2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
# 2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was divided into two divisions, the top division, for the teams ranked 1st–8th in the world. Additionally, Division I consisted of the teams ranked 9th–16th in the world. All 16 teams would be eligible to win the top division world championship. At the conclusion of pool play, the last placed teams in pools A & B played in cross-over games against the winners of pool C & D. The winners advanced to the playoff in the top division, while the losers were entered into the Division I playoff round.

## Top Division

### Preliminary round

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 6 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 6 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 0 |

Game reference :

| Florian Jung (1) 6:56 (PP)(GWG) Michael Wolf (1) 11:10 (PP) Boris Blank (1) 13:03 (ES) Michael Wolf (2) 15:23 (ES) Michael Wolf (3) 20:36 (ES) Aleksander Polaczek (1) 35:11 (ES) Michael Wolf (4) 39:05 (ES) Boris Blank (2) 40:14 (ES) Lukas Slavetinsky (1) 45:19 (ES) Daniel Huhn (1) 47:31 (PP) | Goals |
| - | - |

Game reference :

| Brian Yingling (1) 0:15 (ES) Aaron Moss (1) 1:04 (ES) Brian Yingling (2) 18:39 (PP) | Goals | Martin Piecha (1) 11:30 (PP) Josef Fojtek (1) 25:56 (ES) Martin Koudelka (1) 29:58 (ES) Martin Koudelka (2) 47:58 (ES)(GWG) |
| - | - | - |

Game reference :

| Daniel Menge (1) 14:50 (ES) Patrick Reimer (1) 22:09 (ES)(GWG) Patrick Reimer (2) 32:42 (ES) Bjorn Fridel (1) 36:35 (ES) Aleksander Polaczek (2) 37:17 (ES) Boris Blank (3) 37:28 (ES) Florian Jung (2) 39:24 (SH) Aleksander Polaczek (3) 41:16 (ES) | Goals | Gregor Baumgartner (1) 39:32 (PP) |
| - | - | - |

Game reference :

| Michael Pollross (1) 5:12 (PP) | Goals | Aaron Moss (2) 3:58 (ES) Thomas Bruce (1) 18:30 (ES)(GWG) Brian Yingling (3) 18:45 (ES) Greg Thompson (1) 20:39 (ES) Brian Yingling (4) 26:23 (ES) Aaron Moss (3) 28:01 (PP) Thomas Bruce (2) 29:30 (ES) James Beilsten (1) 31:10 (SH) Jamie Yoder (1) 33:25 (ES) Derek Kern (1) 35:27 (PP) |
| - | - | - |

Game reference :

| Jiri Polansky (1) 10:42 (ES) Jiri Polansky (2) 11:27 (PP) Zdenek Kubica (1) 19:02 (ES) Patrick Sebek (1) 21:04 (ES) Pavel Strycek (1) 22:36 (PP)(GWG) Patrick Sebek (2) 45:14 (ES) | Goals | Gregor Baumgartner (2) 25:29 (ES) Martin Sturm (1) 31:10 (PP) Gregor Baumgartner (3) 44:30 (ES) Gregor Baumgartner (4) 46:46 (ES) |
| - | - | - |

Game reference :

| Daniel Constanza (1) 2:04 (ES) Charlie Yoder (1) 4:26 (PP) James Beilsten (2) 4:48 (ES) Brian Yingling (5) 13:56 (PP) Ernest Hartlieb (1) 23:21 (PP)(GWG) Charlie Yoder (2) 30:26 (ES) Greg Thompson (2) 46:05 (PS) | Goals | Aleksander Polaczek (4) 1:05 (ES) Michael Wolf (5) 2:31 (ES) Michael Wolf (6) 24:46 (ES) Florian Jung (3) 32:22 (ES) |
| - | - | - |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 8 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 7 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 0 |

Game reference :

| Marjan Manfreda (1) 21:16 (ES) Domen Vedlin (1) 32:36 (ES) Marjan Manfreda (2) 36:38 (ES) Matic Kralj (1) 53:00 (ES)(GWG) | Goals | Johan Lilja (1) 10:51 (ES) Jonas Karlsson (1) 26:26 (ES) Daniel Borlin (1) 42:13 (ES) |
| - | - | - |

Game reference :

| Tuomas Valosaari (1) 4:07 (ES) Mikko Liukkonen (1) 7:05 (ES) Miika Lindholm (1) 20:05 (ES) Krister Pietsalo (1) 31:12 (PP) Kari Lohtander (1) 36:48 (ES)(GWG) Camilo Miettinen (1) 37:55 (ES) Jani Honkanen (1) 42:29 (ES) Aki Tuominen (1) 44:44 (PP) | Goals | Lukas Ruzicka (1) 17:46 (ES) Milan Bartovic (1) 19:14 (PP) Jakob Ruckay (1) 21:53 (ES) Jakob Ruckay (2) 41:46 (ES) |
| - | - | - |

Game reference :

| Kristoffer Berglof (1) 4:31 (ES) Linus Klasen (1) 6:37 (PP)(GWG) Kristoffer Berglof (2) 8:25 (ES) Daniel Borlin (2) 10:23 (ES) Andreas Svensson (1) 13:51 (PP) Kristian Luukkonen (1) 19:00 (ES) Per Ledin (1) 24:40 (PP) Bjorn Eriksson (1) 25:50 (ES) Bjorn Eriksson (2) 27:22 (ES) Linus Klasen (2) 28:44 (ES) Kristoffer Berglof (3) 34:14 (ES) Simon Olsson (1) 35:42 (ES) Jimmy Anderson (1) 45:18 (SH) | Goals | Rudolf Tomanek (1) 1:39 (ES) |
| - | - | - |

Game reference :

| Aki Tuominen (2) 46:54 (PP) | Goals | Dejan Zemva (1) 7:23 (ES) Marjan Manfreda (3) 43:48 (PP)(GWG) |
| - | - | - |
| Jakob Ruckay (3) 24:39 (ES) Milan Bartovic (2) 27:17 (ES) | Goals | Dejan Zemva (2) 3:18 (PP) Matic Kralj (2) 4:36 (PP) Tadej Nabergoj (1) 11:09 (ES)(GWG) Matic Kralj (3) 18:41 (ES) Domen Vedlin (2) 29:56 (ES) Denis Kadic (1) 36:47 (PP) Denis Kadic (2) 46:52 (ES) |

Game reference :

| Per Ledin (2) 1:16 (ES) Johan Lilja (2) 32:44 (SH) Andreas Svensson (2) 35:20 (ES) | Goals | Camilo Miettinen (2) 28:49 (ES) Marco Virtala (1) 45:10 (ES) |
| - | - | - |

### Qualifying round

Slovakia remains in Top Division, Brazil remains in Division I

Austria remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I

### Championship Round

**Draw**

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A3 | Czech Republic | 2 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Sweden | 6 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Sweden | 6 | QF1 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Germany | 2 | | | |
| B4 | Slovakia | 2 | QF2 | Germany | 2 | | | |
| A1 | Germany | 10 | | | | | | |
| A1 | Germany | 10 | | | | SF2 | Sweden | 4* |
| | | | | | | SF1 | Finland | 3 |
| B3 | Finland | 7 | | | | | | | SF1 | Finland | 3 |
| A2 | United States | 4 | | | |
| A2 | United States | 4 | QF3 | Finland | 6 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Austria | 5 |
| A4 | Austria | 2* | QF4 | Austria | 5 | SF1 | Germany | 6 |
| B1 | Slovenia | 1 | | | | SF2 | Austria | 3 |

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

### Ranking and statistics

* 2007 Men's World Inline Hockey
* Championships Winners
* Sweden

**Tournament awards**

* Best players selected by the directorate:
   * Best Goalkeeper: Pontus Sjogren
   * Best Defenseman: Aki Tuominen
   * Best Forward: Michael Wolf
   * Most Valuable Player: Gasper Kroselj

**Final standings**

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

| Rk. | Team |
| - | - |
| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| | Germany |
| 4. | Austria |
| 5. | Slovenia |
| 6. | United States |
| 7. | Czech Republic |
| 8. | Slovakia |

## Division I

### Preliminary round

**Group C**

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 9 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 6 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 0 |

**Group D**

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 3 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 0 |

### Finals round

**Draw**

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C3 | Namibia | 3 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Australia | 5 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Australia | 5 | QF1 | New Zealand | 7 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Australia | 3 | | | |
| D4 | Hungary | 4 | QF2 | Australia | 3 | | | |
| C1 | Great Britain | 3 | | | | | | |
| C1 | Great Britain | 3 | | | | SF2 | Brazil | 5* |
| | | | | | | SF1 | New Zealand | 4 |
| C2 | Japan | 4 | | | | | | | SF1 | New Zealand | 4 |
| D3 | New Zealand | 5 | | | |
| D3 | New Zealand | 5 | QF3 | Brazil | 7 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Hungary | 2 |
| C4 | South Africa | 3 | QF4 | Hungary | 2 | SF1 | Hungary | 6 |
| D1 | Brazil | 9 | | | | SF2 | Australia | 5 |

**Placement games**

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

### Ranking and statistics

* 2007 Men's World Inline Hockey
* Division I Championships Winners
* Brazil

**Final standings**

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

| Rk. | Team |
| - | - |
| | Brazil |
| | New Zealand |
| | Hungary |
| 4. | Australia |
| 5. | Great Britain |
| 6. | Japan |
| 7. | Namibia |
| 8. | South Africa |
