First Roller In-line Hockey World Championship

First Roller In-line Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	22–25 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	508 (14.94 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dean Wilson (32 points)
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The First Roller In-line Hockey World Championship was the inaugural such event organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Skating. It was hosted by the United States in the suburb of Chicago, Villa Park. Twelve national teams competed in one venue, the Odeum Expo Center. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2nd competition.

The United States remained undefeated throughout the championship and captured the gold medal by defeating Canada 13–6 in the final.^[1] Finland captured the bronze medal with a 13–1 victory over Austria.

Host selection

The venue listed as host for the inline hockey teams was the Odeum Expo Center's South Hall (capacity around 2500). The arena was completed and opened in 1981.

Venues

Villa Park
Odeum Expo Center South Hall Capacity: 2,500

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 6 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twelve participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have to submit a roster by the start of the competition.

Format

The 12 teams were divided into three pools of which the eight best overall advanced to the medal round. There they met cross-over as indicated in the section below. The remaining teams played additional matches to determine their overall championship position.

In the round robin pool play, points were awarded as follows:

2 points for a win (W)
1 point for a tie (T)
0 points for a loss (L)
–2 points for a forfeit (F)

If two or more teams finished with an equal number of points during pool play, the team's position is determined by the following tiebreaking formula:

The victor of the head-to-head competition
The lowest total of goals allowed in common wins among the tied teams
A shootout will take place.

Final ranking: places 1–4 were determined by the medal games. Places 5–8 were determined by the 5/8 placement round. Places 9–12 were determined by the 9/12 placement round.

Pool play

	Team advanced to the Medal round
	Team advanced to the 9 through 12 placement round

All times are local (UTC-5).

Pool A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	79	1	+78	6
Australia	3	1	1	1	19	26	–7	3
Argentina	3	1	1	1	21	28	–7	3
Great Britain	3	0	3	0	5	69	–64	0

22 August 1995
01:00 PM

Argentina

17 – 3

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	33	4	+29	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	61	6	+56	4
Mexico	3	1	2	9	49	–40	2
South Africa	3	0	3	5	46	–41	0

Placement round			5th place game

QF1	Czech Republic	4
QF2	Australia	0
			QF1	Czech Republic	7
			QF3	Italy	6
QF3	Italy	6
QF4	Argentina	1	7th place game

			QF2	Australia	5
			QF4	Argentina	4

Placement round			9th place game

B4	Brazil	8
C4	South Africa	2
			B4	Brazil	4
			A4	Great Britain	1
A4	Great Britain	6
C3	Mexico	3	11th place game

			C4	South Africa	7
			C3	Mexico	6

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dean Wilson	6	11	21	32	6
Jeff Nelson	6	15	15	30	2
Perry Pappas	6	15	10	25	2
Bryan Desmond	6	17	7	24	2
Kimmo Kuhta	6	13	11	24	0
Leos Rak	6	11	12	23	0
Rob Hrytsak	6	18	4	22	6
Nick Parnell	6	15	7	22	0
Luca Orrigoni	6	9	13	22	7
Jiri Veseley	6	11	10	21	2

FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships

Current champions (2012): United States

2012 World Championships teams	Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador France Germany Italy Latvia Mexico Switzerland United States Venezuela

Tournaments	Chicago 1995 Roccaraso 1996 Zell am See 1997 Winnipeg 1998 Thun/Wichtrach 1999 Amiens 2000 Torrevieja 2001 Rochester 2002 Pisek 2003 London 2004 Paris 2005 Detroit 2006 Bilbao 2007 Dusseldorf 2008 Varese 2009 Beroun 2010 Roccaraso 2011 Bucaramunga 2012 Anaheim 2013

Finals	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Rosters	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Medalists Attendance Awards winners National Team World Cup

First Roller In-line Hockey World Championship

Host selection

Venues

Rosters

Format

Pool play

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Medal round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

5 through 8 placement round

5–8 placement round

7th place game

5th place game

9 through 12 placement round

9–12 placement round

11th place game

9th place game

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Scoring leaders

References

External links