1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

International sports tournament November 2013 iih 1997 United States July 1997 12 2 1 USA CAN SWI 1996 1998 The 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the second IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place at Anaheim, California, United States, with the gold-medal game played July 25, 1997, at the Arrowhead Pond.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/1997-nr-075-en Team Canada Defeats Finland 10-4 at World In-Line Hockey Championship Tournament Opener Teams The twelve-team tournament was split into two groups. Group A comprised Canada Finland Germany Russia Switzerland United States and Group B comprised Australia Austria Czech Republic Italy Japan Netherlands Tournament Preliminary round Scores #eeffff July 17, 1997 CAN 10 - 4 FIN #eeeeee July 17, 1997 RUS 6 - 5 GER #eeffff July 17, 1997 USA 11 - 6 SUI #eeeeee July 17, 1997 AUS 9 - 3 JPN #eeffff July 17, 1997 CZE 10 - 5 AUT #eeeeee July 17, 1997 ITA 6 - 4 NED #eeffff July 18, 1997 SUI 9 - 3 FIN #eeeeee July 18, 1997 CAN 13 - 6 GER #eeffff July 18, 1997 USA 11 - 3 RUS #eeeeee July 18, 1997 ITA 12 - 4 JPN #eeffff July 18, 1997 AUT 7 - 7 NED #eeeeee July 18, 1997 CZE 15 - 6 AUS #eeffff July 19, 1997 CAN 15 - 5 SUI #eeeeee July 19, 1997 ITA 9 - 5 AUS #eeffff July 19, 1997 FIN 10 - 5 RUS #eeeeee July 19, 1997 CZE 14 - 4 NED #eeffff July 19, 1997 AUT 11 - 4 JPN #eeeeee July 19, 1997 USA 16 - 3 GER #eeffff July 20, 1997 USA 9 - 6 CAN #eeeeee July 20, 1997 NED 8 - 8 AUS #eeffff July 20, 1997 RUS 6 - 6 SUI #eeeeee July 20, 1997 AUT 4 - 3 ITA #eeffff July 20, 1997 FIN 9 - 5 GER #eeeeee July 20, 1997 CZE 15 - 2 JPN #eeffff July 21, 1997 CAN 12 - 6 RUS #eeeeee July 21, 1997 SUI 9 - 5 GER #eeffff July 21, 1997 USA 7 - 4 FIN #eeeeee July 21, 1997 NED 18 - 5 JPN #eeffff July 21, 1997 AUT 9 - 5 AUS #eeeeee July 21, 1997 CZE 6 - 2 ITA Group A standings main WDL n y 2 USA USA CAN CAN SUI SUI FIN FIN RUS RUS GER GER 5 0 0 54 22 4 0 1 56 30 2 1 2 35 40 2 0 3 30 36 1 1 3 26 44 0 0 5 24 53 complete Group B standings main WDL n y 2 CZE CZE AUT AUT ITA ITA NED NED AUS AUS JPN JPN 5 0 0 64 19 3 1 1 36 29 3 0 2 32 23 1 2 2 41 40 1 1 3 33 44 0 0 5 18 69 complete Playoff round Quarterfinals #eeffff July 23, 1997 SUI 10 - 9 CZE #eeeeee July 23, 1997 RUS 8 - 4 FIN Semifinals #eeffff July 24, 1997 CAN 8 - 0 SUI #eeeeee July 24, 1997 USA 11 - 3 RUS Gold medal game #eeffff July 25, 1997 USA 5 - 4 CAN Bronze medal game #eeeeee July 25, 1997 SUI 5 - 2 RUS Consolation round #eeffff July 23, 1997 NED 7 - 6 AUS #eeeeee July 23, 1997 ITA 12 - 3 JPN #eeffff July 24, 1997 AUT 6 - 4 ITA #eeeeee July 24, 1997 AUS 13 - 6 JPN #eeffff July 24, 1997 GER 12 - 4 NED 5th place game #eeeeee July 24, 1997 CZE 8 - 5 FIN 7th place game #eeeeee July 25, 1997 GER 8 - 4 AUT 9th place game #eeeeee July 25, 1997 ITA 9 - 6 NED References Category:IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Category:1997 in inline hockey Category:1997 in American sports Category:1997 in sports in California Category:Inline hockey in the United States Category:International sports competitions hosted by the United States Category:Long stubs with short prose