2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

The 2013 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 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by Great Britain who upon winning gained promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and Argentina were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates2 June – 8 June
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Great Britain
Runner-up  Austria
Third place  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored215 (9.77 per match)
Attendance1,100 (50 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Philip Hamer
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Qualification

Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2012 World Championship and the 2012 Division I tournaments. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament. The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Latvia, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated last year.[1] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Argentina and Brazil, with Argentina winning promotion.[2] In addition to the Rest of the World tournament Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil in a South American invitational tournament.[2]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 3 August 2012 to 5 August 2012.[1] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning all of their games and finishing first in the standings.[1] Latvia finished in second place after winning two of their games and losing the third against Bulgaria in overtime.[1]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Bulgaria321002812+168
 Latvia320104712+357
 Turkey310022625+13
 North Macedonia30003860–520

All times are local.

3 August 2012
18:00		North Macedonia 3 – 14
(0–2, 2–5, 0–3, 1–4)		 BulgariaWinter Palace
3 August 2012
20:00		Turkey 4 – 14
(0–5, 1–2, 2–4, 1–3)		 LatviaWinter Palace
4 August 2012
18:00		Turkey 18 – 3
(3–0, 4–1, 4–2, 7–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Palace
4 August 2012
20:00		Bulgaria 6 – 5 (OT)
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1, 1–3, 1–0)		 LatviaWinter Palace
5 August 2012
15:00		Latvia 28 – 2
(9–1, 8–0, 6–1, 5–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Palace
5 August 2012
17:00		Bulgaria 8 – 4
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 2–3)		 TurkeyWinter Palace

Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 and 14 December 2012.[2] Argentina gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Brazil.[2]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Argentina22000136+76
 Brazil20002613–70

All times are local.

13 December 2012
20:00		Argentina 5 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 1–0, 2–1)		 BrazilBuenos Aires
14 December 2012
20:00		Argentina 8 – 3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1, 4–1)		 BrazilBuenos Aires

South American invitational tournament

Following the Rest of the World tournament Argentina hosted a South American invitational tournament in Buenos Aires.[2] Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil for the tournament.[2] Brazil won the competition after defeating Colombia 5–3 in the final and Argentina beat Argentina B to finish third.[2]

Preliminary round

15 December 2012
14:00		Brazil 18 – 1 UruguayBuenos Aires
15 December 2012
15:30		Argentina 6 – 8 ColombiaBuenos Aires
15 December 2012
17:00		Brazil 5 – 1 Argentina BBuenos Aires
15 December 2012
18:30		Argentina 11 – 0 VenezuelaBuenos Aires
15 December 2012
20:00		Uruguay 3 – 8 Argentina BBuenos Aires
15 December 2012
21:30		Colombia 10 – 4 VenezuelaBuenos Aires

5th placement

16 December 2012
10:00		Uruguay 3 – 16 VenezuelaBuenos Aires
16 December 2012
14:30		Uruguay 4 – 9 VenezuelaBuenos Aires

Semifinals

16 December 2012
11:30		Argentina B 1 – 7 ColombiaBuenos Aires
16 December 2012
13:00		Brazil 3 – 1 ArgentinaBuenos Aires

3rd placement

16 December 2012
16:00		Argentina 4 – 1 Argentina BBuenos Aires

1st placement

16 December 2012
17:30		Brazil 5 – 3 ColombiaBuenos Aires

Seeding and groups

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.[5] 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 Dresden, Germany.[5] 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
 Australia320102711+167
 Great Britain311102310+136
 Croatia311012614+123
 Bulgaria30003041–410
2 June 2013
13:00		Croatia 6 – 9
(1–5, 1–0, 2–3, 2–1)		 AustraliaRink 2
Attendance: 80
2 June 2013
17:00		Bulgaria 0 – 13
(0–3, 0–3, 0–4, 0–3)		 Great BritainRink 2
Attendance: 90
3 June 2013
13:00		Croatia 14 – 0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0, 4–0)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 20
3 June 2013
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		 AustraliaRink 2
Attendance: 40
4 June 2013
13:00		Australia 14 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0, 7–0)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 25
4 June 2013
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 6 (OT)
(0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–1)		 CroatiaRink 2
Attendance: 40

Group D
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Austria33000155+109
 Hungary31101107+35
 Japan31002712–53
 Argentina30012614–81
2 June 2013
15:00		Austria 5 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 JapanRink 2
Attendance: 85
2 June 2013
19:00		Argentina 2 – 3 (SO)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 HungaryRink 2
Attendance: 90
3 June 2013
15:00		Austria 6 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 40
3 June 2013
19:00		Hungary 4 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 JapanRink 2
Attendance: 40
4 June 2013
15:00		Japan 5 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 30
4 June 2013
19:00		Hungary 3 – 4
(1–2, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0)		 AustriaRink 2
Attendance: 45

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 Argentina were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Croatia finished fifth after defeating Bulgaria and Japan finished sixth following their win over Argentina. In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Australia and Austria beat Hungary, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Australia and Hungary played off for the bronze medal with Hungary winning 7–5. Great Britain defeated Austria 5–1 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[6]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  C1  Australia 5  
D4  Argentina 4  
  QF1  Australia 1  
  QF2  Great Britain 6  
C2  Great Britain 4 Final
  D3  Japan 2  
    SF1  Great Britain 5
  SF2  Austria 1
  D1  Austria 21  
C4  Bulgaria 2  
  QF3  Austria 3 Bronze medal game
  QF4  Hungary 2  
D2  Hungary 9 SF1  Australia 5
  C3  Croatia 1   SF2  Hungary 7

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals
6 June 2013
13:00		Great Britain 4 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 2–1, 0–0)		 JapanRink 2
Attendance: 20
6 June 2013
15:00		Hungary 9 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1, 4–0)		 CroatiaRink 2
Attendance: 20
6 June 2013
17:00		Australia 5 – 4 (SO)
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 40
6 June 2013
19:00		Austria 21 – 2
(6–0, 5–1, 2–0, 8–1)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 20

Placement round
7 June 2013
13:00		Japan 5 – 2
(2–1, 0–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 ArgentinaRink 2
Attendance: 40
7 June 2013
15:00		Croatia 14 – 2
(6–1, 2–1, 2–0, 4–0)		 BulgariaRink 2
Attendance: 40

Semifinals
7 June 2013
17:00		Australia 1 – 6
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3, 1–1)		 Great BritainRink 2
Attendance: 40
7 June 2013
19:00		Austria 3 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 HungaryRink 2
Attendance: 40

Bronze medal game
8 June 2013
12:00		Australia 5 – 7
(1–3, 1–1, 2–1, 1–2)		 HungaryRink 2
Attendance: 40

Gold medal game
8 June 2013
14:00		Austria 1 – 5
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–3)		 Great BritainDresden Arena
Attendance: 175

Ranking and statistics
 

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[7]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Lorenz Hirn
    • Best Defenseman: Antony Collins
    • Best Forward: Philip Hamer

Final standings

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

Rk. Team
 Great Britain
 Austria
 Hungary
4. Australia
5. Croatia
6. Japan
7. Argentina
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
Philip Hamer68917+90.0F
Johannes Bischofberger67916+91.5F
Igor Jacmenjak57815+131.5D
Liam Jeffries67815+151.5F
Nathan Finney651015+83.0D
Jordan Gavin65914+107.5F
Harry Lange65813+90.0D
Andre Niec65813+121.5D
Istvan Bartalis66612+54.5F
Tomisalv Grozaj59211+10.0F

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
James Tanner196:5510581.4692.380
Shingo Imagawa120:006051.5091.670
Lorenz Hirn168:007971.5091.140
Tamas Kiss245:00132152.2088.640
Federico Fernandez153:4473122.8183.560

References
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