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 place 2000 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place 2001 United States
Gold medal – first place 2003 Germany
Gold medal – first place 2014 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place 2002 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2004 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2005 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2015 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2017 Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 1996 United States
Bronze medal – third place 1998 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Hungary
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Germany

World Championship results by year

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Year Host Result
  1996 Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota   Bronze
  1997 Anaheim, California 6th
  1998 Anaheim, California   Bronze
1999 No tournament held
  2000 Hradec Kralové & Choceň   Gold
  2001 Ellenton, Florida   Gold
  2002 Nürnberg & Pfaffenhofen   Silver
  2003 Nürnberg & Amberg   Gold
  2004 Bad Tölz   Silver
  2005 Kuopio   Silver
  2006 Budapest   Bronze
  2007 Landshut & Passau   Silver
  2008 Bratislava 6th
  2009 Ingolstadt 4th
  2010 Karlstad 6th
  2011 Pardubice 5th
  2012 Ingolstadt   Bronze
  2013 Dresden 7th
  2014 Pardubice   Gold
  2015 Tampere   Silver
  2017 Bratislava   Silver
  2019 Tournament permanently cancelled

Source: IIHF[3]

References

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  1. ^ Merk, Martin (24 June 2019). "Statutes, Regulations amended". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Leijonat - Rullaleijonille MM-hopeaa – USA parempi finaalissa maalein 4-2". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships – History – All Medalists". webarchive.IIHF.com. Retrieved 30 April 2021.