2008 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2008 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship is the 12th such event

IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

The IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The 15th championship was held between June 28 and July 4, 2010 in Karlstad, Sweden.-History:...

hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation

International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

. It took place between June 21 and June 29, 2008. The 2008 Championship marked the return of Canada

Canada national men's inline hockey team

The Canadian men's national inline hockey team is the national team for Canada, based in Dauphin, Manitoba. The team is controlled by the National Inline Hockey Association - Canada.-History:...

to the international stage.

Tournament format

The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.

Relegation format: The best seven teams of the Top Division and the winner of Division I will be qualified for the 2009 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships Top Division. The last-placed team of the Top Division (loser of the 7th-place game) will be relegated to the 2009 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships Division I.

The ranking of the groups is based according to the result of the last 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...

performance of the respective countries in the IIHF InLine Hockey Program and the qualification rounds.

All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.

Teams will be awarded points on the following system:

Win after regular time = 3 points
Win after overtime or shootout = 2 points
Loss after overtime or shootout = 1 point
Loss after regular time = 0 points

Participating teams

Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series

Group A

Team	GP	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
3	3	0	19	7	12	9
3	2	1	16	9	7	6
3	1	2	9	13	-4	3
	3	0	3	7	22	-15	0

Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
3	3	0	0	22	14	8	9
3	2	0	1	17	15	2	6
3	0	1	2	12	14	-2	2
	3	0	1	2	13	21	-8	1

Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

Qualifying round

Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

5th place game

7th place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper: Sasu Hovi
- Best Defenseman: Lee Sweatt
- Best Forward: Linus Klasen
- Most Valuable Player: Dick Axelsson

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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Scoring leaders

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Pat Lee Pat Lee Patrick "Pat" C.K. Lee is a Canadian comic book artist, publisher, former President and co-founder of the now defunct Dreamwave Productions.-Biography:...	6	8	10	18	11	0	F
Dick Axelsson Dick Axelsson Dick Axelsson is a Swedish ice hockey player. Axelsson plays for Modo in the Swedish Elite League, while his NHL rights are owned by Detroit Red Wings. He has been Swedish champion twice with Färjestad-Career:...	6	9	7	16	9	16	F
Kyle Gouge	6	11	2	13	14	0	F
Linus Klasen Linus Klasen Linus Klasen is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing in the Malmö Redhawks of the HockeyAllsvenskan.-Playing career:...	6	8	3	11	4	4.5	F
Jiří Polanský Jiri Polansky Jiri Polansky is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played with HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season.-External links:...	5	7	4	11	-2	4.5	F
Ales Hemsky Ales Hemsky Aleš Hemský is a Czech professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League .-HC Pardubice:...	5	6	5	11	1	4.5	D
Patrick Reimer Patrick Reimer Patrick Reimer is a German professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . In his first season full season with the Metro Stars in 2004–05, Reimer was selected as the DEL's Rookie of the Year.-Regular season and playoffs:-External links:...	6	6	5	11	1	3	F
Steven Oleksy	6	2	9	11	6	3	D
Martin Vozdecky	5	2	9	11	7.5	0	F

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

Group C

Team	GP	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
	3	3	0	0	30	14	16	9
3	2	0	1	27	16	11	6
3	1	0	2	20	22	-2	3
3	0	0	3	6	31	-25	0

Group winner advances to qualification round

Group D

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
	3	3	0	0	0	39	3	36	9
3	1	1	0	1	14	22	-8	5
3	1	0	1	1	16	24	-8	4
3	0	0	0	3	11	31	-20	0