2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships

2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)LECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
DatesMay 24–31
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (7th title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Czechia
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored134 (6.7 per game)
Attendance3,634 (182 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Declan Farmer (21 points)
Awards
MVP Declan Farmer
Official website
Buffalo 2025

The 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships was the 14th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) held in 2025. The tournament was hosted in Buffalo, New York, in the United States from 24 to 31 May.[1] The top five teams from the championship qualified for the 2026 Winter Paralympics.[2]

The United States won their seventh title, defeating Canada 6–1 in the final.[3][4]

Format

The teams were divided into two groups based on their ranking, however contrary to previous years, the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. The bottom two teams in each group played in the 5–8th place semifinals.

Venue

The venue was the LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo.

Buffalo
LECOM Harborcenter

Teams

Germany and Norway were promoted to Pool A, securing an immediate return to the top division. For the first time, Slovakia survived relegation and competed at a their second consecutive tournament.

Team Qualification method App First Last Streak Best placement in tournament
 Canada First in 2024 14th 1996 2024 14 Champions (2000, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2024)
 United States Second in 2024 and hosts 14th 14 Champions (2009, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Czechia Third in 2024 9th 2009 5 Third place (2021, 2023, 2024)
 China Fourth in 2024 3rd 2023 3 Fourth place (2023, 2024)
 South Korea Fifth in 2024 10th 2008 6 Runners-up (2012)
 Slovakia Sixth in 2024 3rd 2021 2 Sixth place (2023)
 Norway Winner of Pool B 13th 1996 2023 1 Champions (2004)
 Germany Runners-up of Pool B 7th 2004 1 Fifth place (2008)

Groups composition

The serpentine system was used to organise the groups.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 30 January 2025.[2] On 29 April 2025, the referees were confirmed.[5] All times are local (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 27 2 +25 9 Semifinals
2  China 3 2 0 0 1 16 7 +9 6
3  Germany 3 0 1 0 2 3 21 −18 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  South Korea 3 0 0 1 2 5 21 −16 1
Source: IPC
24 May 2025
17:00		Canada 11–0
(1–0, 4–0, 6–0)		 GermanyLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 163
Game reference
2 minPenalties6 min
32Shots3
24 May 2025
20:30		China 6–3
(2–1, 0–2, 4–0)		 South KoreaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 54
Game reference
12 minPenalties8 min
30Shots7
25 May 2025
17:00		South Korea 0–12
(0–8, 0–3, 0–1)		 CanadaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 64
Game reference
12 minPenalties2 min
2Shots36
25 May 2025
20:30		China 8–0
(3–0, 5–0, 0–0)		 GermanyLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 49
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
35Shots4
27 May 2025
10:00		Canada 4–2
(1–1, 0–0, 3–1)		 ChinaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 88
Game reference
18 minPenalties8 min
25Shots15
27 May 2025
20:30		Germany 3–2 OT
(1–2, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 South KoreaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 34
Game reference
8 minPenalties8 min
20Shots18

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 0 29 3 +26 9 Semifinals
2  Czechia 3 2 0 0 1 13 5 +8 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 5 20 −15 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Norway 3 0 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: IPC
(H) Host
24 May 2025
10:00		Czechia 6–1
(2–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 SlovakiaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 61
Game reference
6 minPenalties2 min
29Shots4
24 May 2025
13:30		United States 12–0
(3–0, 8–0, 1–0)		 NorwayLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 212
Game reference
0 minPenalties2 min
33Shots4
25 May 2025
10:00		Czechia 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 NorwayLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 36
Game reference
10 minPenalties10 min
35Shots8
25 May 2025
13:30		Slovakia 0–13
(0–5, 0–2, 0–6)		 United StatesLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 133
Game reference
2 minPenalties2 min
2Shots34
27 May 2025
13:30		United States 4–3
(2–0, 2–1, 0–2)		 CzechiaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 211
Game reference
4 minPenalties0 min
29Shots14
27 May 2025
17:00		Norway 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)		 SlovakiaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 98
Game reference
14 minPenalties8 min
17Shots17

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
30 May
 
 
 United States6
 
31 May
 
 China1
 
 United States6
 
30 May
 
 Canada1
 
 Canada3
 
 
 Czechia0
 
Third place
 
 
31 May
 
 
 China1
 
 
 Czechia (OT)2
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
28 May
 
 
 Slovakia (OT)1
 
30 May
 
 South Korea0
 
 Slovakia2
 
28 May
 
 Germany5
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Norway1
 
Seventh place
 
 
30 May
 
 
 South Korea2
 
 
 Norway1

5–8th place semifinals

28 May 2025
13:30		Germany 3–1
(2–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 NorwayLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 72
Game reference
6 minPenalties0 min
18Shots20
28 May 2025
17:00		Slovakia 1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 South KoreaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 62
Game reference
8 minPenalties10 min
19Shots6

Semifinals

30 May 2025
13:30		Canada 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 CzechiaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 207
Game reference
12 minPenalties10 min
25Shots8
30 May 2025
17:00		United States 6–1
(1–0, 4–1, 1–0)		 ChinaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 302
Game reference
10 minPenalties12 min
30Shots9

Seventh place game

30 May 2025
20:30		South Korea 2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 NorwayLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 43
Game reference
6 minPenalties14 min
14Shots16

Fifth place game

30 May 2025
10:00		Slovakia 2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)		 GermanyLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 31
Game reference
6 minPenalties29 min
14Shots22

Bronze medal game

31 May 2025
12:30		China 1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 CzechiaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 198
Game reference
4 minPenalties4 min
15Shots18

Gold medal game

31 May 2025
16:00		United States 6–1
(3–1, 1–0, 2–0)		 CanadaLECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo
Attendance: 1,516
Game reference
Griffin LaMarreGoaliesAdam KingsmillReferee:
Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Dylan Dauphinee
Lari Niittylä
Farmer (Roybal, Wallace) (PP) – 02:421–0
Wallace (Roybal, Jones) – 03:492–0
2–105:09 – Hickey (McGregor, Cozzolino)
Pauls (Roybal) – 10:543–1
Wallace (Roybal, Farmer) – 20:104–1
Wallace (Roybal, Grove) – 36:465–1
Misiewicz (Farmer, Grove) (PP) – 38:006–1
6 minPenalties6 min
24Shots11

Final standings

The top five teams from the championship qualified for the 2026 Winter Paralympics.[2] Those teams were United States, Canada, Czechia, China and Germany.[6]

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  United States (H) 5 5 0 0 0 41 5 +36 15 Champions
2 A  Canada 5 4 0 0 1 31 8 +23 12 Runners-up
3 B  Czechia 5 2 1 0 2 15 9 +6 8 Third place
4 A  China 5 2 0 1 2 18 15 +3 7 Fourth place
5 A  Germany 5 2 1 0 2 11 24 −13 8 Fifth place game
6 B  Slovakia 5 1 1 0 3 8 25 −17 5
7 A  South Korea 5 1 0 2 2 7 23 −16 5 Relegated to Pool B
8 B  Norway 5 0 0 0 5 3 25 −22 0
Source: IPC
(H) Host

References

  1. ^ "Buffalo 2025 Competition Schedule". World Para Ice Hockey Championships. Archived from the original on May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Competition schedule announced as tickets go on sale for Buffalo 2025 Worlds". International Paralympic Committee.
  3. ^ "Team USA rides passionate crowd support to gold medal win in Buffalo". International Paralympic Committee.
  4. ^ Voss, Gregg (June 3, 2025). "U.S. Sled Team Back on Top of the World". Team USA Hockey.
  5. ^ "The ice is theirs too: celebrating the Buffalo 2025 elite officials". International Paralympic Committee.
  6. ^ "Buffalo 2025: Germany ends 20-year wait for Winter Games return". International Paralympic Committee.
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