World Para Ice Hockey Championships

The World Para Ice Hockey Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, are the world championships for sledge hockey. They are organised by the International Paralympic Committee through its World Para Ice Hockey subcommittee.

World Para Ice Hockey Championships

Sport	Para ice hockey
Founded	1996
Country	IPC members
Continent	IPC (International)
Most recent champion(s)	United States (7th title)
Most titles	United States (7 titles)

The first sanctioned World Para Ice Hockey Championships were held in Nynäshamn, Sweden in 1996.^[1]

On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, adopted the "World Para" branding across all of those sports. At the same time, it changed the official name of the sport from "sledge hockey" to "Para Ice hockey". The name of the world championships was immediately changed to "World Para Ice Hockey Championships" (WPIHC).^[2]

Pool A

Results

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1996	Nynäshamn	Sweden	3–2	Norway	Canada	3–1	Estonia
2000	West Valley City	Canada	2–1	Norway	Sweden	5–1	Japan
2004	Örnsköldsvik	Norway	2–1	United States	Sweden	3–0	Canada
2008	Marlborough	Canada	3–2	Norway	United States	3–1	Japan
2009	Ostrava	United States	1–0	Norway	Canada	2–0	Japan
2012	Hamar	United States	5–1	South Korea	Canada	2–0	Czech Republic
2013	Goyang	Canada	1–0	United States	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic
2015	Buffalo	United States	3–0	Canada	Russia	2–1 OT	Norway
2017	Gangneung	Canada	4–1	United States	South Korea	3–1	Norway
2019	Ostrava	United States	3–2 OT	Canada	South Korea	4–1	Czech Republic
2021	Ostrava	United States	5–1	Canada	RPC	7–0	South Korea
2023	Moose Jaw	United States	6–1	Canada	Czechia	3–2	China
2024	Calgary[3]	Canada	2–1	United States	Czechia	3–2	China
2025	Buffalo	United States	6–1	Canada	Czechia	2–1 OT	China

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	7	4	1	12
2	Canada (CAN)	5	5	3	13
3	Norway (NOR)	1	4	0	5
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	2	3
5	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	2	3
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	3	3
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	3	3
Totals (7 entries)		14	14	14	42

Participating nations

Team

1996

2000

2004

2008

2009

2012

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2024

2025

Total

Canada

3rd

1st

4th

1st

3rd

3rd

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

2nd

2nd

1st

2nd

14

China

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4th

4th

4th

3

Czechia

–

–

–

–

5th

4th

4th

7th

–

4th

5th

3rd

3rd

3rd

9

Estonia

4th

5th

8th

–

–

8th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

Germany

–

–

7th

5th

8th

–

–

6th

7th

–

–

8th

–

5th

7

Great Britain

–

–

5th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Italy

–

–

–

6th

6th

6th

5th

5th

5th

6th

7th

6th

7th

–

10

Japan

6th

4th

6th

4th

4th

7th

–

8th

–

8th

–

–

8th

–

9

Norway

2nd

2nd

1st

2nd

2nd

5th

6th

4th

4th

5th

6th

7th

–

8th

13

Russia

–

–

–

–

–

–

3rd

3rd

–

–

3rd

–

–

–

3

Slovakia

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

8th

–

6th

6th

3

South Korea

–

–

–

7th

7th

2nd

7th

–

3rd

3rd

4th

5th

5th

7th

10

Sweden

1st

3rd

3rd

–

–

–

8th

–

6th

7th

–

–

–

–

6

United States

5th

6th

2nd

3rd

1st

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

1st

1st

1st

2nd

1st

14

Pool B

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2008	Marlborough	South Korea	2–0	Czech Republic	Estonia	8–2	Poland
2009	Eindhoven	Estonia	1–0	Sweden	Poland	5–1	Great Britain
2012	Novi Sad	Russia	1–0	Sweden	Germany	8–1	Poland
2013	Nagano	Germany	3–2	Japan	Great Britain	3–2	Estonia
2015	Östersund	South Korea	Robin round	Sweden	Slovakia	Robin round	Poland
2016	Tomakomai	Czech Republic	6–0	Japan	Slovakia	5–1	Great Britain
2019	Berlin	Russia	Robin round	Slovakia	China	Robin round	Germany
2021	Östersund	China	Robin round	Germany	Sweden	Robin round	Japan
2023	Astana	Japan	Robin round	Slovakia	Sweden	Robin round	Kazakhstan
2024	Skien	Norway	Robin round	Germany	Sweden	Robin round	Kazakhstan
2025	Astana		Robin round			Robin round

Participating nations

Team

2008

2009

2012

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2024

2025

Total

Austria

–

–

6th

–

6th

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

China

–

–

–

–

–

–

3rd

1st

–

–

–

2

Czech Republic

2nd

–

–

–

–

1st

–

–

–

–

–

2

Estonia

3rd

1st

–

4th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

Finland

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5th

6th

–

Q

3

France

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5th

Q

2

Germany

–

–

3rd

1st

–

–

4th

2nd

–

2nd

–

5

Great Britain

–

4th

–

3rd

5th

4th

6th

–

5th

6th

–

7

Italy

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Q

1

Japan

–

–

–

2nd

–

2nd

–

4th

1st

–

Q

5

Kazakhstan

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4th

4th

Q

3

Netherlands

–

5th

5th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

Norway

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1st

–

1

Poland

4th

3rd

4th

6th

4th

–

5th

6th

–

–

–

7

Russia

–

–

1st

–

–

–

1st

–

–

–

–

2

Slovakia

–

–

–

5th

3rd

3rd

2nd

–

2nd

–

–

5

South Korea

1st

–

–

–

1st

2nd

–

–

–

–

–

3

Sweden

–

2nd

2nd

–

2nd

–

–

3rd

3rd

3rd

Q

7

Pool C

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Novi Sad	Austria	Finland	Belgium/Netherlands
2018	Vierumäki	China	Finland	Australia
2022	Bangkok	Great Britain	Kazakhstan	France
2024	Bangkok	Finland	Thailand	Austria

Participating nations

Team	2016	2018	2022	2024	Total
Austria	1st	–	4th	3rd	3
Finland	2nd	2nd	-	1st	3
Benelux	3rd	–	-	–	1
Serbia	4th	-	-	-	1
China	–	1st	-	–	1
Australia	–	3rd	-	4th	1
Great Britain	–	-	1st	–	1
Kazakhstan	–	-	2nd	–	1
France	–	-	3rd	–	1
Thailand	–	-	5th	2nd	2

See also

• Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics
• IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships
• Ice Hockey World Championships
• Women's World Challenge
• Women's World Para Ice Hockey World Championships