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2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Venue(s)	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Dates	25 June – 1 July
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	23
Goals scored	220 (9.57 per game)
Attendance	6,331 (275 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Teemu Lepaus (22 pts)
← 2015

The 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 20th and final IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 25 June and 1 July 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia at the Ondrej Nepela Arena. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their seventh World Championship title. Finland finished in second place and the Czech Republic in third after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2015 Division I tournament was won by Croatia who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion to the World Championship.

•  Canada − Finished first in the 2015 World Championship
•  Croatia − Winner of 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
•  Czech Republic − Finished sixth in the 2015 World Championship
•  Finland − Finished second in the 2015 World Championship
•  Germany − Finished seventh in the 2015 World Championship
•  Slovakia − Finished fourth in the 2015 World Championship
•  Sweden − Finished third in the 2015 World Championship
•  United States − Finished fifth in the 2015 World Championship

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I. The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses 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 A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	0	24	5	+19	9
Slovakia	3	2	0	0	1	17	18	−1	6
Canada	3	1	0	0	2	16	18	−2	3
Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	5	21	−16	0

25 June 2017 14:00

Canada

6 – 1 (3–0, 1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Croatia

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 248

25 June 2017 18:00

Slovakia

1 – 8 (0–1, 0–4, 1–2, 0–1)

United States

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 945

26 June 2017 14:00

United States

8 – 2 (3–1, 1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Canada

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 217

26 June 2017 18:00

Slovakia

7 – 2 (3–1, 2–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Croatia

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 463

27 June 2017 14:00

Croatia

2 – 8 (2–1, 0–2, 0–4, 0–1)

United States

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 113

27 June 2017 18:00

Canada

8 – 9 (1–2, 1–3, 4–3, 2–1)

Slovakia

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 792

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	2	1	0	0	18	13	+5	8
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	15	13	+2	7
Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	11	11	0	3
Germany	3	0	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0

25 June 2017 16:00

Finland

5 – 2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Germany

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 213

25 June 2017 20:00

Sweden

2 – 3 (0–0, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 291

26 June 2017 16:00

Sweden

4 – 2 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Germany

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 97

26 June 2017 20:00

Czech Republic

6 – 7 (SO) (2–2, 0–1, 2–1, 2–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 173

27 June 2017 16:00

Germany

4 – 6 (1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 1–3)

Czech Republic

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 116

27 June 2017 20:00

Finland

6 – 5 (1–2, 2–0, 2–0, 1–3)

Sweden

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 203

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 classification round. Slovakia defeated Croatia and Canada defeated Germany in the classification round to finish fifth and sixth respectively. Croatia and Germany moved on to the relegation game where Croatia was defeated 5–8 and was relegated back to Division I for 2019. In the semifinals the United States defeated the Czech Republic and Finland beat Sweden, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals the Czech Republic and Sweden played off for the bronze medal with the Czech Republic winning 5–2. The United States defeated Finland 4–2 in the gold medal game, earning their seventh World Championship title.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

United States

4

B4

Germany

1

A1

United States

5

B2

Czech Republic

4

B2

Czech Republic

8

A3

Canada

2

A1

United States

4

B1

Finland

2

B1

Finland

11

A4

Croatia

2

B1

Finland

6

Bronze medal game

B3

Sweden

5

A2

Slovakia

4

B2

Czech Republic

5

B3

Sweden

6

B3

Sweden

2

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

29 June 2017 14:00

Czech Republic

8 – 2 (0–1, 3–1, 1–0, 4–0)

Canada

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 123

29 June 2017 16:00

Finland

11 – 1 (4–0, 3–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Croatia

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 141

29 June 2017 18:00

Slovakia

4 – 6 (0–1, 1–3, 3–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 817

29 June 2017 20:00

United States

4 – 1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Germany

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 94

Classification

30 June 2017 14:00

Canada

8 – 3 (1–0, 3–1, 2–2, 2–0)

Germany

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 61

30 June 2017 16:00

Slovakia

8 – 4 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0, 3–2)

Croatia

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 129

Semifinals

30 June 2017 18:00

United States

5 – 4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 221

30 June 2017 20:00

Finland

6 – 5 (OT) (2–0, 1–2, 1–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 152

Relegation game

1 July 2017 11:00

Germany

8 – 5 (2–1, 4–2, 0–0, 2–2)

Croatia

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 68

Bronze medal game

1 July 2017 17:30

Czech Republic

5 – 2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 236

Gold medal game

1 July 2017 20:00

United States

4 – 2 (1–0, 3–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Finland

Ondrej Nepela Arena Attendance: 418

Ranking and statistics

2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship winners
United States 7th title

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Troy Redmann
  • Best Defenseman: Petri Partanen
  • Best Forward: Matt White

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

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.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Teemu Lepaus	6	11	11	22	+8	1.5	F
Matt White	6	7	9	16	+11	3.0	F
Eemeli Suomi	6	4	12	16	+8	1.5	F
Markus Kinisjarvi	6	5	9	14	+2	1.5	F
Jakub Petružálek	6	5	8	13	+5	3.0	F
Jack Combs	6	9	3	12	+10	6.0	F
Linus Svedlund	6	5	7	12	–1	3.0	F
Petr Kafka	5	5	6	11	+3	0.0	F
Filip Novák	5	5	6	11	0	3.0	F
Juraj Jurik	5	3	7	10	0	7.5	F
Peter Lichanec	5	3	7	10	+3	0.0	F
Jakub Ruckay	5	3	7	10	+1	4.5	D
Derrick Burnett	6	0	10	10	+11	14.5	D

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.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Troy Redmann	192:00	82	9	2.25	89.02	0
Dominik Frodl	244:54	108	18	3.53	83.33	0
Siniša Martinović	199:51	114	21	5.04	81.58	0
Robert Kinisjarvi	285:50	128	25	4.20	80.47	0
Vladimir Neumann	214:15	124	26	5.83	79.03	0

References

1. ^ "2015 IIHF Inline World Championship Div I Group C+D". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
2. ^ "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-07-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
3. ^ "Tournament Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
4. ^ "2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
5. ^ Merk, Martin (2017-07-01). "USA back on inline throne". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
6. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
7. "Tournament Progress - Playoff Round" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
8. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
9. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.

External links

• World Championship at IIHF.com

• 2017 in Slovak sport
• 2017 in inline hockey
• IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
• International sports competitions hosted by Slovakia
• Inline hockey in Slovakia
• June 2017 sports events in Europe
• July 2017 sports events in Europe
• Sports competitions in Bratislava