2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

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2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates6–11 July 2015
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Australia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Great Britain
Fourth place 
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored241 (10.48 per match)
Attendance3,440 (150 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Croatia
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The 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 5 and 11 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by Croatia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Austria and Bulgaria were relegated to the European Qualification after losing their placement round games along with Latvia who lost the relegation game against Hungary.

Qualification[]

Seven teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2014 Championship and the 2014 Division I tournaments. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament. The European Qualification tournament was contested between , , Macedonia and , with Bulgaria winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated in 2013.[1][2] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between , and , with Argentina winning promotion after also being relegated in 2013.[2][3]

European Qualification[]

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 July to 6 July 2014.[1] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning their three games and finishing first in the standings. Israel finished in second place and Serbia in third.[1]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
  3 2 1 0 0 18 7 +11 8
  3 2 0 0 1 25 22 +3 6
  3 1 0 1 1 27 18 +9 4
 North Macedonia 3 0 0 0 3 13 36 –23 0

All times are local.

4 July 2014
17:00		 10 – 8
(1–1, 4–1, 0–5, 5–1)		 Winter Sports Palace
4 July 2014 6 – 3
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1, 2–2)		 North MacedoniaWinter Sports Palace
5 July 2014 14 – 6
(5–3, 2–1, 1–2, 6–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Sports Palace
5 July 2014 3 – 4 (OT)
(2–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1, 0–1)		 Winter Sports Palace
6 July 2014North Macedonia 4 – 16
(2–4, 1–3, 0–4, 1–5)		 Winter Sports Palace
6 July 2014 8 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0, 4–1)		 Winter Sports Palace

Rest of the World Qualification[]

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held at the in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 19 November to 21 November 2014.[3] Argentina gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games and finishing first in the standings.[3] Hong Kong finished in second place after winning their game against Chile.[3]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
  2 2 0 0 0 12 2 +10 6
  2 1 0 0 1 11 7 +4 3
  2 0 0 0 2 2 16 –14 0

All times are local.

19 November 2014
21:00		 2 – 9
(1–2, 1–4, 0–3, 0–0)		 
20 November 2014
21:00		 2 – 5
(0–3, 2–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 Peru Beach Hockey Arena
21 November 2014
21:00		 7 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 Peru Beach Hockey Arena

Seeding and groups[]

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I.[6] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Tampere, Finland.[6] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Preliminary round[]

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group C[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
  3 3 0 0 0 36 6 +30 9
 Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 26 11 +15 6
  3 1 0 0 2 12 17 –5 3
  3 0 0 0 3 2 42 –40 0
5 July 2015
13:00		 12 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0, 5–0)		 
Attendance: 90
5 July 2015
17:00		 1 – 16
(1–0, 0–7, 0–5, 0–4)		 Great BritainHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 127
6 July 2015
13:00		 18 – 1
(5–0, 6–0, 5–0, 2–1)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 124
6 July 2015
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 4
(0–1, 2–3, 2–0, 1–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 252
7 July 2015
13:00		 8 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 138
7 July 2015
17:00		Great Britain 5 – 6
(2–4, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 106

Group D[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
  3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6
 Australia 3 2 0 0 1 17 14 +3 6
  3 1 0 1 1 10 12 –2 4
  3 0 1 0 2 7 16 –9 2
5 July 2015
15:00		 1 – 5
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 38
5 July 2015
19:00		 3 – 6
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1, 1–2)		 AustraliaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 300
6 July 2015
15:00		 7 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 179
6 July 2015
19:00		Australia 7 – 2
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0, 4–1)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 183
7 July 2015
15:00		 3 – 4 (OT)
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 130
7 July 2015
19:00		Australia 4 – 9
(0–2, 1–3, 1–1, 2–3)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 223

Playoff round[]

All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Austria and Bulgaria were relegated to the European Qualification after losing their placement round games and finished the tournament in seventh and eighth respectively. After winning their placement round games Latvia and Hungary competed in the relegation game with Latvia being relegated to the European Qualification after losing 3-4. The number of teams relegated to the Qualification tournaments was increased from two to three due to a change in format by the IIHF. The change means that three qualification tournaments will be held in the even years, starting in 2016, and the World Championships will be held in the odd years, starting in 2017. The qualification tournaments have been restructured into three regions to lower travel costs with the regions now being Africa / South America, Asia / Oceania, and Europe / North America.[7] In the semifinals Australia defeated Great Britain and Croatia beat Argentina, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Great Britain and Argentina played off for the bronze medal with Great Britain winning 3-2. Croatia defeated Australia 5-4 in overtime in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[7][8]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  D2  Australia 6  
C3   3  
  QF1  Australia 7  
  QF2  Great Britain 4  
C2  Great Britain 7 Final
  D3   5  
    SF1  Australia 4
  SF2   5
  D1   23  
C4   0  
  QF3   7 Bronze medal game
  QF4   0  
C1   4 SF1  Great Britain 3
  D4   5   SF2   2

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals[]

9 July 2015
13:00		Australia 6 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 2–1, 2–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 103
9 July 2015
15:00		Great Britain 7 – 5
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0, 2–4)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 119
9 July 2015
17:00		 23 – 0
(6–0, 4–0, 7–0, 6–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 82
9 July 2015
19:00		 4 – 5
(0–1, 1–0, 1–4, 2–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 215

Placement round[]

10 July 2015
13:00		 7 – 1
(1–1,2–0,0–0,4–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 68
10 July 2015
15:00		 14 – 0
(2–0,1–0,4–0,7–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 127

Semifinals[]

10 July 2015
17:00		Great Britain 4 – 7
(2–0, 2–3, 0–2, 0–2)		 AustraliaHakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 101
10 July 2015
19:00		 7 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 154

Relegation game[]

11 July 2015
12:00		 3 – 4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2)		 Hakametsa Rink 2
Attendance: 73

Bronze medal game[]

11 July 2015
13:00		Great Britain 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 Hakametsa Arena
Attendance: 191

Gold medal game[]

11 July 2015
15:00		 5 – 4 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 3–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 AustraliaHakametsa Arena
Attendance: 317

Ranking and statistics[]

 

Tournament Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[9]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Croatia
    • Best Defenseman: Australia
    • Best Forward: Croatia

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[10]

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon.svg  
Silver medal icon.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg  Great Britain
4.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
8.  

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.[11]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Croatia 6 12 13 25 +21 1.5 F
Croatia 6 5 16 21 +17 9.0 F
Latvia Roberts Lipsbergs 6 7 11 18 +10 6.0 D
Latvia 6 6 12 18 +19 1.5 D
Croatia 6 5 12 17 +16 1.5 D
Latvia Miks Lipsbergs 6 7 9 16 +10 3.0 F
United Kingdom 6 3 11 14 +10 1.5 D
Latvia 6 9 4 13 +13 1.5 F
United Kingdom 6 6 7 13 +10 7.5 F
Latvia 6 6 7 13 +15 0.0 D
Latvia Rustams Begovs 6 2 11 13 +13 3.0 F

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[12]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Hungary 143:28 76 7 1.76 90.79 0
Croatia 192:08 76 8 1.50 89.47 2
Latvia 201:52 70 9 1.61 87.14 2
Austria Patrick Machreich 204:16 159 23 4.05 85.53 0
Argentina 259:42 164 27 3.74 83.54 0

References[]

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  8. ^ "2015 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  9. ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
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  11. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
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