2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Dates	19−26 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	RPC
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	128 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	11,354 (568 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nikolay Terentyev (17 points)
MVP	Brody Roybal
Website	www.paralympic.org/ostrava-2021
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The 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships was the 11th edition of the World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) held in 2021.

The main event (Tournament A) was hosted by Ostrava, Czech Republic from 19 to 26 June 2021. It was the third time Ostrava hosted the Championships, previously hosting in 2019 and 2009.

Format

In Tournament A the contestants are 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.

Tournament A

Venue

Ostrava	Ostrava
Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 10,004

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	20	1	+19	9	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	13	2	+11	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	0	2	2	16	−14	3	Quarterfinals
4	Czech Republic (H)	3	0	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

19 June 2021 12:00

South Korea

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,858

19 June 2021 15:00

United States

1–2 (0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 489

20 June 2021 11:15

Canada

8–0 (3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

South Korea

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 187

20 June 2021 14:30

Czech Republic

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 2,077

22 June 2021 14:15

Canada

10–0 (4–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,675

22 June 2021 20:45

United States

8–0 (3–0, 4–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 157

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RPC	3	3	0	0	0	34	1	+33	9	Quarterfinals
2	Norway	3	1	1	0	1	8	23	−15	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	5	11	−6	3	Seventh place game
4	Italy	3	0	0	1	2	4	16	−12	1

19 June 2021 18:10

Norway

4–3 GWS (2–0, 0–0, 1–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Italy

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 389

19 June 2021 21:15

RPC

7–0 (3–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 196

Game reference
	Andrei Kasatkin Evgenii Plotnikov	Goalies	Eduard Lepáček	Referee: Owe Luthcke Linesmen: Marius Hermansen Oswold Andeas Lundén
	Petrov (PP) – 01:56 1–0 Terentyev (Shikhov, Sokolov) – 08:14 2–0 Khamzin (Terentyev, Volkov) – 13:14 3–0 Khamzin (Petrov, Galkin) (PP) – 18:36 4–0 Kuznetsov (Lisov) – 26:21 5–0 Petrov (Khamzin, Lisov) (PP) – 29:19 6–0 Popov (Rychkov) – 39:59 7–0
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	0

20 June 2021 17:30

Italy

0–9 (0–5, 0–1, 0–3)

RPC

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 164

Game reference
	Julian Kasslatter Gabriele Araudo	Goalies	Andrei Kasatkin Evgenii Plotnikov	Referee: Martin Rapák Linesmen: Marius Hermansen Oswold Andeas Lundén
	0–1 02:22 – Miachin (Shikhov) 0–2 03:13 – Lisov (Petrov, Galkin) 0–3 09:12 – Terentyev (Volkov) (PP) 0–4 09:42 – Khamzin (Petrov, Galkin) 0–5 13:27 – Rychkov (Galkin) 0–6 28:22 – Petrov (Khamzin, Galkin) 0–7 32:25 – Terentyev (Shikhov, Sokolov) 0–8 32:55 – Petrov (Lisov, Khamzin) 0–9 34:26 – Terentyev (Shikhov, Sokolov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	6	Shots	31

20 June 2021 21:00

Slovakia

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Norway

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 158

22 June 2021 10:30

Norway

1–18 (1–8, 0–0, 0–10)

RPC

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 387

Game reference
	Emanuel Lunde	Goalies	Andrei Kasatkin Evgenii Plotnikov	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Tibor Fazekaš Tony Rundström
	0–1 01:06 – Shikhov (Terentyev, Sokolov) 0–2 02:30 – Shikhov (Miachin, Terentyev) (PP) 0–3 03:05 – Lisov (Petrov) 0–4 05:34 – Galkin (Lisov) 0–5 09:10 – Khamzin (Kuznetsov) 0–6 09:57 – Terentyev (Volkov, Shikhov) Nordstoga – 10:29 1–6 1–7 11:16 – Miachin (Rychkov) 1–8 12:16 – Lisov 1–9 31:42 – Shikhov (Sokolov, Terentyev) 1–10 32:27 – Rychkov 1–11 33:06 – Rychkov (Barykin, Popov) 1–12 34:18 – Petrov (Galkin) 1–13 34:57 – Terentyev 1–14 36:56 – Petrov (Lisov) 1–15 37:45 – Miachin (Shikhov, Sokolov) 1–16 38:15 – Rychkov (Popov) 1–17 40:07 – Petrov (Shikhov) 1–18 41:49 – Terentyev (Popov, Sokolov)
	8 min	Penalties	0 min
	2	Shots	38

22 June 2021 17:30

Italy

1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 134

Playoff round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	23 June
	RPC	7
					25 June
	Czech Republic	0
					RPC	1
					Canada	2
									27 June
									Canada	1
									United States	5
					25 June
					United States	9
	23 June
					South Korea	0			Third place
	Norway	1
									26 June
	South Korea (OT)	2
									RPC	7
									South Korea	0

Quarterfinals

23 June 2021 14:15

RPC

7–0 (4–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 879

Game reference
	Andrei Kasatkin	Goalies	Martin Kudela	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković Tony Rundström
	Shikhov (Terentyev) (PP) – 06:03 1–0 Sokolov (Shikhov, Terentyev) – 07:34 2–0 Terentyev (Shikhov) (SH) – 09:40 3–0 Lisov (Khamzin) – 10:42 4–0 Galkin (Petrov) (PP) – 26:50 5–0 Khamzin (Lisov, Petrov) – 29:45 6–0 Shikhov – 44:38 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	5

23 June 2021 17:30

Norway

1–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

South Korea

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 139

Semifinals

25 June 2021 13:45

United States

9–0 (3–0, 2–0, 4–0)

South Korea

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 120

25 June 2021 17:00

RPC

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 293

Game reference
	Andrei Kasatkin	Goalies	Dominic Larocque	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Marius Hermansen Oswold Jan Vaněk
	0–1 02:49 – Hickey (SH) 0–2 19:45 – McGregor (Bridges, Hickey) (PP) Miachin (Terentyev, Volkov) (PP) – 24:43 1–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	7	Shots	13

Seventh place game

23 June 2021 20:45

Slovakia

0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Italy

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 92

Fifth place game

25 June 2021 20:30

Norway

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,234

Bronze medal game

26 June 2021 17:45

RPC

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

South Korea

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 158

Game reference
	Andrei Kasatkin	Goalies	Yu Man-gyun Choi Hyuk-jun	Referee: Bobby Esposito Linesmen: Marius Hermansen Oswold Jan Vaněk
	Lisov – 05:40 1–0 Lisov (Galkin) – 08:15 2–0 Lisov (Petrov, Khamzin) – 17:14 3–0 Rychkov (Maletskiy) – 26:51 4–0 Sokolov (Kuznetsov, Terentyev) – 29:58 5–0 Lisov (Petrov) (SH) – 41:01 6–0 Terentyev (Sokolov) – 43:21 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	11

Final

26 June 2021 21:00

Canada

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 568

Game reference
	Dominic Larocque	Goalies	Steve Cash	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Andreas Lundén Tony Rundström
	0–1 07:28 – Farmer (Wallace, Pauls) (PP) 0–2 10:33 – Dodson (Eustace, Roybal) Bridges (Westlake, McGregor) (PP) – 13:54 1–2 1–3 19:20 – Pauls (Wallace, Farmer) (PP2) 1–4 28:56 – Farmer (Wallace) 1–5 38:27 – Eustace (Dodson, Roybal)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	1	Shots	39

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	5	4	0	0	1	27	3	+24	12	Champions
2	A	Canada	5	4	0	0	1	23	7	+16	12	Runners-up
3	B	RPC	6	5	0	0	1	49	3	+46	15	Third place
4	A	South Korea	6	1	1	0	4	4	33	−29	5	Fourth place
5	A	Czech Republic (H)	5	1	0	0	4	2	24	−22	3	Fifth place game
6	B	Norway	5	1	1	1	2	10	27	−17	6
7	B	Italy	4	1	0	1	2	8	16	−8	4	Relegated to Tournament B
8	B	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	5	15	−10	3

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Dominic Larocque
  • Best Defenceman: Liam Hickey
  • Best Forward: Brody Roybal

Source: IPC

• MVP: Brody Roybal

Source: IPC

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Nikolay Terentyev	6	9	8	17	+14	4	F
Evgeny Petrov	6	7	8	15	+19	10	F
Dmitry Lisov	6	8	6	14	+19	0	F
Konstantin Shikhov	6	5	9	14	+14	2	F
Airat Khamzin	6	5	7	12	+16	4	F
Tyler McGregor	5	8	3	11	+8	2	F
Brody Roybal	5	7	4	11	+13	0	F
Dmitrii Galkin	6	2	9	11	+21	0	D
Liam Hickey	5	3	7	10	+12	4	D
Josh Pauls	5	3	7	10	+15	2	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IPC

Leading goaltenders

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Andrei Kasatkin	219:55	3	0.61	34	91.18	2
Dominic Larocque	157:56	7	1.99	63	88.89	0
Martin Kudela	90:00	11	5.50	75	85.33	0
Gabriele Araudo	75:00	4	2.40	27	85.19	1
Eduard Lepáček	179:07	15	3.77	90	83.33	0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IPC

Tournament B

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	China	5	5	0	0	0	61	2	+59	15	Advanced to Tournament A
2	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	39	12	+27	12
3	Sweden (H)	5	2	1	0	2	15	10	+5	8
4	Japan	5	2	0	1	2	19	24	−5	7
5	Finland	5	1	0	0	4	3	40	−37	3
6	Poland	5	0	0	0	5	1	50	−49	0	Relegated to Tournament C

All times are local (UTC+2).

17 September 2021 10:00

Poland

0–18 (0–6, 0–6, 0–6)

China

Östersund Arena, Östersund

17 September 2021 13:30

Germany

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Japan

Östersund Arena, Östersund

17 September 2021 17:00

Finland

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 150

18 September 2021 10:00

Japan

10–0 (2–0, 1–0, 7–0)

Poland

Östersund Arena, Östersund

18 September 2021 13:30

China

12–0 (9–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 30

18 September 2021 17:00

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0)

Germany

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 100

19 September 2021 10:00

Japan

0–15 (0–7, 0–4, 0–4)

China

Östersund Arena, Östersund

19 September 2021 13:30

Finland

1–13 (0–4, 0–6, 1–3)

Germany

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 20

19 September 2021 17:00

Sweden

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Poland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 20

21 September 2021 10:00

Germany

14–0 (6–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Poland

Östersund Arena, Östersund

21 September 2021 13:30

Japan

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Finland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 30

21 September 2021 17:00

China

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 90

22 September 2021 10:00

Poland

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Finland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 20

22 September 2021 13:30

China

10–2 (7–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Germany

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 20

22 September 2021 17:00

Sweden

2–1 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Japan

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 100