# 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

* Karlstad
* Löfbergs Lila Arena Capacity: 8,647

## Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.

### Europe

* Austria
* Czech Republic
* Finland
* Germany
* Slovenia
* Sweden

### North America

* Canada
* United States
* ↑ Qualified after a top placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Automatic qualifier after a top 7 placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
* ↑ Qualified as hosts

## Seeding and groups

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 (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

## Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) 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.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 7 | Playoff Round |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 5 | Playoff Round |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 3 | Playoff Round |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 3 | Qualifying Games |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 9 | Playoff Round |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | Playoff Round |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 2 | Playoff Round |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 1 | Qualifying Games |
All times are local (UTC+2).

## 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.

### Game A/C

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | Top Division Playoff Round |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Division I Playoff Round |
Time is local (UTC+2).

### Game B/D

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Top Division Playoff Round |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | Division I Playoff Round |
Time is local (UTC+2).

## Playoff round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | United States | 9 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Slovakia | 0 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Slovakia | 0 | QF1 | United States | 12 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Canada | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 8 | QF2 | Canada | 3 | | | |
| A3 | Canada | 10 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Canada | 10 | | | | SF1 | United States | 4 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Czech Republic | 3 |
| B1 | Sweden | 6 | | | | | | | SF2 | Czech Republic | 3 |
| A4 | Germany | 4 | | | |
| A4 | Germany | 4 | QF3 | Sweden | 3 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Czech Republic | 4 |
| A2 | Czech Republic | 7 | QF4 | Czech Republic | 4 | SF1 | Canada | 6 |
| B3 | Slovenia | 2 | | | | SF2 | Sweden | 7 |

### Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Placement
#### 7/8 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

#### 5/6 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

### Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

### Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

## Ranking and statistics

* 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners
* United States 5th title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goalkeeper: Roman Handl
** Best Defenseman: Sami Markkanen
** Best Forward: Nathan Sigmund
** Most Valuable Player: Dick Axelsson

### Final standings

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.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Dick Axelsson | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 | +9 | 16.0 | FW |
| Andreas Svensson | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −1 | 3.0 | DF |
| Kyle Kraemer | 6 | 11 | 3 | 14 | +13 | 1.5 | FW |
| Shawn Gawrys | 6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +5 | 6.0 | FW |
| Patrick Maroon | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +5 | 0 | FW |
| Sami Markkanen | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −1 | 0 | DF |
| David Hammond | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −2 | 3.0 | FW |
| Ziga Jeglic | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −1 | 0 | FW |
| Marcus Weinstock | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1.5 | FW |
| Patrik Sebek | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +3 | 0 | DF |
| Daniel Wessner | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +4 | 7.5 | FW |
Source: IIHF.com

### 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.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Troy Redmann | 138:28 | 68 | 6 | 1.56 | 91.18 | 1 |
| Roman Handl | 251:50 | 128 | 14 | 2.00 | 89.06 | 1 |
| Thomas Tartaglione | 147:27 | 62 | 7 | 1.71 | 88.71 | 1 |
| Bernhard Starkbaum* | 117:51 | 120 | 18 | 5.50 | 85.00 | 0 |
| Thomas Ower | 159:51 | 110 | 17 | 3.83 | 84.55 | 0 |
Source: IIHF.com