2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesJuly 12 - July 17
Teams14
Final positions
Champions  United States
Tournament statistics
Games played44
Goals scored332 (7.55 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Australia Dean Dunstan
MVPUnited States Travis Fudge

The 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 16th FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. It took place between 12 and 17 July 2010 in Beroun, Czech Republic.[1] The United States team was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.[2]

The tournament was won by the United States, who claimed their 12th world championship title by defeating Switzerland 6–1 in the World Championship final. The Czech Republic won against France 5–2 for the bronze medal. Spain won the World Cup tournament defeating Australia 1–0. The United States' Travis Fudge was named MVP of the tournament. Australia's Dean Dunstan and Michael Smart were the tournament's leading scorer and goaltender in save percentage respectively.[2]

Participating nations

The following 14 nations qualified for the tournament. One nation from Oceania, seven nations from Europe, three nations from North America, and three nations from South America were represented.

Group stage

Fourteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams from Group A and Group B advanced to World Championship round. The last team in Group A and B advanced to the World Cup round. Teams in Group C also competed in a round-robin with the top two teams advancing to the World Championship round. The teams who finished third and fourth advanced to the World Cup round and the two teams who finished fifth and sixth are sent to compete in the 13th-14th placement game.[3]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 France 3 2 1 0 12 6 +6 5 World Championship round
 United States 3 2 0 1 17 4 +13 4
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 18 11 +7 3
 Colombia 3 0 0 3 2 28 −26 0 World Cup round
Source:
July 12, 2010
12:30		United States 10 – 0
(6–0, 4–0)		 Colombia
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July 12, 2010
15:30		France 4 – 4
(1–3, 3–1)		  Switzerland
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July 13, 2010
15:00		Switzerland 12 – 1
(5–1, 7–0)		 Colombia
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July 13, 2010
16:30		United States 1 – 2
(0–0, 1–2)		 France
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July 14, 2010
13:00		Colombia 1 – 6
(0–5, 1–1)		 France
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July 14, 2010
16:00		United States 6 – 2
(4–2, 2–0)		  Switzerland
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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 6 World Championship round
 Canada 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 9 14 −5 2
 Spain 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0 World Cup round
Source:
July 12, 2010
14:00		Canada 8 – 1
(4–0, 4–1)		 Spain
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July 12, 2010
18:10		Italy 2 – 6
(1–4, 1–2)		 Czech Republic
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July 13, 2010
13:30		Canada 6 – 4
(4–1, 2–3)		 Italy
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July 13, 2010
20:10		Czech Republic 6 – 0
(4–0, 2–0)		 Spain
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July 14, 2010
14:30		Italy 3 – 2
(0–2, 3–0)		 Spain
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July 14, 2010
18:10		Canada 1 – 4
(0–1, 1–3)		 Czech Republic
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Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Mexico 5 3 1 1 19 16 +3 7 World Championship round
 Germany 5 3 1 1 29 19 +10 7
 Great Britain 5 3 0 2 24 19 +5 6 World Cup round
 Australia 5 3 0 2 22 13 +9 6
 Argentina 5 2 0 3 21 23 −2 4 13–14th placement
 Venezuela 5 0 0 5 10 35 −25 0
Source:
July 12, 2010
08:00		Great Britain 9 – 5
(4–1, 5–4)		 Venezuela
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July 12, 2010
09:30		Germany 9 – 6
(5–3, 4–3)		 Argentina
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July 12, 2010
11:00		Australia 5 – 3
(3–0, 2–3)		 Mexico
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July 12, 2010
19:45		Venezuela 0 – 7
(0–2, 0–5)		 Germany
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July 13, 2010
09:00		Great Britain 2 – 1
(1–1, 1–0)		 Australia
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July 13, 2010
10:30		Germany 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–1)		 Mexico
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July 13, 2010
12:00		Argentina 6 – 2
(4–1, 2–1)		 Venezuela
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July 13, 2010
18:00		Mexico 4 – 3
(2–0, 2–3)		 Great Britain
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July 14, 2010
08:30		Australia 3 – 6
(0–4, 3–2)		 Germany
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July 14, 2010
10:00		Great Britain 2 – 4
(0–0, 2–4)		 Argentina
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July 14, 2010
11:30		Mexico 4 – 2
(3–1, 1–1)		 Venezuela
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July 14, 2010
19:45		Australia 4 – 1
(3–1, 1–0)		 Argentina
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July 15, 2010
08:00		Germany 5 – 8
(2–2, 3–6)		 Great Britain
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July 15, 2010
09:30		Venezuela 1 – 9
(0–3, 1–6)		 Australia
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July 15, 2010
11:00		Argentina 4 – 6
(1–4, 3–2)		 Mexico
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World Championship

The World Championship round is the top level playoff where the winning team finishes first overall for the tournament and wins the gold medal. It comprises the top three teams from Group A and B and the top two teams from Group C. The winning teams in the quarter-finals move on to compete in the semi-finals, while the losing teams are sent to the fifth-8th placement round. The two winning teams in the semi-finals advance to the gold medal game leaving the losing teams to compete for the bronze medal and third and fourth spot overall.[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  France 4
C2  Germany 1
QF1  France 0
QF2   Switzerland 7
B2  Canada 5
A3   Switzerland 6
SF1   Switzerland 1
SF2  United States 6
B1  Czech Republic 13
C1  Mexico 1
QF3  Czech Republic 3 Bronze medal game
QF4  United States 8
A2  United States 2 SF1  France 2
B3  Italy 1 SF2  Czech Republic 5

Quarter-finals

July 15, 2010
14:00		United States 2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0)		 Italy
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July 15, 2010
16:00		Canada 5 – 6 OT
(3–2, 2–3)
( OT: 0–1 )		  Switzerland
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July 15, 2010
18:10		Czech Republic 13 – 1
(7–1, 6–0)		 Mexico
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July 15, 2010
20:00		France 4 – 1
(2–1, 2–0)		 Germany
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Semi-finals

July 16, 2010
16:00		France 0 – 7
(0–3, 0–4)		  Switzerland
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July 16, 2010
18:10		Czech Republic 3 – 8
(2–5, 1–3)		 United States
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Bronze medal game

July 17, 2010
16:10		France 2 – 5
(0–4, 2–1)		 Czech Republic
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Gold medal game

July 17, 2010
20:00		Switzerland 1 – 6
(0–2, 1–4)		 United States
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5th-8th placement round

The 5th-8th placement round comprises the four teams who lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championship round. The teams play a qualifier against one other team, with the winners advancing to play-off for the fifth place and the losers compete against each other for seventh place.[3]

Bracket

Qualifiers 5th Place Game
      
QF1  Italy 6
QF2  Mexico 3
Q1  Italy 4
Q2  Canada 2
QF4  Canada 8
QF3  Germany 2 7th Place Game
Q3  Mexico 2
Q4  Germany 7

Qualifying round

July 16, 2010
12:00		Italy 6 – 3
(3–1, 3–2)		 Mexico
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July 16, 2010
14:00		Canada 8 – 2
(3–0, 5–2)		 Germany
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7th-8th place game

July 17, 2010
09:00		Mexico 2 – 7
(2–3, 0–4)		 Germany
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5th-6th place game

July 17, 2010
11:00		Italy 4 – 2
(2–0, 2–2)		 Canada
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World Cup

The World Cup round is the second level playoff in the tournament where the winner finishes ninth overall and wins the World Cup gold medal. It also acts as a placement round for the places nine to twelve. The teams compete in a semi-final with the winners moving on to compete for the World Cup gold medal and the losers competing for the World Cup bronze.[3]

Bracket

Semifinals Gold medal
      
B4  Spain 4
C3  Great Britain 3
SF1  Spain 1
SF2  Australia 0
A4  Colombia 2
C4  Australia 5 Bronze medal
SF1  Great Britain 6
SF2  Colombia 1

Semi-finals

July 16, 2010
08:00		Spain 4 – 3 OT
(2–2, 1–1)
( OT: 1–0 )		 Great Britain
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July 16, 2010
10:00		Colombia 2 – 5
(1–1, 1–4)		 Australia
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Bronze medal game

July 17, 2010
13:00		Great Britain 6 – 1
(5–0, 1–1)		 Colombia
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Gold medal game

July 17, 2010
18:00		Spain 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0)		 Australia
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13th-14th place game

The 13th-14th placement game consists of the two teams who finished last and second last in Group C. A single game is played with the winner receiving 13th place in the overall standings and the loser receiving 14th.[3]

July 16, 2010
20:00		Argentina 6 – 3
(5–0, 1–3)		 Venezuela
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Ranking and statistics


 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championship 

United States

Tournament awards

  • Individual awards:[2]
    • Most Valuable Player: United States Travis Fudge
    • Fair Play Award:  Spain
    • Best Goalkeeper: United States Michael Urbano
    • Best Defenseman: Czech Republic Karel Rachunek
    • Best Forward: Switzerland Diego Schwarzenbach
  • All-Star Team:[2]
    • Goalkeeper: United States Michael Urbano
    • Defense: Czech Republic Karel Rachunek
    • Forwards: Mexico Brian Baxter, United States Travis Fudge, Switzerland Julien Walker

Final standings

1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Czech Republic
4 France
5 Italy
6 Canada
7 Germany
8 Mexico
9 Spain
10 Australia
11 Great Britain
12 Colombia
13 Argentina
14 Venezuela

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[4]

Player GP G A Pts POS
Australia Dean Dunstan71341732
Mexico Brian Baxter8125172
United Kingdom Rob Shelton796152
Germany Adriano Carciola896156
Switzerland Julian Walker686144
United States Pete Messina676130
United Kingdom Danny Hutchinson7111128
Switzerland Diego Schwarzenbach693124
Mexico Julian Ramirez866128
Australia Stephen Belic757128

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[4]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Australia Michael Smart1207851.6793.590
United States Michael Urbano20011581.6093.041
Czech Republic Ondrej Jirkuv922420.8791.671
Italy Stefano Antinori1209382.6791.400
France Hugo Rebuffet1328482.4290.480

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Basic info". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "History of the Tournament". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Games schedule". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  4. 1 2 "Players statistics". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
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