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2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
The 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 16th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 19 and 25 June in the Czech Republic. The games were played in the ČEZ Arena (Pardubice), ČEZ Arena in Pardubice. Venue Nations The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented. ;Europe * * * * * * ;North America * * Seeding and groups The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding): Group A * (1) * (4) * (5) * (8) Group B * (2) * (3) * (6) * (7) Preliminary round Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nations
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those features. Some nations are equated with ethnic groups (see ethnic nationalism) and some are equated with affiliation to a social and political constitution (see civic nationalism and multiculturalism). A nation is generally more overtly political than an ethnic group. A nation has also been defined as a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity and particular interests. The consensus among scholars is that nations are socially constructed and historically contingent. Throughout history, people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions, territorial authorities and their homeland, but nationalism – the belief that state and nation should align as a nation state – did not become a promine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
