Finland men's national inline hockey team

The Finnish men's national inline hockey team is the national men's inline hockey team for Finland. Finland was one of the most successful teams at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships, which were organized during 1996 to 2017 until the tournament was discontinued by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 2019. The tournament was organized annually during 1996 to 2015, with the exception of the year 1999. Starting from 2017, the tournament was to be held every other year but, after being forced to cancel the 2019 edition due to lack of interested hosts, the IIHF voted in June 2019 to end its governance over inline hockey, ending the organization’s involvement in any future inline hockey tournaments.[1] Finland won a total of thirteen medals in nineteen tournaments. At the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship in Bratislava, the final tournament organized by the IIHF, the team finished in second place.[2]

Finland men's national inline hockey team
Nickname(s)Rullaleijonat ('Roller Lions')
AssociationFinnish Ice Hockey Association
Biggest win
Finland Finland 47–0 Chile Chile
(2000)
IIHF World Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1996)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (4; 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014)
Finland men's national inline hockey team
Medal record
Men's inline hockey
IIHF World Championship
Gold medal – first place2000 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place2001 United States
Gold medal – first place2003 Germany
Gold medal – first place2014 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place2002 Germany
Silver medal – second place2004 Germany
Silver medal – second place2005 Finland
Silver medal – second place2007 Sweden
Silver medal – second place2015 Finland
Silver medal – second place2017 Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place1996 United States
Bronze medal – third place1998 United States
Bronze medal – third place2006 Hungary
Bronze medal – third place2012 Germany

World Championship results by year

YearHostResult
1996Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota  Bronze
1997Anaheim, California6th
1998Anaheim, California  Bronze
1999No tournament held
2000Hradec Kralové & Choceň  Gold
2001Ellenton, Florida  Gold
2002Nürnberg & Pfaffenhofen  Silver
2003Nürnberg & Amberg  Gold
2004Bad Tölz  Silver
2005Kuopio  Silver
2006Budapest  Bronze
2007Landshut & Passau  Silver
2008Bratislava6th
2009Ingolstadt4th
2010Karlstad6th
2011Pardubice5th
2012Ingolstadt  Bronze
2013Dresden7th
2014Pardubice  Gold
2015Tampere  Silver
2017Bratislava  Silver
2019Tournament permanently cancelled

Source: IIHF[3]

References

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