1996 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

The first IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held March, 1996 Nynäshamn, Sweden. Participating countries: Canada, Estonia, Japan, Norway, Sweden and United States. Japan made its debut at the World Championship.
==Final Rankings==
 ( Rosters are not yet complete ) 
Gold: 	Silver: 	Bronze: 	4th: 	5th 	6th
Jan Edbom Bengt-Gösta Johansson Kenth JonssonMarcus Nordstrom Göran Karlsson Jens Kask Leif Norgren Mats Nyman Leif Wahlstedt	Helge Bjørnstad Knut Erling Granaas Eskil Hagen Atle Haglund Kjetil Korbu Nilsen Rolf Öjen Rolf Einar Pedersen Erik Sandbraaten Morten Syversen	Yves Carrier Dean Delaurier Dave Eamer Angelo Gavillucci Pat Griffin Jean Labonté John May Dean Mellway Lou Mulvihill Ken Schneider Brian Swan Dany Verner	Viktor Artemjev Aleksander Jarlõkov Kaido Kalm Viktor Karlenko Jüri Tammleht Maksim Vedernikov Leonid Zubov	Dave Conklin Manuel Guerra Jr. Dan Henderson William Michael Kult Wayne Chuck Lindsey Kip St.Germaine Thomas F McNally Joseph M Wilson	Tadanobu Go Naohiko Ishida Kanichi Naito Toshifumi Takeuchi Atsuya Yaguchi Mamoru Yoshikawa
==Tournament==
=== Tournament summary ===
Rank	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	GF	GA	Points
1 	 	 	1-1 	4-1 	4-1 	11-0 	21-0 	5 	4 	1 	0 	41	3 	9
2 	 	1-1 	 	1-1 	3-0 	5-0 	10-0 	5 	3 	2 	0 	20	2 	8
3 	 	1-4 	1-1 	 	4-1 	2-0 	15-0 	5 	3 	1 	1 	23	6 	7
4 	 	1-4 	0-3 	1-4 	 	5-1 	8-1 	5 	2 	0 	3 	15	13	4
5 	 	0-11 	0-5 	0-2 	1-5 	 	3-0 	5 	1 	0 	4 	4 	23	2
6 	 	0-21 	0-10 	0-15 	1-8 	0-3 	 	5 	0 	0 	5 	1 	57	0
 11 - 1 
* ( SWE: Jan Edbom 5, Göran Karlsson 2, Leif Wahlstedt 2, Mats Nyman 1, Jens Kask 1 USA: Wayne C Lindsey 1 )
 15 - 0 
* ( NOR: Atle Haglund 5, Rolf Einar Pedersen 3, Eskil Hagen 1, Kjetl Korbu Nielsen 1, Helge Björnstad 1, Rolf Öjen 1, Morten Syversen 1 )
 21 - 0 
* ( SWE: Jan Edbom 8, Mats Nyman 4, Göran Karlsson 4, Jens Kask 3, Bengt-Gösta Johansson 2 )
 0 - 5 
* ( CAN: John May 2, Dean Mellway 2, Lou Mulvihill 1 )
 11 - 0 
* ( NOR: Helge Björnstad 4, Eskil Hagen 2, Rolf Einar Pedersen 2, Atle Haglund 1, Erik Sandbraaten 1, Morten Syversen 1 )
 4 - 1 
* ( SWE: Mats Nyman 3, Jan Edbom 1 EST: Viktor Karlenko 1 )
 4 - 1 
* ( NOR: Helge Björnstad 3, Eskil Hagen 1 EST: Viktor Artemjev 1 )
 10 - 0 
* ( CAN: Dean Mellway 3, Dave Earner 2, Pat Griffin 1, Jean Labonté 1, Angelo Gavilluci 1, John May 1 )
 1 - 1 
* ( CAN: Lou Mulvihill 1 NOR: Helge Björnstad 1 )
 8 - 1 
* ( EST: Jün Tammleht 3, Kaido Kalm 2, Viktor Karlenko 2, Viktor Artemjev 1 JPN: Mamoru Yoshikawa 1 )
 0 - 3 
* ( USA: Wayne Chuck Lindsey 1, Thomas F Mc Nally 1, Joseph M Wilson 1 )
 3 - 0 
* ( CAN: Dean Mellway 2, Jean Labonté 1 )
 4 - 1 
* ( SWE: Jan Edbom 2, Mats Nyman 1, Jens Kask 1 NOR: Kjetil Korbu Nielsen 1 )
 5 - 1 
* ( EST: Jüri Tammeleht 2, Kaido Kalm 1, Leonid Zubov 1, Viktor Karlenko 1 USA: William Michael Kult 1 )
 1 - 1 
* ( SWE: Jocke Larsson 1 CAN: Dean Mellway 1 )
== Semifinals == 
 7 - 1 
* ( SWE: Jens Kask 3, Jan Edbom 2, Bengt-Gösta Johansson 1, Jock Larsson 1 EST: Viktor Karlenko 1 )
 2 - 1 
* ( NOR: Eskil Hagen 2 CAN: Dean Mellway 1 )
== 3rd Place Match ==
 3 - 1 
* (CAN: Lou Mulvihill 1, Dean Mellway 1, Pat Griffin 1 EST: Jüri Tammleht 1 )
==Final==
 3 - 2 
* (SWE: Jan Edbom 2, Göran Karlsson 1 NOR: Atle Haglund 1, Eskil Hagen 1 )
==1996 World All Star Team==
* Manuel Guerra Jr. (mv)- all-star goaltender 
* Eskil Hagen 
* Helge Björnstad 
* Jan Edbom 
* Pat Griffin 
* Jüri Tammleht
==See also==
* Ice sledge hockey
* Ice hockey#Sledge hockey
* Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
* 2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
* 2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
* 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
==External links==
* Results (Swedish)
IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
Category:World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Sweden
Category:1995–96 in Swedish ice hockey