Host country Slovakia Teams 16 Champions Sweden (4th title) | Dates June 21 – June 29 Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Matches played 46 | |
The 2008 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship is the 12th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place between June 21 and June 29, 2008. The 2008 Championship marked the return of Canada to the international stage.
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Tournament format
The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D 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. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.
Relegation format: The best seven teams of the Top Division and the winner of Division I will be qualified for the 2009 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships Top Division. The last-placed team of the Top Division (loser of the 7th-place game) will be relegated to the 2009 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships Division I.
The ranking of the groups is based according to the result of the last World Championship performance of the respective countries in the IIHF InLine Hockey Program and the qualification rounds.
All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.
Teams will be awarded points on the following system:
Participating teams
Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series
Group A
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
Group B
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Scoring leaders
List shows the top 10 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.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
Group C
Group winner advances to qualification round
Group D
Group winner advances to qualification round