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.
==Nations==
The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.
;Europe
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;North America
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:* = Automatic qualifier after a top 7 placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
:^ = Qualified after a top placement at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
:† = 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 parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):
Group A
* (1)
* (4)
* (5)
* (8)
Group B
* (2)
* (3)
* (6)
* (7)
==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.
    	Team advanced to Playoff Round
    	Team competed in Qualifying Games
===Group A===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	0	1	0	32	14	+18	7
 	3	1	1	0	1	18	14	+4 	5
 	3	1	0	0	2	13	20	−6 	3
 	3	1	0	0	2	9 	24	−15	3
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Group B===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	0	21	7 	+14	9
 	3	2	0	0	1	13	12	+1 	6
 	3	0	1	0	2	6 	14	−8 	2
 	3	0	0	1	2	16	23	−7 	1
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.
    	Team advanced to the Top Division Playoff Round
    	Team competes in the Division I Playoff Round
===Game A/C===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	1	1	0	0	0	6	2	+4	3
 	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	−4	0
Time is local (UTC+2).
===Game B/D===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	+1	3
 	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0
Time is local (UTC+2).
==Playoff round==
===Bracket===
===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==
 	
===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
align=center	United States
align=center	Czech Republic
align=center	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
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
18:32, 4 July 2010 (UTC) (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
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
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 the Division I tournament after the qualification games.
Source: IIHF.com
18:35, 4 July 2010 (UTC) 
==See also==
*2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I
*2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
*2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
==References==
Category:IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Category:2010 in inline hockey