2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	May 26 – June 1
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	450 (9.78 per match)
Attendance	22,486 (489 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Michael Wolf – 7 goals
MVP	Gasper Kroselj
← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was divided into two divisions, the top division, for the teams ranked 1st–8th in the world. Additionally, Division I consisted of the teams ranked 9th–16th in the world. All 16 teams would be eligible to win the top division world championship. At the conclusion of pool play, the last placed teams in pools A & B played in cross-over games against the winners of pool C & D. The winners advanced to the playoff in the top division, while the losers were entered into the Division I playoff round.

Top Division[]

Preliminary Round[]

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Germany	3	2	0	0	1	22	8	14	6
United States	3	2	0	0	1	20	9	11	6
Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10	17	−7	6
	3	0	0	0	3	6	24	−18	0

May 26, 2007 20:00

Germany

10–0 ( 2–0, 3–0, 1–0,4–0 )

Czech Republic

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 3,126

Game reference
	(1) 6:56 (PP)(GWG) Michael Wolf (1) 11:10 (PP) Boris Blank (1) 13:03 (ES) Michael Wolf (2) 15:23 (ES) Michael Wolf (3) 20:36 (ES) Aleksander Polaczek (1) 35:11 (ES) Michael Wolf (4) 39:05 (ES) Boris Blank (2) 40:14 (ES) (1) 45:19 (ES) (1) 47:31 (PP) Goals

May 27, 2007 18:00

United States

3–4 ( 2–1, 1–0, 0–2, 0–1 )

Czech Republic

Passau, Germany Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	(1) 0:15 (ES) (1) 1:04 (ES) (2) 18:39 (PP) Goals (1) 11:30 (PP) (1) 25:56 (ES) Martin Koudelka (1) 29:58 (ES) Martin Koudelka (2) 47:58 (ES)(GWG)

May 27, 2007 20:00

Germany

8–1 ( 0–0, 2–0, 1–0, 5–1 )

Passau, Germany Attendance: 1,890

Game reference
	(1) 14:50 (ES) Patrick Reimer (1) 22:09 (ES)(GWG) Patrick Reimer (2) 32:42 (ES) (1) 36:35 (ES) Aleksander Polaczek (2) 37:17 (ES) Boris Blank (3) 37:28 (ES) (2) 39:24 (SH) Aleksander Polaczek (3) 41:16 (ES) Goals Gregor Baumgartner (1) 39:32 (PP)

May 28, 2007 20:00

1–10 ( 1–1, 0–3, 0–6, 0–0 )

United States

Passau, Germany Attendance: 300

Game reference
	(1) 5:12 (PP) Goals (2) 3:58 (ES) (1) 18:30 (ES)(GWG) (3) 18:45 (ES) (1) 20:39 (ES) (4) 26:23 (ES) (3) 28:01 (PP) (2) 29:30 (ES) (1) 31:10 (SH) (1) 33:25 (ES) Derek Kern (1) 35:27 (PP)

May 29, 2007 18:00

Czech Republic

6–4 ( 2–0, 3–0, 0–2, 1–2 )

Passau, Germany Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Jiri Polansky (1) 10:42 (ES) Jiri Polansky (2) 11:27 (PP) (1) 19:02 (ES) (1) 21:04 (ES) (1) 22:36 (PP)(GWG) (2) 45:14 (ES) Goals Gregor Baumgartner (2) 25:29 (ES) (1) 31:10 (PP) Gregor Baumgartner (3) 44:30 (ES) Gregor Baumgartner (4) 46:46 (ES)

May 29, 2007 20:00

United States

7–4 ( 3–2, 2–0, 1–2, 1–0 )

Germany

Passau, Germany Attendance: 1,800

Game reference
	(1) 2:04 (ES) (1) 4:26 (PP) (2) 4:48 (ES) (5) 13:56 (PP) (1) 23:21 (PP)(GWG) (2) 30:26 (ES) (2) 46:05 (PS) Goals Aleksander Polaczek (4) 1:05 (ES) Michael Wolf (5) 2:31 (ES) Michael Wolf (6) 24:46 (ES) (3) 32:22 (ES)

Group B[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
	3	2	1	0	0	13	6	7	8
Sweden	3	2	0	1	0	19	7	12	7
Finland	3	1	0	0	2	11	9	2	3
Slovakia	3	0	0	0	3	7	28	−21	0

May 27, 2007 18:00

4 – 3 (2OT) ( 0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0 )

Sweden

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 390

Game reference
	(1) 21:16 (ES) (1) 32:36 (ES) (2) 36:38 (ES) Matic Kralj (1) 53:00 (ES)(GWG) Goals (1) 10:51 (ES) Jonas Karlsson (1) 26:26 (ES) (1) 42:13 (ES)

May 27, 2007 20:00

Finland

8–4 ( 2–0, 1–3, 1–0, 4–1 )

Slovakia

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 410

Game reference
	(1) 4:07 (ES) (1) 7:05 (ES) (1) 20:05 (ES) (1) 31:12 (PP) (1) 36:48 (ES)(GWG) Camilo Miettinen (1) 37:55 (ES) Jani Honkanen (1) 42:29 (ES) (1) 44:44 (PP) Goals (1) 17:46 (ES) Milan Bartovic (1) 19:14 (PP) (1) 21:53 (ES) (2) 41:46 (ES)

May 28, 2007 18:00

Sweden

13–1 ( 4–1, 2–0, 6–0, 1–0 )

Slovakia

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 500

Game reference
	(1) 4:31 (ES) Linus Klasen (1) 6:37 (PP)(GWG) (2) 8:25 (ES) (2) 10:23 (ES) Andreas Svensson (1) 13:51 (PP) (1) 19:00 (ES) Per Ledin (1) 24:40 (PP) Bjorn Eriksson (1) 25:50 (ES) Bjorn Eriksson (2) 27:22 (ES) Linus Klasen (2) 28:44 (ES) (3) 34:14 (ES) Simon Olsson (1) 35:42 (ES) (1) 45:18 (SH) Goals (1) 1:39 (ES)

May 28, 2007 20:00

Finland

1–2 ( 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–1 )

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 850

Game reference
	(2) 46:54 (PP) Goals (1) 7:23 (ES) (3) 43:48 (PP)(GWG)

May 30, 2007 12:00

Slovakia

2–7 ( 0–3, 0–1, 2–1, 0–2 )

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 100

	(3) 24:39 (ES) Milan Bartovic (2) 27:17 (ES) Goals (2) 3:18 (PP) Matic Kralj (2) 4:36 (PP) (1) 11:09 (ES)(GWG) Matic Kralj (3) 18:41 (ES) (2) 29:56 (ES) Denis Kadic (1) 36:47 (PP) Denis Kadic (2) 46:52 (ES)

May 30, 2007 18:00

Sweden

3–2 ( 1–0, 0–0, 2–1, 0–1 )

Finland

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Per Ledin (2) 1:16 (ES) (2) 32:44 (SH) Andreas Svensson (2) 35:20 (ES) Goals Camilo Miettinen (2) 28:49 (ES) (1) 45:10 (ES)

Qualifying Round[]

May 30, 2007 20:00

Slovakia

7–4 ( 2–1, 3–0, 0–3, 2–0 )

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 250

Game reference

Slovakia remains in Top Division, Brazil remains in Division I

May 30, 2007 18:00

6 – 5 (OT) ( 0–1, 1–0, 2–1, 2–3, 1–0 )

Great Britain

Passau, Germany Attendance: 200

Game reference

Austria remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I

Championship Round[]

Draw[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

A3

Czech Republic

2

B2

Sweden

6

QF1

Sweden

5

QF2

Germany

2

B4

Slovakia

2

Final

A1

Germany

10

SF2

Sweden

4*

SF1

Finland

3

B3

Finland

7

A2

United States

4

QF3

Finland

6

Bronze medal game

QF4

5

A4

2*

SF1

Germany

6

B1

1

SF2

3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

Placement games[]

June 1, 2007

United States

8 - 7 (OT)

Czech Republic

June 1, 2007

9 - 0

Slovakia

Ranking and statistics[]

2007 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships Winners  Sweden

Tournament Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:^[1]
  • Best Goalkeeper: Pontus Sjogren
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward: Michael Wolf
  • Most Valuable Player: Gasper Kroselj

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk.	Team
	Sweden
	Finland
	Germany
4.
5.
6.	United States
7.	Czech Republic
8.	Slovakia

Division I[]

Preliminary Round[]

Group C[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Great Britain	3	3	0	0	0	22	7	15	9
	3	2	0	0	1	15	14	1	6
	3	1	0	0	2	13	16	−3	3
	3	0	0	0	3	7	20	−13	0

May 27, 2007 14:00

6–3 ( 1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 1–1 )

Passau, Germany

May 27, 2007 16:00

1–7 ( 0–3, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1 )

Great Britain

Passau, Germany

May 28, 2007 16:00

5–3 ( 2–1, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0 )

Passau, Germany

May 28, 2007 18:00

Great Britain

7–2 ( 0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–0 )

Passau, Germany

May 29, 2007 16:00

Great Britain

8–4 ( 3–2, 3–0, 0–1, 2–1 )

Passau, Germany

May 29, 2007 14:00

8–3 ( 2–1, 4–1, 1–0, 1–1 )

Passau, Germany

Group D[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
	3	3	0	0	0	15	10	5	9
Australia	3	2	0	0	1	26	13	13	6
	3	1	0	0	2	14	26	−12	3
	3	0	0	0	3	15	21	−6	0

May 27, 2007 14:00

6–5 ( 0–2, 3–0, 2–1, 1–2 )

Australia

Landshut, Germany

May 27, 2007 16:00

9–8 ( 3–3, 3–3, 2–2, 1–0 )

Landshut, Germany

May 28, 2007 14:00

5–3 ( 2–1, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )

Landshut, Germany

May 28, 2007 16:00

5–8 ( 1–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–2 )

Australia

Landshut, Germany

May 30, 2007 10:00

2–4 ( 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1 )

Landshut, Germany

May 30, 2007 16:00

Australia

13–2 ( 4–1, 3–1, 4–0, 2–0 )

Landshut, Germany

Finals round[]

Draw[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

C3

3

D2

Australia

5

QF1

7

QF2

Australia

3

D4

4

Final

C1

Great Britain

3

SF2

5*

SF1

4

C2

4

D3

New Zealand

5

QF3

7

Bronze medal game

QF4

2

C4

3

SF1

6

D1

9

SF2

Australia

5

Placement games[]

June 1, 2007

7 - 6

June 1, 2007

Great Britain

11 - 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

Ranking and statistics[]

2007 Men's World Inline Hockey Division I Championships Winners  Brazil

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk.	Team
4.	Australia
5.	Great Britain
6.
7.
8.

References[]