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
Dates7–13 June 2009
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
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 match)
Scoring leader(s)Austria Martin Grabher-Meier

Qualification

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

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

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
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:
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
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:
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

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

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
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
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
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
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
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

Final standings

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

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brazil
4. Hungary
5. Australia
6. Japan
7. Chinese Taipei
8. South Africa

Scoring leaders
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
Austria Martin Grabher-Meier671118+171.5F
Austria Harry Lange651217+150.0F
Australia Peter Matus551015+116.0F
Austria Raphael Herburger66814+131.5F
Austria Mario Altmann66713+111.5D
Austria Alexander Feichtner68412+111.5F
Australia Sean Jones57512+101.5F
Hungary Szilard Sandor64812+96.0F
Brazil Diego Araujo63912+91.5D
Austria Mark Brunnegger68311+103.0D
United Kingdom Philip Hamer67411+106.0F
Hungary Gergely Borbas64711+84.5F
Austria Christian Dolezal53811+103.0F
Austria Youssef Riener611011+100.0D

Leading goaltenders
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
Austria Bernhard Starkbaum192:009130.5696.701
United Kingdom James Tanner216:00117122.0089.740
Japan Shingo Imagawa161:0089112.4687.640
Brazil Thiago Arauja216:0093142.3384.950
Hungary Attila Szoke199:50153244.3284.310

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