Australia men's national inline hockey team

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Australia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Ice Hockey Australia
Skate Australia
General Manager Martin Jones
Head coach Stuart Philps
IIHF code AUS
Team colors               
IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Appearances 18 (first in 1996)
Best result 9th (in 2000)

The Australia men's national inline hockey team represents Australia in international inline hockey competitions. They are controlled by Ice Hockey Australia for events organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation and by Skate Australia for events organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. Australia plays in Division I of the IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and Group C at the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships.

Governing bodies

The Australia men's inline hockey team is controlled by two governing bodies. Ice Hockey Australia controls the Australian team in events organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1] They are the governing body for all ice hockey in Australia also responsible for fielding teams in international ice hockey tournaments.[2] Skate Australia controls the Australian team in all other inline hockey tournaments through their umbrella association Inline Hockey Australia and are the recognised national federation for roller sports in Australia by the International Roller Sports Federation.[3][4][5][6] Skate Australia is the controlling body of roller sports in Australia including artistic roller skating, inline speed skating, roller hockey, roller derby, skateboarding and aggressive inline skating.[7]

History

Australia men's national inline hockey team
Medal record
Men's IIHF Inline Hockey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Germany Division I
Silver medal – second place 2014 Czech Republic Division I
Silver medal – second place 2015 Finland Division I

In 1996 Australia first competed in the inaugural IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship held in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.[8] Australia finished tenth out of the 11 teams competing. In 2000 Australia finished with their best result and finished ninth overall at the World Championship. Australia continued to compete in the annual World Championships missing only the 2002 tournament.[8]

Following the split of the World Championship in 2003 into two division, Top division and Division I, Australia was relegated into Division I. They finished with their best result in the Division I tournament finishing third behind Japan and Brazil.[9] In 2006 Australia suffered their worst ever finish at the World Championships finishing 14th out of 16 teams.[10]

International competitions

IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

Roster

From the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I[20]

# Name Pos S/G Date of Birth
73 Steve Best F R 29 March 1992
91 Jonathon Bremner F L 27 September
22 Nicholas Cleland D L 30 November 1985
9 Antony Collins D R 3 July 1985
79 Brenton Fitzgerald F R 13 April 1988
19 Jordan Gavin F R 22 September 1982
1 Andrew Glass G L 4 April 1989
68 Michael Haynes D L 11 March 1986
36 Michael James G L 15 March 1990
17 Liam Jeffries F R 3 February 1990
15 Sean Jones F L 26 May 1985
34 Liam McKay F R 13 May 1984
10 Adam St Clair F R 17 January 1991
14 Cameron Todd F R 21 July 1994
90 Lee Turner F R 4 July 1990

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