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
Matches played22
Goals scored198 (9 per match)
Attendance1,908 (87 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Domen Vedlin
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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]

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]

Qualified for Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia22000481+476
 Ireland210011413+13
 North Macedonia20002149–480

All times are local.

9 August 2013
18:00		North Macedonia 1 – 35
(0–7, 0–10, 1–6, 0–12)		 LatviaEisarena
10 August 2013
18:00		Ireland 14 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 6–0, 0–0)		 North MacedoniaEisarena
11 August 2013
11:00		Latvia 13 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0, 7–0)		 IrelandEisarena

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 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
 Slovenia33000229+139
 Croatia32001101006
 Australia310021213–13
 Latvia30003820–120
1 June 2014
15:00		Latvia 4 – 9
(1–1, 0–2, 2–3, 1–3)		 SloveniaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
1 June 2014
17:00		Australia 2 – 4
(0–0, 0–4, 1–0, 1–0)		 CroatiaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 200
2 June 2014
14:00		Australia 5 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0, 2–0)		 LatviaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 21
2 June 2014
18:00		Slovenia 5 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 CroatiaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 115
3 June 2014
13:00		Croatia 6 – 3
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0, 1–1)		 LatviaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 30
3 June 2014
15:00		Slovenia 8 – 5
(2–0, 2–1, 0–2, 4–2)		 AustraliaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 100

Group D
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Austria32001218+136
 Hungary311011314–15
 Japan31011915–64
 Brazil31002915–63
1 June 2014
13:00		Brazil 0 – 8
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1, 0–4)		 AustriaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 120
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
2 June 2014
16:00		Hungary 3 – 6
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–3)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 22
2 June 2014
20:00		Austria 8 – 2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2, 4–0)		 JapanPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
3 June 2014
17:00		Austria 5 – 6
(2–2, 0–0, 3–3, 0–1)		 HungaryPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 40
3 June 2014
19:00		Japan 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 150

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
                           
  C2  Croatia 5  
D3  Japan 2  
  QF1  Croatia 5  
  QF2  Australia 6  
D2  Hungary 1 Final
  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
5 June 2014
15:00		Hungary 1 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 60
5 June 2014
17:00		Slovenia 7 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 3–0)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 120
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

Placement round
6 June 2014
14:00		Hungary 12 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–0, 4–1)		 JapanPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50
6 June 2014
16:00		Austria 5 – 1
(0–0, 4–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 BrazilPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 70

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
6 June 2014
20:00		Slovenia 13 – 2
(2–1, 5–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 LatviaPardubice Arena 2
Attendance: 50

Bronze medal game
7 June 2014
12:00		Croatia 4 – 3
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 LatviaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 100

Gold medal game
7 June 2014
14:00		Slovenia 10 – 5
(4–1, 3–0, 1–1, 2–3)		 AustraliaPardubice Arena
Attendance: 200

Ranking and statistics
 

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[6]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Michael James
    • Best Defenseman: Domen Vedlin
    • Best Forward: Artjoms Ogorodnikovs

Final standings

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

Rk. Team
 Slovenia
 Australia
 Croatia
4. Latvia
5. Austria
6. Hungary
7. Japan
8. Brazil

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
Domen Vedlin67815+121.5D
Harry Lange531215+51.5D
Nejc Sotlar65914+91.5F
Daniel Oberkofler58513+100.0F
Jure Sotlar68513+123.0F
Gal Koren65813+83.0F
Mateuz Erman64913+63.0D
Patrick Spannring54913+120.0F
Matic Kralj67512+74.5F
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
Lorenz Hirn223:31107121.9388.791
Tamas Kiss207:21111142.4387.390
Keita Osawa147:3283112.6886.750
Mate Tomljenovic243:46112162.3685.710
Renars Kazanovs202:22148254.4583.110

References
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