2025 Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Qualification Tournament

2025 Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Qualification Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
City	Jessheim
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–10 November
Format	Round Robin
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runners-up	Slovakia
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	77 (5.13 per game)
Attendance	1,287 (86 per game)
Scoring leader	Martin Joppa (14 points)
Awards
MVP	Martin Joppa
Official website
Jessheim 2025
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The 2025 Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Qualification Tournament is the final qualification tournament for the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Held between 5 to 10 November 2025, the qualifier will be held in Norwegian town, Jessheim, at the Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall. ^[1] Six teams, from pools A and B of the world championships, will take part. The top two teams in the qualifier will secure the last two spots in the Paralympics.

Japan would win the tournament and along with Slovakia, qualify for the 2026 Winter Paralympics. ^{[2] [3]}

Japan's Itsuki Ito was named best forward, and Wataru Horie was announced as the best goalkeeper in the tournament. ^[2]

Host selection

On 8 July 2025, Jessheim, Norway was awarded the hosting rights. ^[1] Regarding the hosting announcement, Espen Hegde, president of the local organising committee said: ^[1]

“The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and the city of Jessheim are honoured and grateful to be hosting the Paralympic Qualification Tournament. The table is set for a very exciting event, and we look forward to welcoming all teams and participants.”

Michelle Laflamme, World Para Ice Hockey manager, proclaimed: ^[1]

“The Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament is bound to bring out some of the best action we have ever seen in our sport, as teams play for last chance spots to for the Milano Cortina 2026 Games. We are thrilled to have Norway – a hockey hotbed and one of the original nations of our sport – host this crucial event in what is turning into our most competitive Paralympic cycle yet.”

Format

The six teams will play each other in a round robin format. The top two teams will qualify for the 2026 Winter Paralympics.

Venue

The venue was the Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall in Jessheim. The venue was built in 2014 and also hosts numerous other sports.

Jessheim		Jessheim
		Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall
		Capacity: 240 seats

Teams

The bottom three from the Pool A and the top three from the Pool B advanced to this qualifier. Paralympic hosts and Pool B winners, Italy, had the choice to take part for preparation reasons, but declined. ^[4] Their spot was taken by Kazakhstan, who finished fourth in Pool B.

Team	Qualification	Ref
Slovakia	Placed 6th in Pool A in 2025.	[5]
South Korea	Placed 7th in Pool A in 2025.	[6]
Norway (H)	Placed 8th in Pool A in 2025.	[7]
Japan	Placed 2nd in Pool B in 2025.	[8]
Sweden	Placed 3rd in Pool B in 2025.	[9]
Kazakhstan	Placed 4th in Pool B in 2025.	[10]

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	19	6	+13	12 [a]	2026 Winter Paralympics
2	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	15	6	+9	12 [a]
3	Norway (H)	5	3	0	0	2	17	13	+4	9 [b]
4	South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	14	7	+7	9 [b]
5	Sweden	5	1	0	0	4	8	20	−12	3
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	0	5	4	25	−21	0

Source: Jessheim 2025
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Slovakia 2–3 Japan
2. South Korea 0–2 Norway

All times are local (UTC+1).

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 1 PN = 3

5 November 2025 12:00

Japan

1–2 (1–0, 0–0, 0–2)

South Korea

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 34

Game reference
				Referee: Bobby Esposito (USA) Linesmen: Przemek Iwaniec (POL) Tony Rundstrom (SWE)
	1–0 1–1 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	10	Shots	23

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

5 November 2025 15:30

Kazakhstan

0–6 (0–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Slovakia

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 31

Game reference
				Referee: Jan Vanek (CZE) Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas (SRB) Andreas Lunden (SWE)
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	12

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

5 November 2025 19:00

Sweden

1–8 (0–3, 1–1, 0–4)

Norway

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 104

Game reference
				Referee: Jan Vanek (CZE) Linesmen: Pavel Blazek (CZE) Andreas Lunden (SWE)
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4 1–5 1–6 1–7 1–8
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	25

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Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 0 PN = 5

6 November 2025 12:00

Slovakia

2–3 (0–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Japan

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 25

Game reference
				Referee: Jan Vanek (CZE) Linesmen: Pavel Blazek (CZE) Andreas Lunden (SWE)
	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	11

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 5 PN = 6

6 November 2025 15:30

South Korea

4–2 (2–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 31

Game reference
				Referee: Bobby Esposito (USA) Linesmen: Marius Oswold Hermansen (NOR) Przemek Iwaniec (POL)
	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	16

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

6 November 2025 19:00

Norway

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 149

Game reference
				Referee: Matt Fergenbaum (CAN) Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas (SRB) Tony Rundstrom (SWE)
	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	4

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Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 1 PN = 3

7 November 2025 12:00

Slovakia

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 23

Game reference
				Referee: Matt Fergenbaum (CAN) Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas (SRB) Przemek Iwaniec (POL)
	1–0 1–1 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	21	Shots	11

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

7 November 2025 15:30

Kazakhstan

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Japan

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 24

Game reference
				Referee: Kevin Webinger (CAN) Linesmen: Marius Oswold Hermansen (NOR) Tony Rundstrom (SWE)
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	8	Shots	22

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

7 November 2025 19:00

South Korea

0–2 (0–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Norway

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 203

Game reference
				Referee: Jan Vanek (CZE) Linesmen: Pavel Blazek (CZE) Andreas Lunden (SWE)
	0–1 0–2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	6	Shots	11

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

9 November 2025 12:00

South Korea

7–0 (4–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 26

Game reference
				Referee: Matt Fergenbaum (CAN) Linesmen: Marius Oswold Hermansen (NOR) Andreas Lunden (SWE)
	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	33 min
	25	Shots	7

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

9 November 2025 15:30

Japan

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 31

Game reference
				Referee: Kevin Webinger (CAN) Linesmen: Pavel Blazek (CZE) Tibor Fazekas (SRB)
	1–0 2–0 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	18

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

9 November 2025 19:00

Norway

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 282

Game reference
				Referee: Bobby Esposito (USA) Linesmen: Przemek Iwaniec (POL) Tony Rundstrom (SWE)
	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	11

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Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 3 PN = 7

10 November 2025 12:00

Sweden

4–3 (3–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 31

Game reference
				Referee: Matt Fergenbaum (CAN) Linesmen: Przemek Iwaniec (POL) Andreas Lunden (SWE)
	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
	16	Shots	14

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 2 PN = 3

10 November 2025 15:30

Slovakia

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

South Korea

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 48

Game reference
				Referee: Kevin Webinger (CAN) Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas (SRB) Marius Oswold Hermansen (NOR)
	1–0 2–0 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	14

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 9 N2 = 0 PN = 10

10 November 2025 19:00

Norway

2–8 (0–4, 1–1, 1–3)

Japan

Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall, Jessheim Attendance: 245

Game reference
				Referee: Bobby Esposito (USA) Linesmen: Pavel Blazek (CZE) Tony Rundstrom (SWE)
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4 1–5 1–6 1–7 1–8 2–8
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	14

References

1. "Jessheim, Norway to host Milano Cortina 2026 Qualification Tournament". International Paralympic Committee.
2. "Jessheim 2025: Japan and Slovakia grab last two spots at Milano Cortina 2026". International Paralympic Committee.
3. "Parahokejisti oslavujú postup na paralympiádu. Som extrémne hrdý a extrémne dojatý, hovorí kapitán". sportnet.sme.sk.
4. "Six nations set for Jessheim showdown on the road to Milano-Cortina 2026". International Paralympic Committee.
5. "Jessheim 2025: Slovakia's Path to Milano Cortina". International Paralympic Committee.
6. "Jessheim 2025: Korea's Path to Milano Cortina". International Paralympic Committee.
7. "Jessheim 2025: Norway's Path to Milano Cortina". International Paralympic Committee.
8. "Jessheim 2025: Japan's Path to Milano Cortina". International Paralympic Committee.
9. "Jessheim 2025: Sweden's Path to Milano Cortina". International Paralympic Committee.
10. "Jessheim 2025: Kazakhstan's Path to Milano Cortina". International Paralympic Committee.