2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates1 June – 7 June
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Slovakia
Runner-up  Hungary
Third place  Austria
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored264 (11.48 per game)
Attendance3,934 (171 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Slovakia Marcel Holovic

The 2012 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 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2012 in Ingolstadt, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovakia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

Qualification

Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2011 World Championship and the 2011 Division I tournaments.[1] Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament.[1] The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot.[2] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Chinese Taipei, New Zealand and South Africa, with New Zealand winning promotion.[3]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 2 September 2011 to 4 September 2011.[2] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Macedonia and Turkey. Turkey finished in second place after they won their other game against the Macedonian team.[2]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 0 37 6 +31 6 Qualified for Division I
 Turkey 2 1 0 0 1 24 11 +13 3
 North Macedonia 2 0 0 0 2 4 48 −44 0
Source:

All times are local.

2 September 2011
20:00		North Macedonia 2 – 20
(0–7, 0–5, 1–3, 1–5)		 TurkeyWinter Palace
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3 September 2011
18:00		Bulgaria 28 – 2
(6–1, 9–0, 4–1, 9–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Palace
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4 September 2011
14:00		Turkey 4 – 9
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2, 2–3)		 BulgariaWinter Palace
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Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held at the New Plymouth Rollersports Arena in New Plymouth, New Zealand from 18 November 2011 to 20 November 2011.[3] New Zealand gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and South Africa. Chinese Taipei finished in second place after they won their other game against the South African team.[3]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 0 18 4 +14 6 Qualified for Division I
 Chinese Taipei 2 1 0 0 1 7 16 −9 3
 South Africa 2 0 0 0 2 8 13 −5 0
Source:

All times are local.

18 November 2011
19:30		Chinese Taipei 1 – 11
(0–4, 0–3, 1–2, 0–2)		 New ZealandNew Plymouth Rollersports Arena
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19 November 2011
19:30		South Africa 5 – 6
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 1–2)		 Chinese TaipeiNew Plymouth Rollersports Arena
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20 November 2011
16:30		New Zealand 7 – 3
(1–2, 4–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 South AfricaNew Plymouth Rollersports Arena
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Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Ingolstadt, Germany.[1] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses 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+2).

Group C

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 0 42 6 +36 9
 Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 23 13 +10 6
 Australia 3 1 0 0 2 17 20 −3 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 3 46 −43 0
Source:
1 June 2012
15:00		Australia 4 – 5
(2–3, 1–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
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1 June 2012
17:00		Bulgaria 0 – 21
(0–7, 0–3, 0–9, 0–2)		 SlovakiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 108
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2 June 2012
13:00		Australia 9 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0, 5–0)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 50
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2 June 2012
17:00		Slovakia 7 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 75
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3 June 2012
13:00		Croatia 16 – 2
(5–1, 2–0, 3–0, 6–1)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 127
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3 June 2012
17:00		Slovakia 14 – 4
(5–1, 5–0, 1–3, 3–0)		 AustraliaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 314
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Group D

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 22 7 +15 9
 Austria 3 2 0 0 1 27 14 +13 6
 Japan 3 0 1 0 2 12 18 −6 2
 New Zealand 3 0 0 1 2 4 26 −22 1
Source:
1 June 2012
15:00		Austria 14 – 2
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1, 4–1)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
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1 June 2012
19:00		New Zealand 3 – 7
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0, 2–3)		 HungarySaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 98
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2 June 2012
15:00		Austria 9 – 6
(4–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–3)		 New ZealandSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 235
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2 June 2012
19:00		Hungary 9 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0, 4–0)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 45
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3 June 2012
15:00		Japan 2 – 3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 New ZealandSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 318
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3 June 2012
19:00		Hungary 6 – 4
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–1)		 AustriaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 267
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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 quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Australia and Japan advanced to a 5/6 placement game with Australia defeating Japan 7–3. In the semifinals Hungary defeated Austria and Slovakia defeating Croatia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Austria and Croatia played off for the bronze medal with Austria winning in overtime. Slovakia defeated Hungary 5–4 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[6]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
D2  Austria 7
C3  Australia 2
QF1  Hungary 5
QF2  Austria 2
D1  Hungary 12
C4  Bulgaria 2
SF1  Hungary 4
SF2  Slovakia 5
C1  Slovakia 14
D3  Japan 0
QF3  Slovakia 5 Bronze medal game
QF4  Croatia 3
C2  Croatia 5 SF1  Austria 7
D4  New Zealand 0 SF2  Croatia 6

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 June 2012
13:00		Croatia 5 – 0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 New ZealandSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 128
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5 June 2012
15:00		Austria 7 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 AustraliaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193
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5 June 2012
17:00		Slovakia 14 – 0
(0–0, 5–0, 5–0, 4–0)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 208
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5 June 2012
19:00		Hungary 12 – 2
(1–0, 3–1, 5–0, 3–1)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 231
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Placement round

6 June 2012
13:00		New Zealand 2 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
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6 June 2012
15:00		Australia 16 – 4
(4–2, 2–0, 6–2, 4–0)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
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5/6 placement

7 June 2012
10:00		Australia 7 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1, 2–1)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123
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Semifinals

6 June 2012
17:00		Hungary 5 – 2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 AustriaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 118
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6 June 2012
19:00		Slovakia 5 – 3
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1, 2–1)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193
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Bronze medal game

7 June 2012
12:00		Austria 7 – 6 (OT)
(1–3, 3–1, 1–1, 1–1 , 1–0)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 331
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Gold medal game

7 June 2012
14:00		Slovakia 5 – 4
(1–1, 4–1, 0–2, 0–0)		 HungarySaturn Arena
Attendance: 400
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Ranking and statistics

Final standings

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

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Slovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Austria
4. Croatia
5. Australia
6. Japan
7. New Zealand
8. Bulgaria

Tournament Awards

Scoring leaders

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.[9]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Slovakia Marcel Holovic671623+190.0F
Slovakia Filip Novak6121022+193.0F
Austria Daniel Oberkofler681220+111.5F
Slovakia Lukas Ruzicka661420+183.0F
Slovakia Tomas Jasko681119+170.0F
Australia Jonathon Bremner610717+63.0F
Austria Harry Lange67916+147.5D
Slovakia Roman Simunek67916+170.0F
Slovakia Peter Sojcik67916+174.5F
Hungary Arnold Feil68715+121.5F

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.[10]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovakia Vladimir Neumann120:005220.6096.152
Hungary Tamas Kiss166:178561.3092.941
Slovakia Roman Hrusovsky144:0097112.7588.660
Austria Lorenz Hirn237:50144192.8886.810
Croatia Vanja Belic228:53150203.1586.671

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. 1 2 3 "2011-2012 IIHF European InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "2011-2012 IIHF Rest of the World InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  5. ↑ "2011 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  6. ↑ "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  7. ↑ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  8. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  9. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  10. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
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