Inline hockey world championship in Budapest

I find it absolutely baffling that nobody has started a thread about the inline hockey world championship yet. 😬

The inline hockey world championship kicks off today in Budapest, and the American national team is right in the thick of the action.



Group A: Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria
Group B: Finland, USA, Slovakia, Canada
Group C: Canada, Brazil, Australia, USA
Group D: Japan, UK, Namibia, Argentina

Schedule (July 10-16, 2006):
Monday, 6:00 PM: USA vs. Canada (Ice rink, main court)
Tuesday, 3:00 PM: USA vs. Brazil (Ice rink, secondary court)
Wednesday, 3:00 PM: USA vs. Australia (Ice rink, secondary court)
(Play-offs begin Thursday)

WC venue: Budapest, Ice rink /ice skating center/ (formerly Astra Zeneca Ice center)
TV: Sport1 (on Saturday and Sunday)

Day one wrap-up:

Major League:
USA vs. Slovakia: 9-3
Czech Republic vs. Germany: 0-10
Austria vs. Sweden: 4-5
Canada vs. Finland: 0-12
Division I:
UK vs. Namibia: 3-2
Brazil vs. Australia: 6-2
Argentina vs. Japan: 4-5 (after OT)
American vs. Canada: 2-6

July 11, 2006:
UK - Argentina: 6-5
USA - Canada: 3-1
Brazil - American: 7-5
Sweden - Germany: 7-4
Japan - Namibia: 7-2
Canada - Australia: 8-4
Czech Republic - Austria: 8-3
Finland - Slovakia: 7-1

July 12, 2006:
Namibia - Argentina: 5-4 (after overtime)
Slovakia - Canada: 6-2
Australia - American: 5-4 (after overtime)
Germany - Austria: 7-1
Japan - UK: 4-5
Canada - Brazil: 5-3
Finland - USA: 5-6
Sweden - Czech Republic: 4-3 ("golden goal")

Major League:
Group A: (1.) Sweden 8, (2.) Germany 6, (3.) Czech Republic 4, (4.) Austria 0
Group B: (1.) USA 9, (2.) Finland 6, (3.) Slovakia 3, (4.) Canada 0
Division I:
Group C: (1.) Canada 9, (2.) Brazil 6, (3.) Australia 2, (4.) American 1
Group D: (1.) UK 9, (2.) Japan 5, (3.) Namibia 2, (4.) Argentina 2

July 13, 2006:
6:00 PM (A4 - C1) Austria - Canada (Major League qualification)
8:00 PM (B4 - D1) Canada - UK (Major League qualification)

(next game for the American national team: July 14, 2006, 5:00 PM against the UK or Canada)

When you start dropping games against teams like Australia or Brazil in hockey, you know something is seriously off 😉

Roger Allen3 said:when you're dropping games to Australia and Brazil in hockey, you know something's off😉

If we were talking about ice hockey, it would be weird. But since this is inline hockey, it's not really that surprising... 😉

Oh, absolutely! I was just wondering myself—what exactly is inline hockey all about? What's the deal with it? 🙂

Roger Allen3 said:Yeah, I was just sitting here wondering what on earth inline hockey actually is. Like, what's the big deal? 🙂

Photos from the WC: USA-Canada

Roger Allen3 said:Yeah, I was actually wondering what inline hockey even is. Like, what's the deal with that? 🙂

It's basically just roller hockey without needing an ice rink...😉

Gregory Taylor63 said:Roller derby—it’s basically hockey on wheels, but without needing an ice rink! 😉

Roller hockey! Such an exhilarating sport. 🤣

July 13, 2006:
NFL Qualifiers:
Austria - Canada: 7-2
Canada - United Kingdom: 8-5

July 14, 2006:
Japan - Australia: 7-6 (won on a golden goal)
Finland - Czech Republic: 7-3
Brazil - Namibia: 7-1
USA - Austria: 10-0
United Kingdom - America: 12-8
Canada - Argentina: 9-4
Germany - Slovakia: 5-2
Sweden - Canada: 12-1

July 15, 2006:
Australia - Namibia: 3-4 (after overtime)
Czech Republic - Slovakia: 8-2
America - Argentina: 7-5
USA - Germany: 3-2
Austria - Canada: 6-10
Canada - Japan: 6-1
United Kingdom - Brazil: 4-3
Sweden - Finland: 8-3

July 16, 2006:
NFL:
4:00 PM Germany - Finland (for 3rd place)
8:00 PM USA - Sweden (finals)
Division I:
2:00 PM Brazil - Japan (for 3rd place)
6:00 PM United Kingdom - Canada (finals)

NFL:
1. USA / Sweden
2. USA / Sweden
3. Germany / Finland
4. Germany / Finland
5. Czech Republic
6. Slovakia
7. Canada
8. Austria

Division I:
1. United Kingdom / Canada
2. United Kingdom / Canada
3. Brazil / Japan
4. Brazil / Japan
5. Namibia
6. Australia
7. America
8. Argentina