2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 6–13 June 2009
Teams 8
Venue(s) Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Final positions
Champions   Sweden (5th title)
Runner-up   United States
Third place   Germany
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 258 (10.75 per match)
Attendance 26,485 (1,104 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Dick Axelsson
(20 pts)
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The 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 13th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 6 and 13 June 2009 in Ingolstadt, Germany and the Saturn Arena. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their third straight World Championship title and fifth overall. The United States finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating Finland in the bronze medal match. Slovakia, after losing the 7th/8th game against Canada was relegated to Division I for 2010.

Venue

Ingolstadt
Saturn Arena
Capacity: 4,815

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented. The 2008 Division I tournament was won by Canada who defeated Great Britain to earn promotion to the World Championship.[1]

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 tournaments.[3] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Ingolstadt, Germany.[3] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):[3]

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.[3]

     Advance to Playoff round
     Advance to Qualifying round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 311101916+36
 Sweden 311012119+25
 Czech Republic 310111718–14
 Canada 310021216–43
7 June
14:00		United States 6 – 5 GWS
( 2–3, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )
( OT: 0–0 )
( SO: 1–0 )		 Czech RepublicSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 843
7 June
18:00		Canada 4 – 6
( 2–0, 2–3, 0–1, 0–2 )		 SwedenSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 751
8 June
16:00		United States 7 – 4
( 2–1, 2–0, 0–0, 3–3 )		 CanadaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 250
8 June
18:00		Sweden 8 – 9
( 2–2, 3–1, 2–4, 1–2 )		 Czech RepublicSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 350
9 June
14:00		Czech Republic 3 – 4
( 2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )		 CanadaSaturn 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 StatesSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 890

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Germany 330002710+179
 Finland 32001101006
 Slovenia 301021618–22
 Slovakia 300121126–151
6 June
19:00		Germany 7 – 5
( 3–1, 0–1, 3–2, 1–1 )		 SloveniaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,500
7 June
16:00		Slovenia 8 – 7 OT
( 2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 2–4 )
( OT: 1–0 )		 SlovakiaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 861
7 June
20:00		Germany 7 – 1
( 1–1, 2–0, 1–0, 3–0 )		 FinlandSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,600
8 June
18:00		Slovakia 0 – 5
( 0–3, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0 )		 FinlandSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 250
9 June
16:00		Finland 4 – 3
( 2–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1 )		 SloveniaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 204
9 June
20:00		Slovakia 4 – 13
( 0–2, 3–3, 1–3, 0–5 )		 GermanySaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,400

Qualifying round

Canada and Slovakia advanced to the qualifying round after finishing last in Group A and Group B respectively.[4] Canada faced off against Austria, who finished first in Group C of the Division I tournament, and Slovakia was drawn against Brazil, who finished first in Group D of the Division I tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[5][6] Both Canada and Slovakia won their matches and advanced to the Top Division playoffs, while Austria and Brazil advanced to the Division I playoffs.[6]

All times are local (UTC+2).

10 June 2009
16:00		Canada 4 – 3
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		 AustriaSaturn Arena
Attendance: 238
10 June 2009
18:00		Slovakia 6 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1, 2–1)		 BrazilSaturn Arena
Attendance: 265

Playoff round

Canada and Slovakia 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.[7] Slovakia was relegated to Division I after losing the 7th/8th game against Canada, while Slovenia finished fifth after defeating the Czech Republic in the 5th/6th game.[7][8] In the semifinals the United States defeated Finland and Sweden beat Germany, both advancing to the gold medal game.[7] After losing the semifinals Finland and Germany played off for the bronze medal with Germany winning 9–5.[7] Sweden defeated the United States 7–6 in the gold medal game, earning their third straight World Championship title and fifth overall.[7][9]

Draw

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarter-finals

11 June
14:00		Sweden 8 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 3–1, 2–1)		 SloveniaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 463
11 June
16:00		United States 6 – 2
(1–2, 0–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 SlovakiaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 855
11 June
14:00		Finland 4 – 3 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 Czech RepublicSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 1,830
11 June
20:00		Germany 8 – 3
(2–0, 1–0, 4–1, 1–2)		 CanadaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 3,600

Placement round

5th/6th game

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

7th/8th game

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

Semi-finals

12 June
18:00		United States 8 – 4
(1–0, 3–1, 2–2, 2–1)		 FinlandSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 1,102
12 June
20:00		 Germany6 – 8
(2–1, 3–3, 1–2, 0–2)		Sweden Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 3,100

Bronze medal game

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

Gold medal game

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

Ranking and statistics

 


 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners 

Sweden
5th title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[11]

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

Scoring leaders

Germany's Thomas Greilinger scored seven goals and twelve assists in his six games and was named the best forward of the tournament

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the statistics.[12]

Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Pos
Sweden Dick Axelsson681220+169.0F
Germany Thomas Greilinger671219+181.5F
Sweden Daniel Wessner68917+1114.5F
United States James Beilsten661117+114.5D
Germany Patrick Reimer610515+141.5F
Finland Sami Markkanen641014+81.5F
Germany Henrik Holscher66713+133.0D
Sweden Linus Klasen65813+100.0F
United States Brian Yingling67512+61.5F
Finland Mikko Liukkonen66511+63.0F
Canada David Hammond55611+84.5F

Leading goaltenders

Sasu Hovi of Finland finished fourth among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 86.27

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the statistics.[13]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Germany Jochen Vollmer149:0994122.9087.230
Canada Kevin St. Pierre178:53147193.8287.070
Sweden Dennis Karlsson178:08135183.6486.670
Finland Sasu Hovi240:14153213.1586.271
United States Troy Redmann197:00144224.0284.720

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tournament Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  4. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-09. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  5. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-09. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  6. 1 2 "Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Playoff Round - Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  8. ↑ "2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  9. ↑ "Inline: Three crowns for Sweden". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-13. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  10. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  11. ↑ "Final Ranking" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  12. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  13. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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