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]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Czech Republic |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | July 12 - July 17 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 332 (7.55 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) |  Dean Dunstan |
| MVP | Travis Fudge |
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 edit
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.
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Group B |
Group C
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Group stage edit
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 edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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 France
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 5 | World Championship round |
| United States
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 4 | |
 Switzerland
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 3 | |
 Colombia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 0 | World Cup round |
| 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 edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Czech Republic
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 | World Championship round |
 Canada
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 | |
 Italy
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 2 | |
 Spain
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 | World Cup round |
| 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 edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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 Mexico
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 7 | World Championship round |
 Germany
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 7 | |
 Great Britain
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 6 | World Cup round |
| Australia
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 6 | |
 Argentina
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 4 | 13–14th placement |
 Venezuela
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 0 |
| 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 edit
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 edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A1 | France
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| C2 | Germany
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| QF1 | France
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| QF2 | Switzerland
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| B2 | Canada
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| A3 | Switzerland
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| SF1 | Switzerland
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| SF2 | United States
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| B1 | Czech Republic
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| C1 | Mexico
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| QF3 | Czech Republic
| 3 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| QF4 | United States
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| A2 | United States
| 2 | SF1 | France
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| B3 | Italy
| 1 | SF2 | Czech Republic
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Quarter-finals edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| July 17, 2010 16:10 | France | 2 – 5 (0–4, 2–1) | Czech Republic |
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Gold medal game edit
| July 17, 2010 20:00 | Switzerland | 1 – 6 (0–2, 1–4) | United States |
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5th-8th placement round edit
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 edit
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| QF1 | Italy
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| QF2 | Mexico
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| Q1 | Italy
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| Q2 | Canada
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| QF4 | Canada
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| QF3 | Germany
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| Q3 | Mexico
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| Q4 | Germany
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Qualifying round edit
| 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 edit
| July 17, 2010 09:00 | Mexico | 2 – 7 (2–3, 0–4) | Germany |
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5th-6th place game edit
| July 17, 2010 11:00 | Italy | 4 – 2 (2–0, 2–2) | Canada |
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World Cup edit
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 edit
| Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| B4 | Spain
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| C3 | Great Britain
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| SF1 | Spain
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| SF2 | Australia
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| A4 | Colombia
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| C4 | Australia
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| SF1 | Great Britain
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| SF2 | Colombia
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Semi-finals edit
| 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 edit
| July 17, 2010 13:00 | Great Britain | 6 – 1 (5–0, 1–1) | Colombia |
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Gold medal game edit
| July 17, 2010 18:00 | Spain | 1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0) | Australia |
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13th-14th place game edit
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 edit
| 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championship |
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 United States |
Tournament awards edit
- Individual awards:[2]
- Most Valuable Player:
Travis Fudge - Fair Play Award:
Spain - Best Goalkeeper: Michael Urbano
- Best Defenseman:
Karel Rachunek - Best Forward:
Diego Schwarzenbach
- Most Valuable Player:
- All-Star Team:[2]
- Goalkeeper: Michael Urbano
- Defense: Karel Rachunek
- Forwards:
Brian Baxter, Travis Fudge, Julien Walker
- Goalkeeper:
Final standings edit
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Czech Republic
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| 4 | France
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| 5 | Italy
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| 6 | Canada
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| 7 | Germany
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| 8 | Mexico
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| 9 | Spain
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| 10 | Australia
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| 11 | Great Britain
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| 12 | Colombia
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| 13 | Argentina
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| 14 | Venezuela
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Scoring leaders edit
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[4]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | POS |
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| Dean Dunstan |
7 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| Brian Baxter |
8 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 |
| Rob Shelton |
7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| Adriano Carciola |
8 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 |
| Julian Walker |
6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| Pete Messina |
6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Danny Hutchinson |
7 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
| Diego Schwarzenbach |
6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Julian Ramirez |
8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| Stephen Belic |
7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
Leading goaltenders edit
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[4]
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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| Michael Smart |
120 | 78 | 5 | 1.67 | 93.59 | 0 |
| Michael Urbano |
200 | 115 | 8 | 1.60 | 93.04 | 1 |
| Ondrej Jirkuv |
92 | 24 | 2 | 0.87 | 91.67 | 1 |
| Stefano Antinori |
120 | 93 | 8 | 2.67 | 91.40 | 0 |
| Hugo Rebuffet |
132 | 84 | 8 | 2.42 | 90.48 | 0 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Basic info". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b c d "History of the Tournament". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b c d e "Games schedule". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b "Players statistics". International Roller Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-01-09.