2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

The 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 13th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 6 and 13 June 2009 in Ingolstadt, Germany and the Saturn Arena. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their third straight World Championship title and fifth overall. The United States finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating Finland in the bronze medal match. Slovakia, after losing the seventh/eighth game against Canada was relegated to Division I for 2010.

2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Dates6–13 June 2009
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (5th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Germany
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played24
Goals scored258 (10.75 per game)
Attendance26,485 (1,104 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Dick Axelsson
(20 pts)
← 2008
2010 →

Venue

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Ingolstadt
Saturn Arena
Capacity: 4,815
 

Qualification

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Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented. The 2008 Division I tournament was won by Canada who defeated Great Britain to earn promotion to the World Championship.[1]

Seeding and groups

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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 tournaments.[3] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Ingolstadt, Germany.[3] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):[3]

Preliminary round

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Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advance to the playoff round. The last team in each group compete in the qualifying round where they face-off against the top ranked teams of Group C and Group D from the Division I tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[3]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  United States 3 1 1 1 0 19 16 +3 6 Playoff round
  Sweden 3 1 1 0 1 21 19 +2 5
  Czech Republic 3 1 0 1 1 17 18 −1 4
  Canada 3 1 0 0 2 12 16 −4 3 Qualifying round
Source: [citation needed]
7 June
14:00
United States  6 – 5 GWS
( 2–3, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )
( OT: 0–0 )
( SO: 1–0 )
  Czech RepublicSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 843
[1]
T. Tartaglione (24 saves / 29 shots)GoaliesO. Jirkuv (22 saves / 28 shots)Referees:
  Kendall Waiting
  Sjoqvist
W. Sweatt 1 (R. Rodriguez) - 02:071 – 0
1 – 102:28 - L. Broz 1 (J. Kubista)
C. Yoder 1 (J. Beilsten) - 03:292 – 1
2 – 205:04 - pp - L. Broz 2 (T. Demel, P. Beranek)
2 – 307:16 - pp - P. Tenkrat 1 (L. Broz, P. Strycek)
B. Yingling 1 (C. Yoder) - 19:073 – 3
W. Sweatt 2 (I. Chavira, N. Sigmund) - 33:184 – 3
4 – 439:06 - P. Tenkrat 2 (L. Vlcek, J. Besser)
4 – 540:34 - M. Vozdecky 1 (L. Vlcek)
C. Yoder 2 (P. Lee, B. Yingling) - pp - 45:075 – 5
G. Osterkamp 1 - gws - 53:006 – 5
6.0 minPenalties7.5 min
28Shots29
7 June
18:00
Canada  4 – 6
( 2–0, 2–3, 0–1, 0–2 )
  SwedenSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 751
[2]
K. St. Pierre (46 saves / 52 shots)GoaliesP. Sjogren (17 saves / 21 shots)Referees:
  Jeffrey Scott
  Mark Ansorg
A. Ross 1 (D. Hammond) - 07:191 – 0
K. French 1 (A. Ross, B. Brooks) - 10:172 – 0
T. Woods 1 - 15:203 – 0
M. Drury 1 (D. Hammond, G. Smith) - 15:404 – 0
4 – 118:34 - pp - H. Hoglund 1 (A. Svensson, D. Wessner)
4 – 219:02 - M. Kuukkonen 1 (D. Brolin, K. Luukkonen)
4 – 319:30 - D. Axelsson 1 (A. Svensson, L. Klasen)
4 – 432:36 - M. Luukkonen 2 (D. Brolin)
4 – 540:24 - D. Axelsson 2 (D. Wessner, M. Thelander)
4 – 644:23 - pp - H. Hoglund 2 (D. Wessner, D. Axelsson)
18.0 minPenalties3.0 min
21Shots52
8 June
16:00
United States  7 – 4
( 2–1, 2–0, 0–0, 3–3 )
  CanadaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 250
[3]
T. Redmann (23 saves / 27 shots)GoaliesK. St. Pierre (33 saves / 40 shots)Referees:
  Niklas Lindberg
  Jan Nordstrom
J. Beilsten 1 (N. Sigmund) - 00:451 – 0
E. Hartlieb 1 (S. Gawrys) - 05:152 – 0
2 – 105:51 - pp - D. Hammond 1 (B. Brooks)
N. Sigmund 1 (I. Chavira) - 14:003 – 1
J. Beilsten 2 (P. Lee, B. Yingling) - pp - 19:234 – 1
4 – 236:39 - A. Ross 2 (B. Brooks)
C. Yoder 3 (G. Osterkamp, J. Beilsten) - 37:205 – 2
5 – 341:01 - pp - P. Patterson 1 (M. Vevang)
W. Sweatt 3 (I. Chavira) - 43:316 – 3
6 – 444:35 - D. Hammond 2 (M. Vevang, B. Finerty)
B. Yingling 2 (J. Beilsten) - 44:447 – 4
7.5 minPenalties9.0 min
40Shots27
8 June
18:00
Sweden  8 – 9
( 2–2, 3–1, 2–4, 1–2 )
  Czech RepublicSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 350
[4]
P. Sjogren (out 36:00) (19 saves / 26 shots)
D. Karlsson (in 36:00) (6 saves / 8 shots)
GoaliesP. Pavlicek (out 32:40) (21 saves / 20 shots)
O. Jirkuv (in 32:40) (8 saves / 8 shots)
Referees:
  Terry Farrar
  Crt Kralj
J. Bergman 1 (S. Olsson, J. Andersson) - 01:461 – 0
1 – 106:42 - M. Vozdecky 2 (P. Strycek, L. Broz)
S. Olsson 1 (L. Klasen) - 09:082 – 1
2 – 211:52 - J. Polansky 1 (P. Sebek)
D. Wessner 1 (D. Axelsson) - 14:223 – 2
D. Wessner 2 (D. Axelsson, M. Thelander) - 17:124 – 2
K. Luukkonen 1 (J. Karlsson, M. Luukkonen) - 20:285 – 2
5 – 321:00 - P. Tenkrat 3
D. Wessner 3 (D. Axelsson, J. Andersson) - pp - 24:176 – 3
6 – 436:45 - pp - J Polansky 2 (L. Vlcek)
6 – 527:36 - J. Bessner 1 (P. Sebek)
L. Klasen 1 (S. Olsson) - 32:207 – 5
7 – 635:40 - J. Polansky 3 (L. Broz)
7 – 735:59 - L. Broz 3 (M. Vozdecky, P. Strycek)
7 – 837:31 - T. Demel 1 (M. Vozdecky, J. Kubista)
H. Hoglund 3 - 39:178 – 8
8 – 947:17 - pp - P. Tenkrat 4 (M. Vozdecky)
20.5 minPenalties12.0 min
28Shots34
9 June
14:00
Czech Republic  3 – 4
( 2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )
  CanadaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 270
[5]
O. Jirkuv (24 saves / 28 shots)GoaliesC. Wills (19 saves / 22 shots)Referees:
  Miklos Incze
  Brad Sotak
L. Broz 4 (J. Polansky) - 03:021 – 0
1 – 103:47 - D. Hammond 3 (B. Brooks)
J. Kubista 1 (P. Tenkrat, P. Strycek) - 04:302 – 1
2 – 218:10 - B. Brooks 1 (K. French)
2 – 325:37 - M. Drury 2 (P. Patterson)
J. Polansky 4 (T. Demel) - 29:203 – 3
3 – 445:50 - B. Brooks 2 (K. French, D. Hammond)
3.0 minPenalties7.5 min
22Shots28
9 June
18:00
Sweden  7 – 6 GWS
( 0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 2–2 )
( OT: 0–0 )
( SO: 1–0 )
  United StatesSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 890
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D. Karlsson (28 saves / 34 shots)GoaliesT. Redmann (33 saves / 40 shots)Referees:
  Ulrich Erd
  Radim Prchal
0 – 100:41 - K. Gouge 1 (S. Oleksy, P. Lee)
0 – 201:29 - G. Osterkamp 2
0 – 315:34 - N. Sigmund 2
J. Andersson 1 (D. Axelsson, D. Wessner) - 20:061 – 3
D. Wessner 4 (D. Brolin, D. Axelsson) - pp - 21:402 – 3
L. Klasen 2 (K. Luukkonen, A. Svensson) - pp - 25:153 – 3
L. Klasen 3 (A. Svensson, H. Hoglund) - pp - 34:444 – 3
4 – 435:34 - pp - E. Hartlieb 2 (P. Lee, S. Gawrys)
4 – 536:11 - pp - B. Yingling 3 (C. Yoder, J. Beilsten)
A. Svensson 1 (L. Klasen) - pp - 38:295 – 5
D. Wessner 5 (D. Axelsson, D. Brolin) - pp - 39:506 – 5
6 – 647:48 - J. Beilsten 3
K. Luukonen 2 - gws - 53:007 – 6
14.5 minPenalties10.5 min
40Shots34

Group B

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Germany 3 3 0 0 0 27 10 +17 9 Playoff round
  Finland 3 2 0 0 1 10 10 0 6
  Slovenia 3 0 1 0 2 16 18 −2 2
  Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 11 26 −15 1 Qualifying round
Source: [citation needed]
6 June
19:00
Germany  7 – 5
( 3–1, 0–1, 3–2, 1–1 )
  SloveniaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,500
[7]
Referees:
  Radim Prchal
  Sjoqvist
6.0 minPenalties7.5 min
53Shots24
7 June
16:00
Slovenia  8 – 7 OT
( 2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 2–4 )
( OT: 1–0 )
  SlovakiaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 861
[8]
Referees:
  Jeffrey Scott
  Josiph Singer
9.0 minPenalties10.5 min
34Shots37
7 June
20:00
Germany  7 – 1
( 1–1, 2–0, 1–0, 3–0 )
  FinlandSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,600
[9]
Referees:
  Brad Sotak
  Terry Farrar
6.0 minPenalties3.0 min
33Shots37
8 June
18:00
Slovakia  0 – 5
( 0–3, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0 )
  FinlandSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 250
[10]
Referees:
  Marcus Trottmann
  Kendall Waiting
22.5 minPenalties10.0 min
24Shots53
9 June
16:00
Finland  4 – 3
( 2–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1 )
  SloveniaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 204
[11]
Referees:
  Michael Low
  Norbert Druga
7.5 minPenalties9.0 min
23Shots20
9 June
20:00
Slovakia  4 – 13
( 0–2, 3–3, 1–3, 0–5 )
  GermanySaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,400
[12]
Referees:
  Niklas Lindberg
  Jeffrey Scott
9.0 minPenalties1.5 min
30Shots41

Qualifying round

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Canada and Slovakia advanced to the qualifying round after finishing last in Group A and Group B respectively.[4] Canada faced off against Austria, who finished first in Group C of the Division I tournament, and Slovakia was drawn against Brazil, who finished first in Group D of the Division I tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[5][6] Both Canada and Slovakia won their matches and advanced to the Top Division playoffs, while Austria and Brazil advanced to the Division I playoffs.[6]

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

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Canada and Slovakia advanced to the playoff round after winning 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 placement round.[7] Slovakia was relegated to Division I after losing the seventh/8th game against Canada, while Slovenia finished fifth after defeating the Czech Republic in the fifth/6th game.[7][8] In the semifinals the United States defeated Finland and Sweden beat Germany, both advancing to the gold medal game.[7] After losing the semifinals Finland and Germany played off for the bronze medal with Germany winning 9–5.[7] Sweden defeated the United States 7–6 in the gold medal game, earning their third straight World Championship title and fifth overall.[7][9]

Draw

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1   United States 6
B4   Slovakia 2
QF2   United States 8
QF3   Finland 4
B2   Finland 4
A3   Czech Republic 3
SF1   United States 6
SF2   Sweden 7
B1   Germany 8
A4   Canada 3
QF4   Germany 6 Bronze medal game
QF1   Sweden 8
A2   Sweden 8 SF1   Finland 5
B3   Slovenia 3 SF2   Germany 9

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarter-finals

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11 June
14:00
Sweden  8 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 3–1, 2–1)
  SloveniaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 463
[13]
12.0 minPenalties16.5 min
38Shots25
11 June
16:00
United States  6 – 2
(1–2, 0–0, 3–0, 2–0)
  SlovakiaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 855
[14]
1.5 minPenalties4.5 min
38Shots17
11 June
14:00
Finland  4 – 3 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
  Czech RepublicSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 1,830
[15]
Referees:
  Terry Farrar
  Maik Ansorg
13.5 minPenalties10.5 min
19Shots38
11 June
20:00
Germany  8 – 3
(2–0, 1–0, 4–1, 1–2)
  CanadaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 3,600
[16]
Referees:
  Sjoqvist
  Jan Nordstrom
4.5 minPenalties17.5 min
43Shots22

Placement round

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5th/6th game

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12 June
14:00
Slovenia  6 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2, 3–0)
  Czech RepublicSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 183
[17]
Referees:
  Ulrich Erd
  Mark Ansorg
7.5 minPenalties15.0 min
31Shots20

7th/8th game

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12 June
16:00
Slovakia  1 – 8
(1–1, 0–4, 0–1, 0–2)
  CanadaSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 380
[18]
Referees:
  Brad Sotak
  Jan Nordstrom
9.0 minPenalties6.0 min
21Shots33

Semi-finals

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12 June
18:00
United States  8 – 4
(1–0, 3–1, 2–2, 2–1)
  FinlandSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 1,102
[19]
Referees:
  Sjoqvist
  Niklas Lindberg
6.0 minPenalties4.5 min
38Shots30
12 June
20:00
  Germany6 – 8
(2–1, 3–3, 1–2, 0–2)
Sweden  Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 3,100
[20]
Referees:
  Radim Prchal
  Ulrich Erd
3.0 minPenalties6.0 min
46Shots35

Bronze medal game

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13 June
16:00
Finland  5 – 9
(2–4, 2–1, 0–1, 1–3)
  GermanySaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 2,300
[21]
Referees:
  Brad Sotak
  Sjoqvist
3.0 minPenalties4.5 min
40Shots39

Gold medal game

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13 June
18:00
United States  6 – 7
(2–2, 0–2, 3–0, 1–3)
  SwedenSaturn Arena, Ingolstadt
[22]
Referees:
  Radim Prchal
  Jeffrey Scott
1.5 minPenalties4.5 min
38Shots47

Ranking and statistics

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 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners 
 
Sweden
5th title

Tournament Awards

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Final standings

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The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[11]

Rk. Team
    Sweden
    United States
    Germany
4.   Finland
5.   Slovenia
6.   Czech Republic
7.   Canada
8.   Slovakia

Scoring leaders

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Swedens's Dick Axelsson scored eight goals and twelve assists in his six games and finished as the tournaments leading scorer

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 statistics.[12]

Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Pos
  Dick Axelsson 6 8 12 20 +16 9.0 F
  Thomas Greilinger 6 7 12 19 +18 1.5 F
  Daniel Wessner 6 8 9 17 +11 14.5 F
  James Beilsten 6 6 11 17 +11 4.5 D
  Patrick Reimer 6 10 5 15 +14 1.5 F
  Sami Markkanen 6 4 10 14 +8 1.5 F
  Henrik Holscher 6 6 7 13 +13 3.0 D
  Linus Klasen 6 5 8 13 +10 0.0 F
  Brian Yingling 6 7 5 12 +6 1.5 F
  Mikko Liukkonen 6 6 5 11 +6 3.0 F
  David Hammond 5 5 6 11 +8 4.5 F

Leading goaltenders

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Sasu Hovi of Finland finished fourth among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 86.27

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the statistics.[13]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
  Jochen Vollmer 149:09 94 12 2.90 87.23 0
  Kevin St. Pierre 178:53 147 19 3.82 87.07 0
  Dennis Karlsson 178:08 135 18 3.64 86.67 0
  Sasu Hovi 240:14 153 21 3.15 86.27 1
  Troy Redmann 197:00 144 22 4.02 84.72 0

References

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