2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

International sports tournament May 2026 iih 2008 Germany July 6 - July 12 17 1 1 The FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships XIV is held in Germany between July 6 and July 12, 2008. It is the 14th such event hosted by the International Roller Sports Federation. Teams representing 17 countries will participate in four pools. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition as well as selection of the five top placing teams for the 2009 World Games. Participating teams Group 1 Pool A Czech Republic France South Korea United States Pool B Canada Italy Spain Switzerland Group 2 Pool C Australia China Great Britain Venezuela Pool D Belgium Germany Iran Mexico Netherlands Rules For standing purposes, points shall be awarded as follows: 2 points for a win 1 point for a tie No points for a loss If teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied: 1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goal scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games. Group 1 The top eight inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the World Championship while the last team in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup. Pool A main WDL Q n before 2 y CZE CZE y USA USA y FRA FRA y KOR KOR x 2 1 0 29 7 2 1 0 23 9 1 0 2 15 13 0 0 3 3 41 Team advanced to the World Championship Team sent to the National Team World Cup complete All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 6, 2008 12:30 CZE 19 – 2 KOR Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 6, 2008 15:30 FRA 5 – 6 USA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 7, 2008 17:00 USA 14 – 1 KOR Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 7, 2008 20:00 CZE 7 – 2 FRA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 8, 2008 14:00 FRA 8 – 0 KOR Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 8, 2008 18:30 CZE 3 – 3 USA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Pool B main WDL Q n before 2 y CAN CAN y SUI SUI y ITA ITA y ESP ESP x 3 0 0 33 5 2 0 1 19 7 0 1 2 6 27 0 1 2 4 23 Team advanced to the World Championship Team sent to the National Team World Cup complete All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 6, 2008 14:00 SUI 8 – 1 ESP Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 6, 2008 20:00 CAN 16 – 2 ITA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 7, 2008 12:30 SUI 2 – 4 CAN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 7, 2008 14:00 ITA 2 – 2 ESP Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 8, 2008 15:30 CAN 13 – 1 ESP Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 8, 2008 20:00 SUI 9 – 2 ITA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Group 2 The remaining inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top team in each pool advance to the World Championship while the rest of the teams in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup. Pool C main WDL Q n before 2 y CHN CHN y GRB GRB x AUS AUS x VEN VEN x 2 0 1 25 8 2 0 1 20 8 2 0 1 18 10 0 0 3 4 41 Team advanced to the World Championship Team sent to the National Team World Cup complete All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 6, 2008 9:30 AUS 3 – 5 CHN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 6, 2008 11:00 GBR 13 – 1 VEN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 7, 2008 9:30 CHN 18 – 2 VEN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 7, 2008 11:00 GBR 4 – 5 AUS Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 8, 2008 9:30 AUS 10 – 1 VEN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 8, 2008 11:00 GBR 3 – 2 CHN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Pool D main WDL Q n before 2 y GER GER y NED NED x MEX MEX x BEL BEL x IRN IRN 4 0 0 25 8 3 0 1 28 13 2 0 2 29 14 1 0 3 14 16 0 0 4 6 51 Team advanced to the World Championship Team sent to the National Team World Cup complete All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 6, 2008 8:00 MEX 3 – 4 NED Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 6, 2008 17:00 GER 6 – 4 NED Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 6, 2008 18:30 BEL 7 – 1 IRN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 7, 2008 8:00 MEX 18 – 2 IRN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 7, 2008 15:30 IRN 1 – 14 NED Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 7, 2008 18:30 GER 3 – 0 BEL Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 8, 2008 8:00 MEX 2 – 4 GER Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 8, 2008 12:30 BEL 3 – 6 NED Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 8, 2008 17:00 GER 12 – 2 IRN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 8, 2008 21:30 MEX 6 – 4 BEL Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany World Championship Draw 150 y Bronze-medal game A1 CZE 3 D1 GER 0 B2 SUI 2 A3 FRA 3 A2 USA 7 B3 ITA 1 B1 CAN 3 C1 CHN 5 QF1 CZE 2 QF3 FRA 5 USA QF2 2 QF4 CHN 1 SF1 CZE 4 SF2 CHN 3 SF1 USA 6 SF2 FRA 3 Quarterfinals All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 10, 2008 7:30 CZE 3 – 0 GER Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 10, 2008 9:00 USA 7 – 1 ITA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 10, 2008 10:30 SUI 2 – 3 FRA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 10, 2008 12:00 CAN 3 – 5 CHN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Semifinals All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 11, 2008 12:30 CZE 2 – 5 FRA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 11, 2008 14:00 USA 2 – 1 CHN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Bronze-medal game All times are local (UTC+2) #FFDAB9 July 12, 2008 TBA CZE 4 – 3 CHN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Gold-medal game All times are local (UTC-4) #F7F6A8 July 12, 2008 TBA USA 6 – 3 FRA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany 5th-8th placement round Draw y y Qualifiers fifth-place game seventh-place game QF1 CAN 8 QF3 ITA 1 QF2 SUI 6 QF4 GER 2 Q1 CAN 5 Q2 SUI 4 Q1 ITA 2 Q2 GER 4 Qualifying round All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 10, 2008 17:00 CAN 8 – 1 ITA Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 10, 2008 18:30 SUI 6 – 2 GER Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany 7th-8th-place game All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 11, 2008 17:00 ITA 2 – 4 GER Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany 5th-6th-place game All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 11, 2008 18:30 CAN 5 – 4 SUI Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany National Team World Cup Draw 150 y Bronze-medal game A4 KOR 5 D4 BEL 2 C3 AUS 4 D2 NED 3 D3 MEX 4 C2 GRB 6 B4 ESP 11 C4 VEN 1 QF1 KOR 0 QF3 GRB 4 ESP QF2 4 QF4 AUS 2 SF1 KOR 5 SF2 AUS 4 SF1 ESP 3 SF2 GRB 1 Quarterfinals All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 9, 2008 8:00 KOR 5 – 2 BEL Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 9, 2008 9:30 AUS 4 – 3 NED Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 9, 2008 11:00 MEX 4 – 6 GRB Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 9, 2008 12:30 ESP 11 – 1 VEN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Semifinals All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 11, 2008 9:30 KOR 0 – 4 GRB Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 11, 2008 11:00 ESP 4 – 2 AUS Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Bronze-medal game All times are local (UTC+2) #FFDAB9 July 12, 2008 11:00 KOR 5 – 4 AUS Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Gold-medal game All times are local (UTC-4) #F7F6A8 July 12, 2008 12:30 ESP 3 – 1 GRB Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Placement Round Robin main WDL Q n before 2 y MEX MEX NED NED BEL BEL VEN VEN IRN IRN 4 0 0 39 9 3 0 1 32 9 2 0 2 27 11 0 1 3 8 41 0 1 3 7 43 complete All times are local (UTC+2). #eeeeee July 9, 2008 14:00 IRN 1 – 14 NED Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 9, 2008 18:30 MEX 5 – 2 BEL Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 9, 2008 20:00 NED 12 – 3 VEN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 9, 2008 21:30 BEL 11 – 2 IRN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 10, 2008 13:30 VEN 1 – 13 BEL Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 10, 2008 15:30 NED 3 – 4 MEX Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 10, 2008 20:00 MEX 16 – 2 IRN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 10, 2008 21:30 BEL 1 – 3 NED Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeeeee July 11, 2008 8:00 VEN 2 – 14 MEX Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany #eeffff July 11, 2008 15:30 IRN 2 – 2 VEN Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany Ranking and statistics iih FIRS World Championship winners iih FIRS National Team World Cup winners Tournament Awards Best players selected by the FIRS: Best Goalkeeper: Best Defenseman: Best Forward: Most Valuable Player: All-Tournament Team: Goalkeeper: Defense: Forward: Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to FIRS: Rk.Team USA FRA CZE 4. CHN 5. CAN 6. SUI 7. GER 8. ITA 9. ESP10. GRB11. KOR12. AUS13. MEX14. NED15. BEL16. VEN17. IRN Scoring leaders List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out. Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POSGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Leading goaltenders Only the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SOTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts See also FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships List of FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships medalists Category:2008 in inline hockey Category:2008 in German sport Category:July 2008 sports events in Germany Category:Inline hockey tournaments Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany Category:Inline hockey in Germany