Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2013 Division I tournament was won by Great Britain who defeated Austria in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2012.[1][2]
Canada − Finished third in the 2013 World Championship[3]
All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Great Britain was relegated after losing the relegation game against Slovakia, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Great Britain and Germany finished sixth following their win over Slovakia in their placement round games. In the semifinals Finland defeated Sweden and Canada beat the United States, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Sweden and the United States played off for the bronze medal with the United States winning 12–5. Finland defeated Canada 6–2 in the gold medal game, earning their fourth World Championship title.[5]
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.[8]
^ abcdefg"Tournament Progress"(PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-06-07. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2015-01-02.