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)	Nicolas Fierro Torres (15 points)
MVP	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

Australia*

Europe

Czech Republic*
France*
Germany^
Italy*
Latvia†
Switzerland*

North America

Canada*

Mexico^
United States*

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

Czech Republic (1)
Canada (4)
France (5)
Australia (10)

Pool B

Italy (2)
United States (3)
Switzerland (6)
Argentina (7)

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

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Pool B

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

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Group 2

Pool C

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

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Pool D

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

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World Championship

Quarterfinal

Canada

Colombia

Semifinal

WQF3

Canada

Quarterfinal

WQF1

Italy

Italy

France

Final

WSF1

Canada

Quarterfinal

WSF2

United States

Czech Republic

Switzerland

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

WQF2

Czech Republic

LSF1

Italy

Quarterfinal

WQF4

United States

LSF2

Czech Republic

United States

Latvia

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

July 14, 2012
8:00 PM

Italy

3–4

Czech Republic

Game reference

Gold medal game

July 14, 2012
9:30 PM

Canada

4–6
(1–2, 3–4)

United States

Coliseo Bicentenario, Bucaramanga

Game reference

?	1–0
	1–1	?
	1–2	?
?	2–2
	2–3	?
?	3–3
	3–4	?
	3–5	?
?	4–5
	4–6	?

5th through 8th placement round

Qualifier

LQF3

Colombia

LQF1

France

5th place game

WQ2

France

Qualifier

WQ1

Switzerland

LQF2

Switzerland

LQF4

Latvia

7th place game

LQ2

Colombia

LQ1

Latvia

National Team World Cup

Quarterfinal

Australia

Chile

Semifinal

WQF4

Australia

Quarterfinal

WQF1

Germany

Mexico

Germany

Final

WSF2

Germany

Quarterfinal

WSF1

Brazil

Brazil

Ecuador

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

WQF2

Argentina

LSF2

Australia

Quarterfinal

WQF3

Brazil

LSF1

Argentina

Argentina

Venezuela

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

LQF1

Mexico

15th place game

WQ1

Mexico

Qualifier

WQ2

Venezuela

LQF2

Ecuador

LQF3

Venezuela

13th place game

LQ1

Chile

LQ2

Ecuador

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: Dylan Ellis
- Most Valuable Player: 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
Nicolas Fierro Torres	6	7	8	15
Julian Ramirez	6	9	5	14
Thomas Woods	6	8	6	14
Juan Diego Fierro Miranda	6	7	5	12
Joshua Laricchia	6	5	6	11
Jose Alexandre Guilardi	5	4	7	11
Allen Rey Gonzales	6	7	3	10
Marcus Pryde	6	7	3	10
Dustin Roux	6	7	3	10
Diego Schwarzenback	6	6	4	10
Ingemar Gruber	6	6	4	10
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

External links

Official website

FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships

Current champions (2012): United States

2012 World Championships teams	Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador France Germany Italy Latvia Mexico Switzerland United States Venezuela

Tournaments	Chicago 1995 Roccaraso 1996 Zell am See 1997 Winnipeg 1998 Thun/Wichtrach 1999 Amiens 2000 Torrevieja 2001 Rochester 2002 Pisek 2003 London 2004 Paris 2005 Detroit 2006 Bilbao 2007 Dusseldorf 2008 Varese 2009 Beroun 2010 Roccaraso 2011 Bucaramunga 2012 Anaheim 2013

Finals	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Rosters	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Medalists Attendance Awards winners National Team World Cup

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