| Sport | Para ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Country | IPC members |
| Continent | IPC (International) |
| Most recent champion |  United States (7th title) |
| Most titles | United States (7 titles) |
TheWorld Para Ice Hockey Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as theIPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, are the world championships forsledge hockey. They are organised by theInternational Paralympic Committee through its World Para Ice Hockey subcommittee.[citation needed]
The first sanctioned World Para Ice Hockey Championships were held in Nynäshamn, Sweden in 1996.[1]
On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, adopted the "World Para" branding across all of those sports. At the same time, it changed the official name of the sport from "sledge hockey" to "Para Ice hockey". The name of the world championships was immediately changed to "World Para Ice Hockey Championships" (WPIHC).[2]
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 1996 |  Nynäshamn | Sweden | 3–2 |  Norway |  Canada | 3–1 |  Estonia |
| 2000 | West Valley City | Canada | 2–1 | Norway | Sweden | 5–1 |  Japan |
| 2004 | Örnsköldsvik | Norway | 2–1 | United States | Sweden | 3–0 | Canada |
| 2008 | Marlborough | Canada | 3–2 | Norway | United States | 3–1 | Japan |
| 2009 |  Ostrava | United States | 1–0 | Norway | Canada | 2–0 | Japan |
| 2012 | Hamar | United States | 5–1 |  South Korea | Canada | 2–0 | Czech Republic |
| 2013 | Goyang | Canada | 1–0 | United States |  Russia | 3–0 | Czech Republic |
| 2015 | Buffalo | United States | 3–0 | Canada | Russia | 2–1 OT | Norway |
| 2017 | Gangneung | Canada | 4–1 | United States | South Korea | 3–1 | Norway |
| 2019 | Ostrava | United States | 3–2 OT | Canada | South Korea | 4–1 | Czech Republic |
| 2021 | Ostrava | United States | 5–1 | Canada | RPC | 7–0 | South Korea |
| 2023 | Moose Jaw | United States | 6–1 | Canada | Czechia | 3–2 |  China |
| 2024 | Calgary[3] | Canada | 2–1 | United States | Czechia | 3–2 | China |
| 2025 | Buffalo | United States | 6–1 | Canada | Czechia | 2–1 OT | China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
| Team | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2009 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| Canada | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 14 |
| China | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3 |
| Czechia | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | 7th | – | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 9 |
| Estonia | 4th | 5th | 8th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Germany | – | – | 7th | 5th | 8th | – | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | 5th | 7 |
 Great Britain | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Italy | – | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7th | – | 10 |
| Japan | 6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | – | 8th | – | 8th | – | – | 8th | – | 9 |
| Norway | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | – | 8th | 13 |
| Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | 3 |
 Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | 6th | 3 |
| South Korea | – | – | – | – | 7th | 2nd | 7th | – | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 9 |
| Sweden | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| United States | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 14 |
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 2008 | Marlborough | South Korea | 2–0 | Czech Republic | Estonia | 8–2 |  Poland |
| 2009 |  Eindhoven | Estonia | 1–0 | Sweden | Poland | 5–1 | Great Britain |
| 2012 |  Novi Sad | Russia | 1–0 | Sweden | Germany | 8–1 | Poland |
| 2013 | Nagano | Germany | 3–2 | Japan | Great Britain | 3–2 | Estonia |
| 2015 | Östersund | South Korea | Robin round | Sweden | Slovakia | Robin round | Poland |
| 2016 | Tomakomai | Czech Republic | 6–0 | Japan | Slovakia | 5–1 | Great Britain |
| 2019 | Berlin | Russia | Robin round | Slovakia | China | Robin round | Germany |
| 2021 | Östersund | China | Robin round | Germany | Sweden | Robin round | Japan |
| 2023 |  Astana | Japan | Robin round | Slovakia | Sweden | Robin round | Kazakhstan |
| 2024 | Skien | Norway | Robin round | Germany | Sweden | Robin round | Kazakhstan |
| 2025 | Astana | Robin round | Robin round | ||||
| Team | 2008 | 2009 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
 Austria | – | – | 6th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| China | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Estonia | 3rd | 1st | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
 Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 6th | – | Q | 3 |
 France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | Q | 2 |
| Germany | – | – | 3rd | 1st | – | – | 4th | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | 5 |
| Great Britain | – | 4th | – | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | – | 5th | 6th | – | 7 |
| Italy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
| Japan | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | 4th | 1st | – | Q | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | Q | 3 |
| Netherlands | – | 5th | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Norway | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1 |
| Poland | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 4th | – | 5th | 6th | – | – | – | 7 |
| Russia | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | – | 5 |
| South Korea | 1st | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Sweden | – | 2nd | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 7 |
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Novi Sad | Austria | Finland |  Belgium/Netherlands |
| 2018 | Vierumäki | China | Finland |  Australia |
| 2022 |  Bangkok | Great Britain | Kazakhstan | France |
| 2024 | Bangkok | Finland | Thailand | Austria |
| Team | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
| Austria | 1st | – | 4th | 3rd | 3 |
| Finland | 2nd | 2nd | - | 1st | 3 |
| Benelux | 3rd | – | - | – | 1 |
| Serbia | 4th | - | - | - | 1 |
| China | – | 1st | - | – | 1 |
| Australia | – | 3rd | - | 4th | 1 |
| Great Britain | – | - | 1st | – | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | – | - | 2nd | – | 1 |
| France | – | - | 3rd | – | 1 |
| Thailand | – | - | 5th | 2nd | 2 |