The Australian men’s national inline hockey team have defeated Hungary 4-2 in their quarterfinal match of the 2017 IIHF Inline World Championship Division I tournament. Goaltender Michael James was named best Australian player of the match, his second for the tournament. In other games of the day Great Britain defeated Argentina 5-3, Latvia beat New Zealand 12-4 and Slovenia beat Brazil 14-4. Australia advances to the semifinals where they will meet Latvia for the second time this tournament. In the preliminary round Latvia beat Australia 6-2.
For more information on the tournament see the page at IIHF.com.
Quarterfinals
- Great Britain 5-3 Argentina (13:00, 29 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
- Hungary 2-4 Australia (15:00, 29 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
- Latvia 12-4 New Zealand (17:00, 29 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
- Slovenia 14-4 Brazil (19:00, 29 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
Classification
- Argentina – Brazil (13:00, 30 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
- Hungary – New Zealand (15:00, 30 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
Semifinals
- Slovenia – Great Britain (17:00, 30 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
- Latvia – Australia (19:00, 30 June 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
Relegation game
- Winner C1 – Winner C2 (12:00, 1 July 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena Rink 2)
Bronze medal
- Loser SF1 – Loser SF2 (13:00, 1 July 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena)
Gold medal
- Winner SF1 – Winner SF2 (15:00, 1 July 2017, Ondrej Nepela Arena)
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