2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

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The 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 12th

inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 21 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall. Slovakia finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating the United States in the bronze medal match. Austria, after losing the seventh place game against Slovenia was relegated to Division I for 2009. The event chairman was Hans Dobida.[1]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the

2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[2] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[2] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):[2]

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advance to the playoff round. The last team in each group compete in the qualifying round where they face-off against the top ranked teams of Group C and Group D from the Division I tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[2]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 0 19 7 +12 9 Playoff round
 Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 16 9 +7 6
 Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 9 13 −4 3
 Austria 3 0 0 0 3 7 22 −15 0 Qualifying round
Source: [citation needed]
21 June 2008
18:00
Roman Simunek
(1) 47:59 (ENG)
6.0 minPenalties6.0 min34Shots25
22 June 2008
14:00		Austria 1 – 8
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2, 0–4)		 SloveniaMain Arena, Bratislava
Game reference
Harry Lange (1) 13:04 (PP)GoalsJaka Zupanc (1) 1:17 (ES)
Rok Bavdaz (1) 10:21 (ES)(GWG)
Jure Stopar (1) 28:59 (SH)
Jan Loboda (1) 35:37 (ES)
Jaka Zupanc (2) 38:11 (ES)
Nejc Sotlar (1) 42:09 (ES)
Rok Bavdaz (2) 45:40 (ES)
Matic Kralj (1) 46:08 (ES)
16.0 minPenalties10.5 min
35Shots64
22 June 2008
18:00
Andreas Svensson (1) 12:54 (ES)
Kristian Luukkonen (1) 14:32 (ES)
Linus Klasen (1) 26:34 (PP)
Johan Olsson (1) 28:25 (ES)
Ludvig Rantanen
(1) 45:18 (ES)
13.5 minPenalties9.0 min31Shots49
23 June 2008
20:00		Sweden 3 – 7
(0–1, 0–2, 2–3, 1–1)		 SloveniaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 726
Game reference
Linus Klasen (2) 32:35 (ES)
Fredrick Eriksson (1) 34:59 (PP)
Simon Olsson (1) 46:06 (PP)		GoalsJure Stopar (2) 10:11 (PP)
Dejan Zemva (1) 14:28 (ES)
Tadej Nabergoj (1) 14:53 (ES)
Rok Bavdaz (3) 24:35 (ES)
Matic Kralj (2) 27:49 (PP)
Tadej Nabergoj (2) 28:55 (ES)
Nejc Sotlar (2) 44:32 (SH)
12.0 minPenalties21.0 min
63Shots47
24 June 2008
18:00
Martin Galik
(1) 47:29 (PP)
18.0 minPenalties15.0 min54Shots53
24 June 2008
20:00
Andreas Svensson (2) 2:56 (PP)
Jonas Karlsson (1) 3:25 (ES)
Dick Axelsson (1) 10:29 (PP)
Dick Axelsson (2) 30:23 (PP)
Daniel Wessner (1) 32:18 (PP)
Dave Lindarv (1) 34:10 (ES)
Dick Axelsson (3) 42:30 (SH)
Johan Olsson (2) 46:47 (ES)
GoalsHeimo Lindner (3) 13:25 (PP)
Alexander Holler (1) 32:42 (ES)
24.5 minPenalties15.0 min66Shots28

Group B

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 22 14 +8 9 Playoff round
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 17 15 +2 6
 Finland 3 0 1 0 2 12 14 −2 2
 Germany 3 0 0 1 2 13 21 −8 1 Qualifying round
Source: [citation needed]
22 June 2008
16:00
Steffen Tolzer (1) 18:20 (ES)
Michael Wolf (2) 24:39 (PP)
GoalsJames Beilsten (1) 2:23 (ES)
James Beilsten (2) 7:13 (SH)
Dan Comrie (1) 16:29 (PP)
Kyle Gouge (1) 17:25 (PP)(GWG)
James Beilsten (3) 22:39 (ES)
Lee Sweatt (1) 34:23 (ES)
Christopher Peterson (1) 39:15 (PP)
Kyle Gouge (2) 41:05 (ES)
Pat Lee (2) 45:47 (ES)
10.5 minPenalties13.5 min27Shots46
22 June 2008
20:00
Jiri Polansky (2) 47:42 (ENG)
GoalsAki Tuominen (1) 33:00 (PP)
Tuomas Valosaari (1) 39:00 (PP)
13.5 minPenalties6.0 min42Shots59
23 June 2008
16:00
Jiri Polansky
(2) 46:52 (ES)(GWG)
10.5 minPenalties10.5 min57Shots27
23 June 2008
18:00		Finland 5 – 6
(3–2, 0–1, 0–2, 2–1)		 United StatesMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 724
Game reference
Tommy Bruce (1) 6:20 (ES)
Kyle Gouge (3) 9:09 (ES)
Lee Sweatt (2) 20:02 (ES)
Pat Lee (3) 29:33 (ES)
Tommy Bruce (2) 31:36 (ES)
Kyle Gouge (4) 42:24 (ES)(GWG)		GoalsTommi Heinonen (1) 1:50 (ES)
Jani Lyytinen (1) 8:00 (ES)
Kari Lohtander (1) 8:13 (ES)
Aki Tuominen (2) 43:50 (PP)
Sami Markkanen (1) 45:05 (ES)
22.0 minPenalties20.0 min
48Shots64
24 June 2008
14:00
Tomas Mojzis
(2) 34:06 (PP)
13.5 minPenalties15.0 min48Shots40
24 June 2008
16:00
SO)
(0–2, 0–0, 4–0, 0–2, 0–0, 1–0)
 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 444
Game reference
Tuomas Valosaari (2) 27:53 (PP)
Tuomas Valosaari (3) 29:16 (ES)
Ossi Pellinen (1) 35:00 (ES)
Sami Markkanen (2) 35:39 (ES)
Tuomas Valosaari (4) 53:00 (SO)(GWG)		GoalsDaniel Menge (1) 1:11 (ES)
Thomas Greilinger (2) 3:56 (PP)
Michael Wolf (4) 44:42 (PP)
Thomas Greilinger (3) 47:44 (ES)
16.5 minPenalties6.0 min
39Shots73

Qualifying round

Austria and Germany advanced to the qualifying round after finishing last in Group A and Group B respectively.[3] Austria faced off against Great Britain, who finished first in Group C of the Division I tournament, and Germany was drawn against Canada, who finished first in Group D of the Division I tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[4][5] Both Austria and Germany won their matches and advanced to the Top Division playoffs, while Great Britain and Canada advanced to the Division I playoffs.[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 June 2008
16:00
Steffen Tolzer (1) 2:12 (PP)
Henrick Holscher (1) 5:59 (PP)
Martin Ortolf (1) 10:49 (ES)
Thomas Greilinger (1) 13:10 (ES)(GWG)
Miachel Wolf (1) 14:38 (PP)
Miachel Wolf (2) 24:53 (PP)
Daniel Menge (1) 34:45 (PP)
Daniel Menge (2) 35:12 (ES)
Patrick Reimer (1) 41:53 (PP)
Christian Wichert (1) 44:51 (ES)
Patrick Reimer (2) 46:17 (PP)
GoalsDavid Hammond (1) 15:41 (PP)
Mitchell Vevang (1) 25:50 (PP)
David Hammond (2) 44:22 (ES)
27.5 minPenalties18.0 min54Shots48
25 June 2008
18:00		Austria 6 – 1
(0–1, 4–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 Great BritainBratislava, Slovakia
Attendance: 506
Game reference
Harry Lange (1) 13:27 (PP)
Mark Brunnegger (1) 13:31 (ES)(GWG)
Heimo Lindner (1) 19:43 (PP)
Mark Brunnegger (1) 20:56 (ES)
Christian Dolezal (1) 25:17 (ES)
Youssef Riener (1) 34:23 (ES)		GoalsJohn Dolan (1) 4:22 (PP)
7.5 minPenalties7.5 min
40Shots41

Playoff round

Germany and Austria advanced to the playoff round after winning their qualifying round matches. They were seeded alongside the six other teams of the tournament based on their results in the preliminary round. The four winning quarterfinalists advanced to the semifinals while the losing teams moved on to the placement round.[6] Austria was relegated to Division I for 2009 after losing the seventh place game against Slovenia, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Finland in the fifth place game.[6][7] In the semifinals the Slovakia defeated Germany and Sweden beat the United States, both advancing to the gold medal game.[6] After losing the semifinals the United States and Germany played off for the bronze medal with Germany winning 8–7.[6] Sweden defeated Slovakia 7–3 in the gold medal game, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall.[8][9]

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  Slovenia 2
Q1  Germany 5
QF1  Germany 2
QF2  Slovakia 3
B2  Czech Republic 5
A3  Slovakia 6
SF1  Slovakia 3
SF2  Sweden 7
A2  Sweden 9
B3  Finland 3
QF3  Sweden 12 Bronze medal game
QF4  United States 8
B1  United States 17 SF1  Germany 8
Q2  Austria 1 SF2  United States 7

Quarterfinals

26 June 2008
14:00
Andreas Svensson (3) 21:17 (ES)
Carl Berglund (1) 41:29 (ES)
GoalsTommi Heinonen (1) 38:18 (SH)
Olli Lehtinen (1) 40:49 (PP)
Juhani Holm (1) 42:52 (ES)
10.5 minPenalties15.0 min71Shots51
26 June 2008
16:00		United States 17 – 1
(4–0, 5–1, 4–0, 4–0)		 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 324
Game reference
Pat Lee (3) 00:26 (ES)
Derek Kern (1) 01:31 (ES)(GWG)
James Beilsten (4) 05:14 (PP)
Steven Oleksy (2) 05:34 (ES)
Lee Sweatt (4) 12:54 (ES)
Kyle Gouge (7) 18:28 (ES)
James Beilsten (5) 19:32 (ES)
Pat Lee (4) 22:53 (PP)
Itan Chavira (1) 23:59 (ES)
Tommy Bruce (3) 27:36 (ES)
Dan Comrie (4) 29:28 (ES)
Itan Chavira (2) 29:39 (ES)
Kevin De Vergilio (1) 31:43 (SH)
Dan Comrie (5) 38:28 (ES)
Kevin De Vergilio (2) 40:44 (PP)
Sam Ftorek (1) 44:21 (PP)
Kyle Gouge (8) 44:44 (ES)		GoalsGeorg Privoznik (1) 17:29 (ES)
1.5 minPenalties23.5 min
74Shots22
26 June 2008
18:00
Richard Kapus
(1) 50:22 (ES)(GWG)
6.0 minPenalties6.0 min40Shots41
26 June 2008
20:00		Slovenia 2 – 5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–3)		 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 397
Game reference
Tadej Nabergoj (3) 22:25 (ES)
Matic Kralj (3) 24:49 (ES)		GoalsHenrick Holscher (1) 11:26 (ES)
Thomas Greilinger (4) 13:05 (ES)
Patrick Reimer (2)(GWG) 40:20 (ES)
Florian Zeller (2) 45:52 (ES)
Henrick Holscher (2) 47:48 (PP)
26.0 minPenalties3.0 min
32Shots47

Placement round

5th place game

27 June 2008
14:00
Ladislav Vlcek (2) 42:16 (ES)(GWG)
Jan Besser
(2) 44:42 (ES)
7.5 minPenalties7.5 min38Shots48

7th place game

27 June 2008
16:00		Slovenia 9 – 2
(2–0, 3–2, 3–0, 1–0)		 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 317
Game reference
Dejan Zemva (2) 07:14 (PP)
Eric Pance (1) 10:46 (ES)
Tadej Nabergoj (4) 21:19 (PP)
Rok Bavdaz (4) 22:31 (ES)
Jaka Zupanc (3) 23:10 (ES)
Marjan Manfreda (1) 28:10 (ES)
Jure Stopar (4) 32:58 (ES)
Nejc Sotlar (6) 34:37 (ES)
Jure Stopar (5) 40:53 (ES)		GoalsYoussef Riener (1) 20:56 (SH)
Alexander Holler (2) 23:44 (ES)
13.5 minPenalties12.0 min
56Shots35

Semifinals

27 June 2008
18:00
Peter Staron
(3) 48:19 (ES)(GWG)
1.5 minPenalties4.5 min39Shots40
27 June 2008
20:00		United States 8 – 12
(0–2, 6–5, 1–2, 1–3)		 SwedenMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 695
Game reference
Sam Ftorek (2) 12:34 (PP)
Kyle Gouge (9) 13:03 (PP)
Dan Comrie (6) 14:34 (ES)
Pat Lee (5) 15:14 (PP)
Kevin De Vergilio (3) 19:41 (ES)
Kyle Gouge (10) 23:03 (PP)
James Beilsten (6) 27:33 (ES)
Sam Ftorek (3) 44:14 (ES)		GoalsDick Axelsson (4) 00:43 (ES)
Dick Axelsson (5) 03:29 (ES)
Dick Axelsson (6) 12:12 (SH)
Martin Thelander (1) 13:24 (ES)
Linus Klasen (6) 18:45 (ES)
Kristian Luukkonen (2) 19:14 (ES)
Linus Klasen (7) 20:45 (ES)
Linus Klasen (8) 25:03 (PP)
Daniel Wessner (3) 27:00 (ES)(GWG)
Fredrik Eriksson (3) 38:44 (PP)
Dick Axelsson (7) 46:21 (ES)
Dick Axelsson (8) 47:29 (ES)
25.0 minPenalties22.0 min
55Shots44

Bronze medal game

28 June 2008
16:00
Steffen Tolzer (2) 12:36 (ES)
Thomas Greilinger (5) 19:30 (PP)
Patrick Reimer (5) 24:41 (ES)
Thomas Greilinger (6) 24:58 (ES)
Thomas Greilinger (7) 33:07 (ES)
Patrick Reimer (6) 41:56 (ES)
Marian Bazany
(1) 47:07 (ES)(GWG)
3.0 minPenalties3.0 min58Shots38

Gold medal game

28 June 2008
18:00
Lubomir Visnovsky
(2) 39:03 (ES)
10.5 minPenalties26.5 min44Shots30

Ranking and statistics


 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship winners 

Sweden
4th title

Tournament awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

IIHF:[6]

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany
4.  United States
5.  Czech Republic
6.  Finland
7.  Slovenia
8.  Austria

Scoring leaders

Sweden's Dick Axelsson recorded 16 points in six and was named the tournaments most valuable player

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[10]

Player GP G A Pts
+/–
 		PIM POS
United States Pat Lee 6 8 10 18 +11 0.0 F
Sweden Dick Axelsson 6 9 7 16 +9 16.0 F
United States Kyle Gouge 6 11 2 13 +14 0.0 F
Sweden Linus Klasen 6 8 3 11 +4 4.5 F
Czech Republic Jiří Polanský 5 7 4 11 –2 4.5 F
Ales Hemsky
 5 6 5 11 +1 4.5 D
Germany Patrick Reimer 6 6 5 11 +1 3.0 F
United States Steven Oleksy 6 2 9 11 +6 3.0 D
Czech Republic Martin Vozdecky 5 2 9 11 0 7.5 F

Leading goaltenders

Sasu Hovi of Finland finished third among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 91.30

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[11]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovenia Gašper Krošelj 228:00 226 14 2.21 93.81 0
Sweden Dennis Karlsson 259:12 210 17 2.36 91.90 1
Finland Sasu Hovi 206:39 253 22 3.83 91.30 0
Czech Republic Tomáš Štůrala 167:24 176 18 3.87 89.77 0
Slovakia Jozef Ondrejka 290:21 260 27 3.35 89.62 0

References

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  5. ^ a b "Qualification". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Tournament Progress - Playoff Round" (PDF). IIHF. 2008-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  7. ^ "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  8. ^ a b "And the InLine gold goes to... Sweden". IIHF. 2008-06-28. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  9. ^ "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  10. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. 2008-06-28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  11. ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 2008-06-28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-07-01.

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