2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

The 2009 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 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 7 and 13 June 2009 in Ingolstadt, Germany at the Saturn Arena and Saturn Rink 2. The tournament was won by Austria who upon winning gained promotion to the 2010 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While South Africa and Chinese Taipei were relegated to the continental qualifications after losing their relegation round games.

2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–13 June 2009
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Austria (1st title)
Runner-up  Great Britain
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Games played24
Goals scored249 (10.38 per game)
Attendance4,288 (179 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Austria Martin Grabher-Meier
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Qualification

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Three teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified based on their results from the 2008 Championship and 2008 Division I tournaments. Chinese Taipei qualified as the Asian-Oceanian qualifier.[1] South Africa qualified after defeating Namibia on aggregate in a best-of-two qualification series.[1] The games were held on 24 and 30 August 2008 in Namibia and South Africa with South Africa winning the first 3–2 and tying the second 1–1.[1]

  •   Australia - Finished fourth in 2008 World Championship Division I[2]
  •   Austria - Relegated from the 2008 World Championship[3]
  •   Brazil - Finished third in 2008 World Championship Division I[2]
  •   Chinese Taipei - Asian-Oceanian qualifier[1]
  •   Great Britain - Finished second in 2008 World Championship Division I[2]
  •   Hungary - Finished sixth in 2008 World Championship Division I[2]
  •   Japan - Finished fifth in 2008 World Championship Division I[2]
  •   South Africa - Winner of Namibia/South Africa qualification series[1]

Seeding and groups

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The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, and the qualification tournaments.[4] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Ingolstadt, Germany.[4] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):[4]

Preliminary round

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Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top two teams advance to the Qualifying round where they face-off against the two last-placed teams of the Groups A and B from the Top Division tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[4] Teams finishing second through to fourth advance to the Playoff round.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group C

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Austria 3 3 0 0 0 34 6 +28 9 Qualifying round
  Australia 3 1 1 0 1 23 14 +9 5 Playoff round
  Japan 3 1 0 1 1 13 13 0 4
  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 8 45 −37 0
Source: [citation needed]
7 June 2009
13:00
Australia  5 – 4 (SO)
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 350
Game reference
9.0 minPenalties9.0 min
25Shots31
7 June 2009
17:00
Chinese Taipei  5 – 19
(1–5, 1–6, 2–5, 1–3)
  AustriaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 390
Game reference
1.5 minPenalties4.5 min
21Shots35
8 June 2009
14:00
Australia  18 – 3
(3–0, 7–1, 4–2, 4–0)
  Chinese TaipeiSaturn Arena
Attendance: 65
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties6.0 min
61Shots19
8 June 2009
17:00
Austria  8 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 4–0, 2–0)
  JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 150
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties6.0 min
33Shots18
9 June 2009
13:00
Japan  8 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  Chinese TaipeiSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 135
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties9.0 min
41Shots18
9 June 2009
17:00
Austria  7 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0, 2–0)
  AustraliaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 225
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties6.0 min
28Shots38

Group D

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 16 9 +7 9 Qualifying round
  Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 17 10 +7 6 Playoff round
  Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 19 18 +1 3
  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
7 June 2009
15:00
Brazil  6 – 4
(2–0, 1–1, 0–3, 3–0)
  HungarySaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 400
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties6.0 min
37Shots17
7 June 2009
19:00
South Africa  1 – 5
(0–3, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
  Great BritainSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 63
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties4.5 min
18Shots25
8 June 2009
15:00
Brazil  5 – 3
(3–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
  South AfricaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 102
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties9.0 min
32Shots28
8 June 2009
19:00
Great Britain  10 – 4
(2–1, 3–0, 1–3, 4–0)
  HungarySaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties13.5 min
44Shots17
9 June 2009
15:00
Hungary  11 – 2
(4–1, 2–0, 2–1, 3–0)
  South AfricaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 85
Game reference
10.5 minPenalties12.0 min
49Shots17
9 June 2009
19:00
Great Britain  2 – 5
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–4)
  BrazilSaturn Rink 2
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties3.0 min
18Shots30

Qualifying round

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Austria and Brazil advanced to the qualifying round after finishing first in Group C and Group D respectively.[5] Austria faced off against Canada, who finished last in Group A of the Top Division tournament, and Brazil was drawn against Slovakia, who finished last in Group B of the Top Division tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[6][7] Both Austria and Brazil lost their matches and advanced to the Division I playoffs, while Canada and Slovakia advanced to the Top Division playoffs.[7]

All times are local (UTC+2).

10 June 2009
16:00
Canada  4 – 3
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)
  AustriaSaturn Arena
Attendance: 238
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties7.5 min
47Shots19
10 June 2009
18:00
Slovakia  6 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  BrazilSaturn Arena
Attendance: 265
Game reference
17.5 minPenalties7.5 min
27Shots24

Playoff round

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Austria and Brazil advanced to the playoff round after losing their qualifying round matches. They were seeded alongside the six other teams of the tournament based on their results in the preliminary round. The four winning quarterfinalists advanced to the semifinals while the losing teams moved on to the relegation round.[8] In the relegation round Chinese Taipei and South Africa lost their games to Australia and Japan respectively and were relegated to the continental qualifications.[8] In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Brazil and Austria beat Hungary, both advancing to the gold medal game.[8] After losing the semifinals Brazil and Hungary played off for the bronze medal with Brazil winning 4–3.[8] Austria defeated Great Britain 2–1 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2010 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[8]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
D1   Brazil 10
C4   Chinese Taipei 0
QF1   Brazil 3
QF2   Great Britain 5
D2   Great Britain 5
C3   Japan 2
SF1   Great Britain 1
SF2   Austria 2
C1   Austria 8
D4   South Africa 2
QF3   Austria 9 Bronze medal game
QF4   Hungary 1
C2   Australia 4 SF1   Brazil 4
D3   Hungary 5 SF2   Hungary 3

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

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11 June 2009
13:00
Australia  4 – 5
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 2–3)
  HungarySaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 189
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties9.0 min
36Shots24
11 June 2009
15:00
Great Britain  5 – 2
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1, 3–1)
  JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193
Game reference
24.5 minPenalties3.0 min
30Shots21
11 June 2009
17:00
Austria  8 – 2
(2–0, 4–0, 0–2, 2–0)
  South AfricaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 211
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties4.5 min
28Shots14
11 June 2009
19:00
Brazil  10 – 0
(0–0, 5–0, 4–0, 1–0)
  Chinese TaipeiSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123
Game reference

Relegation round

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12 June 2009
13:00
Japan  9 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 3–0, 0–1)
  South AfricaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 65
Game reference
9.0 minPenalties9.0 min
27Shots29
12 June 2009
15:00
Australia  15 – 7
(5–1, 4–0, 3–1, 3–5)
  Chinese TaipeiSaturn Rink 2
Game reference
6.0 minPenalties3.0 min
38Shots26

Semifinals

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12 June 2009
17:00
Brazil  3 – 5
(0–1, 0–2, 2–1, 1–1)
  Great BritainSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 175
Game reference
4.5 minPenalties9.0 min
40Shots18
12 June 2009
19:00
Austria  9 – 1
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
  HungarySaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123
Game reference
0.0 minPenalties22.0 min
36Shots14

Bronze medal game

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13 June 2009
12:00
Brazil  4 – 3
(0–2, 2–0, 1–1, 1–0)
  HungarySaturn Arena
Attendance: 118
Game reference
3.0 minPenalties1.5 min
47Shots34

Gold medal game

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13 June 2009
14:00
Austria  2 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  Great BritainSaturn Arena
Attendance: 500
Game reference
7.5 minPenalties4.5 min
22Shots21

Ranking and statistics

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Final standings

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The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[9]

Rk. Team
    Austria
    Great Britain
    Brazil
4.   Hungary
5.   Australia
6.   Japan
7.   Chinese Taipei
8.   South Africa

Scoring leaders

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Austria's Raphael Herburger scored six goals and eight assists in his six games

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[10]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
  Martin Grabher-Meier 6 7 11 18 +17 1.5 F
  Harry Lange 6 5 12 17 +15 0.0 F
  Peter Matus 5 5 10 15 +11 6.0 F
  Raphael Herburger 6 6 8 14 +13 1.5 F
  Mario Altmann 6 6 7 13 +11 1.5 D
  Alexander Feichtner 6 8 4 12 +11 1.5 F
  Sean Jones 5 7 5 12 +10 1.5 F
  Szilard Sandor 6 4 8 12 +9 6.0 F
  Diego Araujo 6 3 9 12 +9 1.5 D
  Mark Brunnegger 6 8 3 11 +10 3.0 D
  Philip Hamer 6 7 4 11 +10 6.0 F
  Gergely Borbas 6 4 7 11 +8 4.5 F
  Christian Dolezal 5 3 8 11 +10 3.0 F
  Youssef Riener 6 1 10 11 +10 0.0 D

Leading goaltenders

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Bernhard Starkbaum of Austria finished as the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 96.70

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[11]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
  Bernhard Starkbaum 192:00 91 3 0.56 96.70 1
  James Tanner 216:00 117 12 2.00 89.74 0
  Shingo Imagawa 161:00 89 11 2.46 87.64 0
  Thiago Arauja 216:00 93 14 2.33 84.95 0
  Attila Szoke 199:50 153 24 4.32 84.31 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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  3. ^ "2008 IIHF World Inline Championship". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  4. ^ a b c d "Tournament Format". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  5. ^ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). IIHF. 2009-06-09. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  6. ^ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). IIHF. 2009-06-09. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  7. ^ a b "Qualification". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  8. ^ a b c d e "2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  9. ^ "Final Ranking" (PDF). IIHF. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  10. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  11. ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 2009-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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