2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (B Tournament)
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	Eindhoven
Dates	15–21 March 2009
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Estonia (1st title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Poland
	← 2008 2012 →

2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (A Tournament)
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	SAREZ winter stadium, Ostrava
Dates	9–16 May 2009
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Japan
Website	Sledge2009.cz
	← 2008 2012 →

The 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was the fifth IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships that 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.

A Tournament[edit]

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[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th
United States Mike Blabac Steve Cash Jimmy Connelly Mike Hallman [no] Lonnie Hannah Chris Manns Kip St. Germaine Brad Emmerson Taylor Chace Tim Jones Taylor Lipsett Adam Page Greg Shaw Bubba Torres Andy Yohe	Norway Kissinger Deng Roger Johansen Eskil Hagen Tommy Rovelstad Stig Tore Svee Ole Bjarte Austvoll [no] Audun Bakke [no] Helge Bjørnstad Loyd Remi Johansen Knut Andre Nordstoga [no] Rolf Einar Pedersen Kjell Vidar Røyne [no] Trygve Larsen [no] Morten Værnes	Canada Paul Rosen Benoit St-Amand Adam Dixon Raymond Grassi Jean Labonté Mark Noot Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Matthew Cook Marc Dorion Hévre Lord Shawn Matheson Graeme Murray Todd Nicholson Greg Westlake	Japan Shinobu Fukushima Mitsuru Nagase Takayuki Endo Naohiko Ishida Eiji Misawa Satoru Sudo Mikio Annaka Noritaka Ito Makoto Majima Toshiyuki Nakamura Kazuhiro Takahashi Daisuke Uehara Atsuya Yaguchi Mamoru Yoshikawa

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