The 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 8–14 July 2012 in

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. United States won the tournament by defeating Canada 6–4 in the

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to capture their 14th title; the Americans finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 6–0–0. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating Italy 4–3 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer was

's Nicolas Fierro Torres. United States' Dustin Roux was named the

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of the tournament.

Venues

All games were played at the

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in Bucaramanga,

Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships consisted of at least 6 skaters ( forwards, and

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) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster prior to the event.

Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the tournament. 1 nation from Australia, 6 nations from Europe, 3 nations from North American and 6 nations from South America are represented. ;Australia * ;Europe * * * * * * ;North America * * * ;South America * * * * * *

Seedings and groupings

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2012 FIRS World Championship final rankings. The teams were grouped by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding final ranking).

Group 1

Pool A * (1) * (4) * (5) * (10) Pool B * (2) * (3) * (6) * (7)

Group 2

Pool C * (11) * (16) * (B) * (L) Pool D * (12) * (13) * (C) * (E)

5th through 8th placement round

13th through 16th placement round

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the tournament directors: ** Best Goalkeeper:

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** Most Valuable Player: Dustin Roux * Fair Play:

Final standings

The official FIRS final standings of the tournament:

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''

External links

Official website
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