2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

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Host country Slovakia
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–28 June 2008
Teams8
2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–28 June 2008
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (1st title)
Runners-up  Great Britain
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played24
Goals scored280 (11.67 per game)
Attendance5,465 (228 per game)
Scoring leaderCanada Cory Conacher
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The 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 22 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Canada who upon winning gained promotion to the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated to the continental qualifications after losing their relegation round games.

See also: 2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification

Six nations returned to Division I after automatically qualifying based on their results from the 2007 Division I tournament. Bulgaria and Canada qualified for the two remaining spots, replacing Namibia and South Africa who were relegated after losing their 2007 relegation round games.[1]

  •  Australia – Finished fourth in 2007 World Championship Division I[1]
  •  Brazil – Finished first in 2007 World Championship Division I[1]
  •  Bulgaria – Qualification spot
  •  Canada – Qualification spot
  •  Great Britain – Finished fifth in 2007 World Championship Division I[1]
  •  Hungary – Finished third in 2007 World Championship Division I[1]
  •  Japan – Finished sixth in 2007 World Championship Division I[1]
  •  New Zealand – Finished second in 2007 World Championship Division I[1]

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament.[2] Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[2] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):[2]

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top two teams advance to the Qualifying round where they face-off against the two last-placed teams of the Groups A and B from the Top Division tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[2] Teams finishing second through to fourth advance to the Playoff round.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group C

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 30 14 +16 9 Qualifying round
 Brazil 3 2 0 0 1 27 16 +11 6 Playoff round
 Australia 3 1 0 0 2 20 22 −2 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 6 31 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]
22 June 2008
15:00		Australia 7–11
(1–4, 1–2, 3–1, 2–4)		 Great BritainSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 115
Game reference
Daniel Pederson (1) 3:33 (ES)
Lee McLauchlan (1) 23:55 (PP)
Jordan Gavin (1) 27:22 (PP)
Jordan Gavin (2) 30:57 (ES)
Jordan Gavin (3) 33:20 (ES)
Daniel Pederson (2) 36:20 (ES)
Olivier Rozdarz (1) 43:00 (ES)		GoalsJoe Wightman (1) 4:00 (ES)
William Mark Thomas (1) 6:03 (PP)
Alex Pearman (1) 9:24 (ES)
John Dolan (1) 11:42 (ES)
Alex Pearman (2) 12:07 (ES)
Alex Pearman (3) 19:55 (ES)
William Mark Thomas (2) 29:42 (PP)
John Dolan (2) 37:56 (PP)(GWG)
William Mark Thomas (3) 38:42 (ES)
Simon Hehir (1) 41:13 (PP)
Mark Hallam (1) 41:52 (PP)
12.0 minPenalties6.0 min
22 June 2008
19:00		Bulgaria 2–13
(0–2, 1–2, 0–5, 1–4)		 BrazilSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 99
Game reference
Plamen Veselinov (1) 12:29 (ES)
Anguel Alexandrov (1) 38:52 (PP)		GoalsBruno Gomes (1) 1:23 (ES)
Bruno Gomes (2) 4:37 (PP)
Leandro Silva (1) 12:49 (ES)
Pedro Raposo (1) 14:50 (PP)
Lucas Ota (1) 25:45 (PP)
Pedro Raposo (2) 27:09 (ES)
Bruno Gomes (3) 29:57 (PP)
Leandro Silva (2) 30:47 (ES)
Bruno Gomes (4) 33:47 (SH)
Bruno Gomes (5) 37:05 (ES)
Luis Custodio (1) 40:25 (ES)
Caua Guzman (1) 43:05 (ES)
Thiago Souza (1) 47:41 (ES)
13.5 minPenalties9.0 min
23 June 2008
15:00		Australia 10–3
(2–1, 3–0, 2–1, 3–1)		 BulgariaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 58
Game reference
Olivier Rozdarz (2) 9:09 (ES)
Lee McLauchlan (2) 11:51 (PP)
Sean Jones (1) 14:23 (ES)
Lee McLauchlan (3) 18:06 (ES)(GWG)
Antony Collins (1) 20:08 (ES)
Olivier Rozdarz (3) 26:43 (SH)
Peter Matus (1) 27:50 (SH)
Olivier Rozdarz (4) 36:18 (ES)
Olivier Rozdarz (5) 39:55 (ES)
Sean Jones (2) 44:00 (PP)		GoalsPlamen Veselinov (2) 8:34 (PP)
Simeon Radkov (1) 28:16 (ES)
Anguel Alexandrov (2) 40:27 (ES)
7.5 minPenalties6.0 min
23 June 2008
19:00		Brazil 6–11
(0–3, 2–4, 3–4, 1–0)		 Great BritainSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 45
Game reference
Luiz Almedia (1) 13:37 (PP)
Pedro Raposo (3) 23:33 (PP)
Pedro Raposo (4) 26:30 (PP)
Rogerio Polido (1) 27:25 (ES)
Lucas Ota (2) 32:41 (ES)
Bruno Gomes (6) 41:43 (PP)		GoalsAlex Pearman (4) 4:34 (ES)
John Dolan (3) 7:39 (PP)
John Dolan (4) 10:35 (ES)
William Mark Thomas (4) 14:11 (PP)
John Dolan (5) 16:38 (ES)
John Dolan (6) 17:01 (ES)
Simon Hehir (2) 21:47 (PP)
John Dolan (7) 24:51 (ES)
John Dolan (8) 28:28 (ES)
Simon Hehir (3) 31:42 (PP)
Christopher Colegate (1) 33:29 (PP)
9.0 minPenalties9.0 min
24 June 2008
15:00		Great Britain 8–1
(1–0, 1–0, 4–0, 2–1)		 BulgariaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 86
Game reference
Mark Hallam (2) 8:28 (PP)
Joe Wightman (2) 19:47 (ES)
Remi Moses (1) 26:34 (PP)
Karl Niamatali (1) 27:31 (ES)
Remi Moses (2) 28:22 (ES)
Scott Glover (1) 29:11 (ES)
Karl Niamatali (2) 40:20 (PP)
Joe Wightman (3) 45:59 (PP)		GoalsStanislav Muhachov (1) 47:44 (ES)
9.0 minPenalties12.0 min
31Shots21
24 June 2008
19:00		Brazil 8–3
(2–0, 0–0, 5–2, 1–1)		 AustraliaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 113
Game reference
Bruno Gomes (7) 00:40 (ES)
Lucas Ota (3) 4:11 (ES)
Rogerio Polido (2) 25:27 (ES)
Henrique Degani (1) 27:59 (ES)
Bruno Gomes (8) 28:37 (ES)
Henrique Degani (2) 30:19 (ES)
Bruno Gomes (9) 31:25 (ES)
Bruno Gomes (10) 42:37 (ES)		GoalsAntony Deboos (1) 26:42 (ES)
Peter Matus (2) 34:12 (SH)
Peter Matus (3) 40:37 (ES)
3.0 minPenalties10.5 min
33Shots21

Group D

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Canada 3 3 0 0 0 39 3 +36 9 Qualifying round
 Japan 3 1 1 0 1 14 22 −8 5 Playoff round
 Hungary 3 1 0 1 1 16 24 −8 4
 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 11 31 −20 0
Source: [citation needed]
22 June 2008
13:00		Hungary 5 – 6 (OT)
(1–2, 2–1, 0–1, 2–1, 0–1)		 JapanSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 189
Game reference
Csaba Deak (1) 8:25 (ES)
Marton Vas (1) 13:34 (SH)
Marton Vas (2) 20:58 (ES)
Marton Vas (3) 40:03 (ES)
Marton Vas (4) 46:01 (PP)		GoalsTaku Kanatani (1) 7:30 (ES)
Aguri Suzuki (1) 10:29 (ES)
Aguri Suzuki (2) 20:24 (ES)
Taku Kanatani (2) 35:35 (ES)
Yoshinori Ishioka (1) 47:57 (ES)
Yutaka Ono (1) 49:34 (ES)(GWG)
7.5 minPenalties13.5 min
22 June 2008
17:00		Canada 13–2
(7–0, 2–0, 0–1, 4–1)		 New ZealandSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 134
Game reference
David Hammond (1) 3:24 (ES)
Johnathon Clewlow (1) 4:11(ES)
Adam Ross (1) 6:43 (ES)(GWG)
Cory Conacher (1) 7:09 (ES)
Cory Conacher (2) 11:20 (ES)
Adam Ross (2) 11:36 (ES)
Johnathon Clewlow (2) 11:58(ES)
Johnathon Spady (1) 20:11(ES)
David Hammond (2) 23:01 (ES)
Johnathon Spady (2) 42:27(ES)
Kye Benjaminsen (1) 44:19(ES)
Johnathon Spady (3) 45:06(ES)
Derek Eison (1) 47:57(ES)		GoalsCraig Lawson (1) 31:47 (ES)
Samuel Kay (1) 43:19 (ES)
6.0 minPenalties1.5 min
23 June 2008
14:00		Hungary 0–14
(0–4, 0–4, 0–4, 0–2)		 CanadaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 157
Game reference
GoalsAdam Ross (3) 5:54 (ES)(GWG)
Mitchell Vevang (1) 7:27 (ES)
Gregory Smith (1) 9:57 (ES)
Kye Benjaminsen (2) 11:25(ES)
Adam Ross (4) 13:12 (PP)
David Hammond (3) 15:42 (ES)
David Hammond (4) 18:54 (PP)
Kirk French (1) 22:51 (ES)
Cory Conacher (3) 29:14 (ES)
Gregory Smith (2) 30:56 (ES)
Jeremy McKibbon (1) 33:59 (ES)
David Hammond (5) 33:59 (ES)
Adam Ross (5) 38:00 (ES)
Mitchell Vevang (2) 38:13 (ES)
7.5 minPenalties3.0 min
23 June 2008
17:00		New Zealand 5–7
(1–1, 0–1, 3–2, 1–3)		 JapanSmall Arena, Bratislava
Game reference
Matthew Harper (1) 8:21 (ES)
Ryan Ruddle (1) 27:43 (PP)
Craig Lawson (2) 30:49 (ES)
James Trevena-Brown (1) 31:31 (ES)
James Trevena-Brown (2) 43:39 (ES)		GoalsYutaka Ono (2) 1:47 (ES)
Osamu Ishibashi (1) 19:01 (ES)
Daisuke Ohto (1) 30:11 (PP)
Daisuke Ohto (2) 35:32 (ES)
Osamu Ishibashi (2) 36:11 (ES)
Daisuke Ohto (3) 41:10 (PP)(GWG)
Shuhei Tadamura (1) 47:57 (ENG)
9.0 minPenalties4.5 min
24 June 2008
13:00		Japan 1–12
(0–3, 1–2, 0–3, 0–4)		 CanadaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 272
Game reference
Taku Kanatani (3) 16:24 (ES)GoalsGregory Smith (3) 6:24 (ES)
Cory Conacher (4) 8:11 (ES)
Cory Conacher (5) 10:44 (ES)
Johnathon Clewlow (3) 17:21(ES)
David Hammond (6) 20:41 (ES)
Paul Patterson (1) 26:45 (ES)
Gregory Smith (4) 29:03 (PP)
David Filewich (1) 35:25 (ES)
Kirk French (2) 38:18 (ES)
Adam Ross (6) 41:51 (ES)
Cory Conacher (6) 44:54 (PP)
Johnathon Clewlow (4) 46:39 (ES)
3.0 minPenalties7.5 min
24Shots44
24 June 2008
17:00		New Zealand 4–11
(1–1, 2–3, 0–3, 1–4)		 HungarySmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 128
Game reference
Matthew Harper (2) 4:36 (PP)
Craig Lawson (2) 30:49 (ES)
Ryan Ruddle (3) 14:38 (ES)
James Trevena-Brown (3) 47:43 (ES)		GoalsViktor Tokaji (1) 11:30 (PP)
Szilard Sandor (1) 18:26 (ES)
Marton Vas (5) 23:22 (ES)
Gergely Borbas (1) 23:43 (ES)
David Szappanos (1) 24:53 (ES)
Zoltan Revak (1) 26:50 (ES)
Csaba Deak (2) 28:34 (PP)
Arnold Feil (1) 36:47 (ES)
Szilard Sandor (2) 38:11 (PS)
Attila Hoffmann (1) 41:01 (PP)
Zoltan Revak (2) 42:58 (ES)
6.0 minPenalties10.5 min
24Shots33

Qualifying round

Great Britain and Canada advanced to the qualifying round after finishing first in Group C and Group D respectively.[3] Great Britain faced off against Austria, who finished last in Group A of the Top Division tournament, and Canada was drawn against Germany, who finished last in Group B of the Top Division tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[4][5] Both Great Britain and Canada lost their matches and advanced to the Division I playoffs, while Austria and Germany advanced to the Top Division playoffs.[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 June 2008
16:00		Germany 11–3
(3–0, 2–1, 3–1, 3–1)		 CanadaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 660
Game reference
Steffen Tolzer (1) 2:12 (PP)
Henrick Holscher (1) 5:59 (PP)
Martin Ortolf (1) 10:49 (ES)
Thomas Greilinger (1) 13:10 (ES)(GWG)
Miachel Wolf (1) 14:38 (PP)
Miachel Wolf (2) 24:53 (PP)
Daniel Menge (1) 34:45 (PP)
Daniel Menge (2) 35:12 (ES)
Patrick Reimer (1) 41:53 (PP)
Christian Wichert (1) 44:51 (ES)
Patrick Reimer (2) 46:17 (PP)		GoalsDavid Hammond (1) 15:41 (PP)
Mitchell Vevang (1) 25:50 (PP)
David Hammond (2) 44:22 (ES)
27.5 minPenalties18.0 min
54Shots48
25 June 2008
18:00		Austria 6–1
(0–1, 4–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 Great BritainMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 506
Game reference
Harry Lange (1) 13:27 (PP)
Mark Brunnegger (1) 13:31 (ES)(GWG)
Heimo Lindner (1) 19:43 (PP)
Mark Brunnegger (1) 20:56 (ES)
Christian Dolezal (1) 25:17 (ES)
Youssef Riener (1) 34:23 (ES)		GoalsJohn Dolan (1) 4:22 (PP)
7.5 minPenalties7.5 min
40Shots41

Playoff round

Great Britain and Canada advanced to the playoff round after losing their qualifying round matches. They were seeded alongside the six other teams of the tournament based on their results in the preliminary round. The four winning quarterfinalists advanced to the semifinals while the losing teams moved on to the relegation round.[6] In the relegation round New Zealand and Bulgaria lost their games to Hungary and Japan respectively and were relegated to the continental qualifications.[6] In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Brazil and Canada beat Australia, both advancing to the gold medal game.[6] After losing the semifinals Australia and Brazil played off for the bronze medal with Brazil winning 4–3. Canada defeated Great Britain 7–4 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[6]

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
QR1  Canada 9
C4  Bulgaria 1
QF1  Canada 8
QF2  Australia 0
D2  Japan 4
C3  Australia 5
SF1  Canada 7
SF2  Great Britain 4
QR2  Great Britain 7
D4  New Zealand 0
QF3  Great Britain 4 Bronze medal game
QF4  Brazil 3
C2  Brazil 5 SF1  Australia 3
D3  Hungary 3 SF2  Brazil 4

Quarterfinals

26 June 2008
13:00		Japan 4–5
(0–1, 0–2, 3–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Yuji Kuchiba (1) 25:55 (PP)
Shohei Asanuma (1) 34:09 (ES)
Daisuke Ohto (4) 35:02 (ES)
Yuji Kuchiba (2) 41:59 (PP)		GoalsLee McLauchlan (4) 11:39 (PP)
Sean Jones (3) 15:05 (PP)
Jordan Gavin (4) 23:03 (ES)
Jordan Gavin (5) 27:14 (PP)
Olivier Rozdarz (6) 44:33 (PP)(GWG)
26 June 2008
15:00		Brazil 5–3
(1–0, 1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		 HungarySmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 200
Game reference
Pedro Raposo (5) 1:42 (PP)
Diego Araujo (1) 21:50 (PP)
Jose Guilardi (1) 32:11 (PP)
Henrique Degani (3) 33:49 (ES)(GWG)
Luiz Almedia (2) 40:43 (ES)		GoalsMarton Bontovics (1) 17:08 (PP)
Gergely Borbas (2) 23:25 (ES)
David Szappanos (2) 34:01 (ES)
26 June 2008
17:00		Canada 9–1
(2–1, 3–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 BulgariaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 199
Game reference
Johnathon Clewlow (5) 00:16 (ES)
Johnathon Spady (4)(GWG) 08:39 (ES)
Kye Benjaminsen (3) 13:22 (ES)
Jeremy McKibbon (2) 16:11 (ES)
Cory Conacher (7) 20:17 (PP)
Gregory Smith (5) 27:45 (PP)
Kirk French (3) 41:14 (ES)
Paul Patterson (2) 41:46 (ES)
Gregory Smith (6) 42:38 (ES)		GoalsAnguel Atanasov (1) 08:15 (ES)
26 June 2008
19:00		Great Britain 7–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0, 3–0)		 New ZealandSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Alex Pearman (5) 05:53 (ES)
John Dolan (9) 13:14 (ES)
Christopher Colegate (2) 25:52 (ES)
Joe Wightman (4) 31:01 (ES)
Mark Corfield (1) 31:01 (ES)
John Dolan (10) 43:10 (ES)
John Dolan (11) 43:43 (ES)		Goals

Relegation round

27 June 2008
13:00		Hungary 7–6
(3–2, 2–1, 2–2, 0–1)		 New ZealandSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 123
Game reference
Szilard Sandor (3) 05:16 (ES)
Csaba Deak (3) 07:18 (ES)
Gergely Borbas (3) 08:30 (ES)
Marton Bontovics (2) 20:24 (PP)
Zoltan Revak (3) 22:13 (PP)
Tamas Dobos (1) 27:59 (ES)
Szilard Sandor (4) 33:27 (PP)(GWG)		GoalsRyan Ruddle (3) 00:52 (ES)
James ODonnel (1) 08:02 (ES)
James Trevena-Brown (4) 18:31 (PP)
James Trevena-Brown (5) 32:14 (ES)
Ryan Ruddle (4) 34:58 (ES)
James Trevena-Brown (6) 46:04 (ES)
27 June 2008
15:00		Japan 11–5
(2–1, 3–2, 2–1, 4–1)		 BulgariaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 88
Game reference
Yuji Kuchiba (3) 01:50 (ES)
Shuhei Tadamura (2) 06:11 (ES)
Osamu Ishibashi (3) 14:39 (PP)
Shuhei Tadamura (3) 17:08 (SH)
Shohei Asanuma (2) 23:26 (ES)
Osamu Ishibashi (4) 26:40 (ES)(GWG)
Tomoyo Goto (1) 34:14 (ES)
Taku Kanatani (4) 37:23 (ES)
Taku Kanatani (5) 39:27 (ES)
Shohei Asanuma (3) 42:05 (ES)
Keisuke Matsuya (1) 45:12 (PP)		GoalsSimeon Radkov (2) 03:35 (ES)
Aleksey Yotov (1) 16:31 (ES)
Tsveatn Mihaylov (1) 22:11 (ES)
Aleksey Yotov (2) 27:19 (ES)
Aleksey Yotov (3) 36:55 (ES)

Semifinals

27 June 2008
17:00		Great Britain 4–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 BrazilSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 66
Game reference
Joe Wightman (5) 13:16 (ES)
Andrew Sillitoe (1) 28:58 (ES)
John Dolan (11) 37:41 (ES)
Simon Hehir (4) 42:06 (ES)(GWG)		GoalsLucas Ota (4) 05:31 (ES)
Pedro Raposo (6) 07:59 (PP)
Diego Araujo (1) 38:18 (ES)
27 June 2008
19:00		Canada 8–0
(3–0, 1–0, 4–0, 0–0)		 AustraliaSmall Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 79
Game reference
David Hammond (7) 02:11 (PP)
Cory Conacher (8) 03:38 (ES)
Kye Benjaminsen (4) 11:59 (ES)
Jeremy McKibbon (3) 18:14 (ES)
Jeremy McKibbon (4) 25:48 (ES)
David Hammond (8) 26:44 (ES)
Cory Conacher (9) 29:18 (ES)
Adam Ross (7) 32:56 (ES)		Goals

Bronze medal game

28 June 2008
12:00		 Australia3–4
(0–0, 0–1, 1–3, 2–0)		 BrazilMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 849
Game reference
Jordan Gavin (6) 31:00 (ES)
Antony Collins (2) 44:54 (ES)
Jordan Gavin (7) 47:55 (ES)		GoalsAndrew Branco (1) 14:16 (ES)
Luiz Almedia (3) 29:12 (ES)
Lucas Ota (5) 31:22 (ES)
Jose Guilardi (1) 33:07 (PP)

Gold medal game

28 June 2008
14:00		 Canada7–4
(1–0, 1–1, 2–3, 3–0)		 Great BritainMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1079
Game reference
David Hammond (9) 00:14 (ES)
David Hammond (10) 13:39 (PP)
Paul Patterson (3) 25:01 (ES)
Cory Conacher (10) 25:22 (ES)
Cory Conacher (11) 39:43 (PP)(GWG)
Mitchell Vevang (3) 41:08 (ES)
Paul Patterson (4) 44:03 (ES)		GoalsStu Brian (1) 19:32 (ES)
Christopher Colegate (3) 24:27 (ES)
Joe Wightman (6) 33:20 (ES)
John Dolan (13) 35:05 (ES)

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