IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship 2009

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	Winner: Sweden

The 13th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was held for the fifth time in Germany from June 6th to 13th, 2009 . Ingolstadt acts as the venue , where games are played in the Saturn Arena and an adjoining hall.

Attendees

The Saturn Arena

The 16 teams will be, as with the previous World Championships, in the Top Division and the Division I split. The results of the 2008 World Cup result in the following breakdown:

Top division	Sweden	Slovakia	Germany	United States
	Slovenia	Czech Republic	Finland	Canada
Division I.	Austria	United Kingdom	Brazil	Australia
	Japan	Hungary	Taiwan	South Africa

qualification

After Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated from Division I last year, two places were still open for the tournament.

Taiwan was nominated by the association as an Asian-Oceanic qualifier . In the African qualification, South Africa prevailed against Namibia . The two games in the series in Best-of-Two mode took place on August 24th and 30th, 2008. South Africa won the first game 3-2, so a 1-1 draw in the second leg was enough for them to participate in the World Cup.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the teams played the placements for the quarterfinals in four groups of four teams. The bottom two of the group in the top division then had to play a subsequent qualification for the quarter-finals against the group winners of division I.

Top division

Group A

In the balanced group A, the US team prevailed over the reigning world champion Sweden. The Czech Republic reached the quarter-finals in third place, although they were defeated by Canada on the final day of the preliminary round, which meant that they had to qualify for the quarter-finals.

June 7, 2009 2:00 p.m.	United States	6: 5 n.P. (2: 3, 1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report	Czech Republic	Saturn Arena , Ingolstadt Spectators: 843
June 7, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Canada	4: 6 (2: 0, 2: 3, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report	Sweden	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 751
June 8, 2009 4:00 p.m.	United States	7: 4 (2: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0, 3: 3) game report	Canada	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 250
June 8, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	8: 9 (2: 2, 3: 1, 2: 4, 1: 2) match report	Czech Republic	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt spectators: 350
June 9, 2009 2:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	3: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report	Canada	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 270
June 9, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	7: 6 n.P. (0: 2, 2: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report	United States	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 890

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	1	1	1	0	19:16	6th
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	0	1	21:19	5
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	17:18	4th
4th	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	12:16	3

Group B

Group B saw the German team confidently reach the quarter-finals with three wins. Peppered with various players from the German Ice Hockey League , including Thomas Greilinger , Michael Wolf , Patrick Reimer and Eduard Lewandowski , they were able to finish the preliminary round with nine points and 27:10 goals. Behind them Finland and Slovenia took the places, while the silver medal winner of the previous year, Slovakia, had to go to the quarter-final relegation.

June 6, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Germany	7: 5 (3: 1, 0: 1, 3: 2, 1: 1) game report	Slovenia	Saturn Arena , Ingolstadt Spectators: 2,500
June 7, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Slovenia	8: 7 n.V. (2: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2, 2: 4, 1: 0) Match report	Slovakia	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 861
June 7, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Germany	7: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) match report	Finland	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt spectators: 2,600
June 8, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Slovakia	0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report	Finland	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 250
June 9, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Finland	4: 3 (2: 0, 2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report	Slovenia	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 204
June 9, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Slovakia	4:13 (0: 2, 3: 3, 1: 3, 0: 5) game report	Germany	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt spectators: 2,400

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	0	27:10	9
2.	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	10:10	6th
3.	Slovenia	3	0	1	0	2	16:18	2
4th	Slovakia	3	0	0	1	2	11:26	1

Division I.

Group C

Relegated Austria could confidently win the group and qualify for the quarter-final relegation. Australia and Japan came in behind, while the newcomer from Taiwan came last without a chance.

June 7, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Australia	5: 4 n.P. (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report	Japan	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 350
June 7, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Taiwan	5:19 (1: 5, 1: 6, 2: 5, 1: 3) game report	Austria	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 390
June 8, 2009 2:00 p.m.	Australia	18: 3 (3: 0, 7: 1, 4: 2, 4: 0) game report	Taiwan	Saturn Arena , Ingolstadt Spectators: 65
June 8, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Austria	8: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0) game report	Japan	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 150
June 9, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Japan	8: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report	Taiwan	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 135
June 9, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Austria	7: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report	Australia	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 225

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria	3	3	0	0	0	34: 06	9
2.	Australia	3	1	1	0	1	23:14	5
3.	Japan	3	1	0	1	1	13:13	4th
4th	Taiwan	3	0	0	0	3	08:45	0

Group D

Just as confident as Austria in Group C, the Brazilians took first place in Group D. Great Britain followed in second place ahead of Hungary. Newcomers South Africa came in last.

June 7, 2009 3:00 p.m.	Brazil	6: 4 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 3, 3: 0) game report	Hungary	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 400
June 7, 2009 7:00 p.m.	South Africa	1: 5 (0: 3, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report	Great Britain	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 63
June 8, 2009 3:00 p.m.	Brazil	5: 3 (3: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0) game report	South Africa	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 102
June 8, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Great Britain	10: 4 (2: 1, 3: 0, 1: 3, 4: 0) match report	Hungary	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 123
June 9, 2009 3:00 p.m.	Hungary	11: 2 (4: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0) match report	South Africa	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 85
June 9, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Great Britain	2: 5 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 4) game report	Brazil	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	0	16: 09	9
2.	Great Britain	3	2	0	0	1	17:10	6th
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	0	2	19:18	3
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	06:21	0

Quarter-final qualification

In the quarter-final qualification, the group fourths of the top division met the group leaders of division I. With Canada and Slovakia, the group fourths of the top division prevailed in both duels and thus also took part in the quarter-finals of this division. Austria and Brazil stayed in Division I, but still had a chance of promotion to the A group thanks to a final victory in Division I.

June 10, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Canada	4: 3 (3: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report	Austria	Saturn Arena , Ingolstadt Spectators: 238
June 10, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Slovakia	6: 3 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1) game report	Brazil	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 265

Final round

Top division

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

United States

6th

B4

Slovakia

2

A1

United States

8th

B2

Finland

4th

B2

Finland

4th

A3

Czech Republic

3

A1

United States

6th

A2

Sweden

7th

B1

Germany

8th

A4

Canada

3

B1

Germany

6th

3rd place match

A2

Sweden

8th

A2

Sweden

8th

B2

Finland

5

B3

Slovenia

3

B1

Germany

9

Quarter finals

June 11, 2009 2:00 p.m.	Sweden	8: 3 (1: 1, 2: 0, 3: 1, 2: 1) game report	Slovenia	Saturn Arena , Ingolstadt Spectators: 463
June 11, 2009 4:00 p.m.	United States	6: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) match report	Slovakia	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 855
June 11, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Finland	4: 3 a.d. (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report	Czech Republic	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt spectators: 1,830
June 11, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Germany	8: 3 (2: 0, 1: 0, 4: 1, 1: 2) game report	Canada	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt spectators: 3,600

Play for 5th place

June 12, 2009 2:00 p.m.

Slovenia

6: 4 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2, 3: 0) match report

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 183

Game for 7th place

June 12, 2009 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

1: 8 (1: 1, 0: 4, 0: 1, 0: 2) match report

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 380

Semifinals

June 12, 2009 6:00 p.m.	United States	8: 4 (1: 0, 3: 1, 2: 2, 2: 1) game report	Finland	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 1,102
June 12, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Germany	6: 8 (2: 1, 3: 3, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report	Sweden	Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators: 3,100

3rd place match

June 13, 2009 4:00 p.m.

Finland

5: 9 (2: 4, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 3) game report

Germany

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt spectators: 2,300

final

June 13, 2009 6:00 p.m.

United States

6: 7 (2: 2, 0: 2, 3: 0, 1: 3) game report

Sweden

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Spectators:

Division I.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

C1

Austria

8th

D4

South Africa

2

C1

Austria

9

D3

Hungary

1

C2

Australia

4th

D3

Hungary

5

C1

Austria

2

D2

Great Britain

1

D1

Brazil

10

C4

Taiwan

0

D1

Brazil

3

3rd place match

D2

Great Britain

5

D2

Great Britain

5

D1

Brazil

4th

C3

Japan

2

D3

Hungary

3

Quarter finals

June 11, 2009 1 p.m.	Australia	4: 5 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2, 2: 3) game report	Hungary	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 189
June 11, 2009 3:00 p.m.	Great Britain	5: 2 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1, 3: 1) game report	Japan	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 193
June 11, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Austria	8: 2 (2: 0, 4: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0) match report	South Africa	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 211
June 11, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Brazil	10: 0 (0: 0, 5: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0) game report	Taiwan	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 123

Placement games rank 5 to 8

June 12, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Japan	9: 2 (3: 1, 3: 1, 3: 0, 0: 1) game report	South Africa	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 65
June 12, 2009 3:00 p.m.	Australia	15: 7 (5: 1, 4: 0, 3: 1, 3: 5) game report	Republic of China	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators:

Semifinals

June 12, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Brazil	3: 5 (0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1) game report	Great Britain	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 175
June 12, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Austria	9: 1 (4: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) match report	Hungary	Saturn Arena Hall 2, Ingolstadt Spectators: 123

3rd place match

June 13, 2009 12:00 p.m.

Brazil

4: 3 (0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) match report

Hungary

Saturn Arena , Ingolstadt Spectators: 118

final

June 13, 2009 2:00 p.m.

Austria

2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Great Britain

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt spectators: 500

Final placements

Top division RF team 1 Sweden 2 United States 3 Germany 4th Finland 5 Slovenia 6th Czech Republic 7th Canada 8th Slovakia

Division I. RF team 1 Austria 2 Great Britain 3 Brazil 4th Hungary 5 Australia 6th Japan 7th South Africa 8th Taiwan

Web links

• official website
• Overview of the tournament on the website of the International Ice Hockey Federation