2015 Ball Hockey World Championship

2015 Ball Hockey World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	19 – 28 June 2015
Teams	18
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Attendance	60 300
Scoring leader(s)	Denny Schlegel
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The 2015 Ball Hockey World Championship was the 11th World Championship. The tournament took place in Zug in Switzerland in June 2015.

Haiti made its debut, while India and Finland was set to return, thus reaching an all-time high of nineteen participating teams. Germany missed the championship, so a total of eighteen countries participated.

Team Slovakia defended their title in a close game against United States.

Participating teams

Division A

• Bermuda
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Finlandia
• Greece
• Pakistan
• Portugal
• Slovakia
• Switzerland
• United States

 
 

Division B

• Armenia
• Cayman Islands
• France
• Great Britain
• India
• Italy
• Haiti
• Hongkong

Preliminary round

Division A

Group A

Team advanced to quarter-finals

Team advanced to playoff round

Team advanced to 11th-18th place playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
USA	4	4	0	0	19	7	+12	8
Slovakia	4	1	2	1	11	10	+1	4
Portugal	4	2	0	2	13	7	+6	4
Finland	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
Pakistan	4	0	1	3	8	22	−14	1

20 June 2015 09:00

Portugal

6 - 1 (3:0, 0:0, 3:1)

Pakistan

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 101

	(V. Ferreira) J. Cabral (PP1) – 04:39 (R. Pires) M. David (PH1) – 12:28 (R. Pires) B. Carvalho – 32:02 (M. Leal) B. Carvalho – 38:33 (M. David, R. Pires) M. Leal – 39:17 (R. Pires, A. Carreira) D. MacBeth – 43:18	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1	35:38 – U. Mahmood (R. Manji, R. Sangha)
	21	Shots	18

20 June 2015 19:00

Slovakia

3 - 4 (1:1, 0:1, 2:2)

USA

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,981

	(M. Slovak, I. Kačer) R. Bujdak (PP1) – 06:04 (P. Doskočil) J. Martinusik – 31:29 (J. Rimský, I. Škuletý) L. Teplický – 32:19	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–4	02:34 – (PP1)D. Schlegel (J. Ruiz, A. Hildreth) 27:22 – (PP1) J. Ruiz (D. Schlegel, A. Hildreth) 35:33 – (PP1) D. Schlegel (A. Hildreth, J. Ruiz) 41:11 – (PP1) M. Concord (D. Schlegel, K. Wilson)
	25	Shots	37

21 June 2015 11:30

USA

11 - 3 (3:2, 3:0, 5:1)

Pakistan

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 621

	(J. Ruiz, J. Merchant) C. Liebers – 00:40 (B. Sullivan) C. Haynes – 01:04 (B. Housser) D. Schlegel – 10:57 J. Hackett – 15:16 (A. Pruitt) B. Sullivan – 19:17 (J. Ruiz, A. Hildreth) B. Housser – 22:55 (J. Merchant) T. Caba – 36:04 (D. Schlegel, M. Colcord) A. Hildreth – 39:19 (R. Zimmick) D. Schlegel – 42:25 (J. Hackett, B. Sullivan) C. Haynes – 44:38 (J. Trapani, M. Esposito) J. Petito – 44:57	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 5–2 6–2 6–3 7–3 8–3 9–3 10–3 11–3	09:27 – (PP1) O. Buttar (M. Hamdani) 12:19 – Z. Nurmohamed (O. Rashid, S. Rashid) 32:40 – M. Hamdani
	45	Shots	18

21 June 2015 19:00

Portugal

4 - 0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 493

	(M. David) R. Pires – 13:16 (C. Cerqueira, A. Carreira) M. David – 18:39 (V. Ferreira) C. Creador – 42:10 (A. Carreira, J. Cabral) C. Creador – 44:18	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
	30	Shots	28

22 June 2015 15:00

Slovakia

1 - 1 (0:0, 1:0, 0:1)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 227

	(M. Ladiver, M. Hrivnák) F. Titka – 29:22	1–0 1–1	39:00 – (PH1) J. Nieminem (S. Juvani)
	42	Shots	10

22 June 2015 20:00

Portugal

1 - 2 (0:0, 1:0, 0:2)

USA

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 657

	(R. Pires) M. David (PH1) – 28:15	1–0 1–1 1–2	36:52 – J. Ruiz (D. Schlegel, B. Housser) 39:52 – B. Housser (D. Schlegel, J. Daugherty)
	31	Shots	36

23 June 2015 10:00

Slovakia

3 - 3 (1:0, 1:2, 1:1)

Pakistan

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 123

	(M. Beniač, M. Ecker) J. Minarik (PH1) – 04:57 (P. Doskočil, M. Slovák) P. Blahut – 21:16 (I. Kačer) B. Oravec – 36:20	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3	20:49 – U. Mahmood (O. Sabri) 22:52 – R. Shanga 42:58 – M. Hamdani
	43	Shots	23

23 June 2015 20:00

Finland

0 - 2 (0:1, 0:1, 0:0)

USA

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 586

		0–1 0–2	08:38 – D. Molitierno (T. Caba) 23:10 – B. Housser (D. Schlegel)
	15	Shots	43

24 June 2015 10:00

Pakistan

1 - 2 (0:0, 1:1, 0:1)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 133

	(S. Rashid, O. Buttar) O. Rashid – 17:55	1–0 1–1 1–2	24:04 – P. Kariniemi (M. Kuusela) 39:46 – J. Nieminen (A. Siikavirta)
	21	Shots	21

24 June 2015 17:45

Slovakia

4 - 2 (2:1, 1:0, 1:1)

Portugal

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 312

	(M. Rampaček) J. Martinusík – 05:25 (I. Škultety) M. Slovák – 13:32 (M. Ecker) M. Hrivnák – 29:46 (I. Kačer, D. Danko) M. Rampaček – 41:06	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2	12:02 – M. David (A. Carreira) 44:05 – C. Creador (C. Cerqueira)
	23	Shots	14

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	4	3	1	0	22	5	+17	7
Greece	4	2	1	1	19	11	+8	5
Canada	4	2	1	1	25	7	+18	5
Switzerland	4	1	1	2	9	14	−5	3
Bermuda	4	0	0	4	3	41	−38	0

19 June 2015 19:30

Bermuda

0 - 1 (0:0, 0:0, 0:1)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,316

		0–1	42:03 – (A. Faina) L. Henzi (PH1) – 42:03
	13	Shots	52

20 June 2015 16:30

Czech Republic

4 - 1 (2:0, 2:1, 0:0)

Greece

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 683

	(M. Kruček) J. Příhoda (PH1) – 11:07 (L. Hudeček) M. Kruček – 14:13 (J. Pospíšil, J. Bacovský) L. Hudeček – 17:15 (J. Příhoda, J. Pospíšil) M. Kruček – 29:52	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1	22:40 – J. Barbas (G. Nistas, N. Pitsikoulis)
	42	Shots	17

21 June 2015 14:00

Canada

7 - 2 (3:0, 2:1, 2:1)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 5,811

	K. Kuczmarski – 01:00 J. Daoust (M. Duguay) – 02:03 K. Kuczmarski(N. Dias, D. Morency) – 06:36 K. Kuczmarski (J. Brunet) – 16:17 J. Daoust (M. Tremblett, F. Giustini) – 21:06 F. Guistini (M. Stoico, M. Tremblet) – 33:45 S. d'Abadie (K. Kuczmarski) – 43:31	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 5–2 6–2 7–2	29:10 – (Y. Sterchi) T. Müller 33:02 – (I. Mètroz, N. Fuchs) M. Müller
	39	Shots	30

21 June 2015 16:30

Greece

10 - 0 (5:0, 2:0, 3:0)

Bermuda

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 427

	(J. Barbas) N. Pitsikoulis – 05:16 (N. Rompotinos) J. Barbas – 06:36 (N. Pitsikoulis, J. Adamou) M. Argiris – 07:56 (M. Hionis, J. Adamou) J. Barbas – 09:33 (E. Arkalis) J. Barbas – 12:46 (S. Govas, J. Barbas) P. Arkalis – 20:07 (J. Barbas, M. Barbas) P. Karvouniaris – 26:43 S. Govas – 34:22 (S. Alvo) A. Romano (PP1) – 38:53 P. Karvouniaris (SH1) – 40:53	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0 10–0
	51	Shots	8

22 June 2015 12:30

Canada

15 - 1

Bermuda

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 103

		1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1 11–1 12–1 13–1 14–1 15–1

22 June 2015 17:30

Czech Republic

3 - 2 (2:1, 0:1, 1:0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,734

	(J. Pospíšil, J. Bacovský) M. Kruček (PP1) – 06:04 J. Bílý – 11:23 (R. Štěpáník, M. Špaček) J. Benedikt – 36:49	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2	13:22 – (PP1) Y. Stucki (Y. Sterchi, P. Döbeli) 24:04 – (PP1) R. Melliger (S. Heynen)
	27	Shots	24

23 June 2015 15:00

Bermuda

2 - 15

Czech Republic

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 312

23 June 2015 17:30

Canada

3 - 4 (0:0, 2:3, 1:1)

Greece

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 641

	(D. Kelly) M. Tremblett – 24:46 (N. V-Dias, D. Kelly) D. Morency – 26:38 (D. Kelly) J. Brunet – 39:08	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4 3–4	21:19 – N. Pitsikoulis (D. Novis, J. Adamou) 26:01 – P. Karvouniaris (P. Arkalis, M. Hionis) 26:21 – P. Karvouniaris (P. Arkalis, M. Hionis) 37:55 – N. Pitsikoulis (J. Adamou)
	35	Shots	20

24 June 2015 15:30

Greece

4 - 4 (0:2, 1:1, 3:1)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 3,109

	(N. Rompotinos, A. Romano) S. Alvo – 24:27 (J. Barbas, C. Manos) M. Barbas – 37:37 (J. Barbas, N. Rompotinos) S. Alvo – 38:46 (G. Nistas, D. Novis) J. Barbas – 43:15	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 2–4 3–4 4–4	13:19 – (PP1) Y. Stucki (R. Melliger, Y. Sterchi) 13:32 – L. Henzi (M. Müller, M. Beiersdörfer) 21:34 – I. Mètroz (T. Müller) 35:50 – M. Schildknecht (S. Heynen)
	24	Shots	28

24 June 2015 20:00

Czech Republic

0 - 0 (0:0, 0:0, 0:0)

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,823

	16	Shots	30

Division II

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	4	4	0	0	30	3	+27	8
Cayman Islands	4	2	1	1	12	12	0	5
Great Britain	4	1	1	2	10	21	−11	3
France	4	1	0	3	9	20	−11	2

20 June 2015 14:00

France

1 - 3

Cayman Islands

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 57

20 June 2015 16:30

India

7 - 1

Great Britain

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 124

21 June 2015 09:00

India

9 - 0

France

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 176

21 June 2015 13:00

Cayman Islands

3 - 3

Great Britain

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 170

24 June 2015 08:30

India

8 - 0

Cayman Islands

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 247

24 June 2015 15:30

France

5 - 3

Great Britain

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 125

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	4	3	0	1	13	9	+4	6
Haiti	4	2	1	1	16	6	+10	5
Hongkong	4	0	2	2	8	13	−5	2
Armenia	4	0	1	3	0	14	−14	1

20 June 2015 11:30

Italy

4 - 1

Haiti

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 481

20 June 2015 14:00

Armenia

0 - 0

Hongkong

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 513

21 June 2015 15:30

Italy

5 - 2

Hongkong

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 286

21 June 2015 18:00

Haiti

6 - 0

Armenia

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 210

24 June 2015 08:30

Hongkong

2 - 2

Haiti

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 111

24 June 2015 13:00

Armenia

0 - 2

Italy

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 89

Placement round

Matches 13th - 18th

Quarterfinal

25 June 2015 15:30

Great Britain

3 - 2

Armenia

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 102

25 June 2015 15:30

France

3 - 2

Hongkong

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 66

17th place

27 June 2015 10:15

Hongkong

5 - 2

Armenia

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 53

Semifinal

27 June 2015 10:15

Cayman Islands

4 - 2

France

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 103

27 June 2015 12:30

Haiti

6 - 2

Great Britain

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 321

15th place

27 June 2015 12:30

Great Britain

7 - 2

France

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 43

13th place

28 June 2015 10:15

Haiti

4 - 2

Cayman Islands

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 422

Matches 9th - 12th

26 June 2015 13:00

Italy

3 - 2

Pakistan

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 69

26 June 2015 15:30

India

4 - 1

Bermuda

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 44

11th Place

27 June 2015 17:45

Bermuda

6 - 4

Pakistan

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 114

9th Place

27 June 2015 20:00

Italy

1 - 8

India

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 188

5-8th Place

27 June 2015 14:45

Portugal

2 - 6

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,995

27 June 2015 15:30

Finland

2 - 8

Canada

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 351

7th Place

28 June 2015 10:15

Portugal

3 - 2

Finland

Ice Rink, Zug Attendance: 79

5th Place

28 June 2015 13:45

Switzerland

5 - 6

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 3,143

Play off

	Quarterfinal
		Greece	5
		Portugal	2			Semifinal
							Greece	1
	Quarterfinal					United States	6
		United States	7
		Switzerland	1							Final
												United States	3
	Quarterfinal											Slovakia	4
		Czech Republic	9
		Finland	0			Semifinal					Bronze medal game
							Czech Republic	1				Czech Republic	6
	Quarterfinal					Slovakia	3				Greece	1
		Slovakia	5
		Canada	4

Eight-finals

25 June 2015 17:45

India

1 - 2

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 579

25 June 2015 20:00

Italy

1 - 4

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 3,627

Quarterfinals

26 June 2015 13:00

Greece

5 - 2 (1:0, 1:1, 3:1)

Portugal

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 326

	(N. Pitsikoulis, P. Arkalis) P. Giannoumis – 08:12 (J. Barbas, N. Pitsikoulis) G. Nistas – 28:26 (M. Arigris) J. Barbas – 30:45 (M. Arigris, M. Hionis) M. Barbas – 34:58 (J. Barbas, M. Barbas) P. Karvouniaris – 39:55	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 5 – 2	25:57 – M. David (R. Pires, A. Carreira) 44:00 – C. Creador (M. David)
	23	Shots	34

26 June 2015 15:30

USA

7 - 1 (1:0, 2:1, 4:0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,455

	(J. Petito) J. Daugherty – 03:05 C. Haynes – 24:27 (D. Schlegel) K. Wilson – 26:34 B. Housser – 38:00 (B. Housser, C. Liebers) D. Schlegel (SH1) – 42:03 (S. Gregory) J. Merchant – 42:48 (J. Hackett, D. Molitierno) C. Haynes – 43:00	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1 7 – 1	25:52 – T. Müller (I. Mètroz, P. Döbeli)
	41	Shots	32

26 June 2015 17:45

Czech Republic

9 - 0 (2:0, 2:0, 5:0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 587

	(M. Slanec) T. Wróbel – 01:34 (M. Kruček, M. Růžička) T. Kudela – 09:20 (D. Hnízdil) M. Schnaubelt – 22:54 (J. Bílý, M. Slanec) T. Wróbel – 24:07 (T. Wróbel) T. Kudela (PH1) – 31:26 (M. Kruček) J. Bacovský – 33:36 (M. Kruček) J. Bacovský – 37:07 (M. Kruček) J. Bacovský – 41:13 (R. Krejčí) M. Schnaubelt – 43:58	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0
	46	Shots	14

26 June 2015 20:00

Slovakia

5 - 4 (1:0, 3:1, 0:3, 1:0)

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,174

	(J. Martinusik) Martin Kollar – 09:33 (F. Titka, J. Martinusik) M. Rampaček – 17:46 (B. Oravec) L. Maděra – 26:21 (S. Petrik) J. Martinusik – 28:46 M. Rampaček – 50:39	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3 4 – 4 5 – 4	24:55 – M. Corbeil (D. Kelly) 31:06 – M. Tremblett (J. Daoust) 34:14 – V. Azevedo 44:48 – M. Tremblett
	31	Shots	27

Semifinal

27 June 2015 17:45

Greece

1 - 6 (0:1, 1:4, 0:1)

USA

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,236

	Ioannis Vrettis	Goalies	Jason Rocha
	(G. Nistas) D. Novis – 28:52	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 1–5 1–6	11:40 – J. Ruiz (D. Schlegel) 19:38 – A. Hildreth (B. Housser) 20:57 – C. Haynes (B. Housser, J. Ruiz) 26:03 – D. Schlegel (B. Housser) 27:04 – S. Gregory (A. Hildreth) 33:34 – S. Gregory (J.Merchant)
	12	Shots	43

27 June 2015 20:00

Slovakia

3 - 1 (0:0, 1:0, 2:1)

Czech Republic

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,834

	Stanislav Petrík	Goalies	Jan Jirotka
	(M. Slovak, M. Rampaček) M. Kollar (PH1) – 29:58 (M. Rampaček) J. Martinusik – 30:30 (I. Škultety, D. Danko) M. Beniač – 35:18	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1	34:43 – J. Příhoda (L. Hudeček)
	33	Shots	16

Bronze medal game

28 June 2015 11:45

Czech Republic

6 - 1 (3:0, 0:0, 3:1)

Greece

Bossard Arena, Zug

	Jan Jirotka	Goalies	Ioannis Vrettis
	(M. Kruček, R. Soukup) T. Wróbel – 04:05 (J. Bílý) M. Schnaubelt – 05:57 (J. Pospíšil, R. Soukup) O. Lux – 11:27 (J. Příhoda, J. Benedikt) O. Lux – 37:00 (J. Bacovský, J. Bílý) M. Schnaublet – 42:49 (D. Hnízdil, R. Soukup) T. Wróbel – 42:59	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1	32:46 – D. Novis (J. Adamou, N. Pitsikoulis)
	38	Shots	21

Gold medal game

28 June 2015 18:00

USA

3 - 4 (3:1, 0:1, 0:1, 0:1)

Slovakia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,741

	Jason Rocha	Goalies	Stanislav Petrik

Final standings

	Team
	Slovakia
	United States
	Czech Republic
4th	Greece
5th	Canada
6th	Switzerland
7th	Portugal
8th	Finland
9th	India
10th	Italy
11th	Bermuda
12th	Pakistan
13th	Haiti
14th	Cayman Islands
15th	Great Britain
16th	France
17th	Hongkong
18th	Armenia

References

• http://zug2015.com