2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

Template:Infobox tournament season The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. The US team won the final against the Czech Republic 4–3 won their fifth title.

Venue

Karlstad

Löfbergs Lila Arena Capacity: 8,647

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Nations

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

Europe

• AustriaTemplate:Efn
• Czech RepublicTemplate:Efn
• FinlandTemplate:Efn
• GermanyTemplate:Efn
• SloveniaTemplate:Efn
• SwedenTemplate:Efn

North America

• CanadaTemplate:Efn
• United StatesTemplate:Efn

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

Group A

• Sweden (1)
• Finland (4)
• Slovenia (5)
• Austria (8)

Group B

• United States (2)
• Germany (3)
• Czech Republic (6)
• Canada (7)

Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted 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 advanced to the Playoff round. The last team in each group competed in the Qualification Games.

All games were played at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad.

Group A

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Group B

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Qualification games

The last team from each group of the Preliminary Round competed in the Qualification Games against the top team from each group of the Division I tournament's Preliminary round. They were placed into two games: teams from Groups A and C played each other in Group A/C, while teams from Groups B and D played each other in Group B/D.

The two winners of these games advanced to the Top Division Playoff Round. In the Top Division Playoff Round, the winner of the A/C game was seeded A4, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded B4.

The two losers of these games were relegated to the Division I Playoff Round. In the Division I Playoff Round, the loser of the A/C game was seeded C1, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded D1.

Game A/C

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Game B/D

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Playoff round

Quarter-finals

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Placement

7/8 placement

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5/6 placement

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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Ranking and statistics

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Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Template:Flagicon Roman Handl
  • Best Defenseman: Template:Flagicon Sami Markkanen
  • Best Forward: Template:Flagicon Nathan Sigmund
  • Most Valuable Player: Template:Flagicon Dick Axelsson

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Template:Flagicon Dick Axelsson	6	14	2	16	+9	16.0	FW
Template:Flagicon Andreas Svensson	6	8	7	15	−1	3.0	DF
Template:Flagicon Kyle Kraemer	6	11	3	14	+13	1.5	FW
Template:Flagicon Shawn Gawrys	6	9	5	14	+5	6.0	FW
Template:Flagicon Patrick Maroon	6	7	7	14	+5	0	FW
Template:Flagicon Sami Markkanen	5	4	10	14	−1	0	DF
Template:Flagicon David Hammond	6	8	4	12	−2	3.0	FW
Template:Flagicon Ziga Jeglic	5	7	5	12	−1	0	FW
Template:Flagicon Marcus Weinstock	6	6	6	12	−6	1.5	FW
Template:Flagicon Patrik Sebek	6	4	8	12	+3	0	DF
Template:Flagicon Daniel Wessner	6	3	9	12	+4	7.5	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

Source: IIHF.com

18:32, 4 July 2010 (UTC) (UTC)

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	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Template:Flagicon Troy Redmann	138:28	68	6	1.56	91.18	1
Template:Flagicon Roman Handl	251:50	128	14	2.00	89.06	1
Template:Flagicon Thomas Tartaglione	147:27	62	7	1.71	88.71	1
Template:Flagicon Bernhard Starkbaum*	117:51	120	18	5.50	85.00	0
Template:Flagicon Thomas Ower	159:51	110	17	3.83	84.55	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to the Division I tournament after the qualification games.

Source: IIHF.com

18:35, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

See also

• 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
• 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
• 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship