While there are African and Asian-Oceanic qualifications in even years, there’s the Americas and European qualification in odd years.
After Argentina has become the Americas qualifier, four European nations competed for the last berth in the 2010 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship in Karlstad, Sweden, June 28 to July 4, 2010.
The qualification took place July 24-26, 2009, with Bulgaria, Croatia, Israel and Turkey and was won by Croatia. The games were played according to the official IIHF Inline Rule Book with four periods of 12 minutes.
Scores & Schedule:
Friday, July 24th | 18:00 | | Croatia | - | Israel | | 11-2 (3-1, 1-0, 2-1, 5-0) |
Friday, July 24th | 20:00 | Turkey | - | Bulgaria | | 2-11 (0-0, 0-2, 1-4, 1-5) |
Saturday, July 25th | 18:00 | Croatia | - | Turkey | | 15-1 (3-0, 2-0, 3-0, 7-1) |
Saturday, July 25th | 20:00 | Bulgaria | - | Israel | | 11-3 (2-1, 3-1, 3-0, 3-1) |
Sunday, July 26th | 14:00 | Israel | - | Turkey | | 7-1 (1-0, 2-0, 1-1, 3-0) |
Sunday, July 26th | 18:00 | Bulgaria | - | Croatia | | 2-10 (0-5, 1-1, 0-2, 1-2) |
Final Standings:
1. | Croatia | 3/9 | (36-5) |
2. | Bulgaria | 3/6 | (24-15) |
3. | Israel | 3/3 | (12-23) |
4. | Turkey | 3/0 | (4-33) |
