The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th
IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
The IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships were an annual international men's inline hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The first World Championship was held in 1996 in which eleven nations participat ...
, the premier annual international
inline hockey
Inline hockey or roller hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. The sport is a v ...
tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the
Löfbergs Lila Arena in
Karlstad
Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...
. 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 parentheses 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) 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
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. The last team in each group competed in the
Qualification Games.
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: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Group B
All times are local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Qualification games
The last team from each group of the
Preliminary Round
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competed in the Qualification Games against the top team from each group of the
Division I tournament's Preliminary round
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. 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
Time is local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Game B/D
Time is local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Playoff round
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Placement
7/8 placement
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
5/6 placement
Time is local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Semi-finals
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Bronze medal game
Time is local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Gold medal game
Time is local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
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
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The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey tourn ...
:
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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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
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2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
*
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
21st century in Värmland County