2005 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2005 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the ninth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Kuopio, Finland, with the gold-medal game played on July 16, 2005.

2005 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesJuly 2005
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  United States
← 2004
2006 →

Championship

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts USA GER SVK SLO
1  United States33000196+1396–28–35–1
2  Germany320011710+768–17–3
3  Slovakia310021420−6310–4
4  Slovenia30003822−140
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts FIN SWE CZE AUT
1  Finland330002714+1398–610–59–3
2  Sweden320013013+1765–419–1
3  Czech Republic310023118+13322–3
4  Austria30003750−430
Source: [citation needed]

Playoff round

Qualifiers

July 13, 2005Austria  10 - 2  Brazil
July 13, 2005Slovenia  5 - 4  Great Britain

Quarterfinals

July 14, 2005United States  12 - 2  Austria
July 14, 2005Finland  7 - 6 OT  Slovenia
July 14, 2005Czech Republic  10 - 9 OT  Germany
July 14, 2005Sweden  15 - 1  Slovakia

Placement games

7th place game
July 15, 2005Austria  W - L  Slovenia
5th place game
July 15, 2005Germany  5 - 4  Slovakia

Semifinals

July 15, 2005Finland  4 - 1  Czech Republic
July 15, 2005Sweden  6 - 5 OT  United States

Bronze medal game

July 16, 2005United States  6 - 0  Czech Republic

Gold medal game

July 16, 2005Sweden  3 - 1  Finland

Division I

Preliminary round

Group C

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts GBR HUN AUS POR
1  Great Britain321002512+1388–7OT6–411–1
2  Hungary320103118+1379–315–7
3  Australia310022015+5313–0
4  Portugal30003839−310
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts BRA JPN NAM TPE
1  Brazil33000266+2094–37–315–0
2  Japan320011910+966–310–3
3  Namibia310021420−638–7
4  Chinese Taipei300031033−230
Source: [citation needed]

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

July 14, 2005Great Britain  W - L  Chinese Taipei
July 14, 2005Brazil  9 - 4  Portugal
July 14, 2005Hungary  9 - 3  Namibia
July 14, 2005Japan  7 - 6 OT  Australia

Placement games

15th place game
July 15, 2003Portugal  6 - 5  Chinese Taipei
13th place game
July 15, 2005Australia  6 - 5  Namibia

Semifinals

July 15, 2005Great Britain  W - L  Japan
July 15, 2005Hungary  5 - 4  Brazil

3rd place game (11th overall)

July 16, 2005Great Britain  7 - 4  Brazil

Final (9th overall)

July 16, 2005Hungary  6 - 2  Japan

References