2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

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2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates 5 July – 11 July
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Finland
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Sweden
Fourth place  Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 182 (7.91 per match)
Attendance 29,252 (1,272 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Finland Jimi Palanto (19 Pts)
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The 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 20th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 5 and 11 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by Canada, earning their third World Championship title. Finland finished in second place and Sweden in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia, after losing the relegation game against Germany was relegated to Division I for 2017.

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2014 Division I tournament was won by Slovenia who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2013.[1][2]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I.[4] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Tampere, Finland.[4] 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+3).

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Finland 3 3 0 0 0 25 6 +19 9
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 11 13 –2 6
 Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 9 17 –8 3
 Slovenia 3 0 0 0 3 7 16 –9 0
5 July 2015
14:00		 Sweden  4 – 5
(3–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–2)		  Czech Republic Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 250
5 July 2015
18:00		 Slovenia  2 – 9
(2–3, 0–3, 0–2, 0–1)		  Finland Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2058
6 July 2015
14:00		 Sweden  4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 160
6 July 2015
18:00		 Finland  7 – 3
(0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–1)		  Czech Republic Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2197
7 July 2015
14:00		 Czech Republic  3 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)		  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 210
7 July 2015
18:00		 Finland  9 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 4–1)		  Sweden Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 4414


Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Canada 3 2 1 0 0 16 10 +6 8
 United States 3 2 0 1 0 17 8 +9 7
 Slovakia 3 0 1 0 2 4 12 –8 2
 Germany 3 0 0 1 2 8 15 –7 1
5 July 2015
16:00		 United States  7 – 3
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0, 1–1)		  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 350
5 July 2015
20:00		 Slovakia  2 – 5
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2, 1–2)		  Canada Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 270
6 July 2015
16:00		 United States  6 – 0
(2–0, 3–0, 1–0, 0–0)		  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 287
6 July 2015
20:00		 Canada  6 – 4
(3–0, 2–1, 0–2, 1–1)		  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 170
7 July 2015
16:00		 Germany  1 – 2 (SO)
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 454
7 July 2015
20:00		 Canada  5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		  United States Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 1750

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 placement round. Slovenia was relegated back to Division I after losing the relegation game against Germany, while the United States finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and the Czech Republic finished sixth following their win over Germany in their placement round games. In the semifinals Finland defeated Slovakia and Canada beat Sweden, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Slovakia and Sweden played off for the bronze medal with Sweden winning 5–4. Canada defeated Finland 4–2 in the gold medal game, earning their third World Championship title.[5]

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1   Finland 6  
  B4   Germany 3   Semifinal
      QF3   Finland 4  
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Slovakia 3  
  A2   Czech Republic 3
  B3   Slovakia 4         Final
              SF1   Finland 2
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Canada 4
  B1   Canada 6      
  A4   Slovenia 5   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF1   Canada 6   SF1   Slovakia 4
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Sweden 2     SF2   Sweden 5
  B2   United States 2
  A3   Sweden 5  

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

9 July 2015
14:00		 United States  2 – 5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–0, 0–2)		  Sweden Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 340
9 July 2015
16:00		 Czech Republic  3 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0)		  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 410
9 July 2015
18:00		 Finland  6 – 3
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–1)		  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 3168
9 July 2015
20:00		 Canada  6 – 5
(0–3, 0–1, 5–0, 1–1)		  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 368

Classification round

10 July 2015
14:00		 Czech Republic  4 – 1
(0–0,1–0,0–1,3–0)		  Germany Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 165
10 July 2015
16:00		 United States  5 – 2
(2–1,1–0,1–0,1–1)		  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 247

Semifinals

10 July 2015
18:00		 Finland  4 – 3 (SO)
(1–0,1–0,1–1,0–2,0-0,1-0)		  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2393
10 July 2015
20:00		 Canada  6 – 2
(1–0,0–1,1–1,4–0)		  Sweden Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 376

Relegation game

11 July 2015
11:00		 Germany  5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		  Slovenia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 104

Bronze medal game

11 July 2015
17:30		 Sweden  5 – 4
(0–1, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1)		  Slovakia Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 2433

Gold medal game

11 July 2015
20:00		 Finland  2 – 4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–2)		  Canada Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 6678

Ranking and statistics

 


 2015 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners 

Canada
3rd title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[7]

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg  Sweden
4.  Slovakia
5.  United States
6.  Czech Republic
7.  Germany
8.  Slovenia

Scoring leaders

File:Marko Virtala 2012.jpg
Finland's Marko Virtala scored four goals and six 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.[8]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Finland Jimi Palanto 6 11 8 19 +13 3.0 F
Canada Dave Hammond 6 9 5 14 +3 1.5 F
Canada Adam Ross 6 6 7 13 +8 3.0 D
Canada Thomas Woods 6 4 8 12 +6 1.5 F
Canada Brett Bulmer 6 3 9 12 +7 0.0 F
Finland Sami Markkanen 6 2 10 12 +10 1.5 D
United States Travis Noe 5 5 5 10 0 3.0 F
Finland Marko Virtala 6 4 6 10 +5 0.0 F
Slovenia Rok Jakopic 6 3 7 10 +4 0.0 F
Sweden Emil Bejmo 6 3 6 9 +2 3.0 D
Finland Kristian Kuusela 6 2 7 9 +3 1.5 F

Leading goaltenders

File:Sasu Hovi.jpg
Sasu Hovi of Finland finished third among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 89.80

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.[9]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovakia Vladimir Neumann 271:53 223 18 2.38 91.93 0
Germany Jochen Vollmer 152:34 109 9 2.12 91.74 0
Finland Sasu Hovi 195:40 98 10 1.84 89.80 0
Canada Brett Leggat 291:04 159 19 2.35 88.05 0
Slovenia Tomaz Trelc 189:41 120 18 3.42 85.00 0

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