# 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

The 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 8–14 July 2012 in Colombia.
United States won the tournament by defeating Canada 6–4 in the Final game to capture their 14th title; the Americans finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 6–0–0. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating Italy 4–3 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer was Colombia's Nicolas Fierro Torres. United States' Dustin Roux was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

## Venues

All games were played at the Coliseo Bicentenario in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
* Coliseo Bicentenario Capacity:
* Colombia – Bucaramanga

## Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships consisted of at least 6 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster prior to the event.

## Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the tournament. 1 nation from Australia, 6 nations from Europe, 3 nations from North American and 6 nations from South America are represented.

### Australia

* Australia

### Europe

* Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Latvia
* Switzerland

### North America

* Canada
* Mexico
* United States

### South America

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Venezuela
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Qualified for Group 1 after a top 10 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
* 1 2 3 4 Qualified for Group 2 after a bottom 8 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
* 1 2 3 4 Qualified for Group 2 as new entrant

## Seedings and groupings

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2012 FIRS World Championship final rankings. The teams were grouped by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding final ranking).

### Group 2
## 5th through 8th placement round

| Qualifiers | Qualifiers | Qualifiers | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| LQF3 | Colombia | 2 | | | |
| LQF1 | France | 3 | | | |
| LQF1 | France | 3 | WQ2 | France | 4 |
| | | | WQ1 | Switzerland | 5 |
| LQF2 | Switzerland | 6 | WQ1 | Switzerland | 5 |
| LQF4 | Latvia | 4 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | LQ2 | Colombia | 1 |
| | | | LQ1 | Latvia | 3 |

## 13th through 16th placement round

| Qualifiers | Qualifiers | Qualifiers | 15th place game | 15th place game | 15th place game |
| LQF4 | Chile | 2 | | | |
| LQF1 | Mexico | 15 | | | |
| LQF1 | Mexico | 15 | WQ1 | Mexico | 3 |
| | | | WQ2 | Venezuela | 1 |
| LQF2 | Ecuador | 1 | WQ2 | Venezuela | 1 |
| LQF3 | Venezuela | 6 | 13th place game | 13th place game | 13th place game |
| | | | LQ1 | Chile | 1 |
| | | | LQ2 | Ecuador | 2 |

## Ranking and statistics

* 2012 FIRS World Championship winners
* United States 14th title
* 2012 FIRS National Team World Cup winners
* Germany

### Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the tournament directors:
** Best Goalkeeper: Dylan Ellis
** Most Valuable Player: Dustin Roux
* Fair Play: Chile

### Final standings

The official FIRS final standings of the tournament:
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| | Czech Republic |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Switzerland |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Latvia |
| 8 | Colombia |
| 9 | Germany |
| 10 | Brazil |
| 11 | Australia |
| 12 | Argentina |
| 13 | Mexico |
| 14 | Venezuela |
| 15 | Ecuador |
| 16 | Chile |

### 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 |
| Nicolas Fierro Torres | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Julian Ramirez | 6 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Thomas Woods | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Juan Diego Fierro Miranda | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Joshua Laricchia | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Jose Alexandre Guilardi | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Allen Rey Gonzales | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Marcus Pryde | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Dustin Roux | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Diego Schwarzenback | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Ingemar Gruber | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Roberto Ordonez | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position