2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

The 2012 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 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2012 in Ingolstadt, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovakia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates1 June – 7 June
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Slovakia
Runner-up  Hungary
Third place  Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored264 (11.48 per match)
Attendance3,934 (171 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Marcel Holovic
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Qualification

Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2011 World Championship and the 2011 Division I tournaments.[1] Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament.[1] The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot.[2] The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Chinese Taipei, New Zealand and South Africa, with New Zealand winning promotion.[3]

European Qualification

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 2 September 2011 to 4 September 2011.[2] Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Macedonia and Turkey. Turkey finished in second place after they won their other game against the Macedonian team.[2]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Bulgaria22000376+316
 Turkey210012411+133
 North Macedonia20002448–480

All times are local.

2 September 2011
20:00		North Macedonia 2 – 20
(0–7, 0–5, 1–3, 1–5)		 TurkeyWinter Palace
3 September 2011
18:00		Bulgaria 28 – 2
(6–1, 9–0, 4–1, 9–0)		 North MacedoniaWinter Palace
4 September 2011
14:00		Turkey 4 – 9
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2, 2–3)		 BulgariaWinter Palace

Rest of the World Qualification

The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held at the New Plymouth Rollersports Arena in New Plymouth, New Zealand from 18 November 2011 to 20 November 2011.[3] New Zealand gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and South Africa. Chinese Taipei finished in second place after they won their other game against the South African team.[3]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 New Zealand22000184+146
 Chinese Taipei21001716–93
 South Africa20002813–50

All times are local.

18 November 2011
19:30		Chinese Taipei 1 – 11
(0–4, 0–3, 1–2, 0–2)		 New ZealandNew Plymouth Rollersports Arena
19 November 2011
19:30		South Africa 5 – 6
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 1–2)		 Chinese TaipeiNew Plymouth Rollersports Arena
20 November 2011
16:30		New Zealand 7 – 3
(1–2, 4–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 South AfricaNew Plymouth Rollersports Arena

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Ingolstadt, Germany.[1] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis 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 GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Slovakia33000426+369
 Croatia320012313+106
 Australia310021720–33
 Bulgaria30003346–430
1 June 2012
15:00		Australia 4 – 5
(2–3, 1–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
1 June 2012
17:00		Bulgaria 0 – 21
(0–7, 0–3, 0–9, 0–2)		 SlovakiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 108
2 June 2012
13:00		Australia 9 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0, 5–0)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 50
2 June 2012
17:00		Slovakia 7 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 75
3 June 2012
13:00		Croatia 16 – 2
(5–1, 2–0, 3–0, 6–1)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 127
3 June 2012
17:00		Slovakia 14 – 4
(5–1, 5–0, 1–3, 3–0)		 AustraliaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 314

Group D
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Hungary33000227+159
 Austria320012714+136
 Japan301021218–62
 New Zealand30012426–221
1 June 2012
15:00		Austria 14 – 2
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1, 4–1)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
1 June 2012
19:00		New Zealand 3 – 7
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0, 2–3)		 HungarySaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 98
2 June 2012
15:00		Austria 9 – 6
(4–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–3)		 New ZealandSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 235
2 June 2012
19:00		Hungary 9 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0, 4–0)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 45
3 June 2012
15:00		Japan 2 – 3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 New ZealandSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 318
3 June 2012
19:00		Hungary 6 – 4
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–1)		 AustriaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 267

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 New Zealand were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Australia and Japan advanced to a 5/6 placement game with Australia defeating Japan 7–3. In the semifinals Hungary defeated Austria and Slovakia defeating Croatia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Austria and Croatia played off for the bronze medal with Austria winning in overtime. Slovakia defeated Hungary 5–4 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[6]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  D2  Austria 7  
C3  Australia 2  
  QF1  Hungary 5  
  QF2  Austria 2  
D1  Hungary 12 Final
  C4  Bulgaria 2  
    SF1  Hungary 4
  SF2  Slovakia 5
  C1  Slovakia 14  
D3  Japan 0  
  QF3  Slovakia 5 Bronze medal game
  QF4  Croatia 3  
C2  Croatia 5 SF1  Austria 7
  D4  New Zealand 0   SF2  Croatia 6

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 June 2012
13:00		Croatia 5 – 0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 New ZealandSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 128
5 June 2012
15:00		Austria 7 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 AustraliaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193
5 June 2012
17:00		Slovakia 14 – 0
(0–0, 5–0, 5–0, 4–0)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 208
5 June 2012
19:00		Hungary 12 – 2
(1–0, 3–1, 5–0, 3–1)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 231

Placement round
6 June 2012
13:00		New Zealand 2 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93
6 June 2012
15:00		Australia 16 – 4
(4–2, 2–0, 6–2, 4–0)		 BulgariaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 93

5/6 placement
7 June 2012
10:00		Australia 7 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1, 2–1)		 JapanSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 123

Semifinals
6 June 2012
17:00		Hungary 5 – 2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 AustriaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 118
6 June 2012
19:00		Slovakia 5 – 3
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1, 2–1)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 193

Bronze medal game
7 June 2012
12:00		Austria 7 – 6 (OT)
(1–3, 3–1, 1–1, 1–1 , 1–0)		 CroatiaSaturn Rink 2
Attendance: 331

Gold medal game
7 June 2012
14:00		Slovakia 5 – 4
(1–1, 4–1, 0–2, 0–0)		 HungarySaturn Arena
Attendance: 400

Ranking and statistics
 

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[8]

Rk. Team
 Slovakia
 Hungary
 Austria
4. Croatia
5. Australia
6. Japan
7. New Zealand
8. Bulgaria

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
Marcel Holovic671623+190.0F
Filip Novak6121022+193.0F
Daniel Oberkofler681220+111.5F
Lukas Ruzicka661420+183.0F
Tomas Jasko681119+170.0F
Jonathon Bremner610717+63.0F
Harry Lange67916+147.5D
Roman Simunek67916+170.0F
Peter Sojcik67916+174.5F
Arnold Feil68715+121.5F

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% SO
Vladimir Neumann120:005220.6096.152
Tamas Kiss166:178561.3092.941
Roman Hrusovsky144:0097112.7588.660
Lorenz Hirn237:50144192.8886.810
Vanja Belic228:53150203.1586.671

See also

References
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