2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

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2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (A Tournament)
2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships Mascot.gif
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Venue(s) SAREZ winter stadium, Ostrava
Dates9–16 May 2009
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Fourth placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Official website
Sledge2009.cz
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The 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was the fifth IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships that took place in early 2009. The competition was divided into two tournaments, with Tournament B held from 15 to 21 March in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Tournament A held from 9 to 16 May in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. A total of thirteen teams participated; eight in Tournament A and five in Tournament B. The top six teams from Tournament A automatically qualified for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The remaining two teams from Tournament A and the top two teams from Tournament B will play in the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Paralympic Qualifier to determine who will take the remaining two Paralympic slots.

Contents

A Tournament

The A Tournament was held between the eight top-ranked national teams. The tournament was further divided into two groups of four teams each. Group A included Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan. Group B included Italy, Norway, South Korea, and the United States.

Final rankings

GoldSilverBronze4th
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Mike Blabac
Steve Cash
Jimmy Connelly
Mike Hallman  [ no ]
Lonnie Hannah
Chris Manns
Kip St. Germaine
Brad Emmerson
Taylor Chace
Tim Jones
Taylor Lipsett
Adam Page
Greg Shaw
Bubba Torres
Andy Yohe
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Kissinger Deng
Roger Johansen
Eskil Hagen
Tommy Rovelstad
Stig Tore Svee
Ole Bjarte Austvoll  [ no ]
Audun Bakke  [ no ]
Helge Bjørnstad
Loyd Remi Johansen
Knut Andre Nordstoga  [ no ]
Rolf Einar Pedersen
Kjell Vidar Røyne  [ no ]
Trygve Larsen  [ no ]
Morten Værnes
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Paul Rosen
Benoit St-Amand
Adam Dixon
Raymond Grassi
Jean Labonté
Mark Noot
Bradley Bowden
Billy Bridges
Matthew Cook
Marc Dorion
Hévre Lord
Shawn Matheson
Graeme Murray
Todd Nicholson
Greg Westlake
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Shinobu Fukushima
Mitsuru Nagase
Takayuki Endo
Naohiko Ishida
Eiji Misawa
Satoru Sudo
Mikio Annaka
Noritaka Ito
Makoto Majima
Toshiyuki Nakamura
Kazuhiro Takahashi
Daisuke Uehara
Atsuya Yaguchi
Mamoru Yoshikawa
5th6th7th8th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Jan Matoušek
Michal Vápenka
Miroslav Hrbek
Zdeněk Klíma
Pavel Kubeš
Tomáš Kvoch
Jiří Berger
Erik Fojtík
Michal Geier
Zdeněk Hábl
Zdeněk Krupička
David Palát
Jiří Raul
Zdeněk Šafránek
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Rupert Kanestrin
Santino Stillitano
Bruno Balossetti
Gianluca Cavaliere
Giuseppe Condello
Valerio Corvino
Ambrogio Magistrelli
Giovanni Colaone
Andrea Chiarotti
Gregory Leperdi
Florian Planker
Gianluigi Rosa
Werner Winkler
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Choi Hyuk-jun
Jung Young-hoon
Hong Jae-hwa
Lee Jong-kyung
Han Min-su
Lee Yong-min
Cho Young-jae
Cho Byeong-seok
Kim Dea-jung
Lee Hae-man
Jang Jong-ho
Park Sang-hyun
Sa Seong-keun
Jung Seung-hwan
Park Woo-chul
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Rolf Rabe
Lars Uhlemann
Matthias Koch
Marco Lars
Robert Pabst
Jörg Wedde
Christoph Appelkamp
Gerd Bleidorn
Sebastien Disveld
Torsten Ellmer
Marc Müller
Christian Pilz
Frank Rennhack
Udo Segreff
Sven Stumpe

B Tournament

2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (B Tournament)
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Venue(s) Eindhoven
Dates15–21 March 2009
Teams5
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
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The B Tournament was held between five lower-ranked national teams: Estonia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden.

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 44000192+1712
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 43001235+189
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 42002187+116
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41003934253
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (H)40004223210
Source: IPC
(H) Host
15 March 2009
11:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg8–2
(1–0, 4–1, 3–1)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eindhoven Icestadium
15 March 2009
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Eindhoven Icestadium

16 March 2009
11:00
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eindhoven Icestadium
16 March 2009
16:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg10–1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Eindhoven Icestadium

17 March 2009
11:00
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg12–0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Eindhoven Icestadium
17 March 2009
16:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg5–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eindhoven Icestadium

19 March 2009
11:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–7Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Eindhoven Icestadium
19 March 2009
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg10–0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Eindhoven Icestadium

20 March 2009
11:00
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg3–2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Eindhoven Icestadium
20 March 2009
16:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eindhoven Icestadium

Final round

Third place game

21 March 2009
11:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg5–1
(0–0, 3–0, 2–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Eindhoven Icestadium

Final

21 March 2009
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Eindhoven Icestadium

Final rankings

RankTeam
1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Increase2.svg
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

See also

References