2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

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2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
File:2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates1 June – 7 June
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Slovakia
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Hungary
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored264 (11.48 per match)
Attendance3,934 (171 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Slovakia Marcel Holovic
2011
2013

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]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 0 37 6 +31 6
 Turkey 2 1 0 0 1 24 11 +13 3
 North Macedonia 2 0 0 0 2 4 48 –48 0

All times are local.

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

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]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 0 18 4 +14 6
 Chinese Taipei 2 1 0 0 1 7 16 –9 3
 South Africa 2 0 0 0 2 8 13 –5 0

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

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 parenthesis 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 GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF 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
1 June 2012
15:00
Australia 4 – 5
(2–3, 1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
1 June 2012
17:00
Bulgaria 0 – 21
(0–7, 0–3, 0–9, 0–2)
 SlovakiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 108
2 June 2012
13:00
Australia 9 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0, 5–0)
 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 50
2 June 2012
17:00
Slovakia 7 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0, 2–1)
 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 75
3 June 2012
13:00
Croatia 16 – 2
(5–1, 2–0, 3–0, 6–1)
 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 127
3 June 2012
17:00
Slovakia 14 – 4
(5–1, 5–0, 1–3, 3–0)
 AustraliaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 314

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF 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
1 June 2012
15:00
Austria 14 – 2
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1, 4–1)
 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
1 June 2012
19:00
New Zealand 3 – 7
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0, 2–3)
 HungarySaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 98
2 June 2012
15:00
Austria 9 – 6
(4–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–3)
 New ZealandSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 235
2 June 2012
19:00
Hungary 9 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0, 4–0)
 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 45
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
3 June 2012
19:00
Hungary 6 – 4
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–1)
 AustriaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 267

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

Placement round

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

5/6 placement

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

Semifinals

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

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

Gold medal game

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

Ranking and statistics

 

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[8]

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Slovakia
Silver medal icon.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg  Austria
4.  Croatia
5.  Australia
6.  Japan
7.  New Zealand
8.  Bulgaria

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 Holovic 6 7 16 23 +19 0.0 F
Slovakia Filip Novak 6 12 10 22 +19 3.0 F
Austria Daniel Oberkofler 6 8 12 20 +11 1.5 F
Slovakia Lukas Ruzicka 6 6 14 20 +18 3.0 F
Slovakia Tomas Jasko 6 8 11 19 +17 0.0 F
Australia Jonathon Bremner 6 10 7 17 +6 3.0 F
Austria Harry Lange 6 7 9 16 +14 7.5 D
Slovakia Roman Simunek 6 7 9 16 +17 0.0 F
Slovakia Peter Sojcik 6 7 9 16 +17 4.5 F
Hungary Arnold Feil 6 8 7 15 +12 1.5 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.[10]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovakia Vladimir Neumann 120:00 52 2 0.60 96.15 2
Hungary Tamas Kiss 166:17 85 6 1.30 92.94 1
Slovakia Roman Hrusovsky 144:00 97 11 2.75 88.66 0
Austria Lorenz Hirn 237:50 144 19 2.88 86.81 0
Croatia Vanja Belic 228:53 150 20 3.15 86.67 1

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c "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.
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  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. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Tournament Progress" (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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