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International sports tournament

1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
DatesJuly 1997
Teams12
Final positions
Champions  United States
Runner-up  Canada
Third place   Switzerland
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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

and Group B comprised

Tournament

Preliminary round

Scores
July 17, 1997Canada 10 - 4 Finland
July 17, 1997Russia 6 - 5 Germany
July 17, 1997United States 11 - 6  Switzerland
July 17, 1997Australia 9 - 3 Japan
July 17, 1997Czech Republic 10 - 5 Austria
July 17, 1997Italy 6 - 4 Netherlands
July 18, 1997Switzerland 9 - 3 Finland
July 18, 1997Canada 13 - 6 Germany
July 18, 1997United States 11 - 3 Russia
July 18, 1997Italy 12 - 4 Japan
July 18, 1997Austria 7 - 7 Netherlands
July 18, 1997Czech Republic 15 - 6 Australia
July 19, 1997Canada 15 - 5  Switzerland
July 19, 1997Italy 9 - 5 Australia
July 19, 1997Finland 10 - 5 Russia
July 19, 1997Czech Republic 14 - 4 Netherlands
July 19, 1997Austria 11 - 4 Japan
July 19, 1997United States 16 - 3 Germany
July 20, 1997United States 9 - 6 Canada
July 20, 1997Netherlands 8 - 8 Australia
July 20, 1997Russia 6 - 6  Switzerland
July 20, 1997Austria 4 - 3 Italy
July 20, 1997Finland 9 - 5 Germany
July 20, 1997Czech Republic 15 - 2 Japan
July 21, 1997Canada 12 - 6 Russia
July 21, 1997Switzerland 9 - 5 Germany
July 21, 1997United States 7 - 4 Finland
July 21, 1997Netherlands 18 - 5 Japan
July 21, 1997Austria 9 - 5 Australia
July 21, 1997Czech Republic 6 - 2 Italy
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
Source:
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
Source:

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

July 23, 1997Switzerland 10 - 9 Czech Republic
July 23, 1997Russia 8 - 4 Finland

Semifinals

July 24, 1997Canada 8 - 0  Switzerland
July 24, 1997United States 11 - 3 Russia

Gold medal game

July 25, 1997United States 5 - 4 Canada

Bronze medal game

July 25, 1997Switzerland 5 - 2 Russia

Consolation round

July 23, 1997Netherlands 7 - 6 Australia
July 23, 1997Italy 12 - 3 Japan
July 24, 1997Austria 6 - 4 Italy
July 24, 1997Australia 13 - 6 Japan
July 24, 1997Germany 12 - 4 Netherlands

5th place game

July 24, 1997Czech Republic 8 - 5 Finland

7th place game

July 25, 1997Germany 8 - 4 Austria

9th place game

July 25, 1997Italy 9 - 6 Netherlands

References

  1. IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships
  2. "Team Canada Defeats Finland 10-4 at World In-Line Hockey Championship Tournament Opener".
IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Top Division
Division I


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