Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship

Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	9–15 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Italy
Fourth place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	220 (5.95 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(17 points)
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The Second Roller In-line Hockey World Championship was the second such event organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Skating. It was hosted by Italy in Roccaraso. Ten national teams competed in one venue, the . The competition also served as qualifications for the third competition.

The United States, for the second consecutive year, went undefeated throughout the championship and captured its second gold medal by defeating France 7–1 in .^[1] Italy captured the bronze medal with a 6–0 victory over .

Host selection[]

The venue listed as host for the inline hockey teams was the "G Bolino".

Venues[]

Roccaraso

"G. Bolino" Capacity:

Rosters[]

Each team's roster consists of at least 6 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twelve participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have to submit a roster by the start of the competition.

Format[]

The ten teams were divided into two pools of which the four best in each advanced to the medal round. There they met cross-over as indicated in the section below. The remaining teams played additional matches to determine their overall championship position.

In the round robin pool play, points were awarded as follows:

• 2 points for a win (W)
• 1 point for a tie (T)
• 0 points for a loss (L)
• –2 points for a forfeit (F)

If two or more teams finished with an equal number of points during pool play, the team's position is determined by the following tiebreaking formula:

1. The victor of the head-to-head competition
2. The lowest total of goals allowed in common wins among the tied teams
3. A shootout will take place.

Final ranking: places 1–4 were determined by the medal games. Places 5–10 were determined by the 5/10 placement round.

Pool play[]

	Team advanced to the Medal round
	Team advanced to the 5 through 10 placement round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
United States	4	4	0	0	34	3	+31	8
	4	3	1	0	37	17	+20	6
	4	2	2	0	20	16	+4	4
	4	1	3	0	27	15	+12	2
Great Britain	4	0	4	0	4	71	–67	0

Pool B[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
France	4	4	0	0	34	8	+26	8
Italy	4	3	1	0	34	5	+29	6
	3	1	2	0	12	7	+5	2
Australia	3	1	2	0	14	16	–2	2
	4	0	4	0	4	62	–48	0

Medal round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

United States

9

B4

Australia

1

A1

United States

6

B2

Italy

2

B2

Italy

5

A3

4

A1

United States

7

B1

France

1

B1

France

4

A4

1

B1

France

4

Bronze medal game

A2

1

A2

7

B2

Italy

6

B3

3

A2

0

Note: Teams eliminated in the quarterfinals advance to the 5 through 10 placement round.

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 through 10 placement round[]

	Team advanced to the 5th place game
	Team advanced to the 7th place game
	Team advanced to the 9th place game

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
	2	2	0	0	19	4	+15	4
	2	2	0	0	21	6	+15	4
Australia	2	1	1	0	14	5	+9	2
	2	1	1	0	18	6	+12	2
	2	0	2	0	1	25	–24	0
Great Britain	2	0	2	0	3	30	–27	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

9th place game[]

7th place game[]

5th place game[]

Ranking and statistics[]

FIRS World Championship Winners  United States 2nd title

Final ranking[]

The official FIRS final ranking of the tournament:

	United States
	France
	Italy
4
5
6
7
8	Australia
9
10	Great Britain

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	7	10	7	17	0
	7	7	10	17	0
	7	13	3	16	0
	7	9	7	16	0
	8	11	5	16	0
	8	8	8	16	0
	7	11	3	14	2
	7	10	4	14	0
	8	8	4	12	0
	8	6	6	12	0

Source: [1]

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports
• Comité International Roller In-Line Hockey