2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

International sports tournament iih 2015 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship logo.svg 220px Finland 5 July – 11 July 8 1 1 Canada 3 Finland Sweden Slovakia 23 182 29252 FIN 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. 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.http://www.iihf.com/channels1314/inline/division-i/ 2014 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D International Ice Hockey Federation 2014-12-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230083512/http://www.iihf.com/channels1314/inline/division-i/ 2014-12-30 live http://www.iihf.com/de/channels1213/inline/top-division/ 2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B International Ice Hockey Federation 2014-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20141231085135/http://www.iihf.com/de/channels1213/inline/top-division/ 2014-12-31 live 30em CAN − Finished second in the 2014 World Championshiphttp://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/152/IHM152Z007_76B_1_0.pdf Tournament Progress International Ice Hockey Federation 2014-06-07 2015-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150709142510/http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/152/IHM152Z007_76B_1_0.pdf 2015-07-09 live CZE − Finished fifth in the 2014 World Championship FIN − Finished first in the 2014 World Championship GER − Finished sixth in the 2014 World Championship SVK − Finished seventh in the 2014 World Championship SLO − Winner of 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I SWE − Finished fourth in the 2014 World Championship USA − Finished third in the 2014 World Championship 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.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/inline/ IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship International Ice Hockey Federation 2015-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150708044712/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/inline/ 2015-07-08 live 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. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding): Group A FIN (1) SWE (4) CZE (5) SLO (8) Group B CAN (2) USA (3) GER (6) SVK (7) 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 main WL OT n FIN FIN CZE CZE SWE SWE SLO SLO 3 0 0 0 25 6 2 0 0 1 11 13 1 0 0 2 9 17 0 0 0 3 7 16 complete 5 July 2015 14:00 SWE CZE 4 – 5 (3–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–2) Hakametsa Arena 250 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154A01_74_3_0.pdf 5 July 2015 18:00 SLO FIN 2 – 9 (2–3, 0–3, 0–2, 0–1) Hakametsa Arena 2058 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154A03_74_1_0.pdf #eeffff 6 July 2015 14:00 SWE SLO 4 – 3 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 160 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154A05_74_2_0.pdf 6 July 2015 18:00 FIN CZE 7 – 3 (0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 2197 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154A07_74_2_0.pdf #eeffff 7 July 2015 14:00 CZE SLO 3 – 2 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1) Hakametsa Arena 210 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154A09_74_2_0.pdf 7 July 2015 18:00 FIN SWE 9 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 4–1) Hakametsa Arena 4414 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154A11_74_2_0.pdf #eeffff Group B main WL OT n CAN CAN USA USA SVK SVK GER GER 2 1 0 0 16 10 2 0 1 0 17 8 0 1 0 2 4 12 0 0 1 2 8 15 complete 5 July 2015 16:00 USA GER 7 – 3 (2–0, 3–2, 1–0, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 350 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154B02_74_3_0.pdf 5 July 2015 20:00 SVK CAN 2 – 5 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2, 1–2) Hakametsa Arena 270 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154B04_74_2_0.pdf #eeffff 6 July 2015 16:00 USA SVK 6 – 0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0, 0–0) Hakametsa Arena 287 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154B06_74_2_0.pdf 6 July 2015 20:00 CAN GER 6 – 4 (3–0, 2–1, 0–2, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 170 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154B08_74_2_0.pdf #eeffff 7 July 2015 16:00 GER SVK 1 – 2 (SO) (1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) Hakametsa Arena 454 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154B10_74_3_0.pdf 7 July 2015 20:00 CAN USA 5 – 4 (OT) (0–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0) Hakametsa Arena 1750 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154B12_74_2_0.pdf #eeffff 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.http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels1415/inline/top-division/ 2015 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B International Ice Hockey Federation 2015-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150710135930/http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels1415/inline/top-division/ 2015-07-10 live 150 y Bronze medal game A1 FIN 6 B4 GER 3 A2 CZE 3 B3 SVK 4 B1 CAN 6 A4 SLO 5 B2 USA 2 A3 SWE 5 QF3 FIN 4 QF4 SVK 3 CAN QF1 6 QF2 SWE 2 SF1 SVK 4 SF2 SWE 5 SF1 FIN 2 SF2 CAN 4 All times are local (UTC+3). Quarterfinals 9 July 2015 14:00 USA SWE 2 – 5 (0–0, 1–3, 1–0, 0–2) Hakametsa Arena 340 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154313_74_5_0.pdf 9 July 2015 16:00 CZE SVK 3 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0) Hakametsa Arena 410 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154314_74_3_0.pdf #eeffff 9 July 2015 18:00 FIN GER 6 – 3 (3–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 3168 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154315_74_3_0.pdf 9 July 2015 20:00 CAN SLO 6 – 5 (0–3, 0–1, 5–0, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 368 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154316_74_2_0.pdf #eeffff Classification round 10 July 2015 14:00 CZE GER 4 – 1 (0–0,1–0,0–1,3–0) Hakametsa Arena 165 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154317_74_2_0.pdf 10 July 2015 16:00 USA SLO 5 – 2 (2–1,1–0,1–0,1–1) Hakametsa Arena 247 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154318_74_3_0.pdf #eeffff Semifinals 10 July 2015 18:00 FIN SVK 4 – 3 (SO) (1–0,1–0,1–1,0–2,0-0,1-0) Hakametsa Arena 2393 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154219_74_2_0.pdf 10 July 2015 20:00 CAN SWE 6 – 2 (1–0,0–1,1–1,4–0) Hakametsa Arena 376 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154220_74_2_0.pdf #eeffff Relegation game 11 July 2015 11:00 GER SLO 5 – 4 (1–2, 1–0, 2–1, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 104 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154521_74_2_0.pdf Bronze medal game 11 July 2015 17:30 SWE SVK 5 – 4 (0–1, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1) Hakametsa Arena 2433 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154122_74_2_0.pdf #FFDAB9 Gold medal game 11 July 2015 20:00 FIN CAN 2 – 4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–2) Hakametsa Arena 6678 http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154123_74_3_0.pdf #F7F6A8 Ranking and statistics iih 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship winners CAN 3rd Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate:http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154000_85I_1_0.pdf Best Players Selected by the Directorate International Ice Hockey Federation 2015-07-11 2015-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220204/http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154000_85I_1_0.pdf 2015-07-21 live Best Goalkeeper: SVK Vladimir Neumann Best Defenseman: CAN Adam Ross Best Forward: FIN Jimi Palanto Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154Z007_76B_4_0.pdf Tournament Progress International Ice Hockey Federation 2015-07-11 2015-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220207/http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154Z007_76B_4_0.pdf 2015-07-21 live Rk.Team CAN FIN SWE4. SVK5. USA6. CZE7. GER8. SLO Scoring leaders thumb|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.http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154Z07_85B_1_0.pdf Scoring Leaders International Ice Hockey Federation 2015-07-11 2015-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220300/http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154Z07_85B_1_0.pdf 2015-07-21 live Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/Minus PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionFIN Jimi Palanto 6 11 8 19 +13 3.0 FCAN Dave Hammond 6 9 5 14 +3 1.5 FCAN Adam Ross 1 6 6 7 13 +8 3.0 DCAN Thomas Woods Thomas Woods (inline hockey) 6 4 8 12 +6 1.5 FCAN Brett Bulmer 6 3 9 12 +7 0.0 FFIN Sami Markkanen 6 2 10 12 +10 1.5 DUSA Travis Noe 5 5 5 10 0 3.0 FFIN Marko Virtala 6 4 6 10 +5 0.0 FSLO Rok Jakopic 6 3 7 10 +4 0.0 FSWE Emil Bejmo 6 3 6 9 +2 3.0 DFIN Kristian Kuusela 6 2 7 9 +3 1.5 F Leading goaltenders thumb|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.http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154Z07_85A_1_0.pdf Goalkeepers International Ice Hockey Federation 2015-07-11 2015-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220257/http://stats.iihf.com/hydra/inline/154/IHM154Z07_85A_1_0.pdf 2015-07-21 live Player MIP Minutes and seconds played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO ShutoutsSVK Vladimir Neumann 271:53 223 18 2.38 91.93 0GER Jochen Vollmer 152:34 109 9 2.12 91.74 0FIN Sasu Hovi 195:40 98 10 1.84 89.80 0CAN Brett Leggat 291:04 159 19 2.35 88.05 0SLO Tomaz Trelc 189:41 120 18 3.42 85.00 0 References External links World Championship at IIHF.com IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Category:IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Category:Sports competitions in Tampere Category:July 2015 sports events in Europe Category:Inline hockey in Finland