2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

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.

2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Colombia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates8–14 July
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  United States (14th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Colombia Nicolas Fierro Torres
(15 points)
MVPUnited States Dustin Roux
← 2011
2013 →

United States won the tournament by defeating Canada 6–4 in the Final game 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 Colombia's Nicolas Fierro Torres. United States' Dustin Roux was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Venues

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

Coliseo Bicentenario
Capacity:
  Colombia – Bucaramanga

Rosters

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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

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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.

Australia
Europe
North America
South America
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Qualified for Group 1 after a top 10 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
  2. ^ a b c d Qualified for Group 2 after a bottom 8 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
  3. ^ a b c d Qualified for Group 2 as new entrant

Seedings and groupings

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

Group 1

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Group 2

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5th through 8th placement round

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

13th through 16th placement round

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

Ranking and statistics

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 2012 FIRS World Championship winners 
 
United States
14th title


 2012 FIRS National Team World Cup winners 
 
Germany

Tournament awards

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Final standings

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The official FIRS final standings of the tournament:

    United States
    Canada
    Czech Republic
4   Italy
5    Switzerland
6   France
7   Latvia
8   Colombia
9   Germany
10   Brazil
11   Australia
12   Argentina
13   Mexico
14   Venezuela
15   Ecuador
16   Chile

Scoring leaders

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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
  Nicolas Fierro Torres 6 7 8 15
  Julian Ramirez 6 9 5 14
  Thomas Woods 6 8 6 14
  Juan Diego Fierro Miranda 6 7 5 12
  Joshua Laricchia 6 5 6 11
  Jose Alexandre Guilardi 5 4 7 11
  Allen Rey Gonzales 6 7 3 10
  Marcus Pryde 6 7 3 10
  Dustin Roux 6 7 3 10
  Diego Schwarzenback 6 6 4 10
  Ingemar Gruber 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

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References

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