1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
# 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

The 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the second IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place at Anaheim, California, United States, with the gold-medal game played July 25, 1997, at the Arrowhead Pond.

## Teams

The twelve-team tournament was split into two groups.

Group A comprised

* Canada
* Finland
* Germany
* Russia
* Switzerland
* United States

and Group B comprised

* Australia
* Austria
* Czech Republic
* Italy
* Japan
* Netherlands

## Tournament

### Preliminary round

**Group A standings**

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 10 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 8 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 5 |
| Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 4 |
| Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 3 |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 0 |

**Group B standings**

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 10 |
| Austria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 7 |
| Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 4 |
| Australia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 3 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 69 | −51 | 0 |
