The 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 20th and final IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international

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tournament run by the

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. The World Championship runs alongside the

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tournament and took place between 25 June and 1 July 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia at the

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. The tournament was won by the

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, earning their seventh World Championship title.

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finished in second place and the

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in third after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2015 Division I tournament was won by

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who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion to the World Championship. * − Finished first in the 2015 World Championship * − Winner of 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I * − Finished sixth in the 2015 World Championship * − Finished second in the 2015 World Championship * − Finished seventh in the 2015 World Championship * − Finished fourth in the 2015 World Championship * − Finished third in the 2015 World Championship * − Finished fifth in the 2015 World Championship

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. The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the

tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia. 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 a round-robin, every team advanced to the

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. ''All times are local (

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).''

Group A

Group B

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.

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defeated

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and

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defeated

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in the classification round to finish fifth and sixth respectively. Croatia and Germany moved on to the relegation game where Croatia was defeated 5–8 and was relegated back to Division I for 2019. In the semifinals the

defeated the

and

beat Sweden, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals the Czech Republic and Sweden played off for the bronze medal with the Czech Republic winning 5–2. The United States defeated Finland 4–2 in the gold medal game, earning their seventh World Championship title. ''All times are local (

).''

Quarterfinals

Classification

Semifinals

Relegation game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best Goalkeeper: Troy Redmann **Best Defenseman: Petri Partanen **Best Forward: Matt White

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

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Scoring leaders

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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.

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.

References

External links

World Championship at IIHF.com
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