2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

The 2014 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 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2014 in Pardubice, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovenia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Brazil and Japan were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates1 June – 7 June
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Slovenia
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Croatia
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored198 (9 per game)
Attendance1,908 (87 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Slovenia Domen Vedlin

Qualification

Three teams attempted to qualify for the one European spot remaining in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament, while Brazil automatically qualified for the Rest of the World spot as they were the only team who applied.[1] The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2013 World Championship and the 2013 Division I tournaments. The European qualification tournament was held in Passau, Germany with a place and was contested between Ireland, Latvia and Macedonia, with Lavia winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot.[2]

  •  Australia − Finished fourth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Austria − Finished second in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Brazil − Rest of the World Qualification[1]
  •  Croatia − Finished fifth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Hungary − Finished third in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Japan − Finished sixth in 2013 World Championship Division I[3]
  •  Latvia − Winner of the European Qualification[2]
  •  Slovenia − Relegated from the 2013 World Championship[4]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Eisarena in Passau, Germany from 9 August 2013 to 11 August 2013.[2] Latvia gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games and finishing first in the standings.[2] Ireland finished in second place after winning their game against Macedonia.[2]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Latvia 2 2 0 0 0 48 1 +47 6 Qualified for Division I
 Ireland 2 1 0 0 1 14 13 +1 3
 North Macedonia 2 0 0 0 2 1 49 −48 0
Source:

All times are local.

9 August 2013
18:00		North Macedonia 1 – 35
(0–7, 0–10, 1–6, 0–12)		 LatviaEisarena
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10 August 2013
18:00		Ireland 14 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 6–0, 0–0)		 North MacedoniaEisarena
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11 August 2013
11:00		Latvia 13 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0, 7–0)		 IrelandEisarena
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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.[1] 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 Pardubice, Czech Republic.[1] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

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
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 0 22 9 +13 9
 Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 10 10 0 6
 Australia 3 1 0 0 2 12 13 −1 3
 Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 8 20 −12 0
Source:
1 June 2014
15:00		Latvia 4 – 9
(1–1, 0–2, 2–3, 1–3)		 SloveniaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
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1 June 2014
17:00		Australia 2 – 4
(0–0, 0–4, 1–0, 1–0)		 CroatiaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 200
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2 June 2014
14:00		Australia 5 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0, 2–0)		 LatviaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 21
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2 June 2014
18:00		Slovenia 5 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 CroatiaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 115
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3 June 2014
13:00		Croatia 6 – 3
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0, 1–1)		 LatviaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 30
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3 June 2014
15:00		Slovenia 8 – 5
(2–0, 2–1, 0–2, 4–2)		 AustraliaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 100
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Group D
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 2 0 0 1 21 8 +13 6
 Hungary 3 1 1 0 1 13 14 −1 5
 Japan 3 1 0 1 1 9 15 −6 4
 Brazil 3 1 0 0 2 9 15 −6 3
Source:
1 June 2014
13:00		Brazil 0 – 8
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1, 0–4)		 AustriaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 120
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1 June 2014
19:00		Hungary 4 – 3 (SO)
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0, 2–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 JapanPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 200
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2 June 2014
16:00		Hungary 3 – 6
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–3)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 22
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2 June 2014
20:00		Austria 8 – 2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2, 4–0)		 JapanPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
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3 June 2014
17:00		Austria 5 – 6
(2–2, 0–0, 3–3, 0–1)		 HungaryPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 40
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3 June 2014
19:00		Japan 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 150
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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 quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Japan and Brazil were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Austria finished fifth after defeating Brazil and Hungary finished sixth following their win over Japan. In the semifinals Australia defeated Croatia and Slovenia beat Latvia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Croatia and Latvia played off for the bronze medal with Croatia winning 4–3. Slovenia defeated Australia 10–5 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[5]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C2  Croatia 5
D3  Japan 2
QF1  Croatia 5
QF2  Australia 6
D2  Hungary 1
C3  Australia 3
SF1  Australia 5
SF2  Slovenia 10
C1  Slovenia 7
D4  Brazil 1
QF3  Slovenia 13 Bronze medal game
QF4  Latvia 2
D1  Austria 3 SF1  Croatia 4
C4  Latvia 4 SF2  Latvia 3

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals
5 June 2014
13:00		Croatia 5 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1)		 JapanPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
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5 June 2014
15:00		Hungary 1 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 60
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5 June 2014
17:00		Slovenia 7 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 3–0)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 120
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5 June 2014
19:00		Austria 3 – 4 (SO)
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 LatviaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 70
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Placement round
6 June 2014
14:00		Hungary 12 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–0, 4–1)		 JapanPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
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6 June 2014
16:00		Austria 5 – 1
(0–0, 4–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 70
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Semifinals
6 June 2014
18:00		Croatia 5 – 6 (OT)
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 AustraliaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 40
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6 June 2014
20:00		Slovenia 13 – 2
(2–1, 5–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 LatviaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
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Bronze medal game
7 June 2014
12:00		Croatia 4 – 3
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 LatviaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 100
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Gold medal game
7 June 2014
14:00		Slovenia 10 – 5
(4–1, 3–0, 1–1, 2–3)		 AustraliaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 200
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Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[6]

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Slovenia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Croatia
4. Latvia
5. Austria
6. Hungary
7. Japan
8. Brazil

Tournament Awards
  • Best players selected by the directorate:[7]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Australia Michael James
    • Best Defenseman: Slovenia Domen Vedlin
    • Best Forward: Latvia Artjoms Ogorodnikovs

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
Slovenia Domen Vedlin67815+121.5D
Austria Harry Lange531215+51.5D
Slovenia Nejc Sotlar65914+91.5F
Austria Daniel Oberkofler58513+100.0F
Slovenia Jure Sotlar68513+123.0F
Slovenia Gal Koren65813+83.0F
Slovenia Mateuz Erman64913+63.0D
Austria Patrick Spannring54913+120.0F
Slovenia Matic Kralj67512+74.5F
Slovenia Gregor Krivic63912+90.0F

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
Austria Lorenz Hirn223:31107121.9388.791
Hungary Tamas Kiss207:21111142.4387.390
Japan Keita Osawa147:3283112.6886.750
Croatia Mate Tomljenovic243:46112162.3685.710
Latvia Renars Kazanovs202:22148254.4583.110

References
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  4. "2013 IIHF In-Line World Championship Group A+B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
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  7. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-06-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
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