title: 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
text: # 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
  
  The 1997 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the second IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place at Anaheim, California, United States, with the gold-medal game played July 25, 1997, at the Arrowhead Pond.
  
  ## Teams
  
  The twelve-team tournament was split into two groups.
  
  Group A comprised
  
  * Canada
  * Finland
  * Germany
  * Russia
  * Switzerland
  * United States
  
  and Group B comprised
  
  * Australia
  * Austria
  * Czech Republic
  * Italy
  * Japan
  * Netherlands
  
  ## Tournament
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  **Group A standings**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 10 |
  | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 8 |
  | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 5 |
  | Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 4 |
  | Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 3 |
  | Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 0 |
  
  **Group B standings**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 10 |
  | Austria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 7 |
  | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 6 |
  | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 4 |
  | Australia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 3 |
  | Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 69 | −51 | 0 |
  