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
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.
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
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
2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (B Tournament)
Czech Republic
United States (1st title)
Norway
Canada
Japan
