2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Slovakia
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| Dates | 25 June – 1 July |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 United States (7th title)
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Runner-up 
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 Finland
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Third place 
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 Czech Republic
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| Fourth place |
 Sweden
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 220 (9.57 per match) |
| Attendance | 6,331 (275 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Teemu Lepaus |
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The 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 20th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 25 June and 1 July 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia at the Ondrej Nepela Arena. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their seventh World Championship title. Finland finished in second place and the Czech Republic in third after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal match. Croatia, after losing the relegation game against Germany, was relegated to Division I for 2019.
Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2015 Division I tournament was won by Croatia who defeated Australia in the final to earn promotion to the World Championship.
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I. The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use 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):
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