# 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

The 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 19th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 5 and 11 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by Canada, earning their third World Championship title. Finland finished in second place and Sweden in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia, after losing the relegation game against Germany was relegated to Division I for 2017.

## Qualification

Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2014 Division I tournament was won by Slovenia who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2013.
* Canada − Finished second in the 2014 World Championship
* Czech Republic − Finished fifth in the 2014 World Championship
* Finland − Finished first in the 2014 World Championship
* Germany − Finished sixth in the 2014 World Championship
* Slovakia − Finished seventh in the 2014 World Championship
* Slovenia − Winner of 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
* Sweden − Finished fourth in the 2014 World Championship
* United States − Finished third in the 2014 World Championship

## Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournaments. The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Tampere, Finland. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

## Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.
All times are local (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 8 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 7 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 1 |

## Playoff round

All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarter finalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Slovenia was relegated back to Division I after losing the relegation game against Germany, while the United States finished fifth after defeating Slovenia and the Czech Republic finished sixth following their win over Germany in their placement round games. In the semifinals Finland defeated Slovakia and Canada beat Sweden, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Slovakia and Sweden played off for the bronze medal with Sweden winning 5–4. Canada defeated Finland 4–2 in the gold medal game, earning their third World Championship title.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Finland | 6 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Germany | 3 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Germany | 3 | QF3 | Finland | 4 | | | |
| | | | QF4 | Slovakia | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Czech Republic | 3 | QF4 | Slovakia | 3 | | | |
| B3 | Slovakia | 4 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Slovakia | 4 | | | | SF1 | Finland | 2 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Canada | 4 |
| B1 | Canada | 6 | | | | | | | SF2 | Canada | 4 |
| A4 | Slovenia | 5 | | | |
| A4 | Slovenia | 5 | QF1 | Canada | 6 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF2 | Sweden | 2 |
| B2 | United States | 2 | QF2 | Sweden | 2 | SF1 | Slovakia | 4 |
| A3 | Sweden | 5 | | | | SF2 | Sweden | 5 |
All times are local (UTC+3).

### Gold medal game
## Ranking and statistics

* 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship winners
* Canada 3rd title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goalkeeper: Vladimir Neumann
** Best Defenseman: Adam Ross
** Best Forward: Jimi Palanto

### Final standings

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

### 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.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
| Jimi Palanto | 6 | 11 | 8 | 19 | +13 | 3.0 | F |
| Dave Hammond | 6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +3 | 1.5 | F |
| Adam Ross | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +8 | 3.0 | D |
| Thomas Woods | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +6 | 1.5 | F |
| Brett Bulmer | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +7 | 0.0 | F |
| Sami Markkanen | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +10 | 1.5 | D |
| Travis Noe | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3.0 | F |
| Marko Virtala | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +5 | 0.0 | F |
| Rok Jakopic | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +4 | 0.0 | F |
| Emil Bejmo | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +2 | 3.0 | D |
| Kristian Kuusela | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +3 | 1.5 | F |

### Leading goaltenders

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.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Vladimir Neumann | 271:53 | 223 | 18 | 2.38 | 91.93 | 0 |
| Jochen Vollmer | 152:34 | 109 | 9 | 2.12 | 91.74 | 0 |
| Sasu Hovi | 195:40 | 98 | 10 | 1.84 | 89.80 | 0 |
| Brett Leggat | 291:04 | 159 | 19 | 2.35 | 88.05 | 0 |
| Tomaz Trelc | 189:41 | 120 | 18 | 3.42 | 85.00 | 0 |