2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented. The 2008 Division I tournament was won by Canada who defeated Great Britain to earn promotion to the World Championship.^[1]

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 tournaments.^[3] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Ingolstadt, Germany.^[3] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):^[3]

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 compete in the qualifying round where they face-off against the top ranked teams of Group C and Group D from the Division I tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.^[3]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	1	1	1	0	19	16	+3	6	Playoff round
Sweden	3	1	1	0	1	21	19	+2	5
Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	17	18	−1	4
Canada	3	1	0	0	2	12	16	−4	3	Qualifying round

7 June 14:00

United States

6 – 5 GWS ( 2–3, 1–0, 1–0, 1–2 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 1–0 )

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 843

[1]
	T. Tartaglione (24 saves / 29 shots)	Goalies	O. Jirkuv (22 saves / 28 shots)	Referees: Kendall Waiting Sjoqvist
	W. Sweatt 1 (R. Rodriguez) - 02:07 1 – 0 1 – 1 02:28 - L. Broz 1 (J. Kubista) C. Yoder 1 (J. Beilsten) - 03:29 2 – 1 2 – 2 05:04 - pp - L. Broz 2 (T. Demel, P. Beranek) 2 – 3 07:16 - pp - P. Tenkrat 1 (L. Broz, P. Strycek) B. Yingling 1 (C. Yoder) - 19:07 3 – 3 W. Sweatt 2 (I. Chavira, N. Sigmund) - 33:18 4 – 3 4 – 4 39:06 - P. Tenkrat 2 (L. Vlcek, J. Besser) 4 – 5 40:34 - M. Vozdecky 1 (L. Vlcek) C. Yoder 2 (P. Lee, B. Yingling) - pp - 45:07 5 – 5 G. Osterkamp 1 - gws - 53:00 6 – 5
	6.0 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	28	Shots	29

7 June 18:00

Canada

4 – 6 ( 2–0, 2–3, 0–1, 0–2 )

Sweden

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 751

[2]
	K. St. Pierre (46 saves / 52 shots)	Goalies	P. Sjogren (17 saves / 21 shots)	Referees: Jeffrey Scott Mark Ansorg
	A. Ross 1 (D. Hammond) - 07:19 1 – 0 K. French 1 (A. Ross, B. Brooks) - 10:17 2 – 0 T. Woods 1 - 15:20 3 – 0 M. Drury 1 (D. Hammond, G. Smith) - 15:40 4 – 0 4 – 1 18:34 - pp - H. Hoglund 1 (A. Svensson, D. Wessner) 4 – 2 19:02 - M. Kuukkonen 1 (D. Brolin, K. Luukkonen) 4 – 3 19:30 - D. Axelsson 1 (A. Svensson, L. Klasen) 4 – 4 32:36 - M. Luukkonen 2 (D. Brolin) 4 – 5 40:24 - D. Axelsson 2 (D. Wessner, M. Thelander) 4 – 6 44:23 - pp - H. Hoglund 2 (D. Wessner, D. Axelsson)
	18.0 min	Penalties	3.0 min
	21	Shots	52

8 June 16:00

United States

7 – 4 ( 2–1, 2–0, 0–0, 3–3 )

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 250

[3]
	T. Redmann (23 saves / 27 shots)	Goalies	K. St. Pierre (33 saves / 40 shots)	Referees: Niklas Lindberg Jan Nordstrom
	J. Beilsten 1 (N. Sigmund) - 00:45 1 – 0 E. Hartlieb 1 (S. Gawrys) - 05:15 2 – 0 2 – 1 05:51 - pp - D. Hammond 1 (B. Brooks) N. Sigmund 1 (I. Chavira) - 14:00 3 – 1 J. Beilsten 2 (P. Lee, B. Yingling) - pp - 19:23 4 – 1 4 – 2 36:39 - A. Ross 2 (B. Brooks) C. Yoder 3 (G. Osterkamp, J. Beilsten) - 37:20 5 – 2 5 – 3 41:01 - pp - P. Patterson 1 (M. Vevang) W. Sweatt 3 (I. Chavira) - 43:31 6 – 3 6 – 4 44:35 - D. Hammond 2 (M. Vevang, B. Finerty) B. Yingling 2 (J. Beilsten) - 44:44 7 – 4
	7.5 min	Penalties	9.0 min
	40	Shots	27

8 June 18:00

Sweden

8 – 9 ( 2–2, 3–1, 2–4, 1–2 )

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 350

[4]
	P. Sjogren (out 36:00) (19 saves / 26 shots) D. Karlsson (in 36:00) (6 saves / 8 shots)	Goalies	P. Pavlicek (out 32:40) (21 saves / 20 shots) O. Jirkuv (in 32:40) (8 saves / 8 shots)	Referees: Terry Farrar Crt Kralj
	J. Bergman 1 (S. Olsson, J. Andersson) - 01:46 1 – 0 1 – 1 06:42 - M. Vozdecky 2 (P. Strycek, L. Broz) S. Olsson 1 (L. Klasen) - 09:08 2 – 1 2 – 2 11:52 - J. Polansky 1 (P. Sebek) D. Wessner 1 (D. Axelsson) - 14:22 3 – 2 D. Wessner 2 (D. Axelsson, M. Thelander) - 17:12 4 – 2 K. Luukkonen 1 (J. Karlsson, M. Luukkonen) - 20:28 5 – 2 5 – 3 21:00 - P. Tenkrat 3 D. Wessner 3 (D. Axelsson, J. Andersson) - pp - 24:17 6 – 3 6 – 4 36:45 - pp - J Polansky 2 (L. Vlcek) 6 – 5 27:36 - J. Bessner 1 (P. Sebek) L. Klasen 1 (S. Olsson) - 32:20 7 – 5 7 – 6 35:40 - J. Polansky 3 (L. Broz) 7 – 7 35:59 - L. Broz 3 (M. Vozdecky, P. Strycek) 7 – 8 37:31 - T. Demel 1 (M. Vozdecky, J. Kubista) H. Hoglund 3 - 39:17 8 – 8 8 – 9 47:17 - pp - P. Tenkrat 4 (M. Vozdecky)
	20.5 min	Penalties	12.0 min
	28	Shots	34

9 June 14:00

Czech Republic

3 – 4 ( 2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 270

[5]
	O. Jirkuv (24 saves / 28 shots)	Goalies	C. Wills (19 saves / 22 shots)	Referees: Miklos Incze Brad Sotak
	L. Broz 4 (J. Polansky) - 03:02 1 – 0 1 – 1 03:47 - D. Hammond 3 (B. Brooks) J. Kubista 1 (P. Tenkrat, P. Strycek) - 04:30 2 – 1 2 – 2 18:10 - B. Brooks 1 (K. French) 2 – 3 25:37 - M. Drury 2 (P. Patterson) J. Polansky 4 (T. Demel) - 29:20 3 – 3 3 – 4 45:50 - B. Brooks 2 (K. French, D. Hammond)
	3.0 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	22	Shots	28

9 June 18:00

Sweden

7 – 6 GWS ( 0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 2–2 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 1–0 )

United States

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 890

[6]
	D. Karlsson (28 saves / 34 shots)	Goalies	T. Redmann (33 saves / 40 shots)	Referees: Ulrich Erd Radim Prchal
	0 – 1 00:41 - K. Gouge 1 (S. Oleksy, P. Lee) 0 – 2 01:29 - G. Osterkamp 2 0 – 3 15:34 - N. Sigmund 2 J. Andersson 1 (D. Axelsson, D. Wessner) - 20:06 1 – 3 D. Wessner 4 (D. Brolin, D. Axelsson) - pp - 21:40 2 – 3 L. Klasen 2 (K. Luukkonen, A. Svensson) - pp - 25:15 3 – 3 L. Klasen 3 (A. Svensson, H. Hoglund) - pp - 34:44 4 – 3 4 – 4 35:34 - pp - E. Hartlieb 2 (P. Lee, S. Gawrys) 4 – 5 36:11 - pp - B. Yingling 3 (C. Yoder, J. Beilsten) A. Svensson 1 (L. Klasen) - pp - 38:29 5 – 5 D. Wessner 5 (D. Axelsson, D. Brolin) - pp - 39:50 6 – 5 6 – 6 47:48 - J. Beilsten 3 K. Luukonen 2 - gws - 53:00 7 – 6
	14.5 min	Penalties	10.5 min
	40	Shots	34

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	3	3	0	0	0	27	10	+17	9	Playoff round
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	10	10	0	6
Slovenia	3	0	1	0	2	16	18	−2	2
Slovakia	3	0	0	1	2	11	26	−15	1	Qualifying round

6 June 19:00

Germany

7 – 5 ( 3–1, 0–1, 3–2, 1–1 )

Slovenia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,500

[7]
				Referees: Radim Prchal Sjoqvist
	6.0 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	53	Shots	24

7 June 16:00

Slovenia

8 – 7 OT ( 2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 2–4 ) ( OT: 1–0 )

Slovakia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 861

[8]
				Referees: Jeffrey Scott Josiph Singer
	9.0 min	Penalties	10.5 min
	34	Shots	37

7 June 20:00

Germany

7 – 1 ( 1–1, 2–0, 1–0, 3–0 )

Finland

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,600

[9]
				Referees: Brad Sotak Terry Farrar
	6.0 min	Penalties	3.0 min
	33	Shots	37

8 June 18:00

Slovakia

0 – 5 ( 0–3, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0 )

Finland

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 250

[10]
				Referees: Marcus Trottmann Kendall Waiting
	22.5 min	Penalties	10.0 min
	24	Shots	53

9 June 16:00

Finland

4 – 3 ( 2–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1 )

Slovenia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 204

[11]
				Referees: Michael Low Norbert Druga
	7.5 min	Penalties	9.0 min
	23	Shots	20

9 June 20:00

Slovakia

4 – 13 ( 0–2, 3–3, 1–3, 0–5 )

Germany

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,400

[12]
				Referees: Niklas Lindberg Jeffrey Scott
	9.0 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	30	Shots	41

Canada and Slovakia advanced to the qualifying round after finishing last in Group A and Group B respectively.^[4] Canada faced off against Austria, who finished first in Group C of the Division I tournament, and Slovakia was drawn against Brazil, who finished first in Group D of the Division I tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.^[5][6] Both Canada and Slovakia won their matches and advanced to the Top Division playoffs, while Austria and Brazil advanced to the Division I playoffs.^[6]

All times are local (UTC+2).

10 June 2009 16:00

Canada

4 – 3 (3–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Austria

Saturn Arena Attendance: 238

10 June 2009 18:00

Slovakia

6 – 3 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Brazil

Saturn Arena Attendance: 265

Canada and Slovakia advanced to the playoff round after winning 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 placement round.^[7] Slovakia was relegated to Division I after losing the seventh/8th game against Canada, while Slovenia finished fifth after defeating the Czech Republic in the fifth/6th game.^[7][8] In the semifinals the United States defeated Finland and Sweden beat Germany, both advancing to the gold medal game.^[7] After losing the semifinals Finland and Germany played off for the bronze medal with Germany winning 9–5.^[7] Sweden defeated the United States 7–6 in the gold medal game, earning their third straight World Championship title and fifth overall.^[7][9]

Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

United States

6

B4

Slovakia

2

QF2

United States

8

QF3

Finland

4

B2

Finland

4

A3

Czech Republic

3

SF1

United States

6

SF2

Sweden

7

B1

Germany

8

A4

Canada

3

QF4

Germany

6

Bronze medal game

QF1

Sweden

8

A2

Sweden

8

SF1

Finland

5

B3

Slovenia

3

SF2

Germany

9

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarter-finals

11 June 14:00

Sweden

8 – 3 (1–1, 2–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Slovenia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 463

11 June 16:00

United States

6 – 2 (1–2, 0–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 855

11 June 14:00

Finland

4 – 3 OT (0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 1,830

[15]
				Referees: Terry Farrar Maik Ansorg
	13.5 min	Penalties	10.5 min
	19	Shots	38

11 June 20:00

Germany

8 – 3 (2–0, 1–0, 4–1, 1–2)

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 3,600

[16]
				Referees: Sjoqvist Jan Nordstrom
	4.5 min	Penalties	17.5 min
	43	Shots	22

Placement round

5th/6th game

12 June 14:00

Slovenia

6 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 183

[17]
				Referees: Ulrich Erd Mark Ansorg
	7.5 min	Penalties	15.0 min
	31	Shots	20

7th/8th game

12 June 16:00

Slovakia

1 – 8 (1–1, 0–4, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 380

[18]
				Referees: Brad Sotak Jan Nordstrom
	9.0 min	Penalties	6.0 min
	21	Shots	33

Semi-finals

12 June 18:00

United States

8 – 4 (1–0, 3–1, 2–2, 2–1)

Finland

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 1,102

[19]
				Referees: Sjoqvist Niklas Lindberg
	6.0 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	38	Shots	30

12 June 20:00

Germany

6 – 8 (2–1, 3–3, 1–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 3,100

[20]
				Referees: Radim Prchal Ulrich Erd
	3.0 min	Penalties	6.0 min
	46	Shots	35

Bronze medal game

13 June 16:00

Finland

5 – 9 (2–4, 2–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Germany

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,300

[21]
				Referees: Brad Sotak Sjoqvist
	3.0 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	40	Shots	39

Gold medal game

13 June 18:00

United States

6 – 7 (2–2, 0–2, 3–0, 1–3)

Sweden

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

[22]
				Referees: Radim Prchal Jeffrey Scott
	1.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	38	Shots	47

2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners
Sweden 5th title

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:^[10]
  • Best Goalkeeper: Dennis Karlsson
  • Best Defenseman: Ernie Hartlieb
  • Best Forward: Thomas Greilinger

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:^[11]

Rk.	Team
	Sweden
	United States
	Germany
4.	Finland
5.	Slovenia
6.	Czech Republic
7.	Canada
8.	Slovakia

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 shown. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the statistics.^[12]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM	Pos
Dick Axelsson	6	8	12	20	+16	9.0	F
Thomas Greilinger	6	7	12	19	+18	1.5	F
Daniel Wessner	6	8	9	17	+11	14.5	F
James Beilsten	6	6	11	17	+11	4.5	D
Patrick Reimer	6	10	5	15	+14	1.5	F
Sami Markkanen	6	4	10	14	+8	1.5	F
Henrik Holscher	6	6	7	13	+13	3.0	D
Linus Klasen	6	5	8	13	+10	0.0	F
Brian Yingling	6	7	5	12	+6	1.5	F
Mikko Liukkonen	6	6	5	11	+6	3.0	F
David Hammond	5	5	6	11	+8	4.5	F

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. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the statistics.^[13]

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Jochen Vollmer	149:09	94	12	2.90	87.23	0
Kevin St. Pierre	178:53	147	19	3.82	87.07	0
Dennis Karlsson	178:08	135	18	3.64	86.67	0
Sasu Hovi	240:14	153	21	3.15	86.27	1
Troy Redmann	197:00	144	22	4.02	84.72	0

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