The senior men's tournament at the 2016 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships was the 21st event hosted by the Comité International de Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS), held in Asiago and Roana, Veneto region, Italy, between June 20–25, 2016.
The Czech Republic won the team's fifth title in history by defeating Italy in the final 4–0.
Locations Pala HodegartCapacity: 2,200 Pala RobaanCapacity: 1,300 Asiago Roana
Format Twenty-three team were divided into six pools. The top eight teams, based on final placement of the 2015 competition, were placed into Pools A and B, each with four teams. The remaining fifteen teams were divided into Pools C, D, E and F one with three teams and the other with four. The teams then played a round-robin within their pools. The best three teams in pools A and B, as well as the top team in pools C, D, E and F, advanced to a single-knockout playoff for the world championship. The remaining teams advanced to the single-knockout for other placement.
Nations
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Pan-America
Rosters
Each team's roster consisted of at least six skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twenty-three participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster the sign-in date of the tournament.
Seeding and pools The seeding in the preliminary round is based on the 2015 World Championships. The teams were grouped according to seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding 2015 placement). Top 8 placement was seeded in Level 1.
Level 1
Pool A (1) (4) (5) (8)
Pool B (2) (3) (6) (7)
Level 2
Pool C (10) ‡ 2014 ‡ 2007
Pool D (11) ‡ 2014 ‡ 2014 ‡ 2014
Pool E (12) ‡ 2014 ‡ 2014 ‡ 2014
Pool F (14) (15) ‡ 2011 ‡ 2008
‡ Last participate championships.
Round robin Pool A
All times are local (UTC+1).
Pool B
All times are local (UTC+1).
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
World Championship
† Indicates overtime victory ‡ Indicates shootout victory
Pre-quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
5th through 8th placement
All times are local (UTC+1).
5th place game
7th place game
9th through 16th placement
All times are local (UTC+1).
9th place game
11th place game
13th place game
15th place game
17th through 22nd placement
All times are local (UTC+1).
17th place game
19th place game
21st place game
Final ranking TeamFinal Result 610Champions 69Runners-up 610Third place4 65Fourth place5 712Eliminated in Quarterfinals6 687 628 639 6109th–16th placement10 699th–16th placement11 710Eliminated in Pre-q.12 559th–16th placement13 659th–16th placement14 77Eliminated in Pre-q.15 679th–16th placement16 609th–16th placement17 5617th–22nd placement18 5419 6420 5221 6622 6023 DNS
See also FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships List of FIRS Senior Men's Inline Hockey World Championships medalists
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