# 2016 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships – Senior Men's tournament

The senior men's tournament at the 2016 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships was the 21st event hosted by the Comité International de Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS), held in Asiago and Roana, Veneto region, Italy, between June 20–25, 2016.
The Czech Republic won the team's fifth title in history by defeating Italy in the final 4–0.

## Locations

| Pala Hodegart Capacity: 2,200 | Pala Robaan Capacity: 1,300 |
| Asiago | Roana |

## Format

Twenty-three team were divided into six pools. The top eight teams, based on final placement of the 2015 competition, were placed into Pools A and B, each with four teams. The remaining fifteen teams were divided into Pools C, D, E and F one with three teams and the other with four. The teams then played a round-robin within their pools. The best three teams in pools A and B, as well as the top team in pools C, D, E and F, advanced to a single-knockout playoff for the world championship. The remaining teams advanced to the single-knockout for other placement.

## Nations
### Asia

* China
* Chinese Taipei
* India
* Iran
* Macau

### Europe

* Czech Republic
* Spain
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Italy
* Latvia
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Sweden
* Switzerland

### Oceania

* Australia

### Pan-America

* Argentina
* Canada
* Colombia
* Mexico
* USA
* Venezuela
* 1 2 3 4 5 9 through 15 placement in the 2015 World Championship
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Top 8 placement at the 2015 World Championship

## Rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least six skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twenty-three participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster the sign-in date of the tournament.

## Seeding and pools

The seeding in the preliminary round is based on the 2015 World Championships. The teams were grouped according to seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding 2015 placement). Top 8 placement was seeded in Level 1.

### Level 2

‡ Last participate championships.

## Round robin
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 5 | World Championship Quarterfinals round |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 4 | World Championship Quarterfinals round |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 3 | World Championship Quarterfinals round |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 41 | −35 | 0 | 9th through 16th placement |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | World Championship Quarterfinals round |
| USA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | World Championship Quarterfinals round |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 2 | World Championship Quarterfinals round |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | 9th through 16th placement |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | +35 | 4 | World Championship Pre-quarterfinals round |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 2 | 9th through 16th placement |
| China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | −49 | 0 | National Team World Cup |

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 6 | World Championship Pre-quarterfinals round |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 4 | 9th through 16th placement |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 2 | National Team World Cup |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 0 | National Team World Cup |

### Pool E

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 | World Championship Pre-quarterfinals round |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 4 | 9th through 16th placement |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 2 | National Team World Cup |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
* ↑ Venezuela din not start on the tournament.

### Pool F

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 5 | World Championship Pre-quarterfinals round |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 5 | 9th through 16th placement |
| Macau | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 2 | National Team World Cup |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 29 | −26 | 0 | National Team World Cup |

## World Championship

| Pre-quarterfinals | Pre-quarterfinals | Pre-quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B2 | USA | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | A3 | Latvia | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | QF4 | USA | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | QF3 | Italy | 5 | | | |
| | | | A1 | Italy | 4‡ | | | | | | |
| | | | PQ2 | Canada | 3 | | | | | | |
| D1 | Canada | 8 | PQ2 | Canada | 3 | | | | | | |
| E1 | Great Britain | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| E1 | Great Britain | 0 | | | | | | | SF2 | Italy | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | SF1 | Czech Republic | 4 |
| | | | A2 | Czech Republic | 7 | | | |
| | | | B3 | Argentina | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | QF2 | Czech Republic | 3† |
| | | | | | | QF1 | France | 2 |
| | | | | | | QF1 | France | 2 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | B1 | France | 5 | | | | SF2 | USA | 2 |
| | | | PQ1 | Switzerland | 2 | | | | SF1 | France | 5 |
| C1 | Switzerland | 10 | PQ1 | Switzerland | 2 | | | | SF1 | France | 5 |
| F1 | Iran | 0 | | | | | | |
    † Indicates overtime victory
    ‡ Indicates shootout victory

### Quarterfinals

Game reference :
| Keating (Mosenson) PP – 15:33 | 1–0 | |
| Baldwin (Page) – 17:36 | 2–0 | |
| Keating – 23:59 | 3–0 | |
| Baldwin (Ganz) – 28:27 | 4–0 | |
| Petito (Page) – 29:21 | 5–0 | |
| | 5–1 | 32:14 – Cimermanis (Batraks) |
| Roux (Cafferty) – 33:06 | 6–1 | |
| | 6–2 | 38:33 – Galkins (Jekimovs) |
| Mazzie SH – 38:53 | 7–2 | |
Game reference :
| Jakub Bernard (Tomas Rubes) PP – 03:52 | 1–0 | |
| Marek Laskot – 13:41 | 2–0 | |
| Tomas Rubes (Jakub Bernard) – 15:36 | 3–0 | |
| Mikulas Zboril (Petr Kafka) – 19:46 | 4–0 | |
| Marek Laskot (Jakub Bernard) – 19:57 | 5–0 | |
| | 5–1 | 20:38 – Facundo Vadra (Sebastian Marengo) |
| Michal Simo (Marek Laskot) – 28:24 | 6–1 | |
| Jakub Cik (Tomas Rubes) – 36:42 | 7–1 | |
| | 7–2 | 37:35 – Sebastian Echevarría |
Game reference :
| | 0–1 | 06:55 – Maier (Schwarzenbach) PP |
| Fontanille (Vitou) – 16:16 | 1–1 | |
| Crignier – 16:35 | 2–1 | |
| Vitou PP – 20:59 | 3–1 | |
| Langlois (Bouchut) – 27:59 | 4–1 | |
| Hamon (Lapresa) – 31:35 | 5–1 | |
| | 5–2 | 39:59 – Müller (Neukom) PP |
Game reference :
| Virzi (Ciresa) PP – 00:51 | 1–0 | |
| Ciresa (Ustignani) – 08:10 | 2–0 | |
| Ustignani (Rigoni) PP – 16:22 | 3–0 | |
| | 3–1 | 20:17 – Foote (Sonstelie) |
| | 3–2 | 23:10 – Furlong (Esdale) |
| | 3–3 | 31:59 – Matthews (Hammond) |
| Emanuele Ferrari | 4–3 | |

### Semifinals

Game reference :
| Jakub Cik (Mikulas Zboril) – 05:02 | 1–0 | |
| | 1–1 | 10:10 – Maxime Langlois (Théo Fontanille) |
| | 1–2 | 30:10 – Benjamin Tijou (Karl Gabillet) |
| Petr Kafka (Jakub Cik) – 36:16 | 2–2 | |
| Jakub Cik (Petr Kafka) – 48:54 | 3–2 | |
Game reference :
| | 0–1 | 02:39 – Lievore (Ustignani) |
| Cafferty (Roux) – 07:37 | 1–1 | |
| | 1–2 | 10:17 – Rigoni (Belcastro) PP |
| | 1–3 | 12:39 – Ciresa (Banchero) |
| Cafferty – 12:55 | 2–3 | |
| Baldwin (Ganz) – 21:42 | 3–3 | |
| | 3–4 | 29:03 – Ferrari (Belcastro) |
| | 3–5 | 38:39 – Traversa (Baldan) EN |

### Bronze medal game

Game reference :
| Vaslet (Mazzie) – 06:32 | 1–0 | |
| | 1–1 | 17:41 – Rage (Langlois) PP |
| Petito (Roux) – 21:44 | 2–1 | |
| | 2–2 | 23:03 – Gabillet (Rage) |
| | 2–3 | 27:13 – Gabillet (Rage) PP |
| | 2–4 | 33:01 – Gabillet (Tijou) |
| | 2–5 | 34:40 – Gabillet PP |

### Gold medal game
## 5th through 8th placement

| Qualifying round | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| QF4 | Latvia | 3 | | | |
| QF3 | Canada | 5 | | | |
| QF3 | Canada | 5 | Q2 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | Q1 | Switzerland | 2 |
| QF2 | Argentina | 5 | Q1 | Switzerland | 2 |
| QF1 | Switzerland | 8 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | Q2 | Latvia | 3 |
| | | | Q1 | Argentina | 6 |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### 7th place game
## 9th through 16th placement

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 9th place game | 9th place game | 9th place game |
| B4 | Spain | 4 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Sweden | 5 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Sweden | 5 | QF | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| | | | QF | Great Britain | 2 | | | |
| PQ2 | Great Britain | 7 | QF | Great Britain | 2 | | | |
| F2 | Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | |
| F2 | Netherlands | 0 | | | | SF2 | Sweden | 1 |
| | | | | | | SF1 | Poland | 2 |
| A4 | Mexico | 3 | | | | | | | SF1 | Poland | 2 |
| C2 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | | | |
| C2 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | QF | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 11th place game | 11th place game | 11th place game |
| | | | QF | Poland | 5 |
| PQ1 | Iran | 1 | QF | Poland | 5 | SF2 | Great Britain | 4 |
| E2 | Poland | 5 | | | | SF1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### 11th place game

| 13th – 16th place play-offs | 13th – 16th place play-offs | 13th – 16th place play-offs | 13th place game | 13th place game | 13th place game |
| QF4 | Mexico | 3 | | | |
| QF3 | Iran | 4 | | | |
| QF3 | Iran | 4 | Q2 | Iran | 2 |
| | | | Q1 | Spain | 8 |
| QF1 | Spain | 6 | Q1 | Spain | 8 |
| QF2 | Netherlands | 0 | 15th place game | 15th place game | 15th place game |
| | | | Q2 | Mexico | 3 |
| | | | Q1 | Netherlands | 7 |

### 15th place game
## 17th through 22nd placement

| Pre-Round | Pre-Round | Pre-Round | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | 17th place game | 17th place game | 17th place game |
| | | | PR2 | China | 3 | | | |
| D4 | India | 2 | F3 | Macau | 6 | | | |
| E3 | China | 3 | | | | R1 | Macau | 0 |
| | | | | | | R2 | Colombia | 14 |
| | | | PR1 | Germany | 2 |
| F4 | Germany | 5 | D3 | Colombia | 3 |
| C3 | Australia | 3 | | | | 19th place game | 19th place game | 19th place game |
| | | | | | | R1 | China | 6 |
| | | | | | | R2 | Germany | 18 |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### 21st place game
## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Mtch | Pts | Final Result |
| | Czech Republic | 6 | 10 | Champions |
| | Italy | 6 | 9 | Runners-up |
| | France | 6 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | USA | 6 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Canada | 7 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Switzerland | 6 | 8 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Argentina | 6 | 2 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Latvia | 6 | 3 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Poland | 6 | 10 | 9th–16th placement |
| 10 | Sweden | 6 | 9 | 9th–16th placement |
| 11 | Great Britain | 7 | 10 | Eliminated in Pre-q. |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 5 | 9th–16th placement |
| 13 | Spain | 6 | 5 | 9th–16th placement |
| 14 | Iran | 7 | 7 | Eliminated in Pre-q. |
| 15 | Netherlands | 6 | 7 | 9th–16th placement |
| 16 | Mexico | 6 | 0 | 9th–16th placement |
| 17 | Colombia | 5 | 6 | 17th–22nd placement |
| 18 | Macau | 5 | 4 | 17th–22nd placement |
| 19 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 17th–22nd placement |
| 20 | China | 5 | 2 | 17th–22nd placement |
| 21 | Australia | 6 | 6 | 17th–22nd placement |
| 22 | India | 6 | 0 | 17th–22nd placement |
| 23 | Venezuela | DNS | DNS | DNS |