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2006
FIRS Men & Women
World Inline Hockey Championships |
DETROIT,
MICHIGAN, USA -
JULY
15 to JULY 22, 2006
Bulletin #2 - March 20, 2006
A
state-of-the-art, four rink hockey facility, which is five miles distant
from the Detroit
Metropolitan Airport
has been selected for the 2006 World Inline Hockey Championships.
This is an international airport, with some direct flights from
Europe and Asia. The name of the arena,
which is located in a Western suburb of Detroit, is:
During the period of the World Championships, two of the four available
hockey rinks within the Sportsplex will be used exclusively for FIRS
World Championship teams. The
other two smaller rinks will continue in use by the AAU for the USA
National Junior Olympics Inline Hockey competitions, which resume in all
four rinks once the FIRS teams have departed on July 23, 2006.
Please
note that the FIRS World Championships for 2006 have been reduced from
11 days to 8 days for the men and 7 days for the women.
This new schedule eliminates 2 days from the Round Robin pool
play and now only schedules 1 day of practice before the Championships.
This revised schedule will be used on a trial basis this year in
an effort to alleviate some of the cost associated with attending the
inline hockey world championships, as well as giving a more meaningful
competition for teams not previously in the medal round play.
The
TORHS Pro Series Event will take place in
Detroit
just prior to the World Championships and will finish on July 15, 2006.
This past year the TORHS competition gave away over $50,000 in
cash prizes to the elite men’s divisions and plans to increase this
amount for 2006. Teams
that are interested in participating may contact TORHS, which will
be a principal sponsor of our 2006 World Championships in Detroit, by
contacting Tony Abbate via his web site: www.torhs.com
or via email torhstony@bellsouth.net.
The
AAU Junior Olympic events will again this year be open to youth teams
from around the world and will include the FIRS Junior World Cup as it
did last year. Teams may contact Keith Noll directly at: www.wiaauhoops.com
or via email at www.aauhockey.org.
2006
FIRS INLINE ROLLER HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Event
dates:
| Men: |
Practice
Day |
July
15, 2006 |
According
to schedule |
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Practice
Day |
July
15, 2006 |
According
to schedule |
|
Round
Robin |
July
16-19, 2006 |
Four
pools (see below) |
|
Quarter
Finals |
July
20, 2006 |
Includes
Cup Games |
|
Semi
Finals |
July
21, 2006 |
Includes
Cup Games |
|
Gold
Medal |
July
22, 2006 |
Includes
Cup Finals |
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| Women: |
Practice
Day |
July
16, 2006 |
According
to schedule |
|
Round
Robin |
July
17-19, 2006 |
Three
pools (see below) |
|
Quarter
Finals |
July
20, 2006 |
Includes
Cup Games |
|
Semi
Finals |
July
21, 2006 |
Includes
Cup Games |
|
Gold
Medal |
July 22, 2006 |
Includes
Cup Finals |
| July
2006 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
| Day |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Fri |
Sat |
| Men |
Practice |
Pools |
Pools |
Pools |
Pools |
Quart. |
Semi |
Final |
| Women |
|
Practice |
Pools |
Pools |
Pools |
Quart. |
Semi |
Final |
| REVISED
ROUND-ROBIN SEEDING FOR 2006 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS |
| A. |
GROUP
1 - The teams finishing 1
through 8 placements at the 2005 World Championships of France
will be named to be in GROUP 1 and arranged therein by two pools
of 4 each, according to serpentine positioning as published.
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| B. |
GROUP
2 - The remaining teams
with placements from the previous year (9th, 10th
and so on) will be situated into GROUP 2, also arranged into two
pools so that each pool, as nearly as possible, has equal
strength, according to the serpentine method of positioning.
|
| C. |
National
teams that enter the 2006 World Championship that did not
compete in 2006 World Championship will be arranged in
alphabetical order according to the English spelling of the
country’s name and added to the serpentine of GROUP 2, which
continues until all teams are assigned to a pool.
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| D. |
Exception:
should there be one or more vacancies in the 8 teams assigned to
GROUP 1, created by the absence of teams that finished in the
top eight from the previous World Championship, these open
positions in GROUP 1 will be filled by any national team re-entering
the World Championship which had finished in the top 8
placements during any of the previous 3 World Championships.
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| E. |
Revised
Women’s Seeding of Teams into Round-robin - The Women’s
matches will follow the same dual competition philosophy as the
men’s teams. Because
of fewer teams involved, the schedule will be modified as
follows: The top
five (5) national teams finishing in the previous world
championships will be placed in GROUP 1, however in a single
pool designated Pool A. The
remaining teams from the last world championships will be
positioned in GROUP 2, consisting of Pools B & C, seeded by
the serpentine method. New
teams will be added in serpentine by order of the English
spelling of their country’s name.
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| Medal
Round Competition |
| A. |
World
Championship Medal Competition - Quarter Final teams selection
from Four Pools: |
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Men’s
World Championships – In GROUP 1, the highest finishing
three (3) teams from each of the two Pools A & B will
advance to the quarter finals, a sum of six (6) from GROUP 1.
There will be an addition of one (1) team from each of the two C
and D pools in GROUP 2, making the total Quarter Final entry
eight (8) teams. These teams will be placed in the quarter
finals bracket according to the seeding determined by
round-robin play, with placements in GROUP 1 considered superior
to GROUP 2. The
first place finisher plays the last qualifying place, and so on
through the remaining qualifiers, matching first place in one
pool with last place in the other.
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| B. |
|
Men’s
National Team World Cup – The teams eliminated from GROUP
1 World Championship medal play, will join as top seeds with the
highest finishing three (3) teams remaining in each of pools C
& D in GROUP 2 for a total of eight (8) teams, which will
comprise the National Team World Cup Quarter Finals in single
elimination competition. These teams will be placed in the
quarter finals bracket according to the seeding determined by
round-robin play, with placements in GROUP 1 considered superior
to GROUP 2. The
highest place team will be paired with the last qualifying
place, and so on through the remaining qualifiers, matching top
place in one pool with last place in the other.
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| C. |
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Women’s
World Championships - – In GROUP 1, the highest finishing
four (4) teams from Pool A will advance to the quarter finals.
There will be an addition of two (2) teams from each of the two
B and C pools in GROUP 2, making the total Quarter Final entry
eight (8) teams. These teams will be placed in the quarter
finals bracket according to the seeding determined by
round-robin play, with placements in GROUP 1 considered superior
to GROUP 2. The
first place finisher plays the last qualifying place, and so on
through the remaining qualifiers, matching first place in one
pool with last place in the other.
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Women’s
National Team World Cup – The team eliminated from GROUP 1
World Championship medal play, will join as top seed with the
highest teams remaining in each of pools B & C in GROUP 2.
This will comprise the competition for National Team World Cup
Quarter Finals in single elimination competition.
The highest place team will be paired with the last
qualifying place, and so on through the remaining qualifiers,
matching top place in one pool with last place in the other.
Should more than 8 teams remain, before beginning the
National Team World Cup, the surplus teams over 8 shall leave
the competition and enter placement games to determine their
final position.
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For
comprehensive explanation, see FIRS Web page under inline
hockey: www.rollersports.org. |
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If you have questions
pertaining to the application of theses procedures, please make further
contact with CIRILH headquarters.
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It
is my fondest hope that all teams participating in last year’s World
Championship in France will join us again in Detroit, USA, as well those
many new teams from around the world that have indicated an interest in
participating for the first time.
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Cordially,
George
Pickard
FIRS
Inline Hockey Committee President
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