JOHANNESBURG – South Africa won the best-of-two qualification series against Namibia and qualified for the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, which will be held in Ingolstadt, Germany, in June next year.
South Africa won the first game one week ago when they celebrated a 3-2 victory in Swakopmund. The match at the coast attracted a sizeable crowd and proved to be exciting throughout.The Namibian players pulled out all stops in their bid to win the match, but the South African defence stood tall.On Saturday, the second match played in Johannesburg, South Africa, ended 1-all.Both teams took part in the 2007 Inline Hockey World Championship but were both relegated.At that time, Namibia was the better team and won the mutual game 8-3.South Africa and Chinese Taipei replace the relegated teams from Bulgaria and New Zealand.Groups of the Top Division: Group A: Sweden (1), USA (4), Czech Republic (5), Canada (8).Group B: Slovakia (2), Germany (3), Finland (6), Slovenia (7).Groups of Division I: Group C: Austria (9), Australia (12), Japan (13), Chinese Taipei (16).Group D: Great Britain (10), Brazil (11), Hungary (14), South Africa (15).The match at the coast attracted a sizeable crowd and proved to be exciting throughout.The Namibian players pulled out all stops in their bid to win the match, but the South African defence stood tall.On Saturday, the second match played in Johannesburg, South Africa, ended 1-all.Both teams took part in the 2007 Inline Hockey World Championship but were both relegated.At that time, Namibia was the better team and won the mutual game 8-3.South Africa and Chinese Taipei replace the relegated teams from Bulgaria and New Zealand.Groups of the Top Division: Group A: Sweden (1), USA (4), Czech Republic (5), Canada (8).Group B: Slovakia (2), Germany (3), Finland (6), Slovenia (7).Groups of Division I: Group C: Austria (9), Australia (12), Japan (13), Chinese Taipei (16).Group D: Great Britain (10), Brazil (11), Hungary (14), South Africa (15).
