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2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
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The 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 12th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 21 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall. Slovakia finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating the United States in the bronze medal match. Austria, after losing the seventh place game against Slovenia was relegated to Division I for 2009. The event chairman was Hans Dobida.[1]

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Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[2] The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[2] The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):[2]

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Preliminary round

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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.[2]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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21 June 2008
18:00
Austria 4 – 6
(1–1, 0–2, 2–2, 1–1)
 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,125
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22 June 2008
14:00
Austria 1 – 8
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2, 0–4)
 SloveniaMain Arena, Bratislava
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22 June 2008
18:00
Slovakia 0 – 5
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2, 0–1)
 SwedenMain Arena, Bratislava
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23 June 2008
20:00
Sweden 3 – 7
(0–1, 0–2, 2–3, 1–1)
 SloveniaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 726
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24 June 2008
18:00
Slovenia 4 – 3
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,120
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24 June 2008
20:00
Sweden 8 – 2
(3–0, 0–1, 3–1, 2–0)
 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 300
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Group B

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22 June 2008
16:00
Germany 3 – 9
(1–2, 1–3, 1–1, 0–3)
 United StatesMain Arena, Bratislava
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22 June 2008
20:00
Czech Republic 4 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 FinlandMain Arena, Bratislava
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23 June 2008
16:00
Germany 6 – 7
(3–1, 1–2, 2–2, 0–2)
 Czech RepublicMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 522
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23 June 2008
18:00
Finland 5 – 6
(3–2, 0–1, 0–2, 2–1)
 United StatesMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 724
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24 June 2008
14:00
United States 7 – 6
(4–1, 1–1, 1–4, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 459
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24 June 2008
16:00
Finland 5 – 4 (SO)
(0–2, 0–0, 4–0, 0–2, 0–0, 1–0)
 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 444
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Qualifying round

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Austria and Germany advanced to the qualifying round after finishing last in Group A and Group B respectively.[3] Austria faced off against Great Britain, who finished first in Group C of the Division I tournament, and Germany was drawn against Canada, who finished first in Group D of the Division I tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.[4][5] Both Austria and Germany won their matches and advanced to the Top Division playoffs, while Great Britain and Canada advanced to the Division I playoffs.[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 June 2008
16:00
Germany 11 – 3
(3–0, 2–1, 3–1, 3–1)
 CanadaBratislava, Slovakia
Attendance: 660
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25 June 2008
18:00
Austria 6 – 1
(0–1, 4–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 Great BritainBratislava, Slovakia
Attendance: 506
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Playoff round

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Germany and Austria 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.[6] Austria was relegated to Division I for 2009 after losing the seventh place game against Slovenia, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Finland in the fifth place game.[6][7] In the semifinals the Slovakia defeated Germany and Sweden beat the United States, both advancing to the gold medal game.[6] After losing the semifinals the United States and Germany played off for the bronze medal with Germany winning 8–7.[6] Sweden defeated Slovakia 7–3 in the gold medal game, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall.[8][9]

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  Slovenia 2
Q1  Germany 5
QF1  Germany 2
QF2  Slovakia 3
B2  Czech Republic 5
A3  Slovakia 6
SF1  Slovakia 3
SF2  Sweden 7
A2  Sweden 9
B3  Finland 3
QF3  Sweden 12 Bronze medal game
QF4  United States 8
B1  United States 17 SF1  Germany 8
Q2  Austria 1 SF2  United States 7

Quarterfinals

26 June 2008
14:00
Sweden 9 – 3
(3–0, 5–0, 0–0, 1–3)
 FinlandMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 471
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26 June 2008
16:00
United States 17 – 1
(4–0, 5–1, 4–0, 4–0)
 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 324
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26 June 2008
18:00
Czech Republic 5 – 6 (OT)
(0–0, 2–2, 1–2, 2–1, 0–1)
 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1343
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26 June 2008
20:00
Slovenia 2 – 5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–3)
 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 397
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Placement round

5th place game

27 June 2008
14:00
Czech Republic 10 – 8
(1–4, 4–0, 2–1, 3–3)
 FinlandMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 79
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7th place game

27 June 2008
16:00
Slovenia 9 – 2
(2–0, 3–2, 3–0, 1–0)
 AustriaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 317
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Semifinals

27 June 2008
18:00
Germany 2 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 2261
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27 June 2008
20:00
United States 8 – 12
(0–2, 6–5, 1–2, 1–3)
 SwedenMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 695
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Bronze medal game

28 June 2008
16:00
United States 7 – 8
(3–1, 1–2, 1–3, 2–2)
 GermanyMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1125
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Gold medal game

28 June 2008
18:00
Sweden 7 – 3
(3–1, 2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 SlovakiaMain Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 5021
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Ranking and statistics

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 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship winners 

Sweden
4th title

Tournament awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[6]

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Scoring leaders

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Sweden's Dick Axelsson recorded 16 points in six and was named the tournaments most valuable player

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[10]

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Leading goaltenders

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Sasu Hovi of Finland finished third among the goaltenders after finishing with a save percentage of 91.30

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.[11]

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