2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 1 June – 7 June |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia |
| Runners-up File:Silver medal blank.svg | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 198 (9 per game) |
| Attendance | 1,908 (87 per game) |
| Scoring leader | Slovenia Domen Vedlin |
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The 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2014 in Pardubice, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovenia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Brazil and Japan were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]Three teams attempted to qualify for the one European spot remaining in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament, while Brazil automatically qualified for the Rest of the World spot as they were the only team who applied.[1] The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2013 World Championship and the 2013 Division I tournaments. The European qualification tournament was held in Passau, Germany with a place and was contested between Ireland, Latvia and Macedonia, with Lavia winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot.[2]
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia − Finished fourth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria − Finished second in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil − Rest of the World Qualification[1]
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia − Finished fifth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
- File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary − Finished third in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan − Finished sixth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
- File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia − Winner of the European Qualification[2]
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia − Relegated from the 2013 World Championship[4]
European Qualification
[edit | edit source]The European Qualification tournament was held at the Eisarena in Passau, Germany from 9 August 2013 to 11 August 2013.[2] Latvia gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games and finishing first in the standings.[2] Ireland finished in second place after winning their game against Macedonia.[2]
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | +47 | 6 | Qualified for Division I |
| File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 3 | |
| File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 49 | −48 | 0 |
All times are local.
| 9 August 2013 18:00 | North Macedonia File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg | 1 – 35 (0–7, 0–10, 1–6, 0–12) | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Eisarena |
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| 10 August 2013 18:00 | Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg | 14 – 0 (5–0, 3–0, 6–0, 0–0) | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia | Eisarena |
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| 11 August 2013 11:00 | Latvia File:Flag of Latvia.svg | 13 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0, 7–0) | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | Eisarena |
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Seeding and groups
[edit | edit source]The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I.[1] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Pardubice, Czech Republic.[1] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):
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Group C |
Group D
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Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group C
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 9 |
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 0 |
| 1 June 2014 15:00 | Latvia File:Flag of Latvia.svg | 4 – 9 (1–1, 0–2, 2–3, 1–3) | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 50 |
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| 1 June 2014 17:00 | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 2 – 4 (0–0, 0–4, 1–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 200 |
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| 2 June 2014 14:00 | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 5 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 3–0, 2–0) | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 21 |
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| 2 June 2014 18:00 | Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg | 5 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 3–0) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 115 |
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| 3 June 2014 13:00 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 6 – 3 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0, 1–1) | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 30 |
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| 3 June 2014 15:00 | Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg | 8 – 5 (2–0, 2–1, 0–2, 4–2) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 100 |
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Group D
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 |
| 1 June 2014 13:00 | Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg | 0 – 8 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1, 0–4) | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 120 |
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| 1 June 2014 19:00 | Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg | 4 – 3 (SO) (0–2, 0–0, 1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 200 |
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| 2 June 2014 16:00 | Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg | 3 – 6 (1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–3) | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 22 |
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| 2 June 2014 20:00 | Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg | 8 – 2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2, 4–0) | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 50 |
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| 3 June 2014 17:00 | Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg | 5 – 6 (2–2, 0–0, 3–3, 0–1) | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 40 |
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| 3 June 2014 19:00 | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 4 – 3 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1) | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 150 |
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Playoff round
[edit | edit source]All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Japan and Brazil were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Austria finished fifth after defeating Brazil and Hungary finished sixth following their win over Japan. In the semifinals Australia defeated Croatia and Slovenia beat Latvia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Croatia and Latvia played off for the bronze medal with Croatia winning 4–3. Slovenia defeated Australia 10–5 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[5]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| C2 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| D3 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| QF1 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| QF2 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 6 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 1 | ||||||||||||
| C3 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3 | ||||||||||||
| SF1 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| SF2 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 10 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 7 | ||||||||||||
| D4 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1 | ||||||||||||
| QF3 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 13 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| QF4 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 2 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 3 | SF1 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 4 | |||||||||
| C4 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 4 | SF2 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 3 | |||||||||
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
[edit | edit source]| 5 June 2014 13:00 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 5 – 2 (2–0, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1) | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 50 |
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| 5 June 2014 15:00 | Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg | 1 – 3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1, 1–1) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 60 |
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| 5 June 2014 17:00 | Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg | 7 – 1 (0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 3–0) | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 120 |
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| 5 June 2014 19:00 | Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg | 3 – 4 (SO) (1–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1) | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 70 |
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Placement round
[edit | edit source]| 6 June 2014 14:00 | Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg | 12 – 2 (2–1, 3–0, 3–0, 4–1) | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 50 |
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| 6 June 2014 16:00 | Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg | 5 – 1 (0–0, 4–1, 1–0, 0–0) | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 70 |
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Semifinals
[edit | edit source]| 6 June 2014 18:00 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 5 – 6 (OT) (2–1, 2–1, 1–0, 0–3, 0–1) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 40 |
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| 6 June 2014 20:00 | Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg | 13 – 2 (2–1, 5–0, 3–0, 3–1) | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Pardubice Arena 2 Attendance: 50 |
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Bronze medal game
[edit | edit source]| 7 June 2014 12:00 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 4 – 3 (1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 1–0) | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 100 |
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Gold medal game
[edit | edit source]| 7 June 2014 14:00 | Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg | 10 – 5 (4–1, 3–0, 1–1, 2–3) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Pardubice Arena Attendance: 200 |
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Ranking and statistics
[edit | edit source]Final standings
[edit | edit source]The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[6]
Tournament Awards
[edit | edit source]- Best players selected by the directorate:[7]
- Best Goalkeeper: Australia Michael James
- Best Defenseman: Slovenia Domen Vedlin
- Best Forward: Latvia Artjoms Ogorodnikovs
Scoring leaders
[edit | edit source]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.[8]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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| Slovenia Domen Vedlin | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +12 | 1.5 | D |
| Austria Harry Lange | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +5 | 1.5 | D |
| Slovenia Nejc Sotlar | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +9 | 1.5 | F |
| Austria Daniel Oberkofler | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +10 | 0.0 | F |
| Slovenia Jure Sotlar | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +12 | 3.0 | F |
| Slovenia Gal Koren | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +8 | 3.0 | F |
| Slovenia Mateuz Erman | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +6 | 3.0 | D |
| Austria Patrick Spannring | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +12 | 0.0 | F |
| Slovenia Matic Kralj | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +7 | 4.5 | F |
| Slovenia Gregor Krivic | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +9 | 0.0 | F |
Leading goaltenders
[edit | edit source]Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[9]
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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| Austria Lorenz Hirn | 223:31 | 107 | 12 | 1.93 | 88.79 | 1 |
| Hungary Tamas Kiss | 207:21 | 111 | 14 | 2.43 | 87.39 | 0 |
| Japan Keita Osawa | 147:32 | 83 | 11 | 2.68 | 86.75 | 0 |
| Croatia Mate Tomljenovic | 243:46 | 112 | 16 | 2.36 | 85.71 | 0 |
| Latvia Renars Kazanovs | 202:22 | 148 | 25 | 4.45 | 83.11 | 0 |
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