2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates25 June – 1 July
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Slovenia (2nd title)
Runner-up  Latvia
Third place  Australia
Fourth place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Games played23
Goals scored227 (9.87 per game)
Attendance1,495 (65 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Slovenia Jure Sotlar
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The 2017 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 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship tournament and took place between 25 June and 1 July 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia at the Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2 and Ondrej Nepela Arena. The tournament was won by Slovenia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2019 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While New Zealand and Brazil were relegated to the Qualifications after losing their placement round games along with Hungary who lost the relegation game against Argentina.

Qualification

Thirteen teams attempted to qualify for the three remaining spots in the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament.[1] The other five nations automatically qualified based on their results from the 2015 Championship and 2015 Division I tournament. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament.[1] The Asia/Oceania Qualification tournament was contested between Chinese Taipei, India, Japan and New Zealand with New Zealand winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated in 2012.[2] Malaysia and Singapore were initially announced to be competing in the tournament however later withdrew and were replaced by Chinese Taipei.[3] The Europe Qualification tournament was contested between Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey with Latvia winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated in 2015.[4] Ireland was initially announced to be competed in the tournament however later withdrew.[3] A third qualification tournament representing the regions of the Americas and Africa was originally planned however Brazil was the only registered participant and so gained automatic qualification to Division I.[3]

  •  Argentina − Finished fourth in 2015 World Championship Division I[5]
  •  Australia − Finished second in 2015 World Championship Division I[5]
  •  Brazil − Americas/Africa qualifier[3]
  •  Great Britain − Finished third in 2015 World Championship Division I[5]
  •  Hungary − Finished fifth in 2015 World Championship Division I[5]
  •  Latvia − Winner of the Europe Qualification tournament[4]
  •  New Zealand − Winner of the Asia/Oceania Qualification tournament[2]
  •  Slovenia − Relegated from the 2015 World Championship[6]

Asia/Oceania Qualification

The 2016 IIHF Inline Hockey Qualification Asia/Oceania was held in New Plymouth, New Zealand from 21 to 23 April 2016.[7] New Zealand gained promotion to Division I after winning their three games and finishing first in the standings. Japan finished in second place and Chinese Taipei in third.[7]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 0 49 6 +43 9 Qualified for Division I
 Japan 3 2 0 0 1 51 5 +46 6
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 0 2 29 13 +16 3
 India 3 0 0 0 3 0 105 −105 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local.

21 April 2016
17:30		Japan 6–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 Chinese TaipeiNew Plymouth
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties6.0 min
21 April 2016
19:30		New Zealand 37–0
(8–0, 11–0, 9–0, 9–0)		 IndiaNew Plymouth
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1.5 minPenalties0.0 min
22 April 2016
17:30		India 0–42
(0–12, 0–13, 0–9, 0–8)		 JapanNew Plymouth
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7.5 minPenalties1.5 min
22 April 2016
19:30		New Zealand 7–3
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0, 1–1)		 Chinese TaipeiNew Plymouth
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6.0 minPenalties6.0 min
23 April 2016
17:30		Chinese Taipei 26–0
(1–0, 6–0, 8–0, 11–0)		 IndiaNew Plymouth
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4.5 minPenalties7.5 min
23 April 2016
19:30		Japan 3–5
(1–1, 1–3, 0–1, 1–0)		 New ZealandNew Plymouth
Game reference
1.5 minPenalties6.0 min

Europe Qualification

The 2016 IIHF Inline Hockey Qualification Europe was held in Steindorf, Austria from 22 to 25 June 2016.[8] Latvia gained promotion after defeating Austria 4–2 in the final. Israel finished third place after defeating Macedonia in the 10–5 in the third place match.[8]

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 3 0 0 0 34 4 +30 9
 North Macedonia 3 2 0 0 1 19 21 −2 6
 Serbia 3 1 0 0 2 21 21 0 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 9 37 −28 0
Source: [citation needed]
22 June 2016
16:00		Bulgaria 5–11
(0–3, 3–4, 0–3, 2–1)		 North MacedoniaSteindorf
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties4.5 min
22 June 2016
20:00		Serbia 2–11
(1–3, 0–3, 0–3, 1–2)		 AustriaSteindorf
Game reference
10.5 minPenalties4.5 min
23 June 2016
16:00		Bulgaria 4–14
(2–3, 0–2, 1–2, 1–7)		 SerbiaSteindorf
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6.0 minPenalties10.5 min
23 June 2016
20:00		Austria 11–2
(0–0, 4–0, 5–0, 2–2)		 North MacedoniaSteindorf
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3.0 minPenalties16.0 min
24 June 2016
16:00		North Macedonia 6–5
(4–1, 0–0, 0–2, 2–2)		 SerbiaSteindorf
Game reference
13.5 minPenalties35.0 min
24 June 2016
20:00		Austria 12–0
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 BulgariaSteindorf
Game reference
1.5 minPenalties1.5 min
Group B
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 0 58 6 +52 9
 Israel 3 2 0 0 1 20 23 −3 6
 Belgium 3 1 0 0 2 28 22 +6 3
 Turkey 3 0 0 0 3 5 60 −55 0
Source: [citation needed]
22 June 2016
14:00		Belgium 6–7
(1–2, 2–3, 1–1, 2–1)		 IsraelSteindorf
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties4.5 min
22 June 2016
18:00		Turkey 1–30
(0–12, 0–2, 1–9, 0–7)		 LatviaSteindorf
Game reference
1.5 minPenalties0.0 min
23 June 2016
14:00		Belgium 18–2
(2–0, 6–1, 4–1, 6–0)		 TurkeySteindorf
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4.5 minPenalties0.0 min
23 June 2016
18:00		Latvia 15–1
(4–0, 5–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 IsraelSteindorf
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6.0 minPenalties12.0 min
24 June 2016
14:00		Israel 12–2
(3–0, 4–0, 2–1, 3–1)		 TurkeySteindorf
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6.0 minPenalties1.5 min
24 June 2016
18:00		Latvia 13–4
(2–2, 6–0, 3–0, 2–2)		 BelgiumSteindorf
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties18.0 min

Placement round

7th/8th game

25 June 2016
14:00		Bulgaria 10–4
(2–2, 2–2, 4–0, 2–0)		 TurkeySteindorf
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties1.5 min

5th/6th game

25 June 2016
16:00		Belgium 5–9
(2–1, 0–2, 3–2, 0–4)		 SerbiaSteindorf
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties9.0 min

3rd/4th game

25 June 2016
18:00		North Macedonia 5–10
(0–5, 1–2, 1–1, 3–2)		 IsraelSteindorf
Game reference
13.5 minPenalties35.0 min

1st/2nd game

25 June 2016
20:00		Latvia 4–2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0, 2–1)		 AustriaSteindorf
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties3.0 min

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, and the qualification tournaments.[9] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[9] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):[9]

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
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 0 29 5 +24 9
 Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 14 12 +2 6
 Argentina 3 1 0 0 2 10 19 −9 3
 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 8 25 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]
25 June 2017
13:00		Slovenia 12–1
(0–1, 2–0, 7–0, 3–0)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 98
Game reference
1.5 minPenalties7.5 min
31Shots15
25 June 2017
17:00		Argentina 1–6
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1, 1–2)		 HungaryOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 107
Game reference
9.0 minPenalties10.5 min
13Shots16
26 June 2017
13:00		Argentina 6–4
(1–3, 2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 88
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties3.0 min
25Shots19
26 June 2017
17:00		Hungary 1–8
(0–0, 0–2, 0–3, 1–3)		 SloveniaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 120
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties3.0 min
20Shots44
27 June 2017
13:00		New Zealand 3–7
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2, 1–2)		 HungaryOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 64
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties7.5 min
25Shots19
27 June 2017
17:00		Slovenia 9–3
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 5–1)		 ArgentinaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 72
Game reference
1.5 minPenalties3.0 min
33Shots22

Group D

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 0 26 11 +15 9
 Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 15 10 +5 6
 Australia 3 1 0 0 2 10 13 −3 3
 Brazil 3 0 0 0 3 7 24 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]
25 June 2017
15:00		Australia 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 67
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties4.5 min
14Shots10
25 June 2017
19:00		Great Britain 4–7
(0–0, 1–3, 1–1, 2–3)		 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 110
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties0.0 min
11Shots23
26 June 2017
15:00		Great Britain 4–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 46
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties1.5 min
26Shots21
26 June 2017
19:00		Latvia 6–2
(1–1, 3–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 40
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties15.0 min
29Shots23
27 June 2017
15:00		Brazil 5–13
(1–2, 1–2, 1–3, 2–6)		 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 23
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties4.5 min
20Shots36
27 June 2017
19:00		Australia 1–7
(0–3, 0–3, 0–0, 1–1)		 Great BritainOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 20
Game reference
18.5 minPenalties14.5 min
29Shots32

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 classification round. New Zealand and Brazil were relegated to the Qualifications after losing their classification round games and finished the tournament in seventh and eighth respectively. After winning their classification games Hungary and Argentina competed in the relegation game with Hungary being relegated to the Qualifications after losing 4–5 after a shootout. In the semifinals Slovenia defeated Great Britain and Latvia beat Australia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Great Britain and Australia played off for the bronze medal with Australia winning 7–3. Slovenia defeated Latvia 6–3 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2019 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[10]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  Slovenia 14
B4  Brazil 4
A1  Slovenia 7
B2  Great Britain 4
B2  Great Britain 5
A3  Argentina 3
SF1  Slovenia 6
SF2  Latvia 3
B1  Latvia 12
A4  New Zealand 4
B1  Latvia 3 Bronze medal game
B3  Australia 1
A2  Hungary 2 SF1  Great Britain 3
B3  Australia 4 SF2  Australia 7

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

29 June 2017
13:00		Great Britain 5–3
(1–0, 2–2, 0–0, 2–1)		 ArgentinaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 57
Game reference
12.0 minPenalties4.5 min
18Shots33
30 June 2017
15:00		Hungary 2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 69
Game reference
10.5 minPenalties3.0 min
33Shots39
30 June 2017
17:00		Latvia 12–4
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1, 5–2)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 56
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties3.0 min
40Shots18
30 June 2017
19:00		Slovenia 14–4
(3–2, 5–0, 2–1, 4–1)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 48
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties9.0 min
39Shots17

Classification

30 June 2017
13:00		Argentina 5–4
(2–1, 1–2, 1–0, 1–1)		 BrazilOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 51
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties4.5 min
28Shots16
30 June 2017
15:00		Hungary 5–3
(1–1, 1–2, 0–0, 3–0)		 New ZealandOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 74
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties3.0 min
23Shots27

Semifinals

30 June 2017
17:00		Slovenia 7–4
(2–1, 2–2, 1–0, 2–1)		 Great BritainOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 66
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties7.5 min
22Shots25
30 June 2017
19:00		Latvia 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 38
Game reference
13.0 minPenalties7.5 min
23Shots26

Relegation game

1 July 2017
12:00		Hungary 4 – 5 (SO)
(0–0, 2–0, 1–3, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 ArgentinaOndrej Nepela Arena Rink 2
Attendance: 66
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties4.5 min
17Shots33

Bronze medal game

1 July 2017
13:00		Great Britain 3–7
(2–3, 0–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 AustraliaOndrej Nepela Arena
Attendance: 37
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties17.0 min
22Shots25

Gold medal game

1 July 2017
15:00		Slovenia 6–3
(3–2, 1–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena
Attendance: 78
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties6.0 min
23Shots42

Ranking and statistics

Scoring leaders

Latvia's Rustams Begovs scored twelve goals and five assists in his six games

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.[13]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Slovenia Jure Sotlar 6 8 16 24 +19 0.0 F
Slovenia Gregor Koblar 6 8 11 19 +15 3.0 F
Slovenia Miha Logar 6 4 14 18 +15 0.0 D
Latvia Rustams Begovs 6 12 5 17 +12 4.5 F
Slovenia Mateuz Erman 6 9 6 15 +20 3.0 D
Latvia Aleksandrs Galkins 6 5 10 15 +9 3.0 D
Slovenia Ales Fajdiga 6 10 3 13 +9 4.5 F
Latvia Gatis Sprukts 6 6 7 13 +12 0.0 D
Hungary Ákos Kiss 6 5 7 12 +4 3.0 F
Latvia Rudolfs Maslovskis 6 5 7 12 +11 13.0 F
Slovenia Saso Rajsar 6 4 8 12 +9 3.0 F
Latvia Olafs Aploks 6 3 9 12 +12 0.0 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.[14]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovenia Tomaz Trelc 168:00 94 10 2.85 89.36 0
Hungary David Duschek 255:21 155 18 3.39 88.39 0
Latvia Kristaps Kruze 171:46 76 9 2.52 88.16 0
Australia Michael James 268:45 132 16 2.85 87.88 1
United Kingdom Miles Finney 178:11 95 18 4.85 81.05 0

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