en 2000 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2000 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	July 2000
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Finland
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	United States
	← 1998 2001 →

The 2000 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the fourth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,^[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Hradec Králové and Choceň, Czech Republic, with the gold-medal game played on July 15, 2000.

Qualification

Group I

Played in Landvetter, Sweden

Scores

July 9, 1999

Netherlands

8 - 5

Belgium

July 9, 1999

Sweden

15 - 1

Denmark

July 10, 1999

Netherlands

8 - 2

Denmark

July 10, 1999

Sweden

17 - 0

Belgium

July 11, 1999

Denmark

8 - 2

Belgium

July 11, 1999

Sweden

15 - 4

Netherlands

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	47	5	+42	6
Netherlands	3	2	1	20	22	−2	4
Denmark	3	1	2	11	25	−14	2
Belgium	3	0	3	7	33	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group II

Played in Kapfenberg, Austria

Scores

August 6, 1999

Italy

14 - 0

Hungary

August 6, 1999

Austria

32 - 2

Yugoslavia

August 7, 1999

Hungary

8 - 3

Yugoslavia

August 7, 1999

Italy

4 - 4

Austria

August 8, 1999

Italy

32 - 0

Yugoslavia

August 8, 1999

Austria

9 - 4

Hungary

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	0	1	50	4	+46	5
Austria	3	2	0	1	44	10	+34	5
Hungary	3	1	2	0	12	26	−14	2
Yugoslavia	3	0	3	0	5	71	−66	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Italy later withdrew from the World Championship, and was replaced by Hungary.

Group III

Played in Choceñ, Czech Republic

Scores

August 27, 1999

Slovakia

44 - 1

Romania

August 27, 1999

Czech Republic

34 - 0

Turkey

August 28, 1999

Czech Republic

47 - 0

Romania

August 28, 1999

Slovakia

42 - 0

Turkey

August 29, 1999

Turkey

9 - 1

Romania

August 29, 1999

Czech Republic

5 - 5

Slovakia

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	91	6	+85	5
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	86	5	+81	5
Turkey	3	1	2	0	9	77	−68	2
Romania	3	0	3	0	2	100	−98	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Originally, Ukraine was supposed to compete as well.

Southern Hemisphere Group

Played in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Scores

November 5, 1999

Brazil

16 - 0

Chile

November 5, 1999

Argentina

10 - 1

South Africa

November 6, 1999

Brazil

7 - 3

South Africa

November 6, 1999

Argentina

8 - 3

Chile

November 7, 1999

Chile

8 - 4

South Africa

November 7, 1999

Brazil

7 - 4

Argentina

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	30	7	+23	6
Argentina	3	2	1	22	11	+11	4
Chile	3	1	2	11	28	−17	2
South Africa	3	0	3	8	25	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Namibia was originally supposed to take part in the tournament. Chile eventually qualified for the World Championship, replacing Canada (who withdrew due to lack of funding for the trip)

Asia-Oceania Group

Played in Melbourne, Australia

Scores

December 3, 1999

30 - 0

December 4, 1999

47 - 0

December 5, 1999

7 - 4

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	54	4	+50	4
New Zealand	2	1	1	34	7	+27	2
Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	0	77	−77	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Originally, Japan was supposed to compete as well.

Championship

Preliminary round

Group A standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	6	6	0	154	21	+133	12
2	Czech Republic	6	5	1	93	24	+69	10
3	Sweden	6	4	2	120	19	+101	8
4	Austria	6	3	3	72	43	+29	6
5	Brazil	6	2	4	24	96	−72	4
6	New Zealand	6	1	5	31	131	−100	2
7	Chile	6	0	6	4	164	−160	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	6	6	0	0	101	22	+79	12
2	United States	6	5	0	1	84	17	+67	10
3	Slovakia	6	4	0	2	68	19	+49	8
4	Netherlands	6	3	0	3	39	54	−15	6
5	Australia	6	1	1	4	38	51	−13	3
6	Hungary	6	1	1	4	23	63	−40	3
7	Argentina	6	0	0	6	8	135	−127	0