2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Colombia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates8–14 July
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  United States (14th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Colombia Nicolas Fierro Torres
(15 points)
MVPUnited States Dustin Roux
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 8–14 July 2012 in Colombia.

United States won the tournament by defeating Canada 6–4 in the Final game to capture their 14th title; the Americans finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 6–0–0. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating Italy 4–3 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer was Colombia's Nicolas Fierro Torres. United States' Dustin Roux was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Venues

All games were played at the Coliseo Bicentenario in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Coliseo Bicentenario
Capacity:
 Colombia – Bucaramanga

Rosters

Further information: 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships consisted of at least 6 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster prior to the event.

Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the tournament. 1 nation from Australia, 6 nations from Europe, 3 nations from North American and 6 nations from South America are represented.

Australia
Europe
North America
South America
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Qualified for Group 1 after a top 10 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
  2. ^ a b c d Qualified for Group 2 after a bottom 8 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
  3. ^ a b c d Qualified for Group 2 as new entrant

Seedings and groupings

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2012 FIRS World Championship final rankings. The teams were grouped by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding final ranking).

Group 1

Group 2

5th through 8th placement round

Qualifiers 5th place game
      
LQF3  Colombia 2
LQF1  France 3
WQ2  France 4
WQ1   Switzerland 5
LQF2   Switzerland 6
LQF4  Latvia 4 7th place game
LQ2  Colombia 1
LQ1  Latvia 3

13th through 16th placement round

Qualifiers 15th place game
      
LQF4  Chile 2
LQF1  Mexico 15
WQ1  Mexico 3
WQ2  Venezuela 1
LQF2  Ecuador 1
LQF3  Venezuela 6 13th place game
LQ1  Chile 1
LQ2  Ecuador 2

Ranking and statistics


 2012 FIRS World Championship winners 

United States
14th title


 2012 FIRS National Team World Cup winners 

Germany

Tournament awards

Final standings

The official FIRS final standings of the tournament:

 United States
 Canada
 Czech Republic
4  Italy
5   Switzerland
6  France
7  Latvia
8  Colombia
9  Germany
10  Brazil
11  Australia
12  Argentina
13  Mexico
14  Venezuela
15  Ecuador
16  Chile

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.

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Colombia Nicolas Fierro Torres 6 7 8 15
Mexico Julian Ramirez 6 9 5 14
Canada Thomas Woods 6 8 6 14
Colombia Juan Diego Fierro Miranda 6 7 5 12
United States Joshua Laricchia 6 5 6 11
Brazil Jose Alexandre Guilardi 5 4 7 11
Mexico Allen Rey Gonzales 6 7 3 10
Canada Marcus Pryde 6 7 3 10
United States Dustin Roux 6 7 3 10
Switzerland Diego Schwarzenback 6 6 4 10
Italy Ingemar Gruber 6 6 4 10
Mexico Roberto Ordonez 6 1 9 10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

See also

References