2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

The 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 12th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 21 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall. Slovakia finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating the United States in the bronze medal match. Austria, after losing the 7th place game against Slovenia was relegated to Division I for 2009. The event chairman was Hans Dobida.[1]

2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Dates21 June 21 – 28 June 2008
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (4th title)
Runner-up  Slovakia
Third place  Germany
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored263 (10.96 per match)
Attendance18,619 (776 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Pat Lee (18 pts)
MVP Dick Axelsson
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Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[2] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[2] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):[2]

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advance to the playoff round. The last team in each group compete in the qualifying round where they face-off against the top ranked teams of Group C and Group D from the Division I tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[2]

     Advance to Playoff round
     Advance to Qualifying round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Slovenia33000197129
 Sweden3200116976
 Slovakia31002913–43
 Austria30003722–150
21 June 2008
18:00		Austria 4 – 6
(1–1, 0–2, 2–2, 1–1)		 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,125
22 June 2008
14:00		Austria 1 – 8
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2, 0–4)		 SloveniaMain Arena, Bratislava
22 June 2008
18:00		Slovakia 0 – 5
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 SwedenMain Arena, Bratislava
23 June 2008
20:00		Sweden 3 – 7
(0–1, 0–2, 2–3, 1–1)		 SloveniaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 726
24 June 2008
18:00		Slovenia 4 – 3
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0, 1–2)		 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,120
24 June 2008
20:00		Sweden 8 – 2
(3–0, 0–1, 3–1, 2–0)		 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 300

Group B
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States33000221489
 Czech Republic32001171526
 Finland301021214–22
 Germany300121321–81
22 June 2008
16:00		Germany 3 – 9
(1–2, 1–3, 1–1, 0–3)		 United StatesMain Arena, Bratislava
22 June 2008
20:00		Czech Republic 4 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 FinlandMain Arena, Bratislava
23 June 2008
16:00		Germany 6 – 7
(3–1, 1–2, 2–2, 0–2)		 Czech RepublicMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 522
23 June 2008
18:00		Finland 5 – 6
(3–2, 0–1, 0–2, 2–1)		 United StatesMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 724
24 June 2008
14:00		United States 7 – 6
(4–1, 1–1, 1–4, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 459
24 June 2008
16:00		Finland 5 – 4 (SO)
(0–2, 0–0, 4–0, 0–2, 0–0, 1–0)		 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 444

Qualifying round

Austria and Germany advanced to the qualifying round after finishing last in Group A and Group B respectively.[3] Austria faced off against Great Britain, who finished first in Group C of the Division I tournament, and Germany was drawn against Canada, who finished first in Group D of the Division I tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[4][5] Both Austria and Germany won their matches and advanced to the Top Division playoffs, while Great Britain and Canada advanced to the Division I playoffs.[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 June 2008
16:00		Germany 11 – 3
(3–0, 2–1, 3–1, 3–1)		 CanadaBratislava, Slovakia
Attendance: 660
25 June 2008
18:00		Austria 6 – 1
(0–1, 4–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 Great BritainBratislava, Slovakia
Attendance: 506

Playoff round

Germany and Austria advanced to the playoff round after winning their qualifying round matches. They were seeded alongside the six other teams of the tournament based on their results in the preliminary round. The four winning quarterfinalists advanced to the semifinals while the losing teams moved on to the placement round.[6] Austria was relegated to Division I for 2009 after losing the 7th place game against Slovenia, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Finland in the 5th place game.[6][7] In the semifinals the Slovakia defeated Germany and Sweden beat the United States, both advancing to the gold medal game.[6] After losing the semifinals the United States and Germany played off for the bronze medal with Germany winning 8–7.[6] Sweden defeated Slovakia 7–3 in the gold medal game, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall.[8][9]

Draw
  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  A1  Slovenia 2  
Q1  Germany 5  
  QF1  Germany 2  
  QF2  Slovakia 3  
B2  Czech Republic 5 Final
  A3  Slovakia 6  
    SF1  Slovakia 3
  SF2  Sweden 7
  A2  Sweden 9  
B3  Finland 3  
  QF3  Sweden 12 Bronze medal game
  QF4  United States 8  
B1  United States 17 SF1  Germany 8
  Q2  Austria 1   SF2  United States 7

Quarterfinals
26 June 2008
14:00		Sweden 9 – 3
(3–0, 5–0, 0–0, 1–3)		 FinlandMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 471
26 June 2008
16:00		United States 17 – 1
(4–0, 5–1, 4–0, 4–0)		 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 324
26 June 2008
18:00		Czech Republic 5 – 6 (OT)
(0–0, 2–2, 1–2, 2–1, 0–1)		 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1343
26 June 2008
20:00		Slovenia 2 – 5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–3)		 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 397

5th place game
27 June 2008
14:00		Czech Republic 10 – 8
(1–4, 4–0, 2–1, 3–3)		 FinlandMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 79

7th place game
27 June 2008
16:00		Slovenia 9 – 2
(2–0, 3–2, 3–0, 1–0)		 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 317

Semifinals
27 June 2008
18:00		Germany 2 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 2261
27 June 2008
20:00		United States 8 – 12
(0–2, 6–5, 1–2, 1–3)		 SwedenMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 695

Bronze medal game
28 June 2008
16:00		United States 7 – 8
(3–1, 1–2, 1–3, 2–2)		 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1125

Gold medal game
28 June 2008
18:00		Sweden 7 – 3
(3–1, 2–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 5021

Ranking and statistics
 


 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Winners 

Sweden
4th title

Tournament awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[6]

Rk. Team
 Sweden
 Slovakia
 Germany
4. United States
5. Czech Republic
6. Finland
7. Slovenia
8. Austria

Scoring leaders
Sweden's Dick Axelsson recorded 16 points in six and was named the tournaments most valuable player

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[10]

Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM POS
Pat Lee681018+110.0F
Dick Axelsson69716+916.0F
Kyle Gouge611213+140.0F
Linus Klasen68311+44.5F
Jiří Polanský57411–24.5F
Ales Hemsky56511+14.5D
Patrick Reimer66511+13.0F
Steven Oleksy62911+63.0D
Martin Vozdecky5291107.5F

Leading goaltenders
Sasu Hovi of Finland finished third among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 91.30

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[11]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Gašper Krošelj228:00226142.2193.810
Dennis Karlsson259:12210172.3691.901
Sasu Hovi206:39253223.8391.300
Tomáš Štůrala167:24176183.8789.770
Jozef Ondrejka290:21260273.3589.620

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