Japan and Brazil were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Austria finished fifth after defeating Brazil and Hungary finished sixth following their win over Japan. In the semifinals Australia defeated Croatia and Slovenia beat Latvia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Croatia and Latvia played off for the bronze medal with Croatia winning 4–3. Slovenia defeated Australia 10–5 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[5]

  Quarterfinal                    
  C2   Croatia 5  
  D3   Japan 2   Semifinal
      QF1   Croatia 5  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Australia 6  
  D2   Hungary 1
  C3   Australia 3         Final
              SF1   Australia 5
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Slovenia 10
  C1   Slovenia 7      
  D4   Brazil 1   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Slovenia 13   SF1   Croatia 4
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Latvia 2     SF2   Latvia 3
  D1   Austria 3
  C4   Latvia 4  

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

5 June 2014
13:00		 Croatia  5 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1)		  Japan Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
5 June 2014
15:00		 Hungary  1 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		  Australia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 60
5 June 2014
17:00		 Slovenia  7 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 3–0)		  Brazil Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 120
5 June 2014
19:00		 Austria  3 – 4 (SO)
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		  Latvia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 70

Placement round

6 June 2014
14:00		 Hungary  12 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–0, 4–1)		  Japan Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
6 June 2014
16:00		 Austria  5 – 1
(0–0, 4–1, 1–0, 0–0)		  Brazil Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 70

Semifinals

6 June 2014
18:00		 Croatia  5 – 6 (OT)
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0, 0–3, 0–1)		  Australia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 40
6 June 2014
20:00		 Slovenia  13 – 2
(2–1, 5–0, 3–0, 3–1)		  Latvia Pardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50

Bronze medal game

7 June 2014
12:00		 Croatia  4 – 3
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		  Latvia Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 100

Gold medal game

7 June 2014
14:00		 Slovenia  10 – 5
(4–1, 3–0, 1–1, 2–3)		  Australia Pardubice Arena
Attendance: 200

Ranking and statistics

 

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Australia Michael James
    • Best Defenseman: Slovenia Domen Vedlin
    • Best Forward: Latvia Artjoms Ogorodnikovs

Final standings

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

Rk. Team
 Slovenia
 Australia
 Croatia
4.  Latvia
5.  Austria
6.  Hungary
7.  Japan
8.  Brazil

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]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Slovenia Vedlin, DomenDomen Vedlin 6 7 8 15 +12 1.5 D
Austria Lange, HarryHarry Lange 5 3 12 15 +5 1.5 D
Slovenia Sotlar, NejcNejc Sotlar 6 5 9 14 +9 1.5 F
Austria Oberkofler, DanielDaniel Oberkofler 5 8 5 13 +10 0.0 F
Slovenia Sotlar, JureJure Sotlar 6 8 5 13 +12 3.0 F
Slovenia Koren, GalGal Koren 6 5 8 13 +8 3.0 F
Slovenia Erman, MateuzMateuz Erman 6 4 9 13 +6 3.0 D
Austria Spannring, PatrickPatrick Spannring 5 4 9 13 +12 0.0 F
Slovenia Kralj, MaticMatic Kralj 6 7 5 12 +7 4.5 F
Slovenia Krivic, GregorGregor Krivic 6 3 9 12 +9 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.[9]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Austria Hirn, LorenzLorenz Hirn 223:31 107 12 1.93 88.79 1
Hungary Kiss, TamasTamas Kiss 207:21 111 14 2.43 87.39 0
Japan Osawa, KeitaKeita Osawa 147:32 83 11 2.68 86.75 0
Croatia Tomljenovic, MateMate Tomljenovic 243:46 112 16 2.36 85.71 0
Latvia Kazanovs, RenarsRenars Kazanovs 202:22 148 25 4.45 83.11 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "2013/2014 IIHF European Inline Hockey Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  4. ↑ "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  5. ↑ "2014 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  6. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  7. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  8. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  9. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.

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