2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
| File:2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship logo.png | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
| Venue(s) | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
| Dates | 25 June – 1 July |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg | Error creating thumbnail: United States (7th title) |
| Runners-up File:Silver medal blank.svg |  Finland |
| Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 220 (9.57 per game) |
| Attendance | 6,331 (275 per game) |
| Scoring leader | Teemu Lepaus (22 pts) |
The 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 20th and final IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 25 June and 1 July 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia at the Ondrej Nepela Arena. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their seventh World Championship title. Finland finished in second place and the Czech Republic in third after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal match.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2015 Division I tournament was won by Croatia who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion to the World Championship.[1]
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada − Finished first in the 2015 World Championship[2]
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia − Winner of 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I[1]
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic − Finished sixth in the 2015 World Championship[2]
- Finland − Finished second in the 2015 World Championship[2]
Germany − Finished seventh in the 2015 World Championship[2]- File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia − Finished fourth in the 2015 World Championship[2]
- Sweden − Finished third in the 2015 World Championship[2]
- Error creating thumbnail: United States − Finished fifth in the 2015 World Championship[2]
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Seeding and groups
[edit | edit source]The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I.[3] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[3] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):[3]
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Group A |
Group B
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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 A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 9 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 0 |
| 25 June 2017 14:00 | Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 6 – 1 (3–0, 1–0, 0–1, 2–0) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 248 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 min | Penalties | 18.5 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 11 | ||
| 25 June 2017 18:00 | Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg | 1 – 8 (0–1, 0–4, 1–2, 0–1) | Error creating thumbnail: United States | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 945 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 min | Penalties | 4.5 min | ||
| 10 | Shots | 26 | ||
| 26 June 2017 14:00 | United States Error creating thumbnail: | 8 – 2 (3–1, 1–0, 1–0, 3–1) | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 217 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.5 min | Penalties | 12.0 min | ||
| 20 | Shots | 22 | ||
| 26 June 2017 18:00 | Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg | 7 – 2 (3–1, 2–0, 2–0, 0–1) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 463 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 min | Penalties | 10.5 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 19 | ||
| 27 June 2017 14:00 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 2 – 8 (2–1, 0–2, 0–4, 0–1) | Error creating thumbnail: United States | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 113 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 min | Penalties | 1.5 min | ||
| 9 | Shots | 39 | ||
| 27 June 2017 18:00 | Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 8 – 9 (1–2, 1–3, 4–3, 2–1) | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 792 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 min | Penalties | 6.0 min | ||
| 43 | Shots | 24 | ||
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 8 |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 7 |
| Sweden
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Germany
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 0 |
| 25 June 2017 16:00 | Finland | 5 – 2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–0, 1–1) | Germany | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 213 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 min | Penalties | 3.0 min | ||
| 22 | Shots | 13 | ||
| 25 June 2017 20:00 | Sweden | 2 – 3 (0–0, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1) | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 291 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 min | Penalties | 4.5 min | ||
| 10 | Shots | 21 | ||
| 26 June 2017 16:00 | Sweden | 4 – 2 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1, 0–1) | Germany | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 97 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 min | Penalties | 4.5 min | ||
| 15 | Shots | 16 | ||
| 26 June 2017 20:00 | Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 6 – 7 (SO) (2–2, 0–1, 2–1, 2–2, 0–0, 0–1) | Finland | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 173 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.0 min | Penalties | 6.0 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 21 | ||
| 27 June 2017 16:00 | Germany | 4 – 6 (1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 1–3) | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 116 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 min | Penalties | 3.0 min | ||
| 22 | Shots | 38 | ||
| 27 June 2017 20:00 | Finland | 6 – 5 (1–2, 2–0, 2–0, 1–3) | Sweden | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 203 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 min | Penalties | 0.0 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 14 | ||
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 classification round. Slovakia defeated Croatia and Canada defeated Germany in the classification round to finish fifth and sixth respectively.[4] Croatia and Germany moved on to the relegation game where Croatia was defeated 5–8 and was relegated back to Division I for 2019.[4][5] In the semifinals the United States defeated the Czech Republic and Finland beat Sweden, both advancing to the gold medal game.[4] After losing the semifinals the Czech Republic and Sweden played off for the bronze medal with the Czech Republic winning 5–2.[5] The United States defeated Finland 4–2 in the gold medal game, earning their seventh World Championship title.[5]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Error creating thumbnail: United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | Germany
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Error creating thumbnail: United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 4 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 8 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Error creating thumbnail: United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Finland
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Finland
| 11 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Finland
| 6 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| B3 | Sweden
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 4 | B2 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 5 | |||||||||
| B3 | Sweden
| 6 | B3 | Sweden
| 2 | |||||||||
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
[edit | edit source]| 29 June 2017 14:00 | Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 8 – 2 (0–1, 3–1, 1–0, 4–0) | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 123 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 min | Penalties | 9.0 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 17 | ||
| 29 June 2017 16:00 | Finland | 11 – 1 (4–0, 3–1, 1–1, 3–0) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 141 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 min | Penalties | 4.5 min | ||
| 31 | Shots | 16 | ||
| 29 June 2017 18:00 | Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg | 4 – 6 (0–1, 1–3, 3–0, 0–2) | Sweden | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 817 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 min | Penalties | 4.5 min | ||
| 28 | Shots | 24 | ||
| 29 June 2017 20:00 | United States Error creating thumbnail: | 4 – 1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 2–1) | Germany | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 94 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 min | Penalties | 6.0 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 18 | ||
Classification
[edit | edit source]| 30 June 2017 14:00 | Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 8 – 3 (1–0, 3–1, 2–2, 2–0) | Germany | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 61 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 min | Penalties | 4.5 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 17 | ||
| 30 June 2017 16:00 | Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg | 8 – 4 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0, 3–2) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 129 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 min | Penalties | 7.5 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 18 | ||
Semifinals
[edit | edit source]| 30 June 2017 18:00 | United States Error creating thumbnail: | 5 – 4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1, 2–0) | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 221 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 min | Penalties | 6.0 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 17 | ||
| 30 June 2017 20:00 | Finland | 6 – 5 (OT) (2–0, 1–2, 1–1, 1–2, 1–0) | Sweden | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 152 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 min | Penalties | 3.0 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 30 | ||
Relegation game
[edit | edit source]| 1 July 2017 11:00 | Germany | 8 – 5 (2–1, 4–2, 0–0, 2–2) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 68 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 min | Penalties | 3.0 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 27 | ||
Bronze medal game
[edit | edit source]| 1 July 2017 17:30 | Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 5 – 2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1, 2–0) | Sweden | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 236 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 min | Penalties | 3.0 min | ||
| 18 | Shots | 34 | ||
Gold medal game
[edit | edit source]| 1 July 2017 20:00 | United States Error creating thumbnail: | 4 – 2 (1–0, 3–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Finland | Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 418 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 min | Penalties | 3.0 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 25 | ||
Ranking and statistics
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| 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship winners |
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| Error creating thumbnail: United States 7th title |
Tournament Awards
[edit | edit source]- Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
- Best Goalkeeper: Error creating thumbnail: Troy Redmann
- Best Defenseman: Petri Partanen
- Best Forward: Error creating thumbnail: Matt White
Final standings
[edit | edit source]The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[7]
Scoring leaders
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teemu Lepaus |
6 | 11 | 11 | 22 | +8 | 1.5 | F |
| Error creating thumbnail: Matt White | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | +11 | 3.0 | F |
| Eemeli Suomi |
6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | +8 | 1.5 | F |
| Markus Kinisjarvi |
6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +2 | 1.5 | F |
| Czech Republic Jakub Petružálek | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +5 | 3.0 | F |
| Error creating thumbnail: Jack Combs | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | +10 | 6.0 | F |
| Linus Svedlund |
6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | –1 | 3.0 | F |
| Czech Republic Petr Kafka | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 0.0 | F |
| Slovakia Filip Novák | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3.0 | F |
| Slovakia Juraj Jurik | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7.5 | F |
| Slovakia Peter Lichanec | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +3 | 0.0 | F |
| Slovakia Jakub Ruckay | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +1 | 4.5 | D |
| Error creating thumbnail: Derrick Burnett | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +11 | 14.5 | D |
Leading goaltenders
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: Troy Redmann | 192:00 | 82 | 9 | 2.25 | 89.02 | 0 |
| Czech Republic Dominik Frodl | 244:54 | 108 | 18 | 3.53 | 83.33 | 0 |
| Siniša Martinović |
199:51 | 114 | 21 | 5.04 | 81.58 | 0 |
| Robert Kinisjarvi |
285:50 | 128 | 25 | 4.20 | 80.47 | 0 |
| Slovakia Vladimir Neumann | 214:15 | 124 | 26 | 5.83 | 79.03 | 0 |
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External links
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