2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships

The 10th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) was held in 2019. The championships were divided into three tournaments.

2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates27 April – 4 May
Teams8
Venue(s)Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Final positions
Champions  United States (4th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance64,748 (3,237 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Declan Farmer
(14 points)
MVP Michal Geier
WebsiteParaOstrava2019.cz
← 2017
2021 →

The main event (Tournament A) was hosted by Ostrava, Czech Republic The first matches were played on April 27 and the championships concluded with the final game played on May 4.[1][2] 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.[3] 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 in Salt Lake City.[4][5]

Tournament B was held in Berlin, Germany from November 17 to 22.[6][7]

Tournament C was held in Vierumäki, Finland, from November 6 to 8, 2018, with three teams competing: Australia, China, and Finland.[8]

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.[6]

Tournament A

Venue
Ostrava
Ostravar Aréna
Capacity: 10,004

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 17 1 +16 9 Semifinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 19 5 +14 6
3  South Korea 3 1 0 0 2 3 10 −7 3 Quarterfinals
4  Norway 3 0 0 0 3 4 27 −23 0
Source: IPC
27 April 2019
12:00		South Korea 3–2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 NorwayOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 600
27 April 2019
18:30		Canada 1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 United StatesOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 2,149
28 April 2019
13:00		Norway 2–14
(0–6, 1–7, 1–1)		 CanadaOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 756
28 April 2019
16:30		United States 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 South KoreaOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,513
30 April 2019
13:00		Canada 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 South KoreaOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,514
30 April 2019
16:30		United States 10–0
(5–0, 4–0, 1–0)		 NorwayOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,638

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic (H) 3 3 0 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 9 5 +4 6
3  Sweden 3 0 1 0 2 3 11 −8 2 Relegated to 2021 B-Pool
4  Japan 3 0 0 1 2 2 15 −13 1
Source: IPC
(H) Host.
27 April 2019
9:00		Italy 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SwedenOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 200
27 April 2019
15:00		Czech Republic 8–0
(2–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 JapanOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,224
28 April 2019
9:30		Japan 1–5
(0–2, 1–0, 0–3)		 ItalyOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 198
28 April 2019
20:00		Sweden 1–6
(1–3, 0–1, 0–2)		 Czech RepublicOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 4,895
30 April 2019
9:30		Sweden 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 JapanOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 2,357
30 April 2019
20:00		Italy 0–4
(0–3, 0–1, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,700

Playoff round
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                           
        A1  United States 10  
  A4  Norway 0      Czech Republic 2    
  B1  Czech Republic 5          United States (OT) 3
       Canada 2
        A2  Canada 10    
  A3  South Korea 6      South Korea 0  
  B2  Italy 3  
  7th place match     5th place match     Bronze medal match
                           
  A4  Japan 3      Norway (OT) 1      South Korea 4
  A3  Sweden (OT) 4      Italy 0      Czech Republic 1

Source: IPC

Seventh place match
1 May 2019
13:00		Japan 3–4 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)		 SwedenOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 243

Quarterfinals
1 May 2019
16:30		South Korea 6–3
(2–0, 2–2, 2–1)		 ItalyOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,874
1 May 2019
20:00		Norway 0–5
(0–0, 0–0, 0–5)		 Czech RepublicOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,249

Fifth place match
3 May 2019
13:00		Norway 1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 ItalyOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 876

Semifinals
3 May 2019
16:30		Canada 10–0
(4–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 South KoreaOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 2,467
3 May 2019
20:00		United States 10–2
(3–1, 7–1, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,600

Bronze medal match
4 May 2019
13:00		South Korea 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,600

Final
4 May 2019
16:30		United States 3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 CanadaOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 4,095

Final ranking and statistics

Final ranking
Pos Grp Team Next tournament
1 A  United States 2021 A-Pool, Group A
2 A  Canada
3 A  South Korea
4 B  Czech Republic
5 A  Norway 2021 A-Pool, Group B
6 B  Italy
7 B  Sweden 2021 B-Pool
8 B  Japan

Pos = Final position; Grp = Group
Source: IPC

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals, then by least number of games played.

#PlayerGenGPGAPtsPIM+/-Pos
1 Declan FarmerM577140+17F
2 Tyler McGregorM567134+9F
3 Zdeněk HáblM6310136+12F
4 Liam HickeyM584120+14D
5 Michal GeierM6741114+12F
6 Billy BridgesM546100+10F
7 Jack WallaceM57184+9D
8 Cho Byeong-seokM44482+1F
9 Brody RoybalM54486+8F
10 Zach LavinM53582+9F
Josh PaulsM53580+13D

Gen = Gender; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pos = Position
Source: IPC

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.

#PlayerGenMiPSOGGASv%GAASO
1 Andreas NejmanM95:0054590.742.370
2 Michal VápenkaM193:3444588.641.162
3 Dominic LarocqueM184:0839587.181.222
4 Steve CashM170:0832584.381.320
5 Gabriele AraudoM139:1742978.572.911

Gen = Gender; MiP = Minutes and seconds played; SOG = Shots on goal; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average per 45 minutes; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IPC

Awards

Source: IPC

  • Media All-Star: Michal Geier

Source: IPC

Team rosters

Canada

Source: [9]

Czech Republic
  • Goalies: Martin Kudela, Michal Vápenka
  • Defencemen: Tomáš Kvoch, Pavel Kubeš, Miroslav Hrbek, Pavel Doležal
  • Forwards: Karel Wágner, Miroslav Novotný, Zdeněk Šafránek, Zdeněk Klíma, Lukáš Kořínek, Michal Geier, Jiří Raul, David Palát, Zdeněk Hábl, Zdeněk Krupička

Source: [10]

Italy
  • Goalies: Santino Stillitano, Gabriele Araudo
  • Defencemen: Gian Luca Cavaliere, Roberto Radice, Andrea Macri, Emanuele Parolin, Alex Enderle, Julian Kasslatter, Stefan Kerschbaumer
  • Forwards: Florian Planker, Sandro Kalegaris, Stephan Kafmann, Nils Larch, Francesco Torella, Alessandro Andreoni, Gabriele Lanza, Christoph Depaoli

Source: [11]

Japan
  • Goalies: Shinobu Fukushima, Atsuya Hoshiro
  • Defencemen: Satoru Sudo, Eiji Misawa, Hideaki Ishii, Masaharu Kumagai
  • Forwards: Kazuyoshi Niitsu, Yudai Ishikawa, Masaya Hamamoto, Mamoru Yokishawa, Yoshihito Sakamoto, Taimei Shiba, Yoshihiro Shioya, Nao Kodama

Source: [12]

Norway
  • Goalies: Johan Grønlie, Erik Haugen
  • Defencemen: Rolf Einar Pedersen, Knut Andre Nordstoga, Martin Hamre, Audun Bakke, Andreas Sundt
  • Forwards: Emil Kirstistuen, Morten Værnes, Tor Joakim Rivera, Magnus Bogle, Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg, Emil Vatne, Lena Schrøder, Martin Grøsfjeld, Ola Oiseth, Torstein Aanekre

Source: [13]

South Korea

Source: [14]

Sweden
  • Goalies: Ulf Nilsson, Andreas Nejman
  • Defencemen: Niklas Ingvarsson, Peter Nilsson, Rasmus Lundgren, Staffan Siren
  • Forwards: Per Kasperi, Martin Magnevill, Johnny Pettersson, Christian Hedberg, Daniel Cederstam, Peter Ojala, Niklas Rakos, Maximilian Dickson Gyllsten

Source: [15]

United States

Source: [16]

Tournament B

Venue

All the matches were played in Berlin P09 Eissporthalle.

Results
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 5 0 0 0 74 1 +73 15 Advanced to 2021 A-Pool
2  Slovakia 5 3 1 0 1 29 12 +17 11
3  China 5 3 0 0 2 40 6 +34 9
4  Germany (H) 5 2 0 1 2 31 16 +15 7
5  Poland 5 1 0 0 4 3 70 −67 3
6  Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 3 75 −72 0 Relegated to 2020 C-Pool
Source: IPC
(H) Host.
17 Nov 2019
11:00		Slovakia 14–1
(2–0, 6–0, 6–1)		 Great BritainP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 47
17 Nov 2019
15:00		Russia 27–0
(7–0, 9–0, 11–0)		 PolandP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 47
17 Nov 2019
19:00		China 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 GermanyP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 618
18 Nov 2019
11:00		Russia 25–0
(7–0, 8–0, 10–0)		 Great BritainP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 53
18 Nov 2019
15:00		Slovakia 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 ChinaP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 43
18 Nov 2019
19:00		Poland 0–13
(0–5, 0–6, 0–2)		 GermanyP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 57
19 Nov 2019
11:00		Slovakia 0–9
(0–1, 0–3, 0–5)		 RussiaP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 27
19 Nov 2019
15:00		Poland 0–17
(0–3, 0–4, 0–10)		 ChinaP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 23
19 Nov 2019
19:00		Germany 16–0
(5–0, 8–0, 3–0)		 Great BritainP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 192
21 Nov 2019
11:00		Great Britain 2–3
(2–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 PolandP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 67
21 Nov 2019
15:00		China 1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)		 RussiaP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 87
21 Nov 2019
19:00		Germany 1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 SlovakiaP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
22 Nov 2019
11:00		Great Britain 0–17
(0–7, 0–3, 0–7)		 ChinaP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 125
22 Nov 2019
15:00		Slovakia 11–0
(2–0, 5–0, 4–0)		 PolandP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 38
22 Nov 2019
19:00		Germany 0–10
(0–2, 0–5, 0–3)		 RussiaP09 Eissporthalle, Berlin
Attendance: 511

Team rosters

China

Bai Xue Song, Che Hang, Cui Yu Tao, Guo Xi Zhu, Hu Guang Jian, Ji Yan Zhao, Li Zhen Yang, Qiu Dian Peng, Shen Yi Feng, Song Xiao Dong, Tian Jin Tao, Wang Ju Jiang, Wang Wei, Wang Zhi Dong, Xu Jin Qiang, Zhang Zheng, Zhu Zhan Fu[17]

Germany

Finn Bentzen, Klaus Brzoska, Bas Disveld, Bernhard Hering, Christian Jaster, Nils Krueger, Ingo Kuhli-Lauenstein, Simon Kunst, Veit Mühlhans, Robert Pabst, Christian Pilz, Hugo Raedler, Felix Schrader, Lucas Sklorz, Joerg Wedde, Jacob Wolff[17]

Great Britain

Anthony Booth, Tyler Christopher, Matt Clarkson, Mark Colquitt, Bryan Hackworth, Dean Lahan, Jonathon Le Galloudec, Karl Nicholson, Martin Quinn, Scott Trigg-Turner, Matt Woollias[17]

Poland

Łukasz Ciuła, Radosław Drapała, Sylwester Flis, Marcin Hebda, Sebastian Kartosz, Andrzej Młynarczyk, Mateusz Murawski, Krzysztof Sekulski, Mariusz Zieliński[17]

Russia

Aleksei Eremin, Dmitrii Galkin, Vladimir Kamantsev, Airat Khamzin, Maksim Kuzminykh, Ivan Kuznetsov, Dmitrii Lisov, Igor Maletskiy, Mikhail Miachin, Evgenii Petrov, Evgenii Plotnikov, Roman Severin, Konstantin Shikhov, Andrey Sokolov, Nikolai Terentev, Vasilii Varlakov, Ilia Volkov[17]

Slovakia

Slavomir Ferenčík, Erik Fojtík, Martin Joppa, Miroslav Kardoš, Peter Kaščák, Dávid Korman, Eduard Lepáček, Marián Ligda, Miroslav Pastucha, Miroslav Stašák, Peter Štít, Róbert Turic, Miloš Večerek[17]

Tournament C

Venue

All the matches were held in Vierumäki Sport Institute.

Results
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 2 2 0 0 0 45 0 +45 6 Tournament B
2  Finland (H) 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 0 3
3  Australia 2 0 0 0 2 1 46 −45 0
Source: IPC
(H) Host.
6 Nov 2018
15:00		Australia 1–6
(0–3, 0–2, 1–1)		 FinlandVierumäki Sport Institute
Attendance: 102
7 Nov 2018
15:00		China 40–0
(14–0, 15–0, 11–0)		 AustraliaVierumäki Sport Institute
Attendance: 52
8 Nov 2018
15:00		Finland 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 ChinaVierumäki Sport Institute
Attendance: 124

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