Host country Germany Teams 8 Champions Sweden | Dates 6 June – 13 June Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Runner-up United States | |
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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.
Contents
- Nations
- Seeding and groups
- Rosters
- Preliminary round
- Group A
- Group B
- Qualification round
- Group AC
- Group BD
- Quarter finals
- 5th6th game
- 7th8th game
- Semi finals
- Bronze medal game
- Gold medal game
- Final standings
- Scoring leaders
- Leading goaltenders
- References
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.
Nations
The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.
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
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group B
All times are local (UTC+2).
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
Time is local (UTC+2).
Group B/D
Time is local (UTC+2).
Quarter-finals
All times are local (UTC+2).
5th/6th game
Time is local (UTC+2).
7th/8th game
Time is local (UTC+2).
Semi-finals
All times are local (UTC+2).
Bronze medal game
Time is local (UTC+2).
Gold medal game
Time is local (UTC+2).
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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.
Source: [1]
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.
Source: [2]