2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21 June 21 – 28 June 2008
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (4th title)
Runners-up  Slovakia
Third place  Germany
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played24
Goals scored263 (10.96 per game)
Attendance18,619 (776 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Pat Lee (18 pts)
Awards
MVP Dick Axelsson

The 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 12th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 21 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall. Slovakia finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating the United States in the bronze medal match. Austria, after losing the seventh place game against Slovenia was relegated to Division I for 2009. The event chairman was Hans Dobida.