2008 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Slovakia
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| Dates | 21 June 21 – 28 June 2008 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Sweden (4th title)
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Runner-up 
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Slovakia
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Third place 
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 Germany
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| Fourth place |
 United States
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 263 (10.96 per match) |
| Attendance | 18,619 (776 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Pat Lee (18 pts)
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| MVP |
Dick Axelsson
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2009 →
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The 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 12th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 21 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall. Slovakia finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating the United States in the bronze medal match. Austria, after losing the 7th place game against Slovenia was relegated to Division I for 2009.
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):
Group A
Group B
Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advance to the playoff round. The last team in each group compete in the qualifying round where they face-off against the top ranked teams of Group C and Group D from the Division I tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.
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