*** Welcome to piglix ***

2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships

2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
2010 FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates July 12 - July 17
Teams 14
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 44
Goals scored 332 (7.55 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Australia Dean Dunstan
MVP United States Travis Fudge

The 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 16th FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. It took place between 12 and 17 July 2010 in Beroun, Czech Republic. The United States team was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.

The tournament was won by the United States, who claimed their 12th world championship title by defeating Switzerland 6–1 in the World Championship final. The Czech Republic won against France 5–2 for the bronze medal. Spain won the World Cup tournament defeating Australia 1–0. The United States' Travis Fudge was named MVP of the tournament. Australia's Dean Dunstan and Michael Smart were the tournament's leading scorer and goaltender in save percentage respectively.

The following 14 nations qualified for the tournament. One nation from Oceania, seven nations from Europe, three nations from North America, and three nations from South America were represented.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Fourteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams from Group A and Group B advanced to World Championship round. The last team in Group A and B advanced to the World Cup round. Teams in Group C also competed in a round-robin with the top two teams advancing to the World Championship round. The teams who finished third and fourth advanced to the World Cup round and the two teams who finished fifth and sixth are sent to compete in the 13th-14th placement game.


...
Wikipedia

...