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2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I

2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
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Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates 1 June – 7 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Slovenia
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Australia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 198 (9 per match)
Attendance 1,908 (87 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Slovenia Domen Vedlin
2013
2015
Qualified for Division I

The 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2014 in Pardubice, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovenia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Brazil and Japan were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.

Three teams attempted to qualify for the one European spot remaining in the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament, while Brazil automatically qualified for the Rest of the World spot as they were the only team who applied. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2013 World Championship and the 2013 Division I tournaments. The European qualification tournament was held in Passau, Germany with a place and was contested between Ireland, Latvia and Macedonia, with Lavia winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot.

The European Qualification tournament was held at the Eisarena in Passau, Germany from 9 August 2013 to 11 August 2013. Latvia gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games and finishing first in the standings. Ireland finished in second place after winning their game against Macedonia.

All times are local.

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):


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