1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

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1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesJuly 1997
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Switzerland
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The 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 2nd IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place at Anaheim, California, United States, with the gold-medal game played July 25, 1997, at the Arrowhead Pond.[2]

Teams[]

The twelve-team tournament was split into two groups.

Group A comprised

and Group B comprised

Tournament[]

Preliminary round[]

Scores
July 17, 1997Canada 10 - 4 Finland
July 17, 1997 6 - 5 Germany
July 17, 1997United States 11 - 6  Switzerland
July 17, 1997Australia 9 - 3 
July 17, 1997Czech Republic 10 - 5 
July 17, 1997Italy 6 - 4 
July 18, 1997Switzerland  9 - 3 Finland
July 18, 1997Canada 13 - 6 Germany
July 18, 1997United States 11 - 3 
July 18, 1997Italy 12 - 4 
July 18, 1997 7 - 7 
July 18, 1997Czech Republic 15 - 6 Australia
July 19, 1997Canada 15 - 5  Switzerland
July 19, 1997Italy 9 - 5 Australia
July 19, 1997Finland 10 - 5 
July 19, 1997Czech Republic 14 - 4 
July 19, 1997 11 - 4 
July 19, 1997United States 16 - 3 Germany
July 20, 1997United States 9 - 6 Canada
July 20, 1997 8 - 8 Australia
July 20, 1997 6 - 6  Switzerland
July 20, 1997 4 - 3 Italy
July 20, 1997Finland 9 - 5 Germany
July 20, 1997Czech Republic 15 - 2 
July 21, 1997Canada 12 - 6 
July 21, 1997Switzerland  9 - 5 Germany
July 21, 1997United States 7 - 4 Finland
July 21, 1997 18 - 5 
July 21, 1997 9 - 5 Australia
July 21, 1997Czech Republic 6 - 2 Italy
Group A standings
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 5 5 0 0 54 22 32 10
 Canada 5 4 1 0 56 30 18 8
  Switzerland 5 2 2 1 35 40 -5 5
 Finland 5 2 3 0 30 36 -6 4
  5 1 3 1 26 44 -19 3
 Germany 5 0 5 0 24 53 -29 0
Group B standings
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 Czech Republic 5 5 0 0 64 19 45 10
  5 3 1 1 36 29 7 7
 Italy 5 3 2 0 32 23 9 6
  5 1 2 2 41 40 1 4
 Australia 5 1 3 1 33 44 -11 3
  5 0 5 0 18 69 -51 0

Playoff round[]

Quarterfinals[]

July 23, 1997Switzerland  10 - 9 Czech Republic
July 23, 1997 8 - 4 Finland

Semifinals[]

July 24, 1997Canada 8 - 0  Switzerland
July 24, 1997United States 11 - 3 

Gold medal game[]

July 25, 1997United States 5 - 4 Canada

Bronze medal game[]

July 25, 1997Switzerland  5 - 2 

Consolation round[]

July 23, 1997 7 - 6 Australia
July 23, 1997Italy 12 - 3 
July 24, 1997 6 - 4 Italy
July 24, 1997Australia 13 - 6 
July 24, 1997Germany 12 - 4 

5th place game[]

July 24, 1997Czech Republic 8 - 5 Finland

7th place game[]

July 25, 1997Germany 8 - 4 

9th place game[]

July 25, 1997Italy 9 - 6 

References[]

  1. ^ IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships
  2. ^ "Team Canada Defeats Finland 10-4 at World In-Line Hockey Championship Tournament Opener".
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