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Finland men's national inline hockey team

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Finland men's national inline hockey team
Nickname(s)Rullaleijonat ('Roller Lions')
AssociationFinnish Ice Hockey Association
Biggest win
Finland Finland 47–0 Chile Chile
(2000)
IIHF World Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1996)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (4; 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014)
Finland men's national inline hockey team
Medal record
Men's inline hockey
IIHF World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2000 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place 2001 United States
Gold medal – first place 2003 Germany
Gold medal – first place 2014 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place 2002 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2004 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2005 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2015 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2017 Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 1996 United States
Bronze medal – third place 1998 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Hungary
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Germany

The Finnish men's national inline hockey team is the national men's inline hockey team for Finland. Finland was one of the most successful teams at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships, which were organized during 1996 to 2017 until the tournament was discontinued by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 2019. The tournament was organized annually during 1996 to 2015, with the exception of the year 1999. Starting from 2017, the tournament was to be held every other year but, after being forced to cancel the 2019 edition due to lack of interested hosts, the IIHF voted in June 2019 to end its governance over inline hockey, ending the organization’s involvement in any future inline hockey tournaments.[1] Finland won a total of thirteen medals in nineteen tournaments. At the 2017 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship in Bratislava, the final tournament organized by the IIHF, the team finished in second place.[2]

World Championship results by year

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Year Host Result
United States 1996 Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota  Bronze
United States 1997 Anaheim, California 6th
United States 1998 Anaheim, California  Bronze
1999 No tournament held
Czech Republic 2000 Hradec Kralové & Choceň  Gold
United States 2001 Ellenton, Florida  Gold
Germany 2002 Nürnberg & Pfaffenhofen  Silver
Germany 2003 Nürnberg & Amberg  Gold
Germany 2004 Bad Tölz  Silver
Finland 2005 Kuopio  Silver
Hungary 2006 Budapest  Bronze
Germany 2007 Landshut & Passau  Silver
Slovakia 2008 Bratislava 6th
Germany 2009 Ingolstadt 4th
Sweden 2010 Karlstad 6th
Czech Republic 2011 Pardubice 5th
Germany 2012 Ingolstadt  Bronze
Germany 2013 Dresden 7th
Czech Republic 2014 Pardubice  Gold
Finland 2015 Tampere  Silver
Slovakia 2017 Bratislava  Silver
Canada 2019 Tournament permanently cancelled

Source: IIHF[3]

References

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  1. ^ Merk, Martin (24 June 2019). "Statutes, Regulations amended". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Leijonat - Rullaleijonille MM-hopeaa – USA parempi finaalissa maalein 4-2". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships – History – All Medalists". webarchive.IIHF.com. Retrieved 30 April 2021.