2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

The FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships XIV is held in Germany between July 6 and July 12, 2008. It is the 14th such event hosted by the International Roller Sports Federation. Teams representing 17 countries will participate in four pools. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition as well as selection of the five top placing teams for the 2009 World Games.

2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	July 6 - July 12
Teams	17
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

Participating teams

Group 1

Pool A

Pool B

Group 2

Pool C

Australia
China
Great Britain
Venezuela

Pool D

Belgium
Germany
Iran
Mexico
Netherlands

Rules

For standing purposes, points shall be awarded as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a tie
No points for a loss

If teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied: 1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goal scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.

Group 1

The top eight inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the World Championship while the last team in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.

y	Team advanced to the World Championship
x	Team sent to the National Team World Cup

Pool A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	29	7	+3	5
United States	3	2	0	1	23	9	+3	5
France	3	1	2	0	15	13	+8	2
South Korea	3	0	3	0	3	41	-8	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
12:30

19 – 2

South Korea

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
15:30

5 – 6

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
17:00

14 – 1

South Korea

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
20:00

7 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
14:00

8 – 0

South Korea

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
18:30

3 – 3

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Pool B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	33	5	+2	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	19	7	-2	4
Italy	3	0	2	1	6	27	+2	1
Spain	3	0	2	1	4	23	+2	1

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
14:00

8 – 1

Spain

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
20:00

16 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
12:30

2 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
14:00

2 – 2

Spain

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
15:30

13 – 1

Spain

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
20:00

9 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Group 2

The remaining inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top team in each pool advance to the World Championship while the rest of the teams in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.

y	Team advanced to the World Championship
x	Team sent to the National Team World Cup

Pool C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
China	2	2	1	0	25	8	-3	4
Great Britain	3	2	1	0	20	8	+3	4
Australia	3	2	1	0	18	10	+10	4
Venezuela	3	0	3	0	4	41	-10	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
9:30

3 – 5

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
11:00

13 – 1

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
9:30

China

18 – 2

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
11:00

4 – 5

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
9:30

10 – 1

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
11:00

3 – 2

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Pool D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Germany	4	4	0	0	25	8	+12	8
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	28	13	+4	6
Mexico	4	2	2	0	29	14	+6	4
Belgium	4	1	3	0	14	16	-6	2
Iran	4	0	4	0	6	51	-12	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 6, 2008
8:00

Mexico

3 – 4

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
17:00

6 – 4

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 6, 2008
18:30

Belgium

7 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
8:00

Mexico

18 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
15:30

1 – 14

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 7, 2008
18:30

3 – 0

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
8:00

Mexico

2 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
12:30

Belgium

3 – 6

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
17:00

12 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 8, 2008
21:30

Mexico

6 – 4

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

World Championship

Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

A1

Czech Republic

3

D1

0

QF1

2

QF3

France

5

B2

2

Final

A3

France

3

SF1

United States

6

SF2

3

A2

United States

7

B3

1

QF2

United States

2

Bronze medal game

QF4

China

1

B1

3

SF1

Czech Republic

4

C1

China

5

SF2

China

3

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 10, 2008
7:30

3 – 0

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
9:00

7 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
10:30

2 – 3

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
12:00

3 – 5

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
12:30

2 – 5

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
14:00

2 – 1

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Bronze Medal Game

All times are local (UTC+2)

July 12, 2008
TBA

4 – 3

China

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-4)

July 12, 2008
TBA

6 – 3

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

5th-8th Placement Round

Draw

	Qualifier
	QF1	Canada	8
	QF3	Italy	1			5th Place Game
						Q1	Canada	5
	Qualifier					Q2	Switzerland	4
	QF2	Switzerland	6
	QF4	Germany	2				7th Place Game
						Q1	Italy	2
						Q2	Germany	4

Qualifying Round

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 10, 2008
17:00

8 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
18:30

6 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

7th-8th Place Game

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
17:00

2 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

5th-6th Place Game

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
18:30

5 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

National Team World Cup

Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

A4

South Korea

5

D4

Belgium

2

QF1

South Korea

0

QF3

Great Britain

4

C3

Australia

4

Final

D2

Netherlands

3

SF1

Spain

3

SF2

1

D3

Mexico

4

C2

Great Britain

6

QF2

Spain

4

Bronze medal game

QF4

2

B4

Spain

11

SF1

South Korea

5

C4

Venezuela

1

SF2

4

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 9, 2008
8:00

South Korea

5 – 2

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
9:30

4 – 3

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
11:00

Mexico

4 – 6

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
12:30

Spain

11 – 1

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 11, 2008
9:30

South Korea

0 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
11:00

Spain

4 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Bronze Medal Game

All times are local (UTC+2)

July 12, 2008
11:00

South Korea

5 – 4

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-4)

July 12, 2008
12:30

Spain

3 – 1

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Placement Round Robin

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Mexico	4	4	0	0	39	9	+14	8
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	32	9	+3	6
Belgium	4	2	2	0	27	11	-3	4
Venezuela	4	0	3	1	8	41	+2	1
Iran	4	0	3	1	7	43	-2	1

All times are local (UTC+2).

July 9, 2008
14:00

1 – 14

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
18:30

Mexico

5 – 2

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
20:00

Netherlands

12 – 3

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 9, 2008
21:30

Belgium

11 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
13:30

Venezuela

1 – 13

Belgium

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
15:30

Netherlands

3 – 4

Mexico

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
20:00

Mexico

16 – 2

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 10, 2008
21:30

Belgium

1 – 3

Netherlands

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
8:00

Venezuela

2 – 14

Mexico

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

July 11, 2008
15:30

2 – 2

Venezuela

Eissporthalle, Ratingen, Germany

Ranking and statistics

FIRS World Championship Winners
[[men's national inline hockey team\|]]

FIRS National Team World Cup Winners
[[men's national inline hockey team\|]]

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the FIRS:
- Best Goalkeeper:
- Best Defenseman:
- Best Forward:
- Most Valuable Player:
All-Tournament Team:
- Goalkeeper:
- Defense:
- Forward:

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to FIRS:

Rk.	Team
	United States
	France
	Czech Republic
4.	China
5.	Canada
6.	Switzerland
7.	Germany
8.	Italy
9.	Spain
10.	Great Britain
11.	South Korea
12.	Australia
13.	Mexico
14.	Netherlands
15.	Belgium
16.	Venezuela
17.	Iran

Scoring leaders

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.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

Leading goaltenders

Only the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

See also

FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships
List of FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships medalists

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