2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship


The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. The US team won the final against the Czech Republic 4–3 won their fifth title.

Venue

Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.
;Europe
;North America
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament :
Group A
Group B
Each teams roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted of at least 8 skaters and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the [|Playoff round]. The last team in each group competed in the [|Qualification Games].
All games were played at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad.
Team advanced to [|Playoff Round]
Team competed in [|Qualifying Games]

Group A

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Group B

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Qualification games

The last team from each group of the [|Preliminary Round] competed in the Qualification Games against the top team from each group of the Division I tournament's Preliminary round. They were placed into two games: teams from Groups A and C played each other in Group A/C, while teams from Groups B and D played each other in Group B/D.
The two winners of these games advanced to the [|Top Division Playoff Round]. In the Top Division Playoff Round, the winner of the A/C game was seeded A4, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded B4.
The two losers of these games were relegated to the Division I Playoff Round. In the Division I Playoff Round, the loser of the A/C game was seeded C1, while the winner of the B/D game was seeded D1.
Team advanced to the Top Division Playoff Round
Team competes in the Division I Playoff Round

Game A/C

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Game B/D

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Playoff round

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Placement

7/8 placement

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5/6 placement

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Rk.Team
United States
Czech Republic
Sweden
4. Canada
5. Slovenia
6. Finland
7. Germany
8. Slovakia

Scoring leaders

List 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.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Dick Axelsson614216+916.0FW
Andreas Svensson68715−13.0DF
Kyle Kraemer611314+131.5FW
Shawn Gawrys69514+56.0FW
Patrick Maroon67714+50FW
Sami Markkanen541014−10DF
David Hammond68412−23.0FW
Ziga Jeglic57512−10FW
Marcus Weinstock66612−61.5FW
Patrik Sebek64812+30DF
Daniel Wessner63912+47.5FW

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Troy Redmann138:286861.5691.181
Roman Handl251:50128142.0089.061
Thomas Tartaglione147:276271.7188.711
Bernhard Starkbaum*117:51120185.5085.000
Thomas Ower159:51110173.8384.550