2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

The 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 18th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their sixth World Championship title. Sweden finished in second place and Canada in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia after losing their placement round game and finishing last in the standings was relegated to Division I for 2014.

2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates2 June – 8 June
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (6th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored239 (10.39 per game)
Attendance7,040 (306 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Travis Noe
← 2012
2014 →

Qualification

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Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2012 Division I tournament was won by Slovakia who defeated Hungary in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2011.[1][2]

Seeding and groups

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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.[4] The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Dresden, Germany.[4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

Preliminary round

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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 A

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 0 0 22 7 +15 9
  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 19 9 +10 6
  Slovenia 3 0 1 0 2 10 26 −16 2
  Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]
2 June 2013
14:00
Slovenia  3 – 13
(1–4, 0–2, 1–4, 1–3)
  United StatesDresden Arena
Attendance: 550
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2 June 2013
20:00
Slovakia  1 – 6
(0–1, 0–3, 1–0, 0–2)
  CanadaDresden Arena
Attendance: 190
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3 June 2013
14:00
Slovenia  4 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
  SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 110
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3 June 2013
18:00
Canada  3 – 5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–2)
  United StatesDresden Arena
Attendance: 275
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4 June 2013
14:00
United States  4 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
  SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 75
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4 June 2013
18:00
Canada  10 – 3
(3–2, 3–0, 1–1, 3–0)
  SloveniaDresden Arena
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Group B

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
  Finland 3 2 1 0 0 20 12 +8 8
  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 22 11 +11 6
  Czech Republic 3 1 0 1 1 12 17 −5 4
  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
2 June 2013
16:00
Finland  5 – 4 (OT)
(0–0, 0–3, 3–0, 1–1, 1–0)
  Czech RepublicDresden Arena
Attendance: 785
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2 June 2013
18:00
Sweden  7 – 1
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0, 2–1)
  GermanyDresden Arena
Attendance: 1420
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3 June 2013
16:00
Finland  7 – 4
(2–1, 3–1, 1–2, 1–0)
  SwedenDresden Arena
Attendance: 200
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3 June 2013
20:00
Germany  1 – 5
(0–2, 0–1, 1–2, 0–0)
  Czech RepublicDresden Arena
Attendance: 350
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4 June 2013
16:00
Czech Republic  3 – 11
(2–6, 1–1, 0–2, 0–2)
  SwedenDresden Arena
Attendance: 90
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4 June 2013
20:00
Germany  4 – 8
(0–3, 1–2, 1–0, 2–3)
  FinlandDresden Arena
Attendance: 220
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Playoff round

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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. Slovenia was relegated after losing the final placement round game against Finland, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and Germany finished sixth following their win over Finland. In the semifinals Sweden defeated Canada and the United States beat Slovakia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Canada and Slovakia played off for the bronze medal with Canada winning 5–1. The United States defeated Sweden 6–3 in the gold medal game, earning their sixth World Championship title.[5]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
B2   Sweden 12
A3   Slovenia 3
QF1   Sweden 10
QF2   Canada 5
A2   Canada 8
B3   Czech Republic 5
SF1   Sweden 3
SF2   United States 6
A1   United States 7
B4   Germany 4
QF3   United States 11 Bronze medal game
QF4   Slovakia 4
B1   Finland 3 SF1   Canada 5
A4   Slovakia 4 SF2   Slovakia 1

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

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6 June 2013
14:00
Canada  8 – 5
(2–5, 3–0, 2–0, 1–0)
  Czech RepublicDresden Arena
Attendance: 130
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6 June 2013
16:00
Sweden  12 – 3
(3–1, 4–1, 4–1, 1–0)
  SloveniaDresden Arena
Attendance: 150
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6 June 2013
18:00
Finland  3 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
  SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 210
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6 June 2013
20:00
United States  7 – 4
(3–1, 0–2, 2–0, 2–1)
  GermanyDresden Arena
Attendance: 335
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Placement round

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7 June 2013
14:00
Czech Republic  7 – 2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1, 3–1)
  SloveniaDresden Arena
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7 June 2013
20:00
Finland  5 – 7
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3, 3–1)
  GermanyDresden Arena
Attendance: 230
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Relegation game

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8 June 2013
11:00
Finland  8 – 3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–0, 3–1)
  SloveniaDresden Arena
Attendance: 35
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Semifinals

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7 June 2013
16:00
Sweden  10 – 5
(2–0, 2–2, 0–3, 6–0)
  CanadaDresden Arena
Attendance: 120
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7 June 2013
18:00
United States  11 – 4
(4–0, 4–1, 0–3, 3–0)
  SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 160
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Bronze medal game

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8 June 2013
16:30
Canada  5 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
  SlovakiaDresden Arena
Attendance: 570
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Gold medal game

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8 June 2013
19:00
United States  6 – 3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–0, 3–1)
  SwedenDresden Arena
Attendance: 835
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Ranking and statistics

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 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners 
 
United States
6th title

Tournament Awards

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Final standings

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

Rk. Team
    United States
    Sweden
    Canada
4.   Slovakia
5.   Czech Republic
6.   Germany
7.   Finland
8.   Slovenia

Scoring leaders

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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
  Travis Noe 6 11 9 20 +10 1.5 F
  Marcus Nilsson 6 6 14 20 +14 3.0 F
  Daniel Brolin 6 4 16 20 +15 6.0 D
  Henrik Hoglund 6 13 5 18 +13 3.0 F
  Kristian Luukkonen 6 7 11 18 +12 7.5 F
  Thomas Woods 6 7 9 16 +8 1.5 F
  Chris Terry 6 9 6 15 +7 19.0 F
  Matt White 6 9 4 13 +9 1.5 F
  Adam Ross 6 5 8 13 +2 4.5 D
  Max Grassi 6 4 9 13 +1 4.5 F
  Dick Axelsson 6 3 10 13 +7 14.5 F

Leading goaltenders

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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
  Jerry Kuhn Ill 192:00 93 11 2.06 88.17 0
  Brett Leggat 279:11 177 24 3.09 86.44 0
  Jahu Taponen 205:09 105 15 2.63 85.71 0
  Dennis Karlsson 120:00 66 10 3.00 84.85 0
  Vladimir Neumann 144:00 105 16 4.00 84.76 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. ^ "2011 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  4. ^ a b "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  5. ^ "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  6. ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  7. ^ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  8. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  9. ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
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