In the two years before the start of the Winter Games, the sledge hockey team dealt with financial difficulties. Corruption in the Czech Republic involving subsidies for sport resulted in the national team getting less money to support their training and ability to compete in tournaments. FAČR Chairman Miroslav Pelta was arrested as part of the corruption issues. About the corruption, team captain Zdeněk Šafránek said, "The subsidy scandal has radically reduced the amount we receive. For the sake of illustration, the Czech Paralympic Committee has now gotten less money than last year's sledge hockey players, and it has to be divided into a lot of sports." The team could not buy time to use ice at skating rinks to train much before their final qualifying competition in Sweden. They also could not buy new equipment like sledges, hockey sticks or hockey gloves. To make sure they were ready to qualify, the captain thought the team needed around 1 million Czech Koruna () to pay for all the costs of training and traveling. Because they could not get funding from the government, players had to ask individuals to support them financially.
The team went to Nagano to compete in a tournament in February 2018 to prepare for the Games.
Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017. Teams participating in the tournament included Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Japan and Great Britain.
The United States, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Japan were in Group B for the sledge hockey competition. They play South Korea on 11 March. They play the United States on 12 March. The Czech Republic plays Japan on 13 March.
Some of the Paralympics would be broad on television by ČT TV and ČT Sport. Live streaming of the Winter Games was also made available free on ČT Sport's website.
Croatia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Croatia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One person representing Croatia is para-alpine skier Dino Sokolovič. He stopped skiing in 2016 for 20 months because of an injury.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Croatia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
Dino Sokolovič is a standing skier. He was injured in 2016. Because of the injury, he did not ski for 20 months.
Dino Sokolovič went to Slovenia in January 2018. He competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora. After 20 months away from skiing because of an injury, he won his first race at Kranjska Gora.
The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.
China at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
China sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. China had never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics prior to the start of the 2018 Winter Games. They have a team competing in wheelchair curling.
China had never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics prior to the start of the 2018 Winter Games. The best finish they had was fourth at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  Their wheelchair curling team finished fourth.  China's best individual finish was also in 2014. Peng Yuanyuan finished fifth in the  women's cross-country skiing 5 km classic style standing.
15 National Paralympic Committees and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation signed a letter expressing support for the National Paralympic Committee of Russia in August 2017.  The countries included Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Montenegro, and South Korea.  They asked the IPC Governing Board to consider letting Russia compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The letter was signed weeks before the IPC Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi. In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport. All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.
The team starts playing on 10 March when they go against Sweden.
Chile at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Chile sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were 4 people in para-alpine skiing. The skiers went to races to be allowed to go to South Korea. Starting in November 2017, they went to 15 races in Europe, the United States and Canada to get ready. Santiago Vega went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Nicolás Bisquert, Diego Seguel and Julio Soto were going to their first Paralympic Games.
Chile had 4 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. In the past, Diego Seguel was part of Team Chile at competitions around the world in another sport: para-athletics. All four had 220 points by February 2018.  They needed to have 220 total points or more in the time between when the 2014 Winter Paralympics ended and February 2018. Vega competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics for Chile. He was the only member of the team to do that. The 2018 Games will be the first for Bisquert, Seguel and Soto.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Chile") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
The skiers go to Pyeongchang wanting to do better than they did in the past. Chile competed in para-alpine skiing at the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. The best finish they had was in 2010 when Patricio Morande finished fourteenth in the giant slalom. The coach is Carlos Torres. The team practiced for South Korea at the La Parva Ski Center in Chile. When at La Parva, they lived at the Ski Chile Hotel in Farellones. They worked together for over 170 days before leaving for the Winter Paralympics. From November 2017 to February 2018, they went to 15 races in Europe, the United States and Canada . They also had national team training camps.
Soto went to competition in North America in January 2018. In the Giant Slalom race, he had a time of 1 minute and 31 seconds and finished sixth. Because of his finish, Soto went to South Korea and was able to compete in the Giant Slalom race. At the same competition in Winter Park, Bisquertt finished first in the Giant Slalom race.  He beat world champion Corey Peters in the race. Soto was able to compete in the Slalom because of a race in 2017 where he was fifth. He was the first person from Chile who could go to the South Korea. Soto said he wanted to finish in the top 20 in the Slalom race in Pyeongchang.
When he was 9-years-old, Soto went to school. He had pain in his legs. He was later told by doctors he had osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. To fix it, doctors needed to amputate one of his legs. He played sports as part of his rehabilitation. After he finished university, he became a Level 1 Ski Instructor class at the National Ski School. In 2015, he became of part of Team Chile and represented his country in ski races around the world.