| World Para Ice Hockey Championships | |
| Sport | Para ice hockey |
| Founded | 1996 |
| No. of teams | |
| Country(ies) | IPC members |
| Continent | IPC (International) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Canada (2024) (5th title)
|
| Most championship(s) |  United States of America(6 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.[1]
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).[2]
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 |
| 2021 | Ostrava |
United States of America |
5–1 | Canada |
 RPC |
7–0 | South Korea |
| 2023 |  Moose Jaw |
United States of America |
6–1 | Canada |
Czech Republic |
3-2 |  China |
| 2024 | Calgary[3] |
Canada |
2-1 | United States of America |
Czechia |
3–2 | China |
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America (USA) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 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 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 nations) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
Participating nations[]
| Team | 1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2009 |
2012 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
| Canada |
3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 13 |
 China |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 2 |
 Czech Republic |
– | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | 7th | – | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 8 |
 Estonia |
4th | 5th | 8th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Germany |
– | – | 7th | 5th | 8th | – | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | 6 |
 United Kingdom |
– | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Italy |
– | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 10 |
 Japan |
6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | – | 8th | – | 8th | – | – | 8th | 9 |
 Norway |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | – | 12 |
 Russia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | – | – | 3rd | – | – | 3 |
 Slovakia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | 2 |
 South Korea |
– | – | – | 7th | 7th | 2nd | 7th | – | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 9 |
 Sweden |
1st | 3rd | 3rd | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | 6 |
| United States of America |
5th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 13 |
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 | Östersund |
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 |
| 2021 | Östersund |
China |
Robin round | Germany |
Sweden |
Robin round | Japan |
| 2023 |  Astana |
Japan |
Robin round | Slovakia |
Sweden |
Robin round |  Kazakhstan |
| 2024 | Skien |
Norway |
Robin round | Germany |
Sweden |
Robin round | Kazakhstan |
Pool C[]
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Novi Sad |
 Austria |
 Finland |
 Belgium/Netherlands |
| 2018 |  Vierumäki |
China |
Finland |
 Australia |
| 2022 |  Bangkok |
United Kingdom |
Kazakhstan |
 France |
| 2024 | Bangkok |
See also[]
- Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics
- IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships
- Ice Hockey World Championships
References[]
- ↑ Important Dates, Hockey Canada
- ↑ International Paralympic Committee (30 November 2016). The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for. Press release.
- ↑ 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championship.
External links[]
| World Para Ice Hockey Championships |
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| Sweden 1996 - United States 2000 - Sweden 2004 - United States 2008 - Czech Republic 2009 - Norway 2012 - South Korea 2013 - United States 2015 - South Korea 2017 - Czech Republic 2019 - Czech Republic 2021 - Canada 2023 - Canada 2024 |
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