2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	6 June – 13 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	242 (11 per match)
Attendance	28,082 (1,276 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dick Axelsson (20 pts)

The 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 14th, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between the 6th of June to the 13th of June in Germany. The games were played in the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt. The defending champions Sweden, won the two previous championships.

The Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt opened in 2003 and accommodates an attendance of 4,815. Germany gained the right to host the World Championship for the 5th time.

Sweden won its third consecutive and sixth overall championship defeating United States in the final 7–6.

Venue

Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.

Europe  Czech Republic*  Finland*  Germany†  Slovakia*  Slovenia*  Sweden*

North America  Canada^  United States*

Qualified nations in the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, in Germany.[1]

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 7 placement at the 2008 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

^ = Qualified after a top placement at the 2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I

^† = Qualified as hosts

Seeding and groups

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. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Rosters

Each teams roster for the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consists of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

Preliminary round

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 competes in the Qualification Games.

All games are played at the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt.

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United States	3	1	1	1	0	19	16	+3	6
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

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 June 14:00

United States

6 – 5 GWS ( 2–3, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 1–0 )

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 843

Game reference
	T. Tartaglione (24 saves / 29 shots)	Goalies	O. Jirkuv (22 saves / 28 shots)	Referees: Kendall Waiting Sjoqvist
	W. Sweatt 1 (R. Rodriguez) - 02:07 C. Yoder 1 (J. Beilsten) - 03:29 B. Yingling 1 (C. Yoder) - 19:07 W. Sweatt 2 (I. Chavira, N. Sigmund) - 33:18 C. Yoder 2 (P. Lee, B. Yingling) - pp - 45:07 G. Osterkamp 1 - gws - 53:00	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3 4 – 4 4 – 5 5 – 5 6 – 5	02:28 - L. Broz 1 (J. Kubista) 05:04 - pp - L. Broz 2 (T. Demel, P. Beranek) 07:16 - pp - P. Tenkrat 1 (L. Broz, P. Strycek) 39:06 - P. Tenkrat 2 (L. Vlcek, J. Besser) 40:34 - M. Vozdecky 1 (L. Vlcek)
	6.0 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	28	Shots	29

7 June 18:00

Canada

4 – 6 ( 2–0, 2–3, 0–1, 0–2 )

Sweden

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 751

Game reference
	K. St. Pierre (46 saves / 52 shots)	Goalies	P. Sjogren (17 saves / 21 shots)	Referees: Jeffrey Scott Mark Ansorg
	A. Ross 1 (D. Hammond) - 07:19 K. French 1 (A. Ross, B. Brooks) - 10:17 T. Woods 1 - 15:20 M. Drury 1 (D. Hammond, G. Smith) - 15:40	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3 4 – 4 4 – 5 4 – 6	18:34 - pp - H. Hoglund 1 (A. Svensson, D. Wessner) 19:02 - M. Kuukkonen 1 (D. Brolin, K. Luukkonen) 19:30 - D. Axelsson 1 (A. Svensson, L. Klasen) 32:36 - M. Luukkonen 2 (D. Brolin) 40:24 - D. Axelsson 2 (D. Wessner, M. Thelander) 44:23 - pp - H. Hoglund 2 (D. Wessner, D. Axelsson)
	18.0 min	Penalties	3.0 min
	21	Shots	52

8 June 16:00

United States

7 – 4 ( 2–1, 2–0, 0–0, 3–3 )

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 250

Game reference
	T. Redmann (23 saves / 27 shots)	Goalies	K. St. Pierre (33 saves / 40 shots)	Referees: Niklas Lindberg Jan Nordstrom
	J. Beilsten 1 (N. Sigmund) - 00:45 E. Hartlieb 1 (S. Gawrys) - 05:15 N. Sigmund 1 (I. Chavira) - 14:00 J. Beilsten 2 (P. Lee, B. Yingling) - pp - 19:23 C. Yoder 3 (G. Osterkamp, J. Beilsten) - 37:20 W. Sweatt 3 (I. Chavira) - 43:31 B. Yingling 2 (J. Beilsten) - 44:44	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 5 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 3 6 – 4 7 – 4	05:51 - pp - D. Hammond 1 (B. Brooks) 36:39 - A. Ross 2 (B. Brooks) 41:01 - pp - P. Patterson 1 (M. Vevang) 44:35 - D. Hammond 2 (M. Vevang, B. Finerty)
	7.5 min	Penalties	9.0 min
	40	Shots	27

8 June 18:00

Sweden

8 – 9 ( 2–2, 3–1, 2–4, 1–2 )

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 350

Game reference
	P. Sjogren (out 36:00) (19 saves / 26 shots) D. Karlsson (in 36:00) (6 saves / 8 shots)	Goalies	P. 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) - 01:46 S. Olsson 1 (L. Klasen) - 09:08 D. Wessner 1 (D. Axelsson) - 14:22 D. Wessner 2 (D. Axelsson, M. Thelander) - 17:12 K. Luukkonen 1 (J. Karlsson, M. Luukkonen) - 20:28 D. Wessner 3 (D. Axelsson, J. Andersson) - pp - 24:17 L. Klasen 1 (S. Olsson) - 32:20 H. Hoglund 3 - 39:17	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2 5 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 3 6 – 4 6 – 5 7 – 5 7 – 6 7 – 7 7 – 8 8 – 8 8 – 9	06:42 - M. Vozdecky 2 (P. Strycek, L. Broz) 11:52 - J. Polansky 1 (P. Sebek) 21:00 - P. Tenkrat 3 36:45 - pp - J Polansky 2 (L. Vlcek) 27:36 - J. Bessner 1 (P. Sebek) 35:40 - J. Polansky 3 (L. Broz) 35:59 - L. Broz 3 (M. Vozdecky, P. Strycek) 37:31 - T. Demel 1 (M. Vozdecky, J. Kubista) 47:17 - pp - P. Tenkrat 4 (M. Vozdecky)
	20.5 min	Penalties	12.0 min
	28	Shots	34

9 June 14:00

Czech Republic

3 – 4 ( 2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 270

Game reference
	O. Jirkuv (24 saves / 28 shots)	Goalies	C. Wills (19 saves / 22 shots)	Referees: Miklos Incze Brad Sotak
	L. Broz 4 (J. Polansky) - 03:02 J. Kubista 1 (P. Tenkrat, P. Strycek) - 04:30 J. Polansky 4 (T. Demel) - 29:20	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 4	03:47 - D. Hammond 3 (B. Brooks) 18:10 - B. Brooks 1 (K. French) 25:37 - M. Drury 2 (P. Patterson) 45:50 - B. Brooks 2 (K. French, D. Hammond)
	3.0 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	22	Shots	28

9 June 18:00

Sweden

7 – 6 GWS ( 0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 2–2 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 1–0 )

United States

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 890

Game reference
	D. Karlsson (28 saves / 34 shots)	Goalies	T. Redmann (33 saves / 40 shots)	Referees: Ulrich Erd Radim Prchal
	J. Andersson 1 (D. Axelsson, D. Wessner) - 20:06 D. Wessner 4 (D. Brolin, D. Axelsson) - pp - 21:40 L. Klasen 2 (K. Luukkonen, A. Svensson) - pp - 25:15 L. Klasen 3 (A. Svensson, H. Hoglund) - pp - 34:44 A. Svensson 1 (L. Klasen) - pp - 38:29 D. Wessner 5 (D. Axelsson, D. Brolin) - pp - 39:50 K. Luukonen 2 - gws - 53:00	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3 4 – 4 4 – 5 5 – 5 6 – 5 6 – 6 7 – 6	00:41 - K. Gouge 1 (S. Oleksy, P. Lee) 01:29 - G. Osterkamp 2 15:34 - N. Sigmund 2 35:34 - pp - E. Hartlieb 2 (P. Lee, S. Gawrys) 36:11 - pp - B. Yingling 3 (C. Yoder, J. Beilsten) 47:48 - J. Beilsten 3
	14.5 min	Penalties	10.5 min
	40	Shots	34

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Germany	3	3	0	0	0	27	10	+17	9
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

All times are local (UTC+2).

6 June 19:00

Germany

7 – 5 ( 3–1, 0–1, 3–2, 1–1 )

Slovenia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
				Referees: Radim Prchal Sjoqvist
	6.0 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	53	Shots	24

7 June 16:00

Slovenia

8 – 7 OT ( 2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 2–4 ) ( OT: 1–0 )

Slovakia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 861

Game reference
				Referees: Jeffrey Scott Josiph Singer
	9.0 min	Penalties	10.5 min
	34	Shots	37

7 June 20:00

Germany

7 – 1 ( 1–1, 2–0, 1–0, 3–0 )

Finland

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,600

Game reference
				Referees: Brad Sotak Terry Farrar
	6.0 min	Penalties	3.0 min
	33	Shots	37

8 June 18:00

Slovakia

0 – 5 ( 0–3, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0 )

Finland

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 250

Game reference
				Referees: Marcus Trottmann Kendall Waiting
	22.5 min	Penalties	10.0 min
	24	Shots	53

9 June 16:00

Finland

4 – 3 ( 2–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1 )

Slovenia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 204

Game reference
				Referees: Michael Low Norbert Druga
	7.5 min	Penalties	9.0 min
	23	Shots	20

9 June 20:00

Slovakia

4 – 13 ( 0–2, 3–3, 1–3, 0–5 )

Germany

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,400

Game reference
				Referees: Niklas Lindberg Jeffrey Scott
	9.0 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	30	Shots	41

Qualification round

The two last-placed teams of groups A and B of the Top Division, and the two first-placed teams of groups C and D of Division I, play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first-placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs.

All games are played at the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt.

Group A/C

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	+1	3
Austria	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	–1	0

Time is local (UTC+2).

10 June 16:00

Canada

4 – 3 ( 3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )

Austria

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 238

Game reference
				Referees: Radim Prchal Jan Nordstrom
	3.0 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	47	Shots	19

Group B/D

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	0	6	3	+3	3
Brazil	1	0	0	0	1	3	6	–3	0

Time is local (UTC+2).

10 June 18:00

Slovakia

6 – 3 ( 1–0, 2–1, 1–1, 2–1 )

Brazil

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 265

Game reference
				Referees: Josiph Singer Crt Kralj
	17.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	27	Shots	24

Playoff round

Draw

Quarterfinal

A1

United States

6

B4

Slovakia

2

Semifinal

QF2

United States

8

Quarterfinal

QF3

Finland

4

B2

Finland

4

A3

Czech Republic

3

Final

SF1

United States

6

Quarterfinal

SF2

Sweden

7

B1

Germany

8

A4

Canada

3

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

QF4

Germany

6

SF1

Finland

5

Quarterfinal

QF1

Sweden

8

SF2

Germany

9

A2

Sweden

8

B3

Slovenia

3

Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

11 June 14:00

Sweden

8 – 3 ( 1–1, 2–0, 3–1, 2–1 )

Slovenia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 463

Game reference
				Kendall Waiting
	12.0 min	Penalties	16.5 min
	38	Shots	25

11 June 16:00

United States

6 – 2 ( 1–2, 0–0, 3–0, 2–0 )

Slovakia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 855

Game reference
				Jeffrey Scott
	1.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	38	Shots	17

11 June 14:00

Finland

4 – 3 OT ( 0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1 ) ( OT: 1–0 )

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 1,830

Game reference
				Referees: Terry Farrar Maik Ansorg
	13.5 min	Penalties	10.5 min
	19	Shots	38

11 June 20:00

Germany

8 – 3 ( 2–0, 1–0, 4–1, 1–2 )

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 3,600

Game reference
				Referees: Sjoqvist Jan Nordstrom
	4.5 min	Penalties	17.5 min
	43	Shots	22

Placement round

5th/6th game

Time is local (UTC+2).

12 June 14:00

Slovenia

6 – 4 ( 1–1, 1–1, 1–2, 3–0 )

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 183

Game reference
				Referees: Ulrich Erd Mark Ansorg
	7.5 min	Penalties	15.0 min
	31	Shots	20

7th/8th game

Time is local (UTC+2).

12 June 16:00

Slovakia

1 – 8 ( 1–1, 0–4, 0–1, 0–2 )

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 380

Game reference
				Referees: Brad Sotak Jan Nordstrom
	9.0 min	Penalties	6.0 min
	21	Shots	33

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

12 June 18:00

United States

8 – 4 ( 1–0, 3–1, 2–2, 2–1 )

Finland

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 1,102

Game reference
				Referees: Sjoqvist Niklas Lindberg
	6.0 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	38	Shots	30

12 June 20:00

Germany

6 – 8 ( 2–1, 3–3, 1–2, 0–2 )

Sweden

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 3,100

Game reference
				Referees: Radim Prchal Ulrich Erd
	3.0 min	Penalties	6.0 min
	46	Shots	35

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

13 June 16:00

Finland

5 – 9 ( 2–4, 2–1, 0–1, 1–3 )

Germany

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,300

Game reference
				Referees: Brad Sotak Sjoqvist
	3.0 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	40	Shots	39

Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

13 June 18:00

United States

6 – 7 ( 2–2, 0–2, 3–0, 1–3 )

Sweden

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

Game reference
				Referees: Radim Prchal Jeffrey Scott
	1.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	38	Shots	47

Ranking and statistics

2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Winners  Sweden 6th title Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Dennis Karlsson Best Defenseman: Ernie Hartlieb Best Forward: Thomas Greilinger

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

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 left out.

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

Source:

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SA	GA	GAA	Pct	SO
Jochen Vollmer	149:09	94	12	2.90	.872	0
Kevin St. Pierre	178:53	147	19	3.82	.871	0
Dennis Karlsson	178:08	135	18	3.64	.867	0
Sasu Hovi	240:14	153	21	3.15	.863	1
Troy Redmann	197:00	144	22	4.02	.847	0

Source:

References