2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

The 2017 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 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship tournament and took place between 25 June and 1 July 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia at the Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2 and Ondrej Nepela Arena. The tournament was won by Slovenia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2019 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While New Zealand and Brazil were relegated to the Qualifications after losing their placement round games along with Hungary who lost the relegation game against Argentina.

2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Dates25 June – 1 July
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Slovenia (2nd title)
Runner-up  Latvia
Third place  Australia
Fourth place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored227 (9.87 per match)
Attendance1,495 (65 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Jure Sotlar
← 2015
2019 →

Qualification

Thirteen teams attempted to qualify for the three remaining spots in the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament.[1] The other five nations automatically qualified based on their results from the 2015 Championship and 2015 Division I tournament. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament.[1] The Asia/Oceania Qualification tournament was contested between Chinese Taipei, India, Japan and New Zealand with New Zealand winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated in 2012.[2] Malaysia and Singapore were initially announced to be competing in the tournament however later withdrew and were replaced by Chinese Taipei.[3]The Europe Qualification tournament was contested between Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey with Latvia winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated in 2015.[4] Ireland was initially announced to be competed in the tournament however later withdrew.[3] A third qualification tournament representing the regions of the Americas and Africa was originally planned however Brazil was the only registered participant and so gained automatic qualification to Division I.[3]

Asia/Oceania Qualification

The 2016 IIHF Inline Hockey Qualification Asia/Oceania was held in New Plymouth, New Zealand from 21 to 23 April 2016.[7] New Zealand gained promotion to Division I after winning their three games and finishing first in the standings. Japan finished in second place and Chinese Taipei in third.[7]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 New Zealand33000496+439
 Japan32001515+466
 Chinese Taipei310022913+163
 India300030105−1050

All times are local.

21 April 2016
17:30		Japan 6–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 Chinese TaipeiNew Plymouth
21 April 2016
19:30		New Zealand 37–0
(8–0, 11–0, 9–0, 9–0)		 IndiaNew Plymouth
22 April 2016
17:30		India 0–42
(0–12, 0–13, 0–9, 0–8)		 JapanNew Plymouth
22 April 2016
19:30		New Zealand 7–3
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0, 1–1)		 Chinese TaipeiNew Plymouth
23 April 2016
17:30		Chinese Taipei 26–0
(1–0, 6–0, 8–0, 11–0)		 IndiaNew Plymouth
23 April 2016
19:30		Japan 3–5
(1–1, 1–3, 0–1, 1–0)		 New ZealandNew Plymouth

Europe Qualification

The 2016 IIHF Inline Hockey Qualification Europe was held in Steindorf, Austria from 22 to 25 June 2016.[8] Latvia gained promotion after defeating Austria 4–2 in the final. Israel finished third place after defeating Macedonia in the 10–5 in the third place match.[8]

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Austria33000344+309
 North Macedonia320011921−26
 Serbia31002212103
 Bulgaria30003927−280
22 June 2016
16:00		Bulgaria 5–11
(0–3, 3–4, 0–3, 2–1)		 North MacedoniaSteindorf
22 June 2016
20:00		Serbia 2–11
(1–3, 0–3, 0–3, 1–2)		 AustriaSteindorf
23 June 2016
16:00		Bulgaria 4–14
(2–3, 0–2, 1–2, 1–7)		 SerbiaSteindorf
23 June 2016
20:00		Austria 11–2
(0–0, 4–0, 5–0, 2–2)		 North MacedoniaSteindorf
24 June 2016
16:00		North Macedonia 6–5
(4–1, 0–0, 0–2, 2–2)		 SerbiaSteindorf
24 June 2016
20:00		Austria 12–0
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 BulgariaSteindorf

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia33000586+529
 Israel320012023−36
 Belgium310022822+63
 Turkey30003560−550
22 June 2016
14:00		Belgium 6–7
(1–2, 2–3, 1–1, 2–1)		 IsraelSteindorf
22 June 2016
18:00		Turkey 1–30
(0–12, 0–2, 1–9, 0–7)		 LatviaSteindorf
23 June 2016
14:00		Belgium 18–2
(2–0, 6–1, 4–1, 6–0)		 TurkeySteindorf
23 June 2016
18:00		Latvia 15–1
(4–0, 5–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 IsraelSteindorf
24 June 2016
14:00		Israel 12–2
(3–0, 4–0, 2–1, 3–1)		 TurkeySteindorf
24 June 2016
18:00		Latvia 13–4
(2–2, 6–0, 3–0, 2–2)		 BelgiumSteindorf

Placement round

7th/8th game

25 June 2016
14:00		Bulgaria 10–4
(2–2, 2–2, 4–0, 2–0)		 TurkeySteindorf

5th/6th game

25 June 2016
16:00		Belgium 5–9
(2–1, 0–2, 3–2, 0–4)		 SerbiaSteindorf

3rd/4th game

25 June 2016
18:00		North Macedonia 5–10
(0–5, 1–2, 1–1, 3–2)		 IsraelSteindorf

1st/2nd game

25 June 2016
20:00		Latvia 4–2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0, 2–1)		 AustriaSteindorf

Seeding and groups

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, and the qualification tournaments.[9] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[9] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):[9]

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+3).

Group C
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Slovenia33000295+249
 Hungary320011412+26
 Argentina310021019−93
 New Zealand30003825−170
25 June 2017
13:00		Slovenia 12–1
(0–1, 2–0, 7–0, 3–0)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 98
25 June 2017
17:00		Argentina 1–6
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1, 1–2)		 HungaryOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 107
26 June 2017
13:00		Argentina 6–4
(1–3, 2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 88
26 June 2017
17:00		Hungary 1–8
(0–0, 0–2, 0–3, 1–3)		 SloveniaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 120
27 June 2017
13:00		New Zealand 3–7
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2, 1–2)		 HungaryOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 64
27 June 2017
17:00		Slovenia 9–3
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 5–1)		 ArgentinaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 72

Group D
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia330002611+159
 Great Britain320001510+56
 Australia310021013−33
 Brazil30003724−170
25 June 2017
15:00		Australia 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 67
25 June 2017
19:00		Great Britain 4–7
(0–0, 1–3, 1–1, 2–3)		 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 110
26 June 2017
15:00		Great Britain 4–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 46
26 June 2017
19:00		Latvia 6–2
(1–1, 3–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 40
27 June 2017
15:00		Brazil 5–13
(1–2, 1–2, 1–3, 2–6)		 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 23
27 June 2017
19:00		Australia 1–7
(0–3, 0–3, 0–0, 1–1)		 Great BritainOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 20

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 quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the classification round. New Zealand and Brazil were relegated to the Qualifications after losing their classification round games and finished the tournament in seventh and eighth respectively. After winning their classification games Hungary and Argentina competed in the relegation game with Hungary being relegated to the Qualifications after losing 4–5 after a shootout. In the semifinals Slovenia defeated Great Britain and Latvia beat Australia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Great Britain and Australia played off for the bronze medal with Australia winning 7–3. Slovenia defeated Latvia 6–3 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2019 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[10]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  A1  Slovenia 14  
B4  Brazil 4  
  A1  Slovenia 7  
  B2  Great Britain 4  
B2  Great Britain 5 Final
  A3  Argentina 3  
    SF1  Slovenia 6
  SF2  Latvia 3
  B1  Latvia 12  
A4  New Zealand 4  
  B1  Latvia 3 Bronze medal game
  B3  Australia 1  
A2  Hungary 2 SF1  Great Britain 3
  B3  Australia 4   SF2  Australia 7

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals
29 June 2017
13:00		Great Britain 5–3
(1–0, 2–2, 0–0, 2–1)		 ArgentinaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 57
30 June 2017
15:00		Hungary 2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 69
30 June 2017
17:00		Latvia 12–4
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1, 5–2)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 56
30 June 2017
19:00		Slovenia 14–4
(3–2, 5–0, 2–1, 4–1)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 48

Classification
30 June 2017
13:00		Argentina 5–4
(2–1, 1–2, 1–0, 1–1)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 51
30 June 2017
15:00		Hungary 5–3
(1–1, 1–2, 0–0, 3–0)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 74

Semifinals
30 June 2017
17:00		Slovenia 7–4
(2–1, 2–2, 1–0, 2–1)		 Great BritainOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 66
30 June 2017
19:00		Latvia 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 38

Relegation game
1 July 2017
12:00		Hungary 4 – 5 (SO)
(0–0, 2–0, 1–3, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 ArgentinaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 66

Bronze medal game
1 July 2017
13:00		Great Britain 3–7
(2–3, 0–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena
Attendance: 37

Gold medal game
1 July 2017
15:00		Slovenia 6–3
(3–2, 1–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena
Attendance: 78

Ranking and statistics

Scoring leaders
Latvia's Rustams Begovs scored twelve goals and five assists in his six games

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.[13]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Jure Sotlar681624+190.0F
Gregor Koblar681119+153.0F
Miha Logar641418+150.0D
Rustams Begovs612517+124.5F
Mateuz Erman69615+203.0D
Aleksandrs Galkins651015+93.0D
Ales Fajdiga610313+94.5F
Gatis Sprukts66713+120.0D
Ákos Kiss65712+43.0F
Rudolfs Maslovskis65712+1113.0F
Saso Rajsar64812+93.0F
Olafs Aploks63912+120.0F

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.[14]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Tomaz Trelc168:0094102.8589.360
David Duschek255:21155183.3988.390
Kristaps Kruze171:467692.5288.160
Michael James268:45132162.8587.881
Miles Finney178:1195184.8581.050

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