The 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was the fourth IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships held between March 29, 2008, and April 5, 2008, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States, at the New England Sports Center. Organized by Massachusetts Hockey in co-operation with US Paralympics, around 200 athletes from ten countries participated in the 10-team round robin tournament which featured two divisions: six teams in group A and four teams in group B.
A Tournament The A Tournament was held between Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United States, all teams which had competed at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games and which were then-ranked as the world's best sledge hockey teams.
Final rankings Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th
Preliminary round
Standings
Rk.TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGADIFPIMSHOTSSVPTS 155000285+23 75 123 61 10 254001169+7 56 92 69 8 353002168+8 66 68 66 6 4520031015-5 48 81 65 4 550104528-23 64 38 96 2 650014919-10 141 108 64 0 PIM, SHOTS and SV counted in 6 games
Schedule All times are local (UTC-5)
Final round 5th place playoff
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
B Tournament The B Tournament was held between Czech Republic, Estonia, South Korea and Poland, the second tier elite teams all vying for a position in the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A Tournament.
Final rankings Rank Nation Roster 1 Cho Byeong-seok, Cho Young-jae, Choi Hyuk-jun, Han Min-su, Hong Jae-wa, Jang Jong-ho, Jung Hee-chul, Jung Seung-hwan, Jung Young-hoon, Lee Hae-man, Lee Jong-kyung, Lee Yong-min, Park Sang-hyun, Park Woo-chul, Sa Seong-keun. 2 Jiří Berger C, Erik Fojtík A, Michal Geier, Zdeněk Hábl, Miroslav Hrbek, Daniel Kalina, Zdeněk Klíma, Martin Kovář, Zdeněk Krupička, Pavel Kubeš, Tomáš Kvoch, Jan Matoušek, Michal Vápenka. 3 Aare Aasamets, Tarmo Eerma, Valeri Falkenberg, Aleksander Jarlõkov, Kaido Kalm C, Tarmo Kolk, Ivar Liiv, Arvi Piirioja, Andrei Sokolov, Imre Tiitsu, Alar Õige. 4 Łukasz Ciuła, Sylwester Czyż, Jarosław Czyżewski, Sylwester Flis, Rafał Fusiek, Marcin Hebda, Zbigniew Kempiński, Jacek Kozłowski, Jan Maliszak, Andrzej Młynarczyk, Jacek Sapela, Jan Skapowicz, Michał Suliga, Arkadiusz Zoga, Piotr Truszkowski, Krzysztof Wojtaszek, Tomasz Woźny.
Preliminary round
Standings
Rk.TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGADIFPIMSHOTSSVPTS 133000144+10221846 232001113+8241794 33100296+34010152 430003122-21165100
Schedule All times are local (UTC-5)
Final round 9th place playoff
7th place playoff
See also Ice sledge hockey Ice hockey#Sledge hockey Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics 2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
External links Official Page Game stats Best Scenes of Ice Sledge Hockey Championships Available on PSTV Highlights on the new Paralympicsport TV Paralympic.org Press Releases - Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Marlborough Vancouver 2010 - World Championship Ice Sledge Hockey New England Sports Center