# 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships

The 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships was the 10th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) held in 2019. The championships were divided into three tournaments.
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. 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. 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.
Tournament B was held in Berlin, Germany from November 17 to 22.
Tournament C was held in Vierumäki, Finland, from November 6 to 8, 2018, with three teams competing: Australia, China, and Finland.

## 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.

## Tournament A
### Venue

| Ostrava | Ostrava | Ostrava |
| Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 10,004 | Ostrava | Ostrava |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 0 | Quarterfinals |

#### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 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 | Relegated to 2021 B-Pool |

### Playoff round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | 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 | 7th place match | 7th place match | 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th place match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| A4 | Japan | 3 | Norway (OT) | Norway (OT) | 1 | South Korea | South Korea | 4 |
| A3 | Sweden (OT) | 4 | Italy | Italy | 0 | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1 |
Source: IPC

#### Final
### Final ranking and statistics
#### Final ranking

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

#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals, then by fewest games played.
| # | Player | Gen | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | Pos |
| 1 | Declan Farmer | M | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | +17 | F |
| 2 | Tyler McGregor | M | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | +9 | F |
| 3 | Zdeněk Hábl | M | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | +12 | F |
| 4 | Liam Hickey | M | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | +14 | D |
| 5 | Michal Geier | M | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | +12 | F |
| 6 | Billy Bridges | M | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | +10 | F |
| 7 | Jack Wallace | M | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +9 | D |
| 8 | Cho Byeong-seok | M | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | +1 | F |
| 9 | Brody Roybal | M | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | +8 | F |
| 10 | Zach Lavin | M | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | +9 | F |
| 10 | Josh Pauls | M | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | +13 | D |
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.
| # | Player | Gen | MiP | SOG | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Andreas Nejman | M | 95:00 | 54 | 5 | 90.74 | 2.37 | 0 |
| 2 | Michal Vápenka | M | 193:34 | 44 | 5 | 88.64 | 1.16 | 2 |
| 3 | Dominic Larocque | M | 184:08 | 39 | 5 | 87.18 | 1.22 | 2 |
| 4 | Steve Cash | M | 170:08 | 32 | 5 | 84.38 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 5 | Gabriele Araudo | M | 139:17 | 42 | 9 | 78.57 | 2.91 | 1 |
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

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Dominic Larocque
** Best Defenceman: Liam Hickey
** Best Forward: Declan Farmer
Source: IPC
* Media All-Star: Michal Geier
Source: IPC

### Team rosters
#### Canada

* Goalies: Corbin Watson, Dominic Larocque
* Defencemen: Rodney Crane, Tyrone Henry, Rob Armstrong, Kevin Sorley, Liam Hickey, James Gemmell
* Forwards: James Dunn, Zach Lavin, Tyler McGregor, Corbyn Smith, Greg Westlake, Billy Bridges, Dominic Cozzolino, Garrett Riley, Antoine Lehoux
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#### 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
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#### 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
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#### Japan

* Goalies: Shinobu Fukushima, Atsuya Hoshiro
* Defencemen: Satoru Sudo, Eiji Misawa, Hideaki Ishii, Masaharu Kumagai
* Forwards: Kazuyoshi Niitsu, Masaya Hamamoto, Mamoru Yokishawa, Yoshihito Sakamoto, Taimei Shiba, Yoshihiro Shioya, Nao Kodama
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#### 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, Lena Schrøder, Martin Grøsfjeld, Ola Oiseth, Torstein Aanekre
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#### South Korea

* Goalies: Yu Man-gyun, Lee Jae-woong
* Defencemen: Choi Kwang-hyouk, Cho Young-jae, Kim Young-sung, Jang Dong-shin, Choi Si-woo
* Forwards: Lee Jun-yong, Ryu Jee-hyun, Jung Seung-hwan, Lee Ju-seung, Kim In-kyum, Kim Dea-jung, Cho Byeong-seok, Lee Jong-kyung, Kim Sang-lak, Jang Jong-ho
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#### Sweden

* Goalies: Ulf Nilsson, Andreas Nejman
* Defencemen: Niklas Ingvarsson, Peter Nilsson, Staffan Siren
* Forwards: Johnny Pettersson, Christian Hedberg, Daniel Cederstam, Niklas Rakos, Maximilian Dickson Gyllsten
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#### United States

* Goalies: Jen Lee, Steve Cash
* Defencemen: Ralph DeQuebec, Colin Gooley, Jack Wallace, Christopher Douglas, Josh Pauls
* Forwards: Brody Roybal, Travis Dodson, Luke McDermott, Kyle Zych, Declan Farmer, Noah Grove, Rico Roman, Josh Hargis, Kevin McKee
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## 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 | Advanced to 2021 A-Pool |
| 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 |

### 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

#### 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

#### 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

#### Poland

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

#### 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

#### 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

## 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 | |