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2010 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships

2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
2010 IIHF Inline Worlds.jpg
2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates 28 June – 4 July
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  United States
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Czech Republic
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Sweden
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 240 (10.91 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Dick Axelsson (16 points)
MVP Sweden Dick Axelsson
2009
2011

The 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 15th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 28 June and 4 July in Sweden. The games were played in the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. The US team won the final against the Czech Republic 4–3 won their fifth title.

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2009 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):

Group A

Group B

Each teams roster for the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship consisted of at least 8 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 16 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Playoff round. The last team in each group competed in the Qualification Games.

All games were played at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad.

All times are local (UTC+2).

All times are local (UTC+2).

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 7 PN = 6


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