IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
Sport	Para ice hockey
Founded	1996
No. of teams
Country(ies)	IPC members
Continent	IPC (International)
Most recent champion(s)	United States of America (4th title)
Most championship(s)	Canada United States of America (4 titles)

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 Para Ice Hockey subcommittee.

The first sanctioned World Para Ice Hockey Championships were held in Nynäshamn, Sweden in 1996.

On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, adopted the "World Para" branding across all of those sports. At the same time, it changed the official name of the sport from "sledge hockey" to "Para Ice hockey". The name of the world championships was immediately changed to "World Para Ice Hockey Championships" (WPIHC).

Pool A

Results

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1996	Nynäshamn	Sweden	3–2	Norway	Canada	3–1	Estonia
2000	Utah	Canada	2–1	Norway	Sweden	5–1	Japan
2004	Örnsköldsvik	Norway	2–1	United States of America	Sweden	3–0	Canada
2008	Marlborough	Canada	3–2	Norway	United States of America	3–1	Japan
2009	Ostrava	United States of America	1–0	Norway	Canada	2–0	Japan
2012	Hamar	United States of America	5–1	South Korea	Canada	2–0	Czech Republic
2013	Goyang	Canada	1–0	United States of America	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic
2015	Buffalo	United States of America	3–0	Canada	Russia	2–1 OT	Norway
2017	Gangneung	Canada	4–1	United States of America	South Korea	3–1	Norway
2019	Ostrava	United States of America	3–2 OT	Canada	South Korea	4–1	Czech Republic

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States of America (USA)	4	3	1	8
2	Canada (CAN)	4	2	3	9
3	Norway (NOR)	1	4	0	5
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	2	3
5	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	2	3
6	Russia (RUS)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		10	10	10	30

Participating nations

Team	1996	2000	2004	2008	2009	2012	2013	2015	2017	2019	Total
Canada	3rd	1st	4th	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	10
Czech Republic	–	–	–	–	5th	4th	4th	7th	–	4th	5
Estonia	4th	5th	8th	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	4
Germany	–	–	7th	5th	8th	–	–	6th	7th	–	5
United Kingdom	–	–	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Italy	–	–	–	6th	6th	6th	5th	5th	5th	6th	7
Japan	6th	4th	6th	4th	4th	7th	–	8th	–	8th	8
Norway	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	5th	6th	4th	4th	5th	10
Russia	–	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	3rd	–	–	2
South Korea	–	–	–	7th	7th	2nd	7th	–	3rd	3rd	6
Sweden	1st	3rd	3rd	–	–	–	8th	–	6th	7th	6
United States of America	5th	6th	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	10

Pool B

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2008	Marlborough	South Korea	2–0	Czech Republic	Estonia	8–2	Poland
2009	Eindhoven	Estonia	1–0	Sweden	Poland	5–1	United Kingdom
2012	Novi Sad	Russia	1–0	Sweden	Germany	8–1	Poland
2013	Nagano	Germany	3–2	Japan	United Kingdom	3–2	Estonia
2015	Eindhoven	South Korea	Robin round	Sweden	Slovakia	Robin round	Poland
2016	Tomakomai	Czech Republic	6–0	Japan	Slovakia	5–1	United Kingdom
2019	Berlin	Russia	Robin round	Slovakia	China	Robin round	Germany

Pool C

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Novi Sad	Austria	Finland	Belgium/Netherlands
2018	Vierumäki	China	Finland	Australia

See also

• Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics
• IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships
• Ice Hockey World Championships
• 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup The first women's para hockey international tournament event

External links

• World Para Ice Hockey