2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

The 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 18th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their sixth World Championship title. Sweden finished in second place and Canada in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia after losing their placement round game and finishing last in the standings was relegated to Division I for 2014.

2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	2 June – 8 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	23
Goals scored	239 (10.39 per game)
Attendance	7,040 (306 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Travis Noe
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Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2012 Division I tournament was won by Slovakia who defeated Hungary in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2011.^[1][2]

•   Canada − Finished first in the 2012 World Championship^[3]
•   Czech Republic − Finished sixth in the 2012 World Championship^[3]
•   Finland − Finished third in the 2012 World Championship^[3]
•   Germany − Finished second in the 2012 World Championship^[3]
•   Slovenia − Finished fourth in the 2012 World Championship^[3]
•   Slovakia − Winner of 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I^[1]
•   Sweden − Finished seventh in the 2012 World Championship^[3]
•   United States − Finished fifth in the 2012 World Championship^[3]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I.^[4] The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Dresden, Germany.^[4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

Group C   Canada (1)   Slovenia (4)   United States (5)   Slovakia (8)

Group D   Germany (2)   Finland (3)   Czech Republic (6)   Sweden (7)

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+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	0	22	7	+15	9
Canada	3	2	0	0	1	19	9	+10	6
Slovenia	3	0	1	0	2	10	26	−16	2
Slovakia	3	0	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

2 June 2013 14:00

Slovenia

3 – 13 (1–4, 0–2, 1–4, 1–3)

United States

Dresden Arena Attendance: 550

Game reference

2 June 2013 20:00

Slovakia

1 – 6 (0–1, 0–3, 1–0, 0–2)

Canada

Dresden Arena Attendance: 190

Game reference

3 June 2013 14:00

Slovenia

4 – 3 (OT) (0–1, 2–1, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Dresden Arena Attendance: 110

Game reference

3 June 2013 18:00

Canada

3 – 5 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

Dresden Arena Attendance: 275

Game reference

4 June 2013 14:00

United States

4 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Dresden Arena Attendance: 75

Game reference

4 June 2013 18:00

Canada

10 – 3 (3–2, 3–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Slovenia

Dresden Arena

Game reference

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	2	1	0	0	20	12	+8	8
Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	22	11	+11	6
Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	12	17	−5	4
Germany	3	0	0	0	3	6	20	−14	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

2 June 2013 16:00

Finland

5 – 4 (OT) (0–0, 0–3, 3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Dresden Arena Attendance: 785

Game reference

2 June 2013 18:00

Sweden

7 – 1 (0–0, 4–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Germany

Dresden Arena Attendance: 1420

Game reference

3 June 2013 16:00

Finland

7 – 4 (2–1, 3–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Dresden Arena Attendance: 200

Game reference

3 June 2013 20:00

Germany

1 – 5 (0–2, 0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Dresden Arena Attendance: 350

Game reference

4 June 2013 16:00

Czech Republic

3 – 11 (2–6, 1–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Dresden Arena Attendance: 90

Game reference

4 June 2013 20:00

Germany

4 – 8 (0–3, 1–2, 1–0, 2–3)

Finland

Dresden Arena Attendance: 220

Game reference

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 quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Slovenia was relegated after losing the final placement round game against Finland, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and Germany finished sixth following their win over Finland. In the semifinals Sweden defeated Canada and the United States beat Slovakia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Canada and Slovakia played off for the bronze medal with Canada winning 5–1. The United States defeated Sweden 6–3 in the gold medal game, earning their sixth World Championship title.^[5]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

B2

Sweden

12

A3

Slovenia

3

QF1

Sweden

10

QF2

Canada

5

A2

Canada

8

B3

Czech Republic

5

SF1

Sweden

3

SF2

United States

6

A1

United States

7

B4

Germany

4

QF3

United States

11

Bronze medal game

QF4

Slovakia

4

B1

Finland

3

SF1

Canada

5

A4

Slovakia

4

SF2

Slovakia

1

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

6 June 2013 14:00

Canada

8 – 5 (2–5, 3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Dresden Arena Attendance: 130

Game reference

6 June 2013 16:00

Sweden

12 – 3 (3–1, 4–1, 4–1, 1–0)

Slovenia

Dresden Arena Attendance: 150

Game reference

6 June 2013 18:00

Finland

3 – 4 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Dresden Arena Attendance: 210

Game reference

6 June 2013 20:00

United States

7 – 4 (3–1, 0–2, 2–0, 2–1)

Germany

Dresden Arena Attendance: 335

Game reference

Placement round

7 June 2013 14:00

Czech Republic

7 – 2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Slovenia

Dresden Arena

Game reference

7 June 2013 20:00

Finland

5 – 7 (0–1, 1–2, 1–3, 3–1)

Germany

Dresden Arena Attendance: 230

Game reference

Relegation game

8 June 2013 11:00

Finland

8 – 3 (0–0, 2–2, 3–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Dresden Arena Attendance: 35

Game reference

Semifinals

7 June 2013 16:00

Sweden

10 – 5 (2–0, 2–2, 0–3, 6–0)

Canada

Dresden Arena Attendance: 120

Game reference

7 June 2013 18:00

United States

11 – 4 (4–0, 4–1, 0–3, 3–0)

Slovakia

Dresden Arena Attendance: 160

Game reference

Bronze medal game

8 June 2013 16:30

Canada

5 – 1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Dresden Arena Attendance: 570

Game reference

Gold medal game

8 June 2013 19:00

United States

6 – 3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–0, 3–1)

Sweden

Dresden Arena Attendance: 835

Game reference

Ranking and statistics

2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners
United States 6th title

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:^[6]
  • Best Goalkeeper:   Brett Leggat
  • Best Defenseman:   Daniel Brolin
  • Best Forward:   Travis Noe

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:^[7]

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

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.^[8]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Travis Noe	6	11	9	20	+10	1.5	F
Marcus Nilsson	6	6	14	20	+14	3.0	F
Daniel Brolin	6	4	16	20	+15	6.0	D
Henrik Hoglund	6	13	5	18	+13	3.0	F
Kristian Luukkonen	6	7	11	18	+12	7.5	F
Thomas Woods	6	7	9	16	+8	1.5	F
Chris Terry	6	9	6	15	+7	19.0	F
Matt White	6	9	4	13	+9	1.5	F
Adam Ross	6	5	8	13	+2	4.5	D
Max Grassi	6	4	9	13	+1	4.5	F
Dick Axelsson	6	3	10	13	+7	14.5	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.^[9]

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Jerry Kuhn Ill	192:00	93	11	2.06	88.17	0
Brett Leggat	279:11	177	24	3.09	86.44	0
Jahu Taponen	205:09	105	15	2.63	85.71	0
Dennis Karlsson	120:00	66	10	3.00	84.85	0
Vladimir Neumann	144:00	105	16	4.00	84.76	0

References

1. "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
2. "2011 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
3. "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
4. "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
5. "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
6. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
7. "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
8. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
9. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-12-31.

External links

• Official website
• World Championship at IIHF.com