2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2 June – 8 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain
Runner-up	Austria
Third place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	215 (9.77 per game)
Attendance	1,100 (50 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Philip Hamer
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The 2013 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 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by Great Britain who upon winning gained promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and Argentina were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

Qualification

Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2012 World Championship and the 2012 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 Bulgaria, Latvia, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning promotion and returning to Division I after being relegated last year.^[1] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Argentina and Brazil, with Argentina winning promotion.^[2] In addition to the Rest of the World tournament, Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil in a South American invitational tournament.^[2]

Argentina − Winner of the Rest of the World Qualification^[2]
Australia − Finished fifth in 2012 World Championship Division I^[3]
Austria − Finished third in 2012 World Championship Division I^[3]
Bulgaria − Winner of the European Qualification^[1]
Croatia − Finished fourth in 2012 World Championship Division I^[3]
Great Britain − Relegated from the 2012 World Championship^[4]
Hungary − Finished second in 2012 World Championship Division I^[3]
Japan − Finished sixth in 2012 World Championship Division I^[3]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 3 August 2012 to 5 August 2012.^[1] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning all of their games and finishing first in the standings.^[1] Latvia finished in second place after winning two of their games and losing the third against Bulgaria in overtime.^[1]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	0	28	12	+16	8	Qualified for Division I
Latvia	3	2	0	1	0	47	12	+35	7
Turkey	3	1	0	0	2	26	25	+1	3
North Macedonia	3	0	0	0	3	8	60	−52	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local.

3 August 2012
18:00

North Macedonia

3 – 14
(0–2, 2–5, 0–3, 1–4)

Bulgaria

Winter Palace

Game reference

3 August 2012
20:00

Turkey

4 – 14
(0–5, 1–2, 2–4, 1–3)

Latvia

Winter Palace

Game reference

4 August 2012
18:00

Turkey

18 – 3
(3–0, 4–1, 4–2, 7–0)

North Macedonia

Winter Palace

Game reference

4 August 2012
20:00

Bulgaria

6 – 5 (OT)
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Latvia

Winter Palace

Game reference

5 August 2012
15:00

Latvia

28 – 2
(9–1, 8–0, 6–1, 5–0)

North Macedonia

Winter Palace

Game reference

5 August 2012
17:00

Bulgaria

8 – 4
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 2–3)

Turkey

Winter Palace

Game reference

Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 and 14 December 2012.^[2] Argentina gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Brazil.^[2]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	2	2	0	0	0	13	6	+7	6	Qualified for Division I
Brazil	2	0	0	0	2	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local.

13 December 2012
20:00

Argentina

5 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Brazil

Buenos Aires

Game reference

14 December 2012
20:00

Argentina

8 – 3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1, 4–1)

Brazil

Buenos Aires

Game reference

South American invitational tournament

Following the Rest of the World tournament Argentina hosted a South American invitational tournament in Buenos Aires.^[2] Argentina B, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela joined Argentina and Brazil for the tournament.^[2] Brazil won the competition after defeating Colombia 5–3 in the final and Argentina beat Argentina B to finish third.^[2]

Preliminary round

15 December 2012
14:00

Brazil

18 – 1

Uruguay

Buenos Aires

Game reference

15 December 2012
15:30

Argentina

6 – 8

Colombia

Buenos Aires

Game reference

15 December 2012
17:00

Brazil

5 – 1

Argentina B

Buenos Aires

Game reference

15 December 2012
18:30

Argentina

11 – 0

Venezuela

Buenos Aires

Game reference

15 December 2012
20:00

Uruguay

3 – 8

Argentina B

Buenos Aires

Game reference

15 December 2012
21:30

Colombia

10 – 4

Venezuela

Buenos Aires

Game reference

5th placement

16 December 2012
10:00

Uruguay

3 – 16

Venezuela

Buenos Aires

Game reference

16 December 2012
14:30

Uruguay

4 – 9

Venezuela

Buenos Aires

Game reference

Semifinals

16 December 2012
11:30

Argentina B

1 – 7

Colombia

Buenos Aires

Game reference

16 December 2012
13:00

Brazil

3 – 1

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Game reference

3rd placement

16 December 2012
16:00

Argentina

4 – 1

Argentina B

Buenos Aires

Game reference

1st placement

16 December 2012
17:30

Brazil

5 – 3

Colombia

Buenos Aires

Game reference

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.^[5] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Dresden, Germany.^[5] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

Group C

Great Britain (9)
Croatia (12)
Australia (13)
Bulgaria (16)

Group D

Hungary (10)
Austria (11)
Japan (14)
Argentina (15)

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 C

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	0	27	11	+16	7
Great Britain	3	1	1	1	0	23	10	+13	6
Croatia	3	1	1	0	1	26	14	+12	5
Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	0	41	−41	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 June 2013
13:00

Croatia

6 – 9
(1–5, 1–0, 2–3, 2–1)

Australia

Rink 2
Attendance: 80

Game reference

2 June 2013
17:00

Bulgaria

0 – 13
(0–3, 0–3, 0–4, 0–3)

Great Britain

Rink 2
Attendance: 90

Game reference

3 June 2013
13:00

Croatia

14 – 0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Bulgaria

Rink 2
Attendance: 20

Game reference

3 June 2013
17:00

Great Britain

5 – 4 (OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2, 2–1, 1–0)

Australia

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

4 June 2013
13:00

Australia

14 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0, 7–0)

Bulgaria

Rink 2
Attendance: 25

Game reference

4 June 2013
17:00

Great Britain

5 – 6 (OT)
(0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Croatia

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

Group D

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	3	3	0	0	0	15	5	+10	9
Hungary	3	1	1	0	1	10	7	+3	5
Japan	3	1	0	0	2	7	12	−5	3
Argentina	3	0	0	1	2	6	14	−8	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 June 2013
15:00

Austria

5 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Japan

Rink 2
Attendance: 85

Game reference

2 June 2013
19:00

Argentina

2 – 3 (SO)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Hungary

Rink 2
Attendance: 90

Game reference

3 June 2013
15:00

Austria

6 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Argentina

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

3 June 2013
19:00

Hungary

4 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Japan

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

4 June 2013
15:00

Japan

5 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Argentina

Rink 2
Attendance: 30

Game reference

4 June 2013
19:00

Hungary

3 – 4
(1–2, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Austria

Rink 2
Attendance: 45

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. Bulgaria and Argentina were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Croatia finished fifth after defeating Bulgaria and Japan finished sixth following their win over Argentina. In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Australia and Austria beat Hungary, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Australia and Hungary played off for the bronze medal with Hungary winning 7–5. Great Britain defeated Austria 5–1 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.^[6]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Australia

5

D4

Argentina

4

QF1

Australia

1

QF2

Great Britain

6

C2

Great Britain

4

D3

Japan

2

SF1

Great Britain

5

SF2

Austria

1

D1

Austria

21

C4

Bulgaria

2

QF3

Austria

3

Bronze medal game

QF4

Hungary

2

D2

Hungary

9

SF1

Australia

5

C3

Croatia

1

SF2

Hungary

7

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

6 June 2013
13:00

Great Britain

4 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Japan

Rink 2
Attendance: 20

Game reference

6 June 2013
15:00

Hungary

9 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Croatia

Rink 2
Attendance: 20

Game reference

6 June 2013
17:00

Australia

5 – 4 (SO)
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Argentina

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

6 June 2013
19:00

Austria

21 – 2
(6–0, 5–1, 2–0, 8–1)

Bulgaria

Rink 2
Attendance: 20

Game reference

Placement round

7 June 2013
13:00

Japan

5 – 2
(2–1, 0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Argentina

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

7 June 2013
15:00

Croatia

14 – 2
(6–1, 2–1, 2–0, 4–0)

Bulgaria

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

Semifinals

7 June 2013
17:00

Australia

1 – 6
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Great Britain

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

7 June 2013
19:00

Austria

3 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Hungary

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

Bronze medal game

8 June 2013
12:00

Australia

5 – 7
(1–3, 1–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Hungary

Rink 2
Attendance: 40

Game reference

Gold medal game

8 June 2013
14:00

Austria

1 – 5
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Great Britain

Dresden Arena
Attendance: 175

Game reference

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

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

Rk.	Team
	Great Britain
	Austria
	Hungary
4.	Australia
5.	Croatia
6.	Japan
7.	Argentina
8.	Bulgaria

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:^[8]
- Best Goalkeeper: Lorenz Hirn
- Best Defenseman: Antony Collins
- Best Forward: Philip Hamer

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.^[9]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Philip Hamer	6	8	9	17	+9	0.0	F
Johannes Bischofberger	6	7	9	16	+9	1.5	F
Igor Jacmenjak	5	7	8	15	+13	1.5	D
Liam Jeffries	6	7	8	15	+15	1.5	F
Nathan Finney	6	5	10	15	+8	3.0	D
Jordan Gavin	6	5	9	14	+10	7.5	F
Harry Lange	6	5	8	13	+9	0.0	D
Andre Niec	6	5	8	13	+12	1.5	D
Istvan Bartalis	6	6	6	12	+5	4.5	F
Tomisalv Grozaj	5	9	2	11	+1	0.0	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.^[10]

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
James Tanner	196:55	105	8	1.46	92.38
Shingo Imagawa	120:00	60	5	1.50	91.67
Lorenz Hirn	168:00	79	7	1.50	91.14
Tamas Kiss	245:00	132	15	2.20	88.64
Federico Fernandez	153:44	73	12	2.81	83.56

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2012/2013 IIHF European InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2012/2013 IIHF Rest of the World InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ ^a ^b "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

External links

[EUROQUAL-1] "2012/2013 IIHF European InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[RESTQUAL-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2012/2013 IIHF Rest of the World InLine Hockey Qualification Tournament". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[2012STANDINGS-3] "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[2012WCRELEGATION-4] "2012 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[IIHFINLINE-5] "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[2013TOURNAMENTOVERVIEW-6] "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[FINALSTANDINGS-7] "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[PLAYERAWARDS-8] "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[SCORINGLEADERS-9] "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

[TOPGOALIES-10] "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-06-08. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

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