2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

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2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	8–14 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (14th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Italy
Scoring leader(s)	(15 points)
MVP
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The 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 8–14 July 2012 in Colombia.

United States won the tournament by defeating Canada 6–4 in the to capture their 14th title; the Americans finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 6–0–0. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating Italy 4–3 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer was 's . United States' was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Venues[]

All games were played at the Coliseo Bicentenario in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Coliseo Bicentenario Capacity:
Colombia – Bucaramanga

Rosters[]

Each team's roster for the 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships consisted of at least 6 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster prior to the event.

Nations[]

The following 16 nations qualified for the tournament. 1 nation from Australia, 6 nations from Europe, 3 nations from North American and 6 nations from South America are represented.

* = Qualified for Group 1 after a top 10 placement at the

^ = Qualified for Group 2 after a bottom 8 placement at the

^† = Qualified for Group 2 as new entrant

Officials[]

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Seedings and groupings[]

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2012 FIRS World Championship final rankings. The teams were grouped by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding final ranking).

Group 1[]

Group 2[]

5th through 8th placement round[]

	Qualifiers					5th place game
	LQF3		2
	LQF1	France	3
						WQ2	France	4
						WQ1	Switzerland	5
	LQF2	Switzerland	6
	LQF4		4			7th place game
						LQ2		1
						LQ1		3

13th through 16th placement round[]

	Qualifiers					15th place game
	LQF4		2
	LQF1		15
						WQ1		3
						WQ2		1
	LQF2		1
	LQF3		6			13th place game
						LQ1		1
						LQ2		2

Ranking and statistics[]

	2012 FIRS World Championship Winners  United States 14th title
	2012 FIRS National Team World Cup Winners  Germany

Tournament awards[]

• Best players selected by the tournament directors:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Most Valuable Player:
• Fair Play:  

Final standings[]

The official FIRS final standings of the tournament:

	United States
	Canada
	Czech Republic
4	Italy
5	Switzerland
6	France
7
8
9	Germany
10
11	Australia
12
13
14
15
16

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.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	6	7	8	15
	6	9	5	14
	6	8	6	14
	6	7	5	12
	6	5	6	11
	5	4	7	11
	6	7	3	10
	6	7	3	10
	6	7	3	10
	6	6	4	10
	6	6	4	10
Roberto Ordonez	6	1	9	10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

See also[]

• FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships
• List of FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships medalists

External links[]

• Official website