2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
The 5th IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships took place in early 2009. The competition was divided into two tournaments, with Tournament B held from 15 to 21 March in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Tournament A held from 9 to 16 May in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. A total of thirteen teams participated; eight in Tournament A and five in Tournament B. The top six teams from Tournament A automatically qualified for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The remaining two teams from Tournament A and the top two teams from Tournament B will play in the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Paralympic Qualifier to determine who will take the remaining two Paralympic slots.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Czech Republic |
| Dates | 9–16 May 2009 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | SAREZ winter stadium, Ostrava |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  United States (1st title) |
Runner-up  |  Norway |
Third place  | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Fourth place |  Japan |
| Website | Sledge2009.cz |
← 2008 2012 → | |
A Tournament
The A Tournament was held between the eight top-ranked national teams. The tournament was further divided into two groups of four teams each. Group A included Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan. Group B included Italy, Norway, South Korea, and the United States.
Final rankings
| 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| Czech Republic Jan Matoušek Michal Vápenka Miroslav Hrbek Zdeněk Klíma Pavel Kubeš Tomáš Kvoch Jiří Berger Erik Fojtík Michal Geier Zdeněk Hábl Zdeněk Krupička David Palát Jiří Raul Zdeněk Šafránek |
 Italy Rupert Kanestrin Santino Stillitano Bruno Balossetti Gianluca Cavaliere Giuseppe Condello Valerio Corvino Ambrogio Magistrelli Giovanni Colaone Andrea Chiarotti Gregory Leperdi Florian Planker Gianluigi Rosa Werner Winkler |
 South Korea Choi Hyuk-jun Jung Young-hoon Hong Jae-hwa Lee Jong-kyung Han Min-su Lee Yong-min Cho Young-jae Cho Byeong-seok Kim Dea-jung Lee Hae-man Jang Jong-ho Park Sang-hyun Sa Seong-keun Jung Seung-hwan Park Woo-chul |
 Germany Rolf Rabe Lars Uhlemann Matthias Koch Marco Lars Robert Pabst Jörg Wedde Christoph Appelkamp Gerd Bleidorn Sebastien Disveld Torsten Ellmer Marc Müller Christian Pilz Frank Rennhack Udo Segreff Sven Stumpe |
B Tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Netherlands |
| Dates | 15–21 March 2009 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Venue(s) | Eindhoven |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Estonia (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Sweden |
| Third place |  Poland |
← 2008 2012 → | |
The B Tournament was held between five lower-ranked national teams: Estonia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden.
Standings
| Rank | Team | Games Played | Wins | Losses | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 |
| 2 | Estonia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 |
| 3 | Poland |
4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 |
| 4 |  United Kingdom |
4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 34 | -25 |
| 5 | Netherlands |
4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23 | -21 |
Schedule
| 15 March 2009 | United Kingdom | 8 – 2 | Netherlands | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 15 March 2009 | Sweden | 3 – 1 | Poland | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 16 March 2009 | Sweden | 3 – 1 | Estonia | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 16 March 2009 | Poland | 10 – 1 | United Kingdom | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 17 March 2009 | Estonia | 12 – 0 | United Kingdom | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 17 March 2009 | Poland | 5 – 0 | Netherlands | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 19 March 2009 | Sweden | 10 – 0 | United Kingdom | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 19 March 2009 | Estonia | 7 – 0 | Netherlands | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 20 March 2009 | Sweden | 3 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Netherlands | Eindhoven Icestadium |
| 20 March 2009 | Estonia | 3 – 2 | Poland | Eindhoven Icestadium |
Final round
- 3rd place playoff
| 21 March 2009 | Poland | 5 – 1 | United Kingdom | Eindhoven Icestadium |
- 1st place playoff
| 21 March 2009 | Estonia | 1 – 0 | Sweden | Eindhoven Icestadium |
See also
- it:Campionato del mondo di hockey su slittino - Gruppo B 2009 (in Italian) (B-Pool results)
References
- Sledge2009.cz (official website in English) at Archive.today (archived April 21, 2012)
- Estonia Wins World Championships B in Eindhoven at the Wayback Machine (archived April 29, 2009)