# 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I

The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I was the eighth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Färjestads Ishall in Karlstad, with the medal games played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. Austria won the final against Croatia.

## Venues

| Karlstad | Karlstad |
| Färjestads Ishall Capacity: 4,700 | Löfbergs Lila Arena Capacity: 8,647 |

## Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the Division I tournament. One nation from Asia, one nation from Australia, four nations from Europe, and two nations from South America were represented.

### Asia

* Japan

### Australia

* Australia

### Europe

* Croatia
* Great Britain
* Hungary
* Slovakia

### South America

* Argentina
* Brazil
* 1 2 3 4 5 Automatic qualifier after a 2–6 placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
* 1 2 Qualified after winning a 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification
* ↑ Relegated after a bottom placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

## Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I, and 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification. 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 Division I consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

## Preliminary round

Eight participated teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top team in each group advanced to the Qualification Games. The last three teams in each group competed in the Playoff Round.
All games were played at the Färjestads Ishall in Karlstad.

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 7 | Qualification Games |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 5 | Playoff Round |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 3 | Playoff Round |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 3 | Playoff Round |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 9 | Qualification Games |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 4 | Playoff Round |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 4 | Playoff Round |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 1 | Playoff Round |
All times are local (UTC+2).

## Playoff round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| C1 | Austria | 17 | | | | | | |
| D4 | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | |
| D4 | Argentina | 0 | #1 | Austria | 7 | | | |
| | | | #4 | Australia | 2 | | | |
| D2 | Brazil | 4 | #4 | Australia | 2 | | | |
| C3 | Croatia | 13 | | | | | | |
| C3 | Croatia | 13 | | | | SF1 | Australia | 5 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Hungary | 6 |
| D1 | Great Britain | 1 | | | | | | | SF2 | Hungary | 6 |
| C4 | Australia | 2 | | | |
| C4 | Australia | 2 | #2 | Croatia | 12 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | #3 | Hungary | 8 |
| C2 | Hungary | 12 | #3 | Hungary | 8 | SF1 | Austria | 5 |
| D3 | Japan | 4 | | | | SF2 | Croatia | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Placement
#### 5/6 placement

Time is local (UTC+2).

#### 7/8 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
### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| Rk. | Team |
| | Austria |
| | Croatia |
| | Hungary |
| 4. | Australia |
| 5. | Great Britain |
| 6. | Japan |
| 7. | Brazil |
| 8. | Argentina |

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum
** Best Defenseman: Viktor Tokaji
** Best Forward: Tomislav Grozaj

### 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 |
| Szilard Sandor | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +2 | 10.5 | FW |
| Igor Jacmenjak | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +1 | 9.0 | DF |
| Tomislav Grozaj | 6 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +3 | 0 | FW |
| Tamas Lencses | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +8 | 3.0 | DF |
| Viktor Tokaji | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +6 | 1.5 | FW |
| Alex Pearman | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +10 | 3.0 | FW |
| Jose Guilardi | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +5 | 4.5 | DF |
| Mario Novak | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +7 | 1.5 | FW |
| Sean Jones | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +3 | 6.0 | FW |
| Gergely Borbas | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +2 | 0 | FW |
| Nathan Finney | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +9 | 0 | FW |
| Daniel Oberkofler* | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +12 | 0 | FW |
| Trpimir Piragic | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −2 | 7.5 | FW |
| Facundo Vadra | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 1.5 | DF |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to Division I after the qualification games.
Source: IIHF.com 18:01, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

### 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 |
| Bernhard Starkbaum* | 132:00 | 52 | 1 | 0.27 | 98.08 | 2 |
| James Tanner | 197:00 | 89 | 7 | 1.28 | 92.13 | 1 |
| Jozef Ondrejka** | 96:00 | 75 | 6 | 2.25 | 92.00 | 0 |
| Mitsuhiro Oue | 177:50 | 131 | 17 | 3.44 | 87.02 | 0 |
| Krisztian Budai | 189:50 | 147 | 22 | 4.17 | 85.03 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Asterisk (*) denotes that the player's team was demoted to Division I after the qualification games. Two asterisks (**) denote that the player's team was promoted to the Championship Division after the qualification games.
Source: IIHF.com 17:48, 4 July 2010 (UTC)