2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates6–11 July 2015
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Great Britain
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored241 (10.48 per game)
Attendance3,440 (150 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Croatia Ivan Jankovic
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The 2015 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 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 5 and 11 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by Croatia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Austria and Bulgaria were relegated to the European Qualification after losing their placement round games along with Latvia who lost the relegation game against Hungary.

Qualification

Seven teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2014 Championship and the 2014 Division I tournaments. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament. The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Israel, Macedonia and Serbia, with Bulgaria winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated in 2013.[1][2] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Argentina, Chile and Hong Kong, with Argentina winning promotion after also being relegated in 2013.[2][3]

  •  Argentina − Winner of the Rest of the World Qualification[3]
  •  Australia − Finished second in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Austria − Finished fifth in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Bulgaria − Winner of the European Qualification[1]
  •  Croatia − Finished third in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Great Britain − Relegated from the 2014 World Championship[5]
  •  Hungary − Finished sixth in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]
  •  Latvia − Finished fourth in 2014 World Championship Division I[4]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 July to 6 July 2014.[1] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning their three games and finishing first in the standings. Israel finished in second place and Serbia in third.[1]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 0 18 7 +11 8 Qualified for Division I
 Israel 3 2 0 0 1 25 22 +3 6
 Serbia 3 1 0 1 1 27 18 +9 4
 North Macedonia 3 0 0 0 3 13 36 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local.

4 July 2014
17:00		Israel 10 – 8
(1–1, 4–1, 0–5, 5–1)		 SerbiaWinter Sports Palace
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4 July 2014Bulgaria 6 – 3
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1, 2–2)		 North MacedoniaWinter Sports Palace
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5 July 2014Israel 14 – 6
(5–3, 2–1, 1–2, 6–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Sports Palace
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5 July 2014Serbia 3 – 4 (OT)
(2–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1, 0–1)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
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6 July 2014North Macedonia 4 – 16
(2–4, 1–3, 0–4, 1–5)		 SerbiaWinter Sports Palace
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6 July 2014Bulgaria 8 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0, 4–1)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
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Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held at the Peru Beach Hockey Arena in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 19 November to 21 November 2014.[3] Argentina gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games and finishing first in the standings.[3] Hong Kong finished in second place after winning their game against Chile.[3]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 0 12 2 +10 6 Qualified for Division I
 Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 1 11 7 +4 3
 Chile 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local.

19 November 2014
21:00		Chile 2 – 9
(1–2, 1–4, 0–3, 0–0)		 Hong KongPeru Beach Hockey Arena
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20 November 2014
21:00		Hong Kong 2 – 5
(0–3, 2–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 ArgentinaPeru Beach Hockey Arena
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21 November 2014
21:00		Argentina 7 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 ChilePeru Beach Hockey Arena
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Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I.[6] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Tampere, Finland.[6] 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+3).

Group C

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 0 36 6 +30 9
 Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 26 11 +15 6
 Austria 3 1 0 0 2 12 17 −5 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 2 42 −40 0
Source: [citation needed]
5 July 2015
13:00		Latvia 12 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0, 5–0)		 AustriaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 90
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5 July 2015
17:00		Bulgaria 1 – 16
(1–0, 0–7, 0–5, 0–4)		 Great BritainHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 127
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6 July 2015
13:00		Latvia 18 – 1
(5–0, 6–0, 5–0, 2–1)		 BulgariaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 124
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6 July 2015
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 4
(0–1, 2–3, 2–0, 1–0)		 AustriaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 252
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7 July 2015
13:00		Austria 8 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 BulgariaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 138
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7 July 2015
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 6
(2–4, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 LatviaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 106
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Group D

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6
 Australia 3 2 0 0 1 17 14 +3 6
 Hungary 3 1 0 1 1 10 12 −2 4
 Argentina 3 0 1 0 2 7 16 −9 2
Source: [citation needed]
5 July 2015
15:00		Croatia 1 – 5
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 HungaryHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 38
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5 July 2015
19:00		Argentina 3 – 6
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1, 1–2)		 AustraliaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 300
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6 July 2015
15:00		Croatia 7 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 ArgentinaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 179
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6 July 2015
19:00		Australia 7 – 2
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0, 4–1)		 HungaryHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 183
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7 July 2015
15:00		Hungary 3 – 4 (OT)
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 ArgentinaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 130
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7 July 2015
19:00		Australia 4 – 9
(0–2, 1–3, 1–1, 2–3)		 CroatiaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 223
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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 quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Austria and Bulgaria were relegated to the European Qualification after losing their placement round games and finished the tournament in seventh and eighth respectively. After winning their placement round games Latvia and Hungary competed in the relegation game with Latvia being relegated to the European Qualification after losing 3–4. The number of teams relegated to the Qualification tournaments was increased from two to three due to a change in format by the IIHF. The change means that three qualification tournaments will be held in the even years, starting in 2016, and the World Championships will be held in the odd years, starting in 2017. The qualification tournaments have been restructured into three regions to lower travel costs with the regions now being Africa / South America, Asia / Oceania, and Europe / North America.[7] In the semifinals Australia defeated Great Britain and Croatia beat Argentina, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Great Britain and Argentina played off for the bronze medal with Great Britain winning 3–2. Croatia defeated Australia 5–4 in overtime in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[7][8]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
D2  Australia 6
C3  Austria 3
QF1  Australia 7
QF2  Great Britain 4
C2  Great Britain 7
D3  Hungary 5
SF1  Australia 4
SF2  Croatia 5
D1  Croatia 23
C4  Bulgaria 0
QF3  Croatia 7 Bronze medal game
QF4  Argentina 0
C1  Latvia 4 SF1  Great Britain 3
D4  Argentina 5 SF2  Argentina 2

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

9 July 2015
13:00		Australia 6 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 2–1, 2–0)		 AustriaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 103
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9 July 2015
15:00		Great Britain 7 – 5
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0, 2–4)		 HungaryHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 119
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9 July 2015
17:00		Croatia 23 – 0
(6–0, 4–0, 7–0, 6–0)		 BulgariaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 82
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9 July 2015
19:00		Latvia 4 – 5
(0–1, 1–0, 1–4, 2–0)		 ArgentinaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 215
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Placement round

10 July 2015
13:00		Hungary 7 – 1
(1–1,2–0,0–0,4–0)		 AustriaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 68
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10 July 2015
15:00		Latvia 14 – 0
(2–0,1–0,4–0,7–0)		 BulgariaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 127
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Semifinals

10 July 2015
17:00		Great Britain 4 – 7
(2–0, 2–3, 0–2, 0–2)		 AustraliaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 101
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10 July 2015
19:00		Croatia 7 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 ArgentinaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 154
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Relegation game

11 July 2015
12:00		Latvia 3 – 4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2)		 HungaryHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 73
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Bronze medal game

11 July 2015
13:00		Great Britain 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 ArgentinaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 191
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Gold medal game

11 July 2015
15:00		Croatia 5 – 4 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 3–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 AustraliaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 317
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Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[9]

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Croatia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
4.  Argentina
5.  Hungary
6.  Latvia
7.  Austria
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.[11]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Croatia Ivan Jankovic 6 12 13 25 +21 1.5 F
Croatia Igor Jacmenjak 6 5 16 21 +17 9.0 F
Latvia Roberts Lipsbergs 6 7 11 18 +10 6.0 D
Latvia Aleksandrs Galkins 6 6 12 18 +19 1.5 D
Croatia Domen Vedlin 6 5 12 17 +16 1.5 D
Latvia Miks Lipsbergs 6 7 9 16 +10 3.0 F
United Kingdom Nathan Finney 6 3 11 14 +10 1.5 D
Latvia Aleksandrs Kercs 6 9 4 13 +13 1.5 F
United Kingdom Sam Jones 6 6 7 13 +10 7.5 F
Latvia Rudolfs Maslovskis 6 6 7 13 +15 0.0 D
Latvia Rustams Begovs 6 2 11 13 +13 3.0 F

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.[12]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Hungary Tamas Kiss 143:28 76 7 1.76 90.79 0
Croatia Mate Tomljenovic 192:08 76 8 1.50 89.47 2
Latvia Kristaps Kruze 201:52 70 9 1.61 87.14 2
Austria Patrick Machreich 204:16 159 23 4.05 85.53 0
Argentina Lucas Marcolongo 259:42 164 27 3.74 83.54 0

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