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
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Playoff round
Source: IPC
Seventh place match
Quarterfinals
Fifth place match
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Final
Final ranking and statistics
Final ranking
Pos = Final position; Grp = Group
Source: IPC
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals, then by fewest games played.
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.
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 Source:
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 Source:
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 Source:
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 Source:
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 Source: