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
Dates8–14 July
Teams16
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (14th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place Italy
Scoring leader(s) Nicolas Fierro Torres
(15 points)
MVP 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

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

Coliseo Bicentenario
Capacity:
 Colombia – Bucaramanga

Rosters

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

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.

* = Qualified for Group 1 after a top 10 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
^ = Qualified for Group 2 after a bottom 8 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
† = Qualified for Group 2 as new entrant

Seedings and groups

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

Group 1

Group 2

5th through 8th placement round
  Qualifier            
  LQF3  Colombia 2  
  LQF1  France 3   5th place game
      WQ2  France 4
  Qualifier   WQ1   Switzerland 5
  LQF2   Switzerland 6
  LQF4  Latvia 4   7th place game
    LQ2  Colombia 1
    LQ1  Latvia 3

13th through 16th placement round
  Qualifier            
  LQF4  Chile 2  
  LQF1  Mexico 15   15th place game
      WQ1  Mexico 3
  Qualifier   WQ2  Venezuela 1
  LQF2  Ecuador 1
  LQF3  Venezuela 6   13th place game
    LQ1  Chile 1
    LQ2  Ecuador 2

Ranking and statistics
 
 2012 FIRS World Championship Winners 

United States
14th title
 
 2012 FIRS National Team World Cup Winners 

Germany

Tournament awards
  • Best players selected by the tournament directors:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Dylan Ellis
    • Most Valuable Player: Dustin Roux
  • Fair Play:  Chile

Final standings

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

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 Torres67815
Julian Ramirez69514
Thomas Woods68614
Juan Diego Fierro Miranda67512
Joshua Laricchia65611
Jose Alexandre Guilardi54711
Allen Rey Gonzales67310
Marcus Pryde67310
Dustin Roux67310
Diego Schwarzenback66410
Ingemar Gruber66410
Roberto Ordonez61910

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

See also
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