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Para Hockey Cup
Current season or competition:
2024 Para Hockey Cup
World Sledge Hockey Challenge Logo
Para Hockey Cup
Sport Sledge hockey
Inaugural season 2007
Most recent champion(s) Flag of the United States United States of America
Most championships Flag of the United States United States of America (11)
TV partner(s) TSN
Official website World Sledge Hockey Challenge
Related competitions World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Paralympics

The Para Hockey Cup, formerly the World Sledge Hockey Challenge (WSHC) and Canadian Tire Para Ice Hockey Cup is an annual international ice sledge hockey tournament sponsored by Hockey Canada and the IPC Sledge Hockey. The tournament is an invitational format to bring four of the strongest ice sledge hockey teams together for international competition.

The tournament features four teams per year and has seen teams from Canada, the United States, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, China and the Czech Republic.

History[]

The tournament was created in 2007 by Hockey Canada. The idea behind the tournament was to give an opportunity for international level play during non-Paralympic years.

The inaugural 2007 tournament was hosted in Kelowna, British Columbia, and featured four teams – Canada , Norway, United States and Germany. Canada captured the inaugural tournament, by defeating Norway 1-0 in overtime in the gold medal game.

The 2008 tournament was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Japan replaced Germany. For the second straight year, Canada defeated Norway in the final. However, Canada dominated the final winning 7-0

In 2009, the United States won their first title. They defeated Canada in overtime 3-2 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. No tournament was held in 2010, owing to the 2010 Winter Paralympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia that year. Instead, two tournaments were held in 2011, in April in London, Ontario, Canada defeated Norway in the final 8-0. In the November tournament that year in Calgary, Alberta, Canada again captured Gold, defeating the United States 4-1 in the final. The 2012 tournament was held again in Calgary, Alberta and saw the United States capture their second gold, defeating Canada 1-0 in the final.

In 2013, the tournament saw a few changes, it was held in Toronto, Ontario for the first time and saw Russia and South Korea replace Japan and Norway in the tournament. South Korea was added in an attempt to help them gain experience before the 2018 Winter Paralympics are held there. Canada captured gold, by defeating the United States 4-1 in the final. Again owing to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia no tournament was held. It returned in 2015 in Leduc, Alberta.

In 2018, the World Sledge Hockey Challenge was rebranded as the Para Hockey Cup. Sponsored by Canadian Tire, the tournament was officially known as the Canadian Tire Para Ice Hockey Cup.[1]

Champions[]

Year Gold medal icon Silver medal icon Bronze medal icon Host City
2007 Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Norway Norway Flag of the United States United States of America Kelowna, British Columbia[2]
2008 Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Norway Norway Flag of the United States United States of America Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island[2]
2009 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Norway Norway Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island[2]
2010 Not held due to 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada
2011
April
Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Norway Norway Flag of the United States United States of America London, Ontario[2]
2011 November Flag of Canada Canada Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Norway Norway Calgary, Alberta[3]
2012 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Norway Norway Calgary, Alberta[4]
2013 Flag of Canada Canada Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Russia Russia Toronto, Ontario[5]
2014 Not held due to 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia
2015 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Russia Russia Flag of Canada Canada Leduc, Alberta[6]
2016 January Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Russia Russia Bridgewater, Nova Scotia[7]
2016 December Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Korea South Korea Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island[7]
2017 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Korea South Korea Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island[7]
2018 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Korea South Korea London, Ontario[8]
2019 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Russia Russia Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador[2]
2020 Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[9] Bridgewater, Nova Scotia[9]
2021 Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
2022 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Bridgewater, Nova Scotia[10]
2023 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Quispamsis, New Brunswick[11]
2024 Flag of the United States United States of America Flag of Canada Canada Flag of China China Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island[12]

Medal table[]

Country Gold medal icon Gold Silver medal icon Silver Bronze medal icon Bronze Medals
Flag of the United States United States of America 10 2 3 15
Flag of Canada Canada 5 9 1 15
Flag of Norway Norway 0 3 4 7
Flag of Russia Russia 0 1 2 3
Flag of Korea South Korea 0 0 3 3
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 0 2 2
Flag of Japan Japan 0 0 0 0
Flag of Italy Italy 0 0 0 0
Flag of Germany Germany 0 0 0 0

All-time team records[]

Up to date as of December 2023

Rank Team GP W L OTL GF GA +/-
1 Flag of the United States United States of America 67 54 12 1 306 91 + 215
2 Flag of Canada Canada 67 50 12 5 311 88 + 223
3 Flag of Norway Norway 32 13 17 2 73 115 - 42
4 Flag of Russia Russia 20 8 11 1 55 43 - 12
5 Flag of Korea South Korea 29 3 26 0 31 174 - 143
6 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 10 2 8 0 12 61 - 49
7 Flag of Japan Japan 23 1 21 1 22 157 - 135
8 Flag of Italy Italy 10 0 9 1 10 72 - 62
9 Flag of Germany Germany 4 0 4 0 5 24 - 19

See also[]

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This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Para Hockey Cup. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).


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