2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I

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2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 1 June – 7 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Slovakia
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Hungary
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 264 (11.48 per match)
Attendance 3,934 (171 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Slovakia Marcel Holovic
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The 2012 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 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2012 in Ingolstadt, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovakia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

Qualification

Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2011 World Championship and the 2011 Division I tournaments.[1] Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament.[1] The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot.[2] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Chinese Taipei, New Zealand and South Africa, with New Zealand winning promotion.[3]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 2 September 2011 to 4 September 2011.[2] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Macedonia and Turkey. Turkey finished in second place after they won their other game against the Macedonian team.[2]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 0 37 6 +31 6
 Turkey 2 1 0 0 1 24 11 +13 3
 Macedonia 2 0 0 0 2 4 48 –48 0

All times are local.

2 September 2011
20:00		 Macedonia  2 – 20
(0–7, 0–5, 1–3, 1–5)		  Turkey Winter Palace
3 September 2011
18:00		 Bulgaria  28 – 2
(6–1, 9–0, 4–1, 9–0)		  Macedonia Winter Palace
4 September 2011
14:00		 Turkey  4 – 9
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2, 2–3)		  Bulgaria Winter Palace

Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held at the New Plymouth Rollersports Arena in New Plymouth, New Zealand from 18 November 2011 to 20 November 2011.[3] New Zealand gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and South Africa. Chinese Taipei finished in second place after they won their other game against the South African team.[3]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 0 18 4 +14 6
 Chinese Taipei 2 1 0 0 1 7 16 –9 3
 South Africa 2 0 0 0 2 8 13 –5 0

All times are local.

18 November 2011
19:30		 Chinese Taipei  1 – 11
(0–4, 0–3, 1–2, 0–2)		  New Zealand New Plymouth Rollersports Arena
19 November 2011
19:30		 South Africa  5 – 6
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 1–2)		  Chinese Taipei New Plymouth Rollersports Arena
20 November 2011
16:30		 New Zealand  7 – 3
(1–2, 4–1, 1–0, 1–0)		  South Africa New Plymouth Rollersports Arena

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Ingolstadt, Germany.[1] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Preliminary round

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

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 0 42 6 +36 9
 Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 23 13 +10 6
 Australia 3 1 0 0 2 17 20 –3 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 3 46 –43 0
1 June 2012
15:00		 Australia  4 – 5
(2–3, 1–0, 0–1, 1–1)		  Croatia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
1 June 2012
17:00		 Bulgaria  0 – 21
(0–7, 0–3, 0–9, 0–2)		  Slovakia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 108
2 June 2012
13:00		 Australia  9 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0, 5–0)		  Bulgaria Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 50
2 June 2012
17:00		 Slovakia  7 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0, 2–1)		  Croatia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 75
3 June 2012
13:00		 Croatia  16 – 2
(5–1, 2–0, 3–0, 6–1)		  Bulgaria Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 127
3 June 2012
17:00		 Slovakia  14 – 4
(5–1, 5–0, 1–3, 3–0)		  Australia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 314

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 22 7 +15 9
 Austria 3 2 0 0 1 27 14 +13 6
 Japan 3 0 1 0 2 12 18 –6 2
 New Zealand 3 0 0 1 2 4 26 –22 1
1 June 2012
15:00		 Austria  14 – 2
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1, 4–1)		  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
1 June 2012
19:00		 New Zealand  3 – 7
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0, 2–3)		  Hungary Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 98
2 June 2012
15:00		 Austria  9 – 6
(4–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–3)		  New Zealand Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 235
2 June 2012
19:00		 Hungary  9 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0, 4–0)		  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 45
3 June 2012
15:00		 Japan  2 – 3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  New Zealand Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 318
3 June 2012
19:00		 Hungary  6 – 4
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–1)		  Austria Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 267

Playoff round

All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Australia and Japan advanced to a 5/6 placement game with Australia defeating Japan 7–3. In the semifinals Hungary defeated Austria and Slovakia defeating Croatia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Austria and Croatia played off for the bronze medal with Austria winning in overtime. Slovakia defeated Hungary 5–4 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[6]

  Quarterfinal                    
  D2   Austria 7  
  C3   Australia 2   Semifinal
      QF1   Hungary 5  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Austria 2  
  D1   Hungary 12
  C4   Bulgaria 2         Final
              SF1   Hungary 4
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Slovakia 5
  C1   Slovakia 14      
  D3   Japan 0   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Slovakia 5   SF1   Austria 7
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Croatia 3     SF2   Croatia 6
  C2   Croatia 5
  D4   New Zealand 0  

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 June 2012
13:00		 Croatia  5 – 0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  New Zealand Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 128
5 June 2012
15:00		 Austria  7 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1, 3–0)		  Australia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193
5 June 2012
17:00		 Slovakia  14 – 0
(0–0, 5–0, 5–0, 4–0)		  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 208
5 June 2012
19:00		 Hungary  12 – 2
(1–0, 3–1, 5–0, 3–1)		  Bulgaria Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 231

Placement round

6 June 2012
13:00		 New Zealand  2 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0)		  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
6 June 2012
15:00		 Australia  16 – 4
(4–2, 2–0, 6–2, 4–0)		  Bulgaria Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93

5/6 placement

7 June 2012
10:00		 Australia  7 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1, 2–1)		  Japan Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123

Semifinals

6 June 2012
17:00		 Hungary  5 – 2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1, 2–0)		  Austria Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 118
6 June 2012
19:00		 Slovakia  5 – 3
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1, 2–1)		  Croatia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193

Bronze medal game

7 June 2012
12:00		 Austria  7 – 6 (OT)
(1–3, 3–1, 1–1, 1–1 , 1–0)		  Croatia Saturn Rink 2
Attendance: 331

Gold medal game

7 June 2012
14:00		 Slovakia  5 – 4
(1–1, 4–1, 0–2, 0–0)		  Hungary Saturn Arena
Attendance: 400

Ranking and statistics

 

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[8]

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Slovakia
Silver medal icon.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg  Austria
4.  Croatia
5.  Australia
6.  Japan
7.  New Zealand
8.  Bulgaria

Scoring leaders

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.[9]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Slovakia Marcel Holovic 6 7 16 23 +19 0.0 F
Slovakia Filip Novak 6 12 10 22 +19 3.0 F
Austria Daniel Oberkofler 6 8 12 20 +11 1.5 F
Slovakia Lukas Ruzicka 6 6 14 20 +18 3.0 F
Slovakia Tomas Jasko 6 8 11 19 +17 0.0 F
Australia Jonathon Bremner 6 10 7 17 +6 3.0 F
Austria Harry Lange 6 7 9 16 +14 7.5 D
Slovakia Roman Simunek 6 7 9 16 +17 0.0 F
Slovakia Peter Sojcik 6 7 9 16 +17 4.5 F
Hungary Arnold Feil 6 8 7 15 +12 1.5 F

Leading goaltenders

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.[10]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovakia Vladimir Neumann 120:00 52 2 0.60 96.15 2
Hungary Tamas Kiss 166:17 85 6 1.30 92.94 1
Slovakia Roman Hrusovsky 144:00 97 11 2.75 88.66 0
Austria Lorenz Hirn 237:50 144 19 2.88 86.81 0
Croatia Vanja Belic 228:53 150 20 3.15 86.67 1

See also

References

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External links

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