World Para Ice Hockey Championships
The World Para Ice Hockey Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, are the world championships for sledge hockey. They are organised by the International Paralympic Committee through its World P ...
(originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) was held in 2019. The championships were divided into three tournaments.
The main event (Tournament A) was hosted by
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four riv ...
,
Czech Republic
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The first matches were played on April 27 and the championships concluded with the final game played on May 4. It was the second time Ostrava World Para Ice Hockey Championships, as Ostrava hosted the Championships 10 years ago in 2009. The tournament achieved record number of spectators, as their total number reached 65,000. It also broke record for single game as the semifinal of hosting team against United States and bronze medal match against South Korea saw 8,600 spectator each, both surpassing the record from
2002 Winter Paralympics
The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the Ameri ...
in
Salt Lake City
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.
Tournament B was held in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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from November 17 to 22.
Tournament C was held in
Vierumäki Vierumäki Ratapiha.
Vierumäki is a village located in the Finnish municipality Heinola in the region Päijät-Häme, Finland. There are about 900–1,000 inhabitants. Neighbouring villages are Vuolenkoski in Iitti, Myllyoja in Heinola, Mäkelä ...
,
Finland
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, from November 6 to 8, 2018, with three teams competing: Australia, China, and Finland.
Format
In Tournament A the contestants were divided into two groups based on their ranking. The top two teams from Group A advanced directly into semi-finals while the remaining two teams together with the best two teams from Group B advanced to quarter-finals. Remaining two teams from Group B were relegated to B-Pool for the following championships.
Tournament B was played in a round-robin where every team played a match with every other team. The top two teams then advanced to A-Pool for championships in 2021 while the last team was relegated to 2020 C-Pool.
Tournament A
Venue
Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
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''Pos = Final position; Grp = Group''
Source IPC /small>
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals, then by fewest games played.
''Gen = Gender; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pos = Position''
Source IPC /small>
Goaltending leaders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
''Gen = Gender; MiP = Minutes and seconds played; SOG = Shots on goal; GA = Goals against; GAA =
Goals against average
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per 45 minutes; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =
Shutout
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Shutouts are usuall ...
Goaltender
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Defenceman
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Rob Armstrong
Rob Armstrong (born 12 September 1996) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Career
He represented Canada at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics, and won silver medals. after helping his team win Gold in 2017 at World Para Ice Hockey Champio ...
Corbyn Smith
Corbyn Smith (born 5 August 1998) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Career
Smith represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in para ice hockey and won a silver medal.
Personal life
As a child he had a neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma ...
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Greg Westlake
Gregory Westlake (born 12 June 1986) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Early life and career
Both his legs were amputated when he was 18 months old; because of a congenital defect he had no tibia in one leg, and no fibula in the other. At ...
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Billy Bridges
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Garrett Riley
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Riley began his ...
Rolf Einar Pedersen
Rolf Einar Pedersen (born 4 November 1969) is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.
As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has one bronze (2010), and two silver (2002, 2006) from the Paralympic Games. Many consider him to be th ...
Choi Kwang-hyouk
Choi Kwang-hyouk (; born 15 March 1987) is a South Korean ice sledge hockey player. He was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Choi was born in North Korea, where his left leg ...
Kim Young-sung
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Choi Si-woo
Choi Si-woo (born 12 November 1996) is a South Korean ice sledge hockey player. He was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
The Para ice hockey competition of the 2018 Winter P ...
Kim Dea-jung
Kim Dea-jung (born 7 July 1970) is a South Korean sledge hockey player. He was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
The Para ice hockey competition of the 2018 Winter Paralymp ...
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Cho Byeong-seok
Cho Byeong-seok(Korean:조병석) (born 6 June 1985) is a South Korean ice sledge hockey player. He played in the 2010 and 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. He won a silver medal at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. Cho was a membe ...
Jang Jong-ho
Jang Jong-ho (장종호,born 29 March 1984) is a South Korean ice sledge hockey player. He played in the 2010 and 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. He won a silver medal at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. Jang was a member of Sou ...
Niklas Ingvarsson
Niklas Ingvarsson (born 3 June 1978) is a Swedish ice sledge hockey player. He plays for FIFH Malmö, and his leg was amputated aged 18, after he suffered from leukemia as a 10-year-old.Peter Nilsson, Staffan Siren
* Forwards: Johnny Pettersson,
Christian Hedberg
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Niklas Rakos
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Steve Cash
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Biography
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Brody Roybal
Brody Roybal (born May 25, 1998) is an American ice sled hockey player.
Early life and career
Roybal was born in Melrose Park, Illinois. He is a congenital amputee, missing both legs through the hip joint, meaning he has no leg stumps. He won a ...
Kyle Zych
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Career
Zych has been a member of the United States national team since th ...
Rico Roman
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Early life
Roman, who is of Mexican American descent, ...
Christian Pilz
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sled
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