2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 6 June – 13 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Sweden
Runner-up   United States
Third place   Germany
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 242 (11 per match)
Attendance 28,082 (1,276 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Dick Axelsson
(20 pts)

The 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 14th, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between the 6th of June to the 13th of June in Germany. The games were played in the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt. The defending champions Sweden, won the two previous championships.

The Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt opened in 2003 and accommodates an attendance of 4,815. Germany gained the right to host the World Championship for the 5th time.

Sweden won its third consecutive and sixth overall championship defeating United States in the final 7–6.

Venue

Ingolstadt
Saturn Arena
Capacity: 4,815

Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.

Europe

North America

Qualified nations in the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, in Germany.[1]

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 7 placement at the 2008 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
^ = Qualified after a top placement at the 2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
= Qualified as hosts

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group A

Group B

Rosters

Each teams roster for the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consists of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

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 competes in the Qualification Games.

All games are played at the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt.

     Team advanced to Playoff Round
     Team competes in Qualifying Games

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 3 1 1 1 0 19 16 +3 6
 Sweden 3 1 1 0 1 21 19 +2 5
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 1 1 17 18 –1 4
 Canada 3 1 0 0 2 12 16 –4 3

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 June
14:00
United States  6 – 5 GWS
( 2–3, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )
( OT: 0–0 )
( SO: 1–0 )
 Czech Republic Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 843
7 June
18:00
Canada  4 – 6
( 2–0, 2–3, 0–1, 0–2 )
 Sweden Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 751
8 June
16:00
United States  7 – 4
( 2–1, 2–0, 0–0, 3–3 )
 Canada Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 250
8 June
18:00
Sweden  8 – 9
( 2–2, 3–1, 2–4, 1–2 )
 Czech Republic Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 350
9 June
14:00
Czech Republic  3 – 4
( 2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )
 Canada Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 270
9 June
18:00
Sweden  7 – 6 GWS
( 0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 2–2 )
( OT: 0–0 )
( SO: 1–0 )
 United States Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 890

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Germany 3 3 0 0 0 27 10 +17 9
 Finland 3 2 0 0 1 10 10 0 6
 Slovenia 3 0 1 0 2 16 18 –2 2
 Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 11 26 –15 1

All times are local (UTC+2).

6 June
19:00
Germany  7 – 5
( 3–1, 0–1, 3–2, 1–1 )
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,500
7 June
16:00
Slovenia  8 – 7 OT
( 2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 2–4 )
( OT: 1–0 )
 Slovakia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 861
7 June
20:00
Germany  7 – 1
( 1–1, 2–0, 1–0, 3–0 )
 Finland Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,600
8 June
18:00
Slovakia  0 – 5
( 0–3, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0 )
 Finland Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 250
9 June
16:00
Finland  4 – 3
( 2–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1 )
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 204
9 June
20:00
Slovakia  4 – 13
( 0–2, 3–3, 1–3, 0–5 )
 Germany Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,400

Qualification round

The two last-placed teams of groups A and B of the Top Division, and the two first-placed teams of groups C and D of Division I, play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first-placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs.

All games are played at the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt.

     Team competes in Top Division playoffs
     Team competes in Division I playoffs

Group A/C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Canada 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 +1 3
 Austria 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 –1 0

Time is local (UTC+2).

10 June
16:00
Canada  4 – 3
( 3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )
 Austria Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 238

Group B/D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 0 6 3 +3 3
 Brazil 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 –3 0

Time is local (UTC+2).

10 June
18:00
Slovakia  6 – 3
( 1–0, 2–1, 1–1, 2–1 )
 Brazil Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 265

Playoff round

Draw

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1   United States 6  
  B4   Slovakia 2   Semifinal
      QF2   United States 8  
  Quarterfinal   QF3   Finland 4  
  B2   Finland 4
  A3   Czech Republic 3         Final
              SF1   United States 6
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Sweden 7
  B1   Germany 8      
  A4   Canada 3   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF4   Germany 6   SF1   Finland 5
  Quarterfinal   QF1   Sweden 8     SF2   Germany 9
  A2   Sweden 8
  B3   Slovenia 3  

Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

11 June
14:00
Sweden  8 – 3
( 1–1, 2–0, 3–1, 2–1 )
 Slovenia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 463
11 June
16:00
United States  6 – 2
( 1–2, 0–0, 3–0, 2–0 )
 Slovakia Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 855
11 June
14:00
Finland  4 – 3 OT
( 0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1 )
( OT: 1–0 )
 Czech Republic Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 1,830
11 June
20:00
Germany  8 – 3
( 2–0, 1–0, 4–1, 1–2 )
 Canada Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 3,600

Placement round

5th/6th game

Time is local (UTC+2).

12 June
14:00
Slovenia  6 – 4
( 1–1, 1–1, 1–2, 3–0 )
 Czech Republic Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 183

7th/8th game

Time is local (UTC+2).

12 June
16:00
Slovakia  1 – 8
( 1–1, 0–4, 0–1, 0–2 )
 Canada Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 380

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

12 June
18:00
United States  8 – 4
( 1–0, 3–1, 2–2, 2–1 )
 Finland Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 1,102
12 June
20:00
 Germany 6 – 8
( 2–1, 3–3, 1–2, 0–2 )
Sweden  Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 3,100

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

13 June
16:00
Finland  5 – 9
( 2–4, 2–1, 0–1, 1–3 )
 Germany Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,300

Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

13 June
18:00
United States  6 – 7
( 2–2, 0–2, 3–0, 1–3 )
 Sweden Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Ranking and statistics

 


 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners 

Sweden
6th title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
 Sweden
 United States
 Germany
4.  Finland
5.  Slovenia
6.  Czech Republic
7.  Canada
8.  Slovakia

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 left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Pos
Sweden Dick Axelsson 6 8 12 20 +16 9.0 FW
Germany Thomas Greilinger 6 7 12 19 +18 1.5 FW
Sweden Daniel Wessner 6 8 9 17 +11 14.5 FW
United States JP Beilsten 6 6 11 17 +11 4.5 DF
Germany Patrick Reimer 6 10 5 15 +14 1.5 FW
Finland Sami Markkanen 6 4 10 14 +8 1.5 FW
Germany Henrik Holscher 6 6 7 13 +13 3.0 DF
Sweden Linus Klasen 6 5 8 13 +10 0.0 FW
United States Brian Yingling 6 7 5 12 +6 1.5 FW

Source:

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SA GA GAA Pct SO
Germany Jochen Vollmer 149:09 94 12 2.90 .872 0
Canada Kevin St. Pierre 178:53 147 19 3.82 .871 0
Sweden Dennis Karlsson 178:08 135 18 3.64 .867 0
Finland Sasu Hovi 240:14 153 21 3.15 .863 1
United States Troy Redmann 197:00 144 22 4.02 .847 0

Source:

References

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