The 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 8–14 July 2012 in Colombia.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Colombia |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 8–14 July |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  United States (14th title) |
Runner-up  |  Canada |
Third place  |  Czech Republic |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Nicolas Fierro Torres (15 points) |
| MVP | Dustin Roux |
United States won the tournament by defeating Canada 6–4 in the Final game to capture their 14th title; the Americans finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 6–0–0. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating Italy 4–3 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer was Colombia's Nicolas Fierro Torres. United States' Dustin Roux was named the most valuable player of the tournament.
Venues
editAll games were played at the Coliseo Bicentenario in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
| Coliseo Bicentenario Capacity: |
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| Colombia – Bucaramanga
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Rosters
editEach team's roster for the 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships consisted of at least 6 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster prior to the event.
Nations
editThe following 16 nations qualified for the tournament. 1 nation from Australia, 6 nations from Europe, 3 nations from North American and 6 nations from South America are represented.
- Australia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
Seedings and groupings
editThe seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2012 FIRS World Championship final rankings. The teams were grouped by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding final ranking).
Group 1
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Pool A
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Pool B
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Group 2
edit5th through 8th placement round
edit| Qualifiers | 5th place game | ||||||||
| LQF3 | Colombia
| 2 | |||||||
| LQF1 |  France
| 3 | |||||||
| WQ2 | France
| 4 | |||||||
| WQ1 |  Switzerland
| 5 | |||||||
| LQF2 | Switzerland
| 6 | |||||||
| LQF4 |  Latvia
| 4 | 7th place game | ||||||
| LQ2 | Colombia
| 1 | |||||||
| LQ1 | Latvia
| 3 | |||||||
13th through 16th placement round
edit| Qualifiers | 15th place game | ||||||||
| LQF4 |  Chile
| 2 | |||||||
| LQF1 |  Mexico
| 15 | |||||||
| WQ1 | Mexico
| 3 | |||||||
| WQ2 |  Venezuela
| 1 | |||||||
| LQF2 |  Ecuador
| 1 | |||||||
| LQF3 | Venezuela
| 6 | 13th place game | ||||||
| LQ1 | Chile
| 1 | |||||||
| LQ2 | Ecuador
| 2 | |||||||
Ranking and statistics
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| 2012 FIRS World Championship winners |
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 United States 14th title |
| 2012 FIRS National Team World Cup winners |
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 Germany |
Tournament awards
edit- Best players selected by the tournament directors:
- Best Goalkeeper:
Dylan Ellis - Most Valuable Player:
Dustin Roux
- Best Goalkeeper:
- Fair Play:
Chile
Final standings
editThe official FIRS final standings of the tournament:
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United States
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Canada
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Czech Republic
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| 4 | Italy
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| 5 | Switzerland
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| 6 | France
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| 7 | Latvia
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| 8 | Colombia
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| 9 |  Germany
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| 10 |  Brazil
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| 11 |  Australia
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| 12 |  Argentina
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| 13 | Mexico
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| 14 | Venezuela
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| 15 | Ecuador
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| 16 | Chile
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Scoring leaders
editList 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.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| Nicolas Fierro Torres |
6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Julian Ramirez |
6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Thomas Woods |
6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Juan Diego Fierro Miranda |
6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Joshua Laricchia |
6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Jose Alexandre Guilardi |
5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Allen Rey Gonzales |
6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Marcus Pryde |
6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Dustin Roux |
6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Diego Schwarzenback |
6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Ingemar Gruber |
6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Roberto Ordonez |
6 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position