The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th
IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international
inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the
Löfbergs Lila Arena
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in
Karlstad
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. The US team won the final against the Czech Republic 4–3 won their fifth title.
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
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;North America
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Seeding and groups
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the
2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and
2009 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)
Rosters
Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted of at least 8 skaters (
forwards, and
defencemen
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) and 2
goaltender
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s, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.
Preliminary round
Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a
round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the
Playoff round. The last team in each group competed in the
Qualification Games
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.
All games were played at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad.
Group A
All times are local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Group B
All times are local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Qualification games
The last team from each group of the
Preliminary Round competed in the Qualification Games against the top team from each group of the
Division I tournament's Preliminary round. They were placed into two games: teams from Groups A and C played each other in Group A/C, while teams from Groups B and D played each other in Group B/D.
The two winners of these games advanced to the
Top Division Playoff Round. In the Top Division Playoff Round, the winner of the A/C game was seeded A4, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded B4.
The two losers of these games were relegated to the
Division I Playoff Round. In the Division I Playoff Round, the loser of the A/C game was seeded C1, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded D1.
Game A/C
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Game B/D
Time is local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Playoff round
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Placement
7/8 placement
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
5/6 placement
Time is local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Semi-finals
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Bronze medal game
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Gold medal game
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Roman Handl
**Best Defenseman: Sami Markkanen
**Best Forward: Nathan Sigmund
**Most Valuable Player: Dick Axelsson
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to
IIHF:
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.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− =
Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com18:32, 4 July 2010 (UTC) (UTC)
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =
Shutout
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Shutouts are usuall ...
s
Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to the Division I tournament after the qualification games.
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Source
IIHF.com18:35, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
See also
*
2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I was the eighth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were playe ...
*
2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
*
2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
References
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IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
International sports competitions hosted by Sweden
2010 in inline hockey
2010 in Swedish sport
Sports competitions in Karlstad
Inline hockey in Sweden