2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

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2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
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Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
DatesJuly 12 - July 17
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored332 (7.55 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Australia
MVPUnited States

The 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 16th FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. It took place between 12 and 17 July 2010 in Beroun, Czech Republic.[1] The United States team was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.[2]

The tournament was won by the United States, who claimed their 12th world championship title by defeating Switzerland 6–1 in the World Championship final. The Czech Republic won against France 5–2 for the bronze medal. won the World Cup tournament defeating Australia 1–0. The United States' was named MVP of the tournament. Australia's and were the tournament's leading scorer and goaltender in save percentage respectively.[2]

Participating nations[]

The following 14 nations qualified for the tournament. One nation from Oceania, seven nations from Europe, three nations from North America, and three nations from South America were represented.

Group stage[]

Fourteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams from Group A and Group B advanced to World Championship round. The last team in Group A and B advanced to the World Cup round. Teams in Group C also competed in a round-robin with the top two teams advancing to the World Championship round. The teams who finished third and fourth advanced to the World Cup round and the two teams who finished fifth and sixth are sent to compete in the 13th-14th placement game.[3]

     Team advanced to World Championship round
     Team advanced to World Cup round
     Team competes in 13–14 placement

Group A[]

Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
 France 3 2 1 0 12 6 +6 5
 United States 3 2 0 1 17 4 +13 4
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 18 11 +7 3
  3 0 0 3 2 28 –26 0
July 12, 2010
12:30		United States 10 – 0
(6–0, 4–0)		 
July 12, 2010
15:30		France 4 – 4
(1–3, 3–1)		  Switzerland
July 13, 2010
15:00		Switzerland  12 – 1
(5–1, 7–0)		 
July 13, 2010
16:30		United States 1 – 2
(0–0, 1–2)		 France
July 14, 2010
13:00		 1 – 6
(0–5, 1–1)		 France
July 14, 2010
16:00		United States 6 – 2
(4–2, 2–0)		  Switzerland

Group B[]

Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 9 14 –5 2
  3 0 0 3 3 17 –14 0
July 12, 2010
14:00		Canada 8 – 1
(4–0, 4–1)		 
July 12, 2010
18:10		Italy 2 – 6
(1–4, 1–2)		 Czech Republic
July 13, 2010
13:30		Canada 6 – 4
(4–1, 2–3)		 Italy
July 13, 2010
20:10		Czech Republic 6 – 0
(4–0, 2–0)		 
July 14, 2010
14:30		Italy 3 – 2
(0–2, 3–0)		 
July 14, 2010
18:10		Canada 1 – 4
(0–1, 1–3)		 Czech Republic

Group C[]

Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
  5 3 1 1 19 16 +3 7
 Germany 5 3 1 1 29 19 +10 7
 Great Britain 5 3 0 2 24 19 +5 6
 Australia 5 3 0 2 22 13 +9 6
  5 2 0 3 21 23 –2 4
  5 0 0 5 10 35 –25 0
July 12, 2010
08:00		Great Britain 9 – 5
(4–1, 5–4)		 
July 12, 2010
09:30		Germany 9 – 6
(5–3, 4–3)		 
July 12, 2010
11:00		Australia 5 – 3
(3–0, 2–3)		 
July 12, 2010
19:45		 0 – 7
(0–2, 0–5)		 Germany
July 13, 2010
09:00		Great Britain 2 – 1
(1–1, 1–0)		 Australia
July 13, 2010
10:30		Germany 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–1)		 
July 13, 2010
12:00		 6 – 2
(4–1, 2–1)		 
July 13, 2010
18:00		 4 – 3
(2–0, 2–3)		 Great Britain
July 14, 2010
08:30		Australia 3 – 6
(0–4, 3–2)		 Germany
July 14, 2010
10:00		Great Britain 2 – 4
(0–0, 2–4)		 
July 14, 2010
11:30		 4 – 2
(3–1, 1–1)		 
July 14, 2010
19:45		Australia 4 – 1
(3–1, 1–0)		 
July 15, 2010
08:00		Germany 5 – 8
(2–2, 3–6)		 Great Britain
July 15, 2010
09:30		 1 – 9
(0–3, 1–6)		 Australia
July 15, 2010
11:00		 4 – 6
(1–4, 3–2)		 

World Championship[]

The World Championship round is the top level playoff where the winning team finishes first overall for the tournament and wins the gold medal. It comprises the top three teams from Group A and B and the top two teams from Group C. The winning teams in the quarter-finals move on to compete in the semi-finals, while the losing teams are sent to the 5th-8th placement round. The two winning teams in the semi-finals advance to the gold medal game leaving the losing teams to compete for the bronze medal and third and fourth spot overall.[3]

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  A1  France 4  
C2  Germany 1  
  QF1  France 0  
  QF2   Switzerland 7  
B2  Canada 5 Final
  A3   Switzerland 6  
    SF1   Switzerland 1
  SF2  United States 6
  B1  Czech Republic 13  
C1   1  
  QF3  Czech Republic 3 Bronze medal game
  QF4  United States 8  
A2  United States 2 SF1  France 2
  B3  Italy 1   SF2  Czech Republic 5

Quarter-finals[]

July 15, 2010
14:00		United States 2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0)		 Italy
July 15, 2010
16:00		Canada 5 – 6 OT
(3–2, 2–3)
( OT: 0–1 )		  Switzerland
July 15, 2010
18:10		Czech Republic 13 – 1
(7–1, 6–0)		 
July 15, 2010
20:00		France 4 – 1
(2–1, 2–0)		 Germany

Semi-finals[]

July 16, 2010
16:00		France 0 – 7
(0–3, 0–4)		  Switzerland
July 16, 2010
18:10		Czech Republic 3 – 8
(2–5, 1–3)		 United States

Bronze medal game[]

July 17, 2010
16:10		France 2 – 5
(0–4, 2–1)		 Czech Republic

Gold medal game[]

July 17, 2010
20:00		Switzerland  1 – 6
(0–2, 1–4)		 United States

5th-8th placement round[]

The 5th-8th placement round comprises the four teams who lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championship round. The teams play a qualifier against one other team, with the winners advancing to play-off for the fifth place and the losers compete against each other for seventh place.[3]

Bracket[]

Qualifiers 5th Place Game
      
QF1  Italy 6
QF2   3
Q1  Italy 4
Q2  Canada 2
QF4  Canada 8
QF3  Germany 2 7th Place Game
Q3   2
Q4  Germany 7

Qualifying round[]

July 16, 2010
12:00		Italy 6 – 3
(3–1, 3–2)		 
July 16, 2010
14:00		Canada 8 – 2
(3–0, 5–2)		 Germany

7th-8th place game[]

July 17, 2010
09:00		 2 – 7
(2–3, 0–4)		 Germany

5th-6th place game[]

July 17, 2010
11:00		Italy 4 – 2
(2–0, 2–2)		 Canada

World Cup[]

The World Cup round is the second level playoff in the tournament where the winner finishes ninth overall and wins the World Cup gold medal. It also acts as a placement round for the places nine to twelve. The teams compete in a semi-final with the winners moving on to compete for the World Cup gold medal and the losers competing for the World Cup bronze.[3]

Bracket[]

Semifinals Gold medal
      
B4   4
C3  Great Britain 3
SF1   1
SF2  Australia 0
A4   2
C4  Australia 5 Bronze medal
SF1  Great Britain 6
SF2   1

Semi-finals[]

July 16, 2010
08:00		 4 – 3 OT
(2–2, 1–1)
( OT: 1–0 )		 Great Britain
July 16, 2010
10:00		 2 – 5
(1–1, 1–4)		 Australia

Bronze medal game[]

July 17, 2010
13:00		Great Britain 6 – 1
(5–0, 1–1)		 

Gold medal game[]

July 17, 2010
18:00		 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0)		 Australia

13th-14th place game[]

The 13th-14th placement game consists of the two teams who finished last and second last in Group C. A single game is played with the winner receiving 13th place in the overall standings and the loser receiving 14th.[3]

July 16, 2010
20:00		 6 – 3
(5–0, 1–3)		 

Ranking and statistics[]

 


 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championship 

United States

Tournament awards[]

  • Individual awards:[2]
    • Most Valuable Player: United States
    • Fair Play Award:  
    • Best Goalkeeper: United States
    • Best Defenseman: Czech Republic Karel Rachunek
    • Best Forward: Switzerland
  • All-Star Team:[2]
    • Goalkeeper: United States
    • Defense: Czech Republic Karel Rachunek
    • Forwards: Mexico , United States , Switzerland

Final standings[]

Gold medal icon.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg  Czech Republic
4  France
5  Italy
6  Canada
7  Germany
8  
9  
10  Australia
11  Great Britain
12  
13  
14  

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[4]

Player GP G A Pts POS
Australia 7 13 4 17 32
Mexico 8 12 5 17 2
United Kingdom 7 9 6 15 2
Germany 8 9 6 15 6
Switzerland Julian Walker 6 8 6 14 4
United States 6 7 6 13 0
United Kingdom 7 11 1 12 8
Switzerland 6 9 3 12 4
Mexico 8 6 6 12 8
Australia 7 5 7 12 8

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[4]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Australia 120 78 5 1.67 93.59 0
United States 200 115 8 1.60 93.04 1
Czech Republic 92 24 2 0.87 91.67 1
Italy 120 93 8 2.67 91.40 0
France 132 84 8 2.42 90.48 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Basic info". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  2. ^ a b c d "History of the Tournament". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Games schedule". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  4. ^ a b "Players statistics". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

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