2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships

2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	27 April – 4 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place
Fourth place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance	64,748 (3,237 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Declan Farmer (14 points)
MVP
Website	ParaOstrava2019.cz
← 2017 2021 →

The 10th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) was held in 2019. The championships were divided into three tournaments.

The main event (Tournament A) was hosted by Ostrava, Czech Republic The first matches were played on April 27 and the championships concluded with the final game played on May 4.^[1][2] It was the second time Ostrava World Para Ice Hockey Championships, as Ostrava hosted the Championships 10 years ago in 2009. The tournament achieved record number of spectators, as their total number reached 65,000.^[3] It also broke record for single game as the semifinal of hosting team against United States and bronze medal match against South Korea saw 8,600 spectator each, both surpassing the record from 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.^[4][5]

Tournament B was held in Berlin, Germany from November 17 to 22.^[6][7]

Tournament C was held in Vierumäki, Finland, from November 6 to 8, 2018, with three teams competing: Australia, China, and Finland.^[8]

Format[]

In Tournament A the contestants were 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. Remaining two teams from Group B were relegated to B-Pool for the following championships.

Tournament B was played in a round-robin where every team played a match with every other team. The top two teams then advanced to A-Pool for championships in 2021 while the last team was relegated to 2020 C-Pool.^[6]

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	United States	3	3	0	0	0	17	1	+16	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	19	5	+14	6
3		3	1	0	0	2	3	10	−7	3	Quarterfinals
4	Norway	3	0	0	0	3	4	27	−23	0

27 April 2019 12:00

3–2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Norway

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Lee Jae-woong	Goalies		Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen: Matt Fergenbaum Tony Rundstrom
	0–1 05:18 – (Værnes) Cho BS (Jung SH, Lee JK) (PP) – 10:43 1–1 Lee JK (Cho BS, Jang DS) – 12:39 2–1 2–2 18:11 – Bakke (, ) Choi SW (Lee JS) – 21:32 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	7

27 April 2019 18:30

Canada

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

United States

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 2,149

Game reference
	Dominic Larocque	Goalies	Steve Cash	Referee: Owe Luthcke Linesmen: Andreas Lunden Leon Wesley
	Westlake () – 16:59 1–0 1–1 Farmer (SH) – 19:06 1–2 Grove (Douglas) – 21:11 1–3 Farmer (ENG) – 44:55
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	14

28 April 2019 13:00

Norway

2–14 (0–6, 1–7, 1–1)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 756

Game reference
	(15:00)	Goalies	Corbin Watson	Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Jan Vaněk
	0–1 02:57 – (Smith, Hickey) 0–2 05:22 – Westlake (, McGregor) 0–3 06:46 – Bridges (Armstrong, Cozzolino) 0–4 10:50 – Cozzolino (Armstrong) 0–5 11:36 – Lehoux (Henry) 0–6 12:17 – McGregor (Westlake) 0–7 19:07 – Hickey (Bridges) 0–8 19:30 – Hickey (McGregor, Lavin) (PP) 0–9 21:17 – Bridges (Cozzolino) (Loyd Remi Solberg) – 22:52 1–9 1–10 23:47 – (Armstrong, Bridges) 1–11 23:59 – McGregor (Hickey) 1–12 25:46 – Bridges (Gemmell) 1–13 27:54 – McGregor (Lavin) (Værnes, ) (PP) – 30:56 2–13 2–14 42:38 – Lavin (McGregor, Hickey) (EA)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	8	Shots	25

28 April 2019 16:30

United States

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,513

Game reference
		Goalies	Yu Man-gyun	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Li Lintai Andreas Lunden
	Wallace (Pauls) (PP) – 03:30 1–0 Roybal (Farmer) (SH) – 11:27 2–0 Farmer (Pauls, Roybal) (SH) – 21:05 3–0 Grove (Pauls, Douglas) – 34:39 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	3

30 April 2019 13:00

Canada

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,514

Game reference
	Dominic Larocque	Goalies	Lee Jae-woong	Referee: Andrew Bethmann Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Jan Vaněk
	McGregor (Larocque) – 05:50 1–0 (Westlake) – 13:56 2–0 Hickey (Armstrong) (SH) – 21:43 3–0 Westlake (McGregor) (PP) – 34:16 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	1

30 April 2019 16:30

United States

10–0 (5–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Norway

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,638

Game reference
	Steve Cash (30:00)	Goalies		Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Matt Fergenbaum Andreas Lunden
	Douglas – 00:21 1–0 Pauls – 04:23 2–0 Wallace (Roybal, ) – 06:07 3–0 Roman (McDermott, DeQuebec) – 12:12 4–0 Farmer (PP) – 13:47 5–0 Roman (McDermott, DeQuebec) – 15:14 6–0 Grove (Douglas, Farmer) – 21:02 7–0 Roybal (Wallace, McKee) – 21:36 8–0 McDermott (Roman) – 21:58 9–0 (Farmer) – 35:32 10–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	4

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(H)	3	3	0	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Quarterfinals
2		3	2	0	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3		3	0	1	0	2	3	11	−8	2	Relegated to 2021 B-Pool
4		3	0	0	1	2	2	15	−13	1

27 April 2019 9:00

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Gabriele Araudo	Goalies		Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Lari Nittyla Jan Vaněk
	– 14:46 1–0 () – 20:33 2–0 Andreoni (, ) – 24:12 3–0 (Depaoli) – 35:54 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	8

27 April 2019 15:00

8–0 (2–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,224

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		Goalies	Shinobu Fukushima	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Li Lintai
	() – 02:52 1–0 () – 10:52 2–0 Hábl (, ) – 15:14 3–0 Geier () (PP) – 21:45 4–0 Kubeš (Hábl) – 30:20 5–0 Šafránek – 30:42 6–0 Hábl – 32:38 7–0 Kubeš (Hábl) – 41:02 8–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	11

28 April 2019 9:30

1–5 (0–2, 1–0, 0–3)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 198

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	Shinobu Fukushima	Goalies	Gabriele Araudo	Referee: Andrew Bethmann Linesmen: Tony Rundstrom Leon Wesley
	0–1 01:00 – Planker (, ) 0–2 14:38 – (Planker) – 26:03 1–2 1–3 34:16 – 1–4 41:22 – Larch (, ) 1–5 43:00 –
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	25

28 April 2019 20:00

1–6 (1–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,895

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		Goalies		Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen: Matt Fergenbaum Lari Nittyla
	0–1 01:34 – () 0–2 04:03 – () Ingvarsson () (PP) – 10:41 1–2 1–3 14:13 – (Geier, Hábl) 1–4 19:11 – () 1–5 39:27 – Hábl (Kvoch) 1–6 40:49 – Geier (Hábl) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	3	Shots	24

30 April 2019 9:30

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

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 2,357

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		Goalies	Shinobu Fukushima	Referee: Owe Luthcke Linesmen: Li Lintai Leon Wesley
	0–1 25:04 – Yoshikawa () () – 37:22 1–1 (GWG) – 50:00 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	7	Shots	31

30 April 2019 20:00

0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,700

Game reference
	Gabriele Araudo (30:00)	Goalies		Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Lari Nittyla Tony Rundstrom
	0–1 04:51 – (, ) (SH) 0–2 06:14 – Geier () (SH) 0–3 13:01 – Geier (, ) (PP) 0–4 15:55 – Raul () (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	11	Shots	15

Playoff round[]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						A1	United States	10
	A4	Norway	0					2
	B1		5									United States (OT)	3
												Canada	2
						A2	Canada	10
	A3		6					0
	B2		3

	7th place match					5th place match					Bronze medal match
	A4		3				Norway (OT)	1					4
	A3	(OT)	4					0					1

Source: IPC

Seventh place match[]

1 May 2019 13:00

3–4 OT (0–0, 1–1, 2–2) (OT: 0–1)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 243

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	Shinobu Fukushima	Goalies		Referee: Andrew Bethmann Linesmen: Matt Fergenbaum Li Lintai
	0–1 19:09 – () (PP) () – 29:01 1–1 () – 32:16 2–1 2–2 32:52 – Ingvarsson (Rakos) 2–3 35:05 – Ingvarsson () (PP) () (PP) – 39:07 3–3 3–4 45:20 – Ingvarsson (Nilsson, Rakos)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	6

Quarterfinals[]

1 May 2019 16:30

6–3 (2–0, 2–2, 2–1)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,874

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	Lee Jae-woong	Goalies	Gabriele Araudo (19:17)	Referee: Owe Luthcke Linesmen: Andreas Lunden Leon Wesley
	Cho BS (Choi KH) (PP) – 03:13 1–0 Jang JH (Cho YJ, Lee JS) (PP) – 06:08 2–0 2–1 16:42 – (Cho YJ, Jang JH) (PP2) – 19:05 3–1 Cho BS (Jang DS) (PP) – 19:17 4–1 4–2 29:42 – () Jang DS (Jung SH, Lee JK) – 35:16 5–2 Cho BS (Lee JK, Jung SH) – 39:19 6–2 6–3 42:58 –
	0 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	8

1 May 2019 20:00

Norway

0–5 (0–0, 0–0, 0–5)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,249

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Tony Rundstrom
	0–1 34:53 – (, ) 0–2 39:43 – (Hábl) 0–3 41:29 – Kubeš (ENG) 0–4 41:53 – (Hábl) (ENG) 0–5 44:54 – ()
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	18

Fifth place match[]

3 May 2019 13:00

Norway

1–0 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 876

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrew Bethmann Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Lari Nittyla
	Værnes () – 52:11 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	15

Semifinals[]

3 May 2019 16:30

Canada

10–0 (4–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 2,467

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	Dominic Larocque	Goalies	Yu Man-gyun Lee Jae-woong (30:00)	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Tony Rundstrom Jan Vaňek
	Hickey (Larocque) – 06:00 1–0 Armstrong – 06:37 2–0 Hickey (McGregor, Bridges) (PP) – 08:08 3–0 Cozzolino (Bridges) – 13:56 4–0 Hickey (Westlake) – 16:22 5–0 McGregor () – 20:41 6–0 Bridges (McGregor, Hickey) – 27:05 7–0 McGregor (Westlake) – 29:59 8–0 Hickey (Armstrong, Henry) – 36:37 9–0 Lavin (Cozzolino, Armstrong) – 43:35 10–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	3

3 May 2019 20:00

United States

10–2 (3–1, 7–1, 0–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,600

Game reference
	Steve Cash	Goalies	(30:00)	Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Matt Fergenbaum Andreas Lunden
	0–1 03:10 – Wallace (Roybal) (PP) – 07:51 1–1 McDermott (Dodson, Roman) – 08:26 2–1 Farmer – 14:02 3–1 Wallace (Farmer) – 15:25 4–1 Roybal – 16:40 5–1 Wallace (Farmer) – 18:45 6–1 Pauls (Roybal) – 19:26 7–1 Farmer – 22:19 8–1 8–2 23:13 – (Geier) Wallace (Pauls) (PP) – 24:37 9–2 Wallace (Farmer) – 28:18 10–2
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	8

Bronze medal match[]

4 May 2019 13:00

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,600

Game reference
	Lee Jae-woong	Goalies		Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen: Matt Fergenbaum Brendan Lewis
	Jung SH (Lee JK, Cho BS) – 10:30 1–0 Lee JS (Kim YS) – 19:05 2–0 2–1 23:40 – () Jung SH (Cho BS, Lee JK) – 38:14 3–1 Lee JK (Choi KH, Cho BS) – 40:38 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	16

Final[]

4 May 2019 16:30

United States

3–2 OT (0–0, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,095

Game reference
	Steve Cash	Goalies	Dominic Larocque	Referee: Owe Luthcke Linesmen: Andreas Lunden Lean Wesley
	0–1 21:36 – Hickey (McGregor, Bridges) (PP) Pauls (Douglas, McKee) – 23:06 1–1 1–2 25:37 – Armstrong (Cozzolino, Bridges) Farmer (Pauls, Douglas) – 41:34 2–2 Roybal (Farmer) – 50:08 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	10

Final ranking and statistics[]

Final ranking[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Next tournament
1	A	United States	2021 A-Pool, Group A
2	A	Canada
3	A
4	B
5	A	Norway	2021 A-Pool, Group B
6	B
7	B		2021 B-Pool
8	B

Pos = Final position; Grp = Group
Source: IPC

Scoring leaders[]

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

#	Player	Gen	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	Pos
1	Declan Farmer	M	5	7	7	14	0	+17	F
2	Tyler McGregor	M	5	6	7	13	4	+9	F
3		M	6	3	10	13	6	+12	F
4	Liam Hickey	M	5	8	4	12	0	+14	D
5		M	6	7	4	11	14	+12	F
6	Billy Bridges	M	5	4	6	10	0	+10	F
7	Jack Wallace	M	5	7	1	8	4	+9	D
8	Cho Byeong-seok	M	4	4	4	8	2	+1	F
9	Brody Roybal	M	5	4	4	8	6	+8	F
10		M	5	3	5	8	2	+9	F
	Josh Pauls	M	5	3	5	8	0	+13	D

Gen = Gender; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pos = Position
Source: IPC

Goaltending leaders[]

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	Gen	MiP	SOG	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		M	95:00	54	5	90.74	2.37	0
2		M	193:34	44	5	88.64	1.16	2
3	Dominic Larocque	M	184:08	39	5	87.18	1.22	2
4	Steve Cash	M	170:08	32	5	84.38	1.32	0
5	Gabriele Araudo	M	139:17	42	9	78.57	2.91	1

Gen = Gender; MiP = Minutes and seconds played; SOG = Shots on goal; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average per 45 minutes; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IPC

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Dominic Larocque
  • Best Defenceman: Liam Hickey
  • Best Forward: Declan Farmer

Source: IPC

• Media All-Star:

Source: IPC

Team rosters[]

Canada[]

• Goalies: Corbin Watson, Dominic Larocque
• Defencemen: , Tyrone Henry, Rob Armstrong, Kevin Sorley, Liam Hickey, James Gemmell
• Forwards: James Dunn, , Tyler McGregor, Corbyn Smith, Greg Westlake, Billy Bridges, Dominic Cozzolino, Garrett Riley,

Source: ^[9]

Czech Republic[]

• Goalies: ,
• Defencemen: , , ,
• Forwards: , , , , , , , , ,

Source: ^[10]

Italy[]

• Goalies: , Gabriele Araudo
• Defencemen: , , , , , ,
• Forwards: Florian Planker, , , , , , ,

Source: ^[11]

Japan[]

• Goalies: Shinobu Fukushima,
• Defencemen: Satoru Sudo, Eiji Misawa, ,
• Forwards: , , , , , , ,

Source: ^[12]

Norway[]

• Goalies: ,
• Defencemen: Rolf Einar Pedersen, , , ,
• Forwards: , Morten Værnes, , , Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg, , , , ,

Source: ^[13]

South Korea[]

• Goalies: Yu Man-gyun, Lee Jae-woong
• Defencemen: Choi Kwang-hyouk, Cho Young-jae, Kim Young-sung, Jang Dong-shin, Choi Si-woo
• Forwards: , , Jung Seung-hwan, Lee Ju-seung, , Kim Dea-jung, Cho Byeong-seok, Lee Jong-kyung, , Jang Jong-ho

Source: ^[14]

Sweden[]

• Goalies: ,
• Defencemen: Niklas Ingvarsson, , ,
• Forwards: Per Kasperi, , , , , , ,

Source: ^[15]

United States[]

• Goalies: , Steve Cash
• Defencemen: Ralph DeQuebec, , Jack Wallace, Christopher Douglas, Josh Pauls
• Forwards: Brody Roybal, Travis Dodson, Joshua Sweeney, Luke McDermott, , Declan Farmer, Noah Grove, Rico Roman, , Kevin McKee

Source: ^[16]

Tournament B[]

Venue[]

All the matches were played in Berlin P09 Eissporthalle.

Results[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		5	5	0	0	0	74	1	+73	15	Advanced to 2021 A-Pool
2		5	3	1	0	1	29	12	+17	11
3		5	3	0	0	2	40	6	+34	9
4	Germany (H)	5	2	0	1	2	31	16	+15	7
5		5	1	0	0	4	3	70	−67	3
6		5	0	0	0	5	3	75	−72	0	Relegated to 2020 C-Pool

17 Nov 2019 11:00

14–1 (2–0, 6–0, 6–1)

, Berlin Attendance: 47

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17 Nov 2019 15:00

27–0 (7–0, 9–0, 11–0)

, Berlin Attendance: 47

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17 Nov 2019 19:00

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Germany

, Berlin Attendance: 618

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18 Nov 2019 11:00

25–0 (7–0, 8–0, 10–0)

, Berlin Attendance: 53

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18 Nov 2019 15:00

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

, Berlin Attendance: 43

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18 Nov 2019 19:00

0–13 (0–5, 0–6, 0–2)

Germany

, Berlin Attendance: 57

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19 Nov 2019 11:00

0–9 (0–1, 0–3, 0–5)

, Berlin Attendance: 27

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19 Nov 2019 15:00

0–17 (0–3, 0–4, 0–10)

, Berlin Attendance: 23

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19 Nov 2019 19:00

Germany

16–0 (5–0, 8–0, 3–0)

, Berlin Attendance: 192

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21 Nov 2019 11:00

2–3 (2–2, 0–0, 0–1)

, Berlin Attendance: 67

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21 Nov 2019 15:00

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

, Berlin Attendance: 87

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21 Nov 2019 19:00

Germany

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

, Berlin

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22 Nov 2019 11:00

0–17 (0–7, 0–3, 0–7)

, Berlin Attendance: 125

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22 Nov 2019 15:00

11–0 (2–0, 5–0, 4–0)

, Berlin Attendance: 38

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22 Nov 2019 19:00

Germany

0–10 (0–2, 0–5, 0–3)

, Berlin Attendance: 511

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Team rosters[]

China[]

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ^[17]

Germany[]

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ^[17]

Great Britain[]

, , , , , , , , , , ^[17]

Poland[]

, , , , , , , , ^[17]

Russia[]

, , Vladimir Kamantsev, , , Ivan Kuznetsov, Dmitrii Lisov, , , Evgenii Petrov, , , Konstantin Shikhov, , Nikolai Terentev, Vasilii Varlakov, Ilia Volkov^[17]

Slovakia[]

, , , , , , , , , , , , ^[17]

Tournament C[]

Venue[]

All the matches were held in Vierumäki Sport Institute.

Results[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		2	2	0	0	0	45	0	+45	6	Tournament B
2	(H)	2	1	0	0	1	6	6	0	3
3		2	0	0	0	2	1	46	−45	0

6 Nov 2018 15:00

1–6 (0–3, 0–2, 1–1)

Vierumäki Sport Institute Attendance: 102

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7 Nov 2018 15:00

40–0 (14–0, 15–0, 11–0)

Vierumäki Sport Institute Attendance: 52

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8 Nov 2018 15:00

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Vierumäki Sport Institute Attendance: 124

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References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Results book – A-Pool
• Results book – B-Pool
• Results book – C-Pool