2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 1 June – 7 June |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 23 |
Goals scored | 264 (11.48 per game) |
Attendance | 3,934 (171 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
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
[edit]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]
Australia − Finished fourth in 2011 World Championship Division I[4]
Austria − Finished third in 2011 World Championship Division I[4]
Bulgaria − Winner of the European Qualification
Croatia − Finished fifth in 2011 World Championship Division I[4]
Hungary − Finished second in 2011 World Championship Division I[4]
Japan − Returned to competition after a year out due to force majeure[1]
New Zealand − Winner of the Rest of the World Qualification
Slovakia − Relegated from the 2011 World Championship[5]
European Qualification
[edit]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]
Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | +31 | 6 | Qualified for Division I |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 3 | |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 48 | −44 | 0 |
All times are local.
2 September 2011 20:00 | North Macedonia ![]() | 2 – 20 (0–7, 0–5, 1–3, 1–5) | ![]() | Winter Palace |
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3 September 2011 18:00 | Bulgaria ![]() | 28 – 2 (6–1, 9–0, 4–1, 9–0) | ![]() | Winter Palace |
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4 September 2011 14:00 | Turkey ![]() | 4 – 9 (0–2, 1–2, 1–2, 2–3) | ![]() | Winter Palace |
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Rest of the World Qualification
[edit]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]
Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 6 | Qualified for Division I |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 3 | |
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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 Plymouth Rollersports Arena |
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19 November 2011 19:30 | South Africa ![]() | 5 – 6 (1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 1–2) | ![]() | New Plymouth Rollersports Arena |
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20 November 2011 16:30 | New Zealand ![]() | 7 – 3 (1–2, 4–1, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | New Plymouth Rollersports Arena |
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Seeding and groups
[edit]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 parentheses is the corresponding seeding):
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Group D
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Preliminary round
[edit]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]Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | +36 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 3 |
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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) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 93 |
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1 June 2012 17:00 | Bulgaria ![]() | 0 – 21 (0–7, 0–3, 0–9, 0–2) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 108 |
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2 June 2012 13:00 | Australia ![]() | 9 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0, 5–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 50 |
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2 June 2012 17:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 7 – 2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 75 |
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3 June 2012 13:00 | Croatia ![]() | 16 – 2 (5–1, 2–0, 3–0, 6–1) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 127 |
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3 June 2012 17:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 14 – 4 (5–1, 5–0, 1–3, 3–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 314 |
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Group D
[edit]Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 2 |
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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) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 93 |
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1 June 2012 19:00 | New Zealand ![]() | 3 – 7 (1–2, 0–2, 0–0, 2–3) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 98 |
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2 June 2012 15:00 | Austria ![]() | 9 – 6 (4–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–3) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 235 |
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2 June 2012 19:00 | Hungary ![]() | 9 – 0 (3–0, 2–0, 0–0, 4–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 45 |
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3 June 2012 15:00 | Japan ![]() | 2 – 3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 318 |
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3 June 2012 19:00 | Hungary ![]() | 6 – 4 (0–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–1) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 267 |
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Playoff round
[edit]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]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
D2 | ![]() | 7 | ||||||||||||
C3 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
QF1 | ![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() | 12 | ||||||||||||
C4 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
SF1 | ![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
SF2 | ![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 14 | ||||||||||||
D3 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
QF3 | ![]() | 5 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
QF4 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
C2 | ![]() | 5 | SF1 | ![]() | 7 | |||||||||
D4 | ![]() | 0 | SF2 | ![]() | 6 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]All times are local (UTC+2).
5 June 2012 13:00 | Croatia ![]() | 5 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 128 |
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5 June 2012 15:00 | Austria ![]() | 7 – 2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 193 |
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5 June 2012 17:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 14 – 0 (0–0, 5–0, 5–0, 4–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 208 |
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5 June 2012 19:00 | Hungary ![]() | 12 – 2 (1–0, 3–1, 5–0, 3–1) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 231 |
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Placement round
[edit]6 June 2012 13:00 | New Zealand ![]() | 2 – 3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 93 |
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6 June 2012 15:00 | Australia ![]() | 16 – 4 (4–2, 2–0, 6–2, 4–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 93 |
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5/6 placement
[edit]7 June 2012 10:00 | Australia ![]() | 7 – 3 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1, 2–1) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 123 |
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Semifinals
[edit]6 June 2012 17:00 | Hungary ![]() | 5 – 2 (0–1, 3–0, 0–1, 2–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 118 |
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6 June 2012 19:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 5 – 3 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1, 2–1) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 193 |
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Bronze medal game
[edit]7 June 2012 12:00 | Austria ![]() | 7 – 6 (OT) (1–3, 3–1, 1–1, 1–1 , 1–0) | ![]() | Saturn Rink 2 Attendance: 331 |
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Gold medal game
[edit]7 June 2012 14:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 5 – 4 (1–1, 4–1, 0–2, 0–0) | ![]() | Saturn Arena Attendance: 400 |
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Ranking and statistics
[edit]Final standings
[edit]The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[7]
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Tournament Awards
[edit]- Best players selected by the directorate:[8]
- Best Goalkeeper:
Tamas Kiss
- Best Defenseman:
Gerd Gruber
- Best Forward:
Roman Simunek
- Best Goalkeeper:
Scoring leaders
[edit]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 |
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6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | +19 | 0.0 | F |
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6 | 12 | 10 | 22 | +19 | 3.0 | F |
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6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +11 | 1.5 | F |
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6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | +18 | 3.0 | F |
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6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | +17 | 0.0 | F |
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6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +6 | 3.0 | F |
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6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | +14 | 7.5 | D |
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6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | +17 | 0.0 | F |
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6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | +17 | 4.5 | F |
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6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +12 | 1.5 | F |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]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 |
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120:00 | 52 | 2 | 0.60 | 96.15 | 2 |
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166:17 | 85 | 6 | 1.30 | 92.94 | 1 |
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144:00 | 97 | 11 | 2.75 | 88.66 | 0 |
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237:50 | 144 | 19 | 2.88 | 86.81 | 0 |
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228:53 | 150 | 20 | 3.15 | 86.67 | 1 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ a b c "2011-2012 IIHF European InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ a b c "2011-2012 IIHF Rest of the World InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ a b c d "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ^ "2011 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ^ "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- ^ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.