Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship

The Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship was the second such event organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Skating. It was hosted by Italy in Roccaraso. Ten national teams competed in one venue, the Roccaraso Palaghiaccio. The competition also served as qualifications for the third competition.

Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates9–15 September
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (2nd title)
Runner-up  France
Third place  Italy
Fourth place Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored220 (5.95 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Gianluca Tomasello
Andreas Woell
(17 points)
← First
Third →

The United States, for the second consecutive year, went undefeated throughout the championship and captured its second gold medal by defeating France 7–1 in the final.[1] Italy captured the bronze medal with a 6–0 victory over Austria.

Host selection

The venue listed as host for the inline hockey teams was the Roccaraso Palaghiaccio "G Bolino".

Venues
Roccaraso
Roccaraso Palaghiaccio
"G. Bolino"
Capacity:

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 6 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twelve participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have to submit a roster by the start of the competition.

Format

The ten teams were divided into two pools of which the four best in each advanced to the medal round. There they met cross-over as indicated in the section below. The remaining teams played additional matches to determine their overall championship position.

In the round robin pool play, points were awarded as follows:

  • 2 points for a win (W)
  • 1 point for a tie (T)
  • 0 points for a loss (L)
  • –2 points for a forfeit (F)

If two or more teams finished with an equal number of points during pool play, the team's position is determined by the following tiebreaking formula:

  1. The victor of the head-to-head competition
  2. The lowest total of goals allowed in common wins among the tied teams
  3. A shootout will take place.

Final ranking: places 1–4 were determined by the medal games. Places 5–10 were determined by the 5/10 placement round.

Pool play
     Team advanced to the Medal round
     Team advanced to the 5 through 10 placement round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF Pts
 United States 4400343+318
 Austria 43103717+206
 Argentina 42202016+44
 Spain 41302715+122
 Great Britain 4040471–670

Pool B
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF Pts
 France 4400348+268
 Italy 4310345+296
 Brazil 3120127+52
 Australia 31201416–22
 Ecuador 4040462–480

Medal round
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
                           
  A1  United States 9  
B4  Australia 1  
  A1  United States 6  
  B2  Italy 2  
B2  Italy 5
  A3  Argentina 4  
    A1  United States 7
  B1  France 1
  B1  France 4  
A4  Spain 1  
  B1  France 4 Bronze medal game
  A2  Austria 1  
A2  Austria 7 B2  Italy 6
  B3  Brazil 3   A2  Austria 0

Note: Teams eliminated in the quarterfinals advance to the 5 through 10 placement round.

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 through 10 placement round
     Team advanced to the 5th place game
     Team advanced to the 7th place game
     Team advanced to the 9th place game
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF Pts
 Spain 2200194+154
 Argentina 2200216+154
 Australia 2110145+92
 Brazil 2110186+122
 Ecuador 2020125–240
 Great Britain 2020330–270

All times are local (UTC+2).

9th place game

7th place game

5th place game

Ranking and statistics
 
 FIRS World Championship Winners 

United States
2nd title

Final ranking

The official FIRS final ranking of the tournament:

 United States
 France
 Italy
4 Austria
5 Spain
6 Argentina
7 Brazil
8 Australia
9 Ecuador
10 Great Britain

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Andreas Woell7107170
Gianluca Tomasello7710170
Dennis LeFevre7133160
Geraldo Cardoso797160
Gerard Jimenez8115160
Carlos Del Rosal888160
Hermann Helm7113142
Laurent Spinetti7104140
David Cerezo884120
Ricardo Perez866120

Source:

See also

References
  1. "Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship Final". firs.rsportz.com. 1996-09-15.
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