2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Colombia
Dates 8–14 July
Teams 16
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States (14th title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   Czech Republic
Fourth place  Italy
Scoring leader(s) Colombia Nicolas Fierro Torres
(15 points)
MVP United States Dustin Roux
2011
2013

The 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 8–14 July 2012 in Colombia.

United States won the tournament by defeating Canada 6–4 in the Final game to capture their 14th title; the Americans finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 6–0–0. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating Italy 4–3 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer was Colombia's Nicolas Fierro Torres. United States' Dustin Roux was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Venues

All games were played at the Coliseo Bicentenario in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Coliseo Bicentenario
Capacity:
 Colombia Bucaramanga

Rosters

Each teams roster for the 2012 FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships consisted of at least 6 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster prior to the event.

Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the tournament. 1 nation from Australia, 6 nations from Europe, 3 nations from North American and 6 nations from South America are represented.

Australia
Europe
North America

South America
  •  Argentina*
  •  Brazil†
  •  Chile†
  •  Colombia^
  •  Ecuador†
  •  Venezuela^

* = Qualified for Group 1 after a top 10 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
^ = Qualified for Group 2 after a bottom 8 placement at the 2011 FIRS World Championship
= Qualified for Group 2 as new entrant

Seedings and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2012 FIRS World Championship final rankings. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding final ranking).

Group 1

Pool A

Pool B

Group 2

Pool C

  •  Germany (11)
  •  Venezuela (16)
  •  Brazil (B)
  •  Latvia (L)

Pool D

  •  Mexico (12)
  •  Colombia (13)
  •  Chile (C)
  •  Ecuador (E)

Preliminary round

The top three teams in each pool in Group 1, as well as the top team in each pool in Group 2, moved to the World Championship quarterfinals. The last placed team in each pool in Group 1, as well as the bottom three teams in each pool in Group 2, move to the National Team World Cup.

     Team advanced to the World Championship
     Team advanced to the National Team World Cup

Group 1

Pool A

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 Canada 3 3 0 0 25 5 +20 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 18 8 +10 4
 France 3 1 2 0 21 9 +12 2
 Australia 3 0 3 0 2 44 –42 0
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Pool B

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 3 3 0 0 20 5 +15 6
 Italy 3 2 1 0 17 8 +9 4
  Switzerland 3 1 2 0 11 7 +4 2
 Argentina 3 0 3 0 1 29 –28 0
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Group 2

Pool C

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 6
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 15 6 +9 4
 Germany 3 1 2 0 9 9 +0 2
 Venezuela 3 0 3 0 3 23 –20 0
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Pool D

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 Colombia 3 3 0 0 28 2 +26 6
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 29 4 +25 4
 Ecuador 3 1 2 0 8 25 –17 2
 Chile 3 0 3 0 1 35 –34 0
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World Championship

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1   Canada 7  
  D1   Colombia 2   Semifinal
      WQF3   Canada 5  
  Quarterfinal   WQF1   Italy 4  
  B2   Italy 2
  A3   France 1         Final
              WSF1   Canada 4
  Quarterfinal             WSF2   United States 6
  A2   Czech Republic 5      
  B3    Switzerland 4   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      WQF2   Czech Republic 1   LSF1   Italy 3
  Quarterfinal   WQF4   United States 3     LSF2   Czech Republic 4
  B1   United States 4
  C1   Latvia 3  

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

July 14, 2012
8:00 PM
Italy 3–4
 Czech Republic

Gold medal game

July 14, 2012
9:30 PM
Canada 4–6
(1–2, 3–4)
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5th through 8th placement round

  Qualifier                    
  LQF3   Colombia 2  
  LQF1   France 3   5th place game
      WQ2   France 4
  Qualifier   WQ1    Switzerland 5
  LQF2    Switzerland 6
  LQF4   Latvia 4   7th place game
    LQ2   Colombia 1
    LQ1   Latvia 3

National Team World Cup

  Quarterfinal                    
  A4   Australia 6  
  D4   Chile 0   Semifinal
      WQF4   Australia 3  
  Quarterfinal   WQF1   Germany 4  
  D2   Mexico 4
  C3   Germany 5         Final
              WSF2   Germany 5
  Quarterfinal             WSF1   Brazil 2
  C2   Brazil 11      
  D3   Ecuador 1   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      WQF2   Argentina 1   LSF2   Australia 5
  Quarterfinal   WQF3   Brazil 6     LSF1   Argentina 1
  B4   Argentina 3
  C4   Venezuela 2  

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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13th through 16th placement round

  Qualifier                    
  LQF4   Chile 2  
  LQF1   Mexico 15   15th place game
      WQ1   Mexico 3
  Qualifier   WQ2   Venezuela 1
  LQF2   Ecuador 1
  LQF3   Venezuela 6   13th place game
    LQ1   Chile 1
    LQ2   Ecuador 2

Ranking and statistics

 
 2012 FIRS World Championship Winners 

United States
14th title
 
 2012 FIRS National Team World Cup Winners 

Germany

Tournament awards

  • Best players selected by the tournament directors:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Canada Dylan Ellis
    • Most Valuable Player: United States Dustin Roux
  • Fair Play:  Chile

Final standings

The official FIRS final standings of the tournament:

 United States
 Canada
 Czech Republic
4  Italy
5   Switzerland
6  France
7  Latvia
8  Colombia
9  Germany
10  Brazil
11  Australia
12  Argentina
13  Mexico
14  Venezuela
15  Ecuador
16  Chile

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
Colombia Nicolas Fierro Torres 6 7 8 15
Mexico Julian Ramirez 6 9 5 14
Canada Thomas Woods 6 8 6 14
Colombia Juan Diego Fierro Miranda 6 7 5 12
United States Joshua Laricchia 6 5 6 11
Brazil Jose Alexandre Guilardi 5 4 7 11
Mexico Allen Rey Gonzales 6 7 3 10
Canada Marcus Pryde 6 7 3 10
United States Dustin Roux 6 7 3 10
Switzerland Diego Schwarzenback 6 6 4 10
Italy Ingemar Gruber 6 6 4 10
Mexico Roberto Ordonez 6 1 9 10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

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 GA GAA SA Sv% SO

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

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