2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships

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2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Logo for the 2023 world para ice hockey championships.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Venue(s) Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Dates28 May–4 June
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States (6th title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Fourth placeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Website Moose Jaw 2023
  2021
2024  

The 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) held in 2023. The tournament was hosted by Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in Canada from May 28 to June 3. It was the first time Canada has ever hosted the Championships. [1]

Contents

The USA won their third straight championship after winning the 2019 and 2021 editions. Team China made their world championship debut while Germany will be in the top pool for the first time since 2017.

Format

The teams are divided into two groups based on their ranking. The top two teams from Group A advance directly into Semi-Finals while the remaining two teams together with the best two teams from Group B advance to the Quarter-Finals.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−6)

Group A features the 2 powerhouses in Canada and the US as well as the teams from Czech Republic and Korea.

In game 1 of the group between Czech and Korea, after a scoreless first period, Korea took a delay of game penalty that lead to a power-play goal by Patrik Sedlacek roughly halfway through the game. the Czechs would add another two minutes later and score again with 3 minutes left in the game to come away with a 3–0 victory. [2] In The second game between the Czechs and USA, Czechia was overmatched by the Americans speed losing 7-1. USA's Travis Dodson led the way with a hat trick. The game between Canada and Korea saw one of the best scoring performances in the championships history with Canada's Dominic Cozzolino picking up 4 goals and 4 assists for 8 points leading the Canadians to a 15–1 win over the Koreans. History was also made as 20 year old Raphaelle Tousignant became the first women to ever play on the Canadian National Sledge Hockey Team. [3] The Americans them took down the Koreans 9–0 with points from the top players like Kevin McKee, Brody Roybal and Declan Farmer. In the Final game of the Round Robin for the Czechs, they gave Canada their hardest competition yet keeping the Canadians to just 2 goals but fell short in the game losing 2-1. [4] Canada and USA played the final game of the round robin for Group A. USA's speed was just too much for the Canadians as USA were victorious 3-0.

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33000191+189 Semifinals
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)32001175+126
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 310025943 Quarterfinals
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 30003127260
28 May 2023
11:00
Czechia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3 - 0
(0-0, 2-0, 1-0)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Game reference
Martin Kudela Goalies Hyuk Jun Choi
Daehan Bong
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Dauphinee
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Lunden
Sedlacek (Geier) (PP) - 24:521-0
Hecko unassisted - 26:022-0
Geier (Sedlacek) - 42:163-0
10 minPenalties8 min
36Shots6

29 May 2023
11:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7 - 1
(3-0, 2-1, 2-0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Game reference
Jen Lee Goalies Martin Kudela Referee:
Flag of Norway.svg Kenneth Danielsen
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
Dodson (Eustace, McKee) - 4:061-0
Dodson (Douglas, McKee) - 7:252-0
Roybal unassisted - 11:593-0
Jones (Farmer, Wallace) - 21:114-0
Farmer (Roybal) (PP) - 23:295-0
5-1 Vesely unassisted - 24:43
Dodson (McKee) - 37:186-1
Grove unassisted (PP) - 42:577-1
6 minPenalties4 min
29Shots10
29 May 2023
19:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg1 - 15
(0-7, 0-4, 1-4)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 1013
Game reference
Hyuk Jun Choi
Daehan Bong
Goalies Jean-Francois Huneault Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Rapak
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Lunden
0-1 McGregor (Smith, Cozzolino) - 1:23
0-2 Dunn (Dixon, Cozzolino) (PP) - 3:42
0-3 Mcgregor (Dominic Cozzolino) - 5:07
0-4 Cozzolino (McGregor, Dunn) (PP) - 5:58
0-5 Dunn (Dixon, Lavin) - 10:32
0-6 Halbert (Jacobs-Webb) (PP) - 13:17
0-7 Dixon (LeBlanc, Lavin) - 13:58
0-8 Cozzolino (McGregor, Smith) (PP) - 17:53
0-9 Lavin (Boily, Jacobs-Webb) (PP) - 20:20
0-10 Cozzolino (Lavin) - 22:31
0-11 Cozzolino (McGregor, Smith) - 29:06
0-12 Smith (Cozzolino) - 34:28
0-13 Dixon (Dunn) - 34:44
Jung unassisted - 37:171-13
1-14 Boily (LeBlanc) - 40:31
1-15 Dunn (Dixon, Armstrong) - 41:27
12 minPenalties2 min
6Shots42

30 May 2023
15:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0 - 9
(0-5, 0-4, 0-0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 218
Game reference
Daehan Bong
Hyuk Jung Choi
Goalies Griffin LaMarre Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Dauphinee
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
0-1 Farmer (Jones) - 1:01
0-2 Nichols (Douglas) - 5:31
0-3 Jones (Douglas) - 7:06
0-4 Dodson (Eustace, McKee) - 11:11
0-5 Pauls (Grove) - 13:57
0-6 Eustace (Grove) (SH) 17:24
0-7 Farmer (Grove) - 19:30
0-8 Farmer (Wallace) - 21:58
0-9 Douglas (Dodson) - 24:37
6 minPenalties4 min
6Shots32
30 May 2023
19:00
Czechia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1 - 2
(0-1, 1-1, 0-0)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 742
Game reference
Martin Kudela Goalies Dominic Larocque Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
0-1 McGregor unassisted - 9:35
Zelinka (Geier) (PP) - 17:261-1
1-2 Dixon (McGregor) (PP) - 27:44
4 minPenalties2 min
10Shots22

31 May 2023
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0 - 3
(0-0, 0-1, 0-2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 2784
Game reference
Dominic Larocque Goalies Jen Lee Referee:
Flag of Norway.svg Kenneth Danielsen
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Lewis
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Lunden
0-1 Roybal (Wallace, Musselman) - 24:49
0-2 Wallace (Jones, Misiewicz) (PP) - 41:20
0-3 Dodson ENG unassisted - 43:29
10 minPenalties6 min
9Shots17

Group B

In China's world championships debut, they took a 2–1 lead over Italy into the first intermission, but in the second period things got much more one sided as China would score 3 in the second and 5 in the third to win their worlds debut 10–1. Yifeng Shen lead the way with 5 goals for China. [5] In the second game of Group B. Germany and Norway played a back and forth game. After Germany took a 4–1 lead early in the third, Norway scored 2 goals in 2 minutes to cut the lead to one but the Germans would add an empty netter and win 5-3. [6] China would keep rolling in their debut tournament with a 5–1 win over Norway with 2 goals from Shen giving him 7 in 2 games. Italy and Germany played in the closest game in the tournament yet as they went back and forth. regulation and 5 minutes of overtime solved nothing but in the shootout the Italians put in 2 for the 1–0 shootout win. China would finish the round robin with a perfect 3–0 record after beating Germany 7–0. Yifeng Shen had another 4 goals to give him 11 through 3 round robin games. In the final game of group B Italy got outshot greatly by Norway but still came way with a 3–1 win.

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 33000222+209 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3110151165
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3101151164 Seventh place game
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3000351380
28 May 2023
15:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg10 – 1
(2–0, 3–1, 5–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 570
Game reference
Yan Zhao Ji Goalies Gabriele Araudo
Santino Stillitano
Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Rapak
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
Shen (Lyu) - 1:471–0
Zhang - 2:002–0
2–1 Kafmann (Larch) - 19:00
Xu (Cui) (PP) - 22:473–1
Shen (Yu Tao Cui) - 24:444–1
Wang (Zhu) (PP) - 28:385–1
Li (Zhang) - 31:006–1
Shen (Lyu) - 31:597–1
Wang (Hu) 37:118–1
Shen (Tian) - 39:019–1
Shen (Tian) - 44:2410–1
10 minPenalties10 min
29Shots9
28 May 2023
19:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5 - 3
(1-1, 2-0, 2-2)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 611
Game reference
Simon Kunst Goalies Andreas Sundt Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Lewis
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
Hering - 1:411-0
1-1 Bakke (Oiseth) - 11:02
Brelage (Hering, Rennhack) - 27:262-1
Schrader (Rennhack) (SH) - 29:423-1
Hering (Schrader) - 31:224-1
4-2 Oiseth (Hamre) - 34:22
4-3 Oiseth (Nordstoga) - 36:07
Ingo Khul-Lauenstein (Hering) (ENG) - 44:175-3
12 minPenalties4 min
17Shots22

29 May 2023
15:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5 - 1
(1-0, 1-0, 3-1)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 227
Game reference
Wei Wang Goalies Andreas Sundt Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
Wang (Xu) - 0:581-0
Wong (Cui, Li) - 22:132-0
Shen (Zhang) (PP) - 32:173-0
Shen (Lyu) (SH) - 33:544-0
Zhang (Lyu, Shen) - 40:415-0
5-1 Solberg (Oiseth, Bakke) - 44:12
6 minPenalties4 min
28Shots9

30 May 2023
11:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1 - 0 GWS
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
(OT 0-0) (SO: 1-0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 529
Game reference
Santino Stillitano Goalies Simon Kunst Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Lewis
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
Larch Ice hockey puck.svg
Macri Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Depaoli Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Ingo Kuhl-Lauenstein Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Schrader Ice hockey puck cross.svg
4 minPenalties4 min
11Shots26

31 May 2023
11:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0 - 7
(0-3, 0-2, 0-2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 927
Game reference
Simon Kunst Goalies Yan Zhao Ji Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Dauphinee
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
0-1 Shen (Zhang) - 2:45
0-2 Che unassisted - 3:51
0-3 Shen (Wang) (PP) - 14:22
0-4 Shen unassisted - 24:51
0-5 Wang) unassisted - 28:53
0-6 Yi Feng Shen (Zhang) - 35:29
0-7 Wang (Qiu) - 37:13
6 minPenalties10 min
11Shots24
31 May 2023
15:00
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1 - 3
(0-1, 0-0, 1-2)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Moose Jaw Events Centre, Canada
Attendance: 213
Game reference
Andreas Sundt Goalies Santino Stillitano Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Rapak
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
0-1 Depaoli (Kafmann, Macri) - 10:15
0-2 Stephan Kafmann (Larch) - 35:06
Bakke (Morten Vearnes) - 36:331-2
1-3 Macri (Andreoni) - 39:19
4 minPenalties4 min
22Shots8

[7]

Playoff round

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
3 June
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10
2 June
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2
4 June
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
3 June
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
2 June
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 0 Third place
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 4
4 June
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2

Quarterfinals

2 June 2023
15:00
Czechia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 298
Game reference
Martin Kudela Goalies Gabriele Araudo Referee:
Flag of Norway.svg Kenneth Danielsen
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittylä
Hábl (Ohar) – 25:061–0
Kubeš (Doležal) – 25:552–0
Geier (SH) – 26:473–0
Zelinka (Geier) – 38:384–0
4 minPenalties6 min
33Shots4

2 June 2021
19:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2–7
(1–5, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 632
Game reference
Hyuk-Jun Choi Goalies Wei Wang Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Dauphinee
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Lundén
0–102:17 – Cui (Shen) (PP)
Jung (Jang) (PP) – 05:041–1
1–207:28 – Shen (PP)
1–308:01 – Wang (Zhu)
1–411:40 – Li (Hu, Cui)
1–514:50 – Tian (Shen)
Cho – 36:122–5
2–641:05 – Li (Zhu)
2–744:59 – Tian (Cui)
4 minPenalties6 min
9Shots23

Semifinals

3 June 2023
15:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg10–2
(4–1, 4–0, 2–1)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 689
Game reference
Jen Lee
Griffin LaMarre
Goalies Yanzhao Ji Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Hermansen Oswold
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Lundén
Musselman (Wallace) – 00:551–0
Jones (Farmer) – 02:252–0
Farmer Jones, Nichols) – 05:483–0
3–109:49 – Li
Jones (Pauls, Grove) – 13:414–1
McKee (Eustace) – 18:025–1
Farmer (Wallace, Jones) – 19:076–1
Roybal (Nichols, Misiewicz) – 28:177–1
Roybal (Farmer, Douglas) – 29:198–1
Farmer (Jones, Grove) – 30:599–1
Roybal (Musselman, Misiewicz) – 31:2310–1
10–241:37 – Wang (Shen)
0 minPenalties2 min
23Shots7

3 June 2023
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–0
(4–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 1,458
Game reference
Dominic Larocque Goalies Martin Kudela Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Lewis
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundström
Cozzolino (Dixon) – 00:261–0
Dunn (McGregor, Dixon) (PP) – 06:002–0
Dunn (Halbert, Dixon) – 06:183–0
Lavin – 11:394–0
Cozzolino (McGregor) – 31:075–0
14 minPenalties20 min
24Shots11

Seventh place game

3 June 2023
11:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 203
Game reference
Simon Kunst Goalies Andreas Sundt Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Rapák
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
0–103:52 – Øiseth (SH)
0–210:25 – Bakke (Oiseth, Solberg)
0–319:19 – Oiseth (Nordstoga, Lyngroth) (PP)
Sklorz (Disveld) – 23:351–3
1–425:09 – Oiseth (Solberg)
1–537:10 – Lyngroth (Hambre)
1–638:26 – Solberg (Bakke)
4 minPenalties2 min
8Shots27

Fifth place game

4 June 2023
11:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2 - 1 GWS
(0-0, 1-1, 0-0)
(OT: 1-0) (SO: 1-0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 188
Game reference
Hyuk Jun Choi Goalies Santino Stillitano Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Dauphinee
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
0-1 Kafmann (Macri, Larch) (PP) - 25:54
Cho (Jung, Jang) (PP) - 28:531-1
Yang Ice hockey puck.svg
Cho Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Kim Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Yang Ice hockey puck.svg
Jung Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Yang Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Deapoli Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Macri Ice hockey puck.svg
Larch Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Macri Ice hockey puck.svg
Depaoli Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Macri Ice hockey puck cross.svg
6 minPenalties4 min
24Shots20

Bronze medal game

4 June 2023
15:00
Czechia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3 - 2
(1-1, 1-1, 1-0)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 689
Game reference
Martin Kudela Goalies YanZhao Ji Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Lweis
0-1 Cui unassisted - 1:27
Geier (Kubes) - 11:171-1
Geier (Hecko) (PP) - 17:052-1
2-2 Shen (Wang, Ji) - 29:48
Zelinka unassisted (PP) - 43:463-2
4 minPenalties6 min
10Shots15

Final

4 June 2023
19:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6 - 1
(2-0, 2-0, 2-1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Moose Jaw Events Centre, Moose Jaw
Attendance: 2838
Game reference
Jen Lee Goalies Dominic Larocque Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Lunden
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
Misiewicz unassisted - 2:481-0
Farmer (Roybal) (SH) - 14:162-0
Eustace (Wallace) - 16:233-0
Wallace unassisted (SH) - 25:274-0
4-1 McGregor (Lavin, Henry) - 34:22
Farmer (Grove, Jones) - 38:075-1
McKee (Eustace) ENG - 42:056-1
12 minPenalties6 min
23Shots9

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yifeng Shen 613417+140F
Flag of the United States.svg Declan Farmer 59312+146F
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhidong Wang 68210+94F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dominic Cozzolino 56410+520F
Flag of the United States.svg Malik Jones 54610+90F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler McGregor 44610+62F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Dixon 5369+34F
Flag of Norway.svg Ola Oiseth 4538+12F
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Wallace 5268+192D
Flag of the United States.svg Brody Roybal 4527+80F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source:

Leading goaltenders

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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Flag of Italy.svg Santino Stillitano 170:1682.118590.591
Flag of the United States.svg Jen Lee 165:0030.823190.321
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dominic Larocque 176:1382.045986.441
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Kudela 269:30162.6710084.002
Flag of South Korea.svg Hyuk Jun Choi 180:18194.7410081.000

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:

Final standings

PosGrpTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 A Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55000354+3115Champions
2 A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)530022311+129Runners-up
3 A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 63003122089Third place
4 B Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 640023317+1612Fourth place
5 A Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 50104535302Fifth place game
6 B Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5111261376
7 B Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 41003111433Relegated to Pool B
8 B Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41012617114
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: https://stats.iihf.com/parahockey/13/IHX400000_Final_Ranking_4_0.pdf
(H) Host

Pool B

2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships Pool B
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Venue(s) Terlan Arena, Astana
Dates6–11 October
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (1st title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Fourth placeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored113 (7.53 per game)
Website Astana 2023
  2021
2024  

Pool B was hosted in Astana, Kazakhstan at the Terlan Arena. [8] The schedule was released on the 27 September. [9] The top two will get promoted to the A division for next year. [10] Japan and Slovakia would end up being promoted to pool A for 2024, while Finland were relegated after losing all their games. [11]

Each games was live streamed on the Paralympic Youtube channel.

Results

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54100323+2914Advanced to Pool A
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54010435+3813
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53002156+99
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (H)520031123126
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51004941323
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50005234320Relegated to Pool C
Source: IPC
(H) Host

All times are local.

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 0 PN = 7

6 October
11:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–7
(0–5, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Terlan Arena
Attendance: 124
Report
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
0–7
4 minPenalties4 min
2Shots19

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 13 N2 = 0 PN = 13

6 October
15:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg0–13
(0–2, 0–9, 0–2)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Terlan Arena
Attendance: 84
Report
Referee:
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ivan Nedelkovic
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Finland.svg Tom Lonnqvist
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
0–7
0–8
0–9
0–10
0–11
0–12
0–13
8 minPenalties10 min
2Shots44

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 11 N2 = 0 PN = 11

6 October
19:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg1–10
(0–3, 0–2, 1–5)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Terlan Arena
Attendance: 234
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
0–7
0–8
1–8
1–9
1–10
37 minPenalties8 min
1Shots21

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 6 PN = 6

7 October
11:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–1
(4–0, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Terlan Arena
Attendance: 78
Report
Referee:
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ivan Nedelkovic
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Tom Lonnqvist
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
4–1
5–1
10 minPenalties2 min
22Shots9

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 9 PN = 9

7 October
15:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg9–0
(4–0, 3–0, 2–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Terlan Arena
Attendance: 62
Report
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Lega
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
5–0
6–0
7–0
8–0
9–0
2 minPenalties8 min
38Shots4

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 6 PN = 6

7 October
19:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Terlan Arena
Attendance: 202
Report
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
5–0
6–0
6 minPenalties10 min
21Shots5

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 19 PN = 19

8 October
11:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg18–1
(5–1, 7–0, 6–0)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Terlan Arena
Attendance: 58
Report
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
1–0
2–0
2–1
3–1
4–1
5–1
6–1
7–1
8–1
9–1
10–1
11–1
12–1
13–1
14–1
15–1
16–1
17–1
18–1
0 minPenalties16 min
30Shots6

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8 October
15:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Terlan Arena
Attendance: 62
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Tom Lonnqvist
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
0–1
2 minPenalties4 min
4Shots11

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 7 PN = 7

8 October
19:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg6–1
(1–0, 3–1, 2–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Terlan Arena
Attendance: 202
Report
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Lega
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
4–1
5–1
6–1
10 minPenalties4 min
18Shots7

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 0 PN = 4

10 October
11:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg4–3 GWS
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Terlan Arena
Attendance: 82
Report
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Lega
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
0–1
1–1
2–1
2–2
2 minPenalties6 min
10Shots16

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 1 PN = 5

10 October
15:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Terlan Arena
Attendance: 62
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Dauphinee
Flag of Finland.svg Tom Lonnqvist
1–0
1–1
1–2
1–3
1–4
2 minPenalties8 min
10Shots12

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 3 PN = 3

10 October
19:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Terlan Arena
Attendance: 94
Report
Referee:
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ivan Nedelkovic
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
1–0
2–0
3–0
2 minPenalties8 min
14Shots4

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 8 PN = 8

11 October
11:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8–0
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Terlan Arena
Attendance: 58
Report
Referee:
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ivan Nedelkovic
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
5–0
6–0
7–0
8–0
0 minPenalties4 min
26Shots1

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 4 PN = 4

11 October
15:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Terlan Arena
Attendance: 78
Report
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan O'Rourke
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
4 minPenalties4 min
17Shots2

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 0 PN = 7

11 October
19:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–4
(0–0, 2–2, 1–2)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Terlan Arena
Attendance: 232
Report
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Lega
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Dauphinee
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
0–1
1–1
1–2
2–2
2–3
2–4
3–4
4 minPenalties8 min
8Shots25

Pool C

2022 World Para Ice Hockey Championships Pool C
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Venue(s) Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
Dates6–11 December
Teams5
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (1st title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored70 (7 per game)
Website Bangkok 2022
  2018
2024  

Pool C was held for the first time since 2018. The tournament was held for the first time in Asia, being organise in Bangkok, Thailand at the Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena. [12] The top two were promoted to the 2023 Pool B. Great Britain won the competition, winning every game. [13] Six teams were going to participate, before Armenia withdrew just before the tournament started. Had the Armenians entered, they would've made their Para Ice Hockey debut. This event saw the Para Ice Hockey debut of France, Kazakhstan and Thailand.

Each game was live streamed on the Paralympic Youtube channel.

Results

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44000310+3112Advanced to Pool B
2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 43001268+189
3Flag of France.svg  France 42002518136Promoted to Pool B in 2024 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 41003819113
5Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)40004025250
6Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 000000000Withdrew
Source: IPC
(H) Host
  1. Starting in 2024, Pool C will no longer be a feeder competition for the same season's Pool B and thus France took the vacant spot in Pool B for 2024.

All times are local.

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6 December
14:30
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)
Flag of France.svg  France Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Attendance: 89
Report
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Soraperra
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Sos
0–1
1–1
1–2
1–3
14 minPenalties12 min
9Shots7

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 11 PN = 11

6 December
19:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Tibor Fazekas
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Hutchins
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
5–0
6–0
7–0
8–0
9–0
10–0
11–0
2 minPenalties12 min
32Shots2

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7 December
14:30
France  Flag of France.svg0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Report
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Logan Wetekamp
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
0–7
4 minPenalties31 min
0Shots34

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 0 PN = 7

7 December
18:00
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–7
(0–3, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Webinger
Linesman:
Flag of Finland.svg Lari Niittyla
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
0–7
8 minPenalties6 min
2Shots27

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 10 PN = 10

8 December
14:30
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg10–0
(2–0, 4–0, 4–0)
Flag of France.svg  France Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Hutchins
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
5–0
6–0
7–0
8–0
9–0
10–0
6 minPenalties2 min
27Shots0

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8 December
18:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Attendance: 55
Report
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Soraperra
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
5–0
6–0
7–0
2 minPenalties14 min
31Shots2

10 December
14:30
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–9
(1–2, 0–2, 1–5)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Attendance: 75
Report
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Logan Wetekamp
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Hutchins
14 minPenalties10 min
8Shots31

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 2 PN = 2

10 December
18:00
France  Flag of France.svg2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Attendance: 300
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Tibor Fazekas
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
1–0
2–0
8 minPenalties6 min
13Shots3

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11 December
14:30
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg0–6
(0–3, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Attendance: 89
Report
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Oswold-Hermansen
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rundstrom
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
10 minPenalties4 min
3Shots30

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 0 PN = 5

11 December
18:00
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–5
(0–3, 0–2, 0–0)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena
Report
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Soraperra
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Tibor Fazekas
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Hus
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
8 minPenalties8 min
8Shots16

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