IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship 2008

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	Winner: Sweden

The 12th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship took place from 21st June bis 28. June 2008 in Bratislava , Slovakia instead.

Attendees

10 from Europe	Bulgaria	Germany	Finland	Austria	Slovakia
	Slovenia	Sweden	Czech Republic	Hungary	United Kingdom
2 from North America	Canada	United States
2 from Oceania	Australia	New Zealand
1 from Asia	Japan
1 from South America	Brazil

Preliminary round top division

Group A

June 21, 2008	Bratislava	Austria	-	Slovakia	4: 6	(1: 1.0: 2.2: 2.1: 1)
June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Austria	-	Slovenia	1: 8	(0: 2.1: 0.0: 2.0: 4)
June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Slovakia	-	Sweden	0: 5	(0: 0.0: 2.0: 2.0: 1)
June 23, 2008	Bratislava	Sweden	-	Slovenia	3: 7	(0: 1.0: 2.2: 3.1: 1)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	Slovenia	-	Slovakia	4: 3	(1: 0.1: 1.1: 0.1: 2)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	Sweden	-	Austria	8: 2	(3: 0.0: 1.3: 1.2: 0)

table

RF	team	Sp	S.	S2	N1	N	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	0	19: 7	+12	9
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	16: 9	+7	6th
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	9:13	−4	3
4th	Austria	3	0	0	0	3	7:22	−15	0

Group B

June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Germany	-	United States	3: 9	(1: 2.1: 3.1: 1.0: 3)
June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Czech Republic	-	Finland	4: 2	(1: 0.1: 0.1: 1.1: 1)
June 23, 2008	Bratislava	Germany	-	Czech Republic	6: 7	(3: 1.1: 2.2: 2.0: 2)
June 23, 2008	Bratislava	Finland	-	United States	5: 6	(3: 2.0: 1.0: 2.2: 1)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	United States	-	Czech Republic	7: 6	(4: 1.1: 1.1: 4.1: 0)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	Finland	-	Germany	5: 4 a.d.	(0: 2.0: 0.4: 0.0: 2.1: 0)

table

RF	team	Sp	S.	S2	N1	N	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	22:14	+8	9
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	17:15	+2	6th
3	Finland	3	0	1	0	2	13:14	−1	2
4th	Germany	3	0	0	1	2	13:21	−8	1

Preliminary round division I.

Group C

June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Australia	-	United Kingdom	7:11	(1: 4.1: 2.3: 1.2: 4)
June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Bulgaria	-	Brazil	2:13	(0: 2.1: 2.0: 5.1: 4)
June 23, 2008	Bratislava	Australia	-	Bulgaria	10: 3	(2: 1.3: 0.2: 1.3: 1)
June 23, 2008	Bratislava	Brazil	-	United Kingdom	6:11	(0: 3.2: 4.3: 4.1: 0)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	United Kingdom	-	Bulgaria	8: 1	(1: 0.1: 0.4: 0.2: 1)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	Brazil	-	Australia	8: 3	(2: 0.0: 0.5: 2.1: 1)

table

RF	team	Sp	S.	S2	N1	N	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	United Kingdom	3	3	0	0	0	30:14	+16	9
2	Brazil	3	2	0	0	1	27:16	+11	6th
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	20:22	−2	3
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	6:31	−25	0

Group D

June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Hungary	-	Japan	5: 6 a.d.	(1: 2.2: 1.0: 1.1: 0.1: 2)
June 22, 2008	Bratislava	Canada	-	New Zealand	13: 2	(7: 0.2: 0.0: 1.4: 1)
June 23, 2008	Bratislava	Hungary	-	Canada	0:14	(0: 4.0: 4.0: 4.0: 2)
June 23, 2008	Bratislava	New Zealand	-	Japan	5: 7	(1: 1.0: 1.3: 2.1: 3)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	Japan	-	Canada	1:12	(0: 3.1: 2.0: 3.0: 4)
June 24, 2008	Bratislava	New Zealand	-	Hungary	4:11	(1: 1.2: 3.0: 3.1: 4)

table

RF	team	Sp	S.	S2	N1	N	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	39: 3	+36	9
2	Japan	3	1	1	0	1	14:22	−8	5
3	Hungary	3	1	0	1	1	16:24	−8	4th
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	11:31	−20	0

Qualifying games for 4th place in groups A and B.

Qualifying games for 4th place in groups A and B.
June 25, 2008	Bratislava	Germany	-	Canada	11: 3	(3: 0.2: 1.3: 1.3: 1)
June 25, 2008	Bratislava	Austria	-	United Kingdom	6: 1

• Germany and Austria remain in the top division, Canada and Great Britain in division I.

Play-Offs A-Pool

Quarter finals
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	Sweden	-	Finland	9: 3	(3: 0.5: 0.0: 0.1: 3)
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	United States	-	Austria	17: 1	(4: 0.5: 1.4: 0.4: 0)
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	Czech Republic	-	Slovakia	5: 6 a.d.	(0: 0.2: 2.1: 2.2: 1.0: 1)
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	Slovenia	-	Germany	2: 5	(0: 1.1: 1.1: 0.0: 3)
Placement games
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	Czech Republic	-	Finland	10: 8	(1: 4.4: 0.2: 1.3: 3)
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	Slovenia	-	Austria	9: 2	(2: 0.3: 2.3: 0.1: 0)
Semifinals
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	Germany	-	Slovakia	2: 3 a.d.	(0: 1.0: 1.2: 0.0: 0.0: 1)
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	United States	-	Sweden	8:12	(0: 2.6: 5.1: 2.1: 3)
3rd place match
June 28, 2008	Bratislava	United States	-	Germany	7: 8	(3: 1.1: 2.1: 3.2: 2)
final
June 28, 2008	Bratislava	Sweden	-	Slovakia	7: 3	(3: 1.2: 0.1: 1.1: 1)

statistics

Top scorer

player	G	A.	Pts
Pat Lee	8th	10	18th
Dick Axelsson	9	7th	16
Kyle Gouge	11	2	13
Linus Klasen	8th	3	11
Jiri Polansky	7th	4th	11
Aleš Hemský	6th	5	11
Patrick Reimer	6th	5	11
Steven Olesky	2	9	11
Martin Vozdecky	2	9	11

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = playing time (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded;

player	GP	TOI	SO	Sv%	ATM
Gašper Krošelj	5	228: 00	0	93.81	2.21
Dennis Karlsson	6th	259: 12	1	91.90	2.36
Sasu Hovi	5	206: 39	0	91.30	3.83
Tomas Sturala	5	167: 24	0	89.77	3.87
Jozef Ondrejka	6th	290: 21	0	89.62	3.35
Jamie Bufalino	6th	220: 31	0	84.57	4.41
Bernhard Starkbaum	5	215: 25	0	84.46	6.52
Thomas Ower	6th	142: 36	0	83.33	4.29

Play-Offs Division I

Quarter finals
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	Japan	-	Australia	4: 5	(0: 1.0: 2.3: 1.1: 1)
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	Brazil	-	Hungary	5: 3	(1: 0.1: 2.2: 1.1: 0)
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	Canada	-	Bulgaria	9: 1	(2: 1.3: 0.1: 0.3: 0)
June 26, 2008	Bratislava	United Kingdom	-	New Zealand	7-0	(1: 0.1: 0.2: 0.3: 0)
Placement games
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	Hungary	-	New Zealand	7: 6	(3: 2.2: 1.2: 2.0: 1)
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	Japan	-	Bulgaria	11: 5	(2: 1.3: 2.2: 1.4: 1)
Semifinals
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	United Kingdom	-	Brazil	4: 3	(0: 2.1: 0.1: 0.2: 1)
June 27, 2008	Bratislava	Canada	-	Australia	8-0	(3: 0.1: 0.4: 0.0: 0)
3rd place match
June 28, 2008	Bratislava	Australia	-	Brazil	3: 4	(0: 0.0: 1.1: 3.2: 0)
final
June 28, 2008	Bratislava	Canada	-	United Kingdom	7: 4	(1: 0.1: 1.2: 3.3: 0)

statistics

Top scorer

player	G	A.	Pts
Cory Conacher	11	10	21st
John Dolan	13	7th	20th
Bruno Gomes	10	7th	17th
David Hammond	10	7th	17th
Adam Ross	7th	9	16
Mark Thomas	4th	11	15th
Jonathan Clewlow	5	9	14th
Christopher Colegate	3	11	14th
Kirk French	3	11	14th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = playing time (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded;

player	GP	TOI	SO	Sv%	ATM
Derek Shybunka	5	216: 00	2	94.90	0.83
James Tanner	5	240: 00	1	85.16	3.45
Shingo Imagawa	5	192: 39	0	85.06	4.31
Jeremy Muir	5	191: 21	0	84.00	4.52
Danilo Gazinhato	6th	252: 01	0	83.80	3.29
Attila Szoke	5	147: 45	0	81.40	3.90
Konstantin Mihaylov	5	184: 28	0	77.71	7.22
Benjamin Manu	3	96:00	0	75.61	7.50

Final placements

RF	team
1	Sweden
2	Slovakia
3	Germany
4th	United States
5	Slovenia
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Finland
8th	Austria
9	Canada
10	Great Britain
11	Brazil
12	Australia
13	Japan
14th	Hungary
15th	New Zealand
16	Bulgaria

Web links

• official website
• IIHF website for the Inline Hockey World Championship 2008
• Website of Inline-Hockey Deutschland