2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	May 26 – June 1
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	450 (9.78 per match)
Attendance	22,486 (489 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Michael Wolf – 7 goals
MVP	Gasper Kroselj

The 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was divided into two divisions, the top division, for the teams ranked 1st–8th in the world. Additionally, Division I consisted of the teams ranked 9th–16th in the world. All 16 teams would be eligible to win the top division world championship. At the conclusion of pool play, the last placed teams in pools A & B played in cross-over games against the winners of pool C & D. The winners advanced to the playoff in the top division, while the losers were entered into the Division I playoff round.

Top Division

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Germany	3	2	0	0	1	22	8	14	6
United States	3	2	0	0	1	20	9	11	6
Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10	17	−7	6
Austria	3	0	0	0	3	6	24	−18	0

May 26, 2007 20:00

Germany

10–0 ( 2–0, 3–0, 1–0,4–0 )

Czech Republic

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 3,126

Game reference
	Florian Jung (1) 6:56 (PP)(GWG) Michael Wolf (1) 11:10 (PP) Boris Blank (1) 13:03 (ES) Michael Wolf (2) 15:23 (ES) Michael Wolf (3) 20:36 (ES) Aleksander Polaczek (1) 35:11 (ES) Michael Wolf (4) 39:05 (ES) Boris Blank (2) 40:14 (ES) Lukas Slavetinsky (1) 45:19 (ES) Daniel Huhn (1) 47:31 (PP) Goals

May 27, 2007 18:00

United States

3–4 ( 2–1, 1–0, 0–2, 0–1 )

Czech Republic

Passau, Germany Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	Brian Yingling (1) 0:15 (ES) Aaron Moss (1) 1:04 (ES) Brian Yingling (2) 18:39 (PP) Goals Martin Piecha (1) 11:30 (PP) Josef Fojtek (1) 25:56 (ES) Martin Koudelka (1) 29:58 (ES) Martin Koudelka (2) 47:58 (ES)(GWG)

May 27, 2007 20:00

Germany

8–1 ( 0–0, 2–0, 1–0, 5–1 )

Austria

Passau, Germany Attendance: 1,890

Game reference
	Daniel Menge (1) 14:50 (ES) Patrick Reimer (1) 22:09 (ES)(GWG) Patrick Reimer (2) 32:42 (ES) Bjorn Fridel (1) 36:35 (ES) Aleksander Polaczek (2) 37:17 (ES) Boris Blank (3) 37:28 (ES) Florian Jung (2) 39:24 (SH) Aleksander Polaczek (3) 41:16 (ES) Goals Gregor Baumgartner (1) 39:32 (PP)

May 28, 2007 20:00

Austria

1–10 ( 1–1, 0–3, 0–6, 0–0 )

United States

Passau, Germany Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Michael Pollross (1) 5:12 (PP) Goals Aaron Moss (2) 3:58 (ES) Thomas Bruce (1) 18:30 (ES)(GWG) Brian Yingling (3) 18:45 (ES) Greg Thompson (1) 20:39 (ES) Brian Yingling (4) 26:23 (ES) Aaron Moss (3) 28:01 (PP) Thomas Bruce (2) 29:30 (ES) James Beilsten (1) 31:10 (SH) Jamie Yoder (1) 33:25 (ES) Derek Kern (1) 35:27 (PP)

May 29, 2007 18:00

Czech Republic

6–4 ( 2–0, 3–0, 0–2, 1–2 )

Austria

Passau, Germany Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Jiri Polansky (1) 10:42 (ES) Jiri Polansky (2) 11:27 (PP) Zdenek Kubica (1) 19:02 (ES) Patrick Sebek (1) 21:04 (ES) Pavel Strycek (1) 22:36 (PP)(GWG) Patrick Sebek (2) 45:14 (ES) Goals Gregor Baumgartner (2) 25:29 (ES) Martin Sturm (1) 31:10 (PP) Gregor Baumgartner (3) 44:30 (ES) Gregor Baumgartner (4) 46:46 (ES)

May 29, 2007 20:00

United States

7–4 ( 3–2, 2–0, 1–2, 1–0 )

Germany

Passau, Germany Attendance: 1,800

Game reference
	Daniel Constanza (1) 2:04 (ES) Charlie Yoder (1) 4:26 (PP) James Beilsten (2) 4:48 (ES) Brian Yingling (5) 13:56 (PP) Ernest Hartlieb (1) 23:21 (PP)(GWG) Charlie Yoder (2) 30:26 (ES) Greg Thompson (2) 46:05 (PS) Goals Aleksander Polaczek (4) 1:05 (ES) Michael Wolf (5) 2:31 (ES) Michael Wolf (6) 24:46 (ES) Florian Jung (3) 32:22 (ES)

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Slovenia	3	2	1	0	0	13	6	7	8
Sweden	3	2	0	1	0	19	7	12	7
Finland	3	1	0	0	2	11	9	2	3
Slovakia	3	0	0	0	3	7	28	−21	0

May 27, 2007 18:00

Slovenia

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

Sweden

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 390

Game reference
	Marjan Manfreda (1) 21:16 (ES) Domen Vedlin (1) 32:36 (ES) Marjan Manfreda (2) 36:38 (ES) Matic Kralj (1) 53:00 (ES)(GWG) Goals Johan Lilja (1) 10:51 (ES) Jonas Karlsson (1) 26:26 (ES) Daniel Borlin (1) 42:13 (ES)

May 27, 2007 20:00

Finland

8–4 ( 2–0, 1–3, 1–0, 4–1 )

Slovakia

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 410

Game reference
	Tuomas Valosaari (1) 4:07 (ES) Mikko Liukkonen (1) 7:05 (ES) Miika Lindholm (1) 20:05 (ES) Krister Pietsalo (1) 31:12 (PP) Kari Lohtander (1) 36:48 (ES)(GWG) Camilo Miettinen (1) 37:55 (ES) Jani Honkanen (1) 42:29 (ES) Aki Tuominen (1) 44:44 (PP) Goals Lukas Ruzicka (1) 17:46 (ES) Milan Bartovic (1) 19:14 (PP) Jakob Ruckay (1) 21:53 (ES) Jakob Ruckay (2) 41:46 (ES)

May 28, 2007 18:00

Sweden

13–1 ( 4–1, 2–0, 6–0, 1–0 )

Slovakia

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Kristoffer Berglof (1) 4:31 (ES) Linus Klasen (1) 6:37 (PP)(GWG) Kristoffer Berglof (2) 8:25 (ES) Daniel Borlin (2) 10:23 (ES) Andreas Svensson (1) 13:51 (PP) Kristian Luukkonen (1) 19:00 (ES) Per Ledin (1) 24:40 (PP) Bjorn Eriksson (1) 25:50 (ES) Bjorn Eriksson (2) 27:22 (ES) Linus Klasen (2) 28:44 (ES) Kristoffer Berglof (3) 34:14 (ES) Simon Olsson (1) 35:42 (ES) Jimmy Anderson (1) 45:18 (SH) Goals Rudolf Tomanek (1) 1:39 (ES)

May 28, 2007 20:00

Finland

1–2 ( 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–1 )

Slovenia

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Aki Tuominen (2) 46:54 (PP) Goals Dejan Zemva (1) 7:23 (ES) Marjan Manfreda (3) 43:48 (PP)(GWG)

May 30, 2007 12:00

Slovakia

2–7 ( 0–3, 0–1, 2–1, 0–2 )

Slovenia

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 100

	Jakob Ruckay (3) 24:39 (ES) Milan Bartovic (2) 27:17 (ES) Goals Dejan Zemva (2) 3:18 (PP) Matic Kralj (2) 4:36 (PP) Tadej Nabergoj (1) 11:09 (ES)(GWG) Matic Kralj (3) 18:41 (ES) Domen Vedlin (2) 29:56 (ES) Denis Kadic (1) 36:47 (PP) Denis Kadic (2) 46:52 (ES)

May 30, 2007 18:00

Sweden

3–2 ( 1–0, 0–0, 2–1, 0–1 )

Finland

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Per Ledin (2) 1:16 (ES) Johan Lilja (2) 32:44 (SH) Andreas Svensson (2) 35:20 (ES) Goals Camilo Miettinen (2) 28:49 (ES) Marco Virtala (1) 45:10 (ES)

Qualifying Round

May 30, 2007 20:00

Slovakia

7–4 ( 2–1, 3–0, 0–3, 2–0 )

Brazil

Landshut, Germany Attendance: 250

Game reference

Slovakia remains in Top Division, Brazil remains in Division I

May 30, 2007 18:00

Austria

6 – 5 (OT) ( 0–1, 1–0, 2–1, 2–3, 1–0 )

Great Britain

Passau, Germany Attendance: 200

Game reference

Austria remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I

Championship Round

Draw

Quarterfinal

A3

Czech Republic

2

B2

Sweden

6

Semifinal

QF1

Sweden

5

Quarterfinal

QF2

Germany

2

B4

Slovakia

2

A1

Germany

10

Final

SF2

Sweden

4

Quarterfinal

SF1

Finland

3

B3

Finland

7

A2

United States

4

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

QF3

Finland

6

SF1

Germany

6

Quarterfinal

QF4

Austria

5

SF2

Austria

3

A4

Austria

2

B1

Slovenia

1

Ranking and statistics

2007 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships Winners  Sweden

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:^[1]
  • Best Goalkeeper: Pontus Sjogren
  • Best Defenseman: Aki Tuominen
  • Best Forward: Michael Wolf
  • Most Valuable Player: Gasper Kroselj

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

Division I

Preliminary Round

Group C

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Great Britain	3	3	0	0	0	22	7	15	9
Japan	3	2	0	0	1	15	14	1	6
Namibia	3	1	0	0	2	13	16	−3	3
South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	7	20	−13	0

May 27, 2007 14:00

Japan

6–3 ( 1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 1–1 )

Namibia

Passau, Germany

May 27, 2007 16:00

South Africa

1–7 ( 0–3, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1 )

Great Britain

Passau, Germany

May 28, 2007 16:00

Japan

5–3 ( 2–1, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0 )

South Africa

Passau, Germany

May 28, 2007 18:00

Great Britain

7–2 ( 0–0, 5–1, 1–1, 1–0 )

Namibia

Passau, Germany

May 29, 2007 16:00

Great Britain

8–4 ( 3–2, 3–0, 0–1, 2–1 )

Japan

Passau, Germany

May 29, 2007 14:00

Namibia

8–3 ( 2–1, 4–1, 1–0, 1–1 )

South Africa

Passau, Germany

Group D

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Brazil	3	3	0	0	0	15	10	5	9
Australia	3	2	0	0	1	26	13	13	6
New Zealand	3	1	0	0	2	14	26	−12	3
Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	15	21	−6	0

May 27, 2007 14:00

Brazil

6–5 ( 0–2, 3–0, 2–1, 1–2 )

Australia

Landshut, Germany

May 27, 2007 16:00

New Zealand

9–8 ( 3–3, 3–3, 2–2, 1–0 )

Hungary

Landshut, Germany

May 28, 2007 14:00

Brazil

5–3 ( 2–1, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 )

New Zealand

Landshut, Germany

May 28, 2007 16:00

Hungary

5–8 ( 1–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–2 )

Australia

Landshut, Germany

May 30, 2007 10:00

Hungary

2–4 ( 2–1, 0–1, 0–1, 0–1 )

Brazil

Landshut, Germany

May 30, 2007 16:00

Australia

13–2 ( 4–1, 3–1, 4–0, 2–0 )

New Zealand

Landshut, Germany

Finals round

Draw

Quarterfinal

C3

Namibia

3

D2

Australia

5

Semifinal

QF1

New Zealand

7

Quarterfinal

QF2

Australia

3

D4

Hungary

4

C1

Great Britain

3

Final

SF2

Brazil

5

Quarterfinal

SF1

New Zealand

4

C2

Japan

4

D3

New Zealand

5

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

QF3

Brazil

7

SF1

Hungary

6

Quarterfinal

QF4

Hungary

2

SF2

Australia

5

C4

South Africa

3

D1

Brazil

9

Ranking and statistics

2007 Men's World Inline Hockey Division I Championships Winners  Brazil

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk.	Team
	Brazil
	New Zealand
	Hungary
4.	Australia
5.	Great Britain
6.	Japan
7.	Namibia
8.	South Africa

References

1. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/inlineA/inline.hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/129/IHM129000_85I_1_0.pdf