Winter Paralympics 2006 / Sledge ice hockey

Sledge ice hockey at the IX. Winter Paralympics
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Attendees	120
date
venue	Turin
Competition location	Torino Esposizioni
decisions	1
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Sledge ice hockey was represented at the 2006 Winter Paralympics for the fourth time since 1994 at the Paralympics. 120 players from eight nations took part inthe athletes with disabilities of the lower extremities .

In addition to hosts Italy, the three best teams from the last Sledge Ice Hockey World Championship in 2004, Norway, USA, Sweden, Canada as North American representatives, Japan for Asia and Germany as reigning European champions qualified for the tournament. The last starting place reached Great Britain in a qualifying tournament in November 2005 in Turin.

The venue for the tournament was the converted Torino Esposizioni exhibition hall .

Qualifying tournament 2005

From November 5 to 7, 2005 , the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, which was converted into an Olympic ice hockey hall, hosted the qualifying tournament for the Paralympic Winter Games.

team	GBR	CZE	EST	COR	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1. Great Britain		0-0	1-0	3: 1	3	2	1	0	4: 1	5
2. Czech Republic	0-0		2: 2	1-0	3	1	2	0	3: 2	4th
3. Estonia	0: 1	2: 2		3: 1	3	1	1	1	5: 4	3
4. South Korea	1: 3	0: 1	1: 3		3	0	0	3	2: 7	0

Preliminary round

Group A

team	Games	Victories	Unent	Ndlg	Gates	Points
1. Norway	3	3	0	0	22: 1	6th
2. Canada	3	2	0	1	22: 4	4th
3. Great Britain	3	1	0	2	2:16	2
4. Italy	3	0	0	3	1:26	0

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
March 11	09:30	Canada - Great Britain	9: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0)	Bradley Bowden (4), Billy Bridges (3), Jeremy Booker, Herve Lord
March 11	17:00	Norway - Italy	12: 0 (7: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)	Eskil Hagen (3), Tommy Rovelstad (3), Rolf Einar Pedersen (2), Morten Vaernes, Helge Bjornstad, Atle Haglund, Stig Tore Svee
March 12th	09:30	Norway - Great Britain	6-0
March 12th	17:00	Italy - Canada	0:12
the 14th of March	13:00	Great Britain - Italy	2: 1
the 14th of March	20:30	Canada - Norway	1: 4

Group B

team	Games	Victories	Unent	Ndlg	Gates	Points
1. Germany	3	2	1	0	6: 1	5
2. United States	3	2	0	1	10: 3	4th
3. Japan	3	1	1	1	5: 4	3
4. Sweden	3	0	0	3	2:15	0

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
March 11	13:00	United States - Germany	1: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Joseph Howard Sebastian Kessler, Udo Segreff
March 11	20:30	Sweden - Japan	1: 5
March 12th	13:00	Germany - Sweden	4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	Sebastian Kessler, Udo Segreff (2), Jörg Wedde
March 12th	20:30	Japan - United States	0: 3
the 14th of March	09:30	Japan - Germany	0-0
the 14th of March	17:00	Sweden - United States	1: 6

Finals

Play-offs

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
March, 15	11:00	United Kingdom - Sweden	0: 3
March, 15	20:30	Japan - Italy	10: 1

Semifinals

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
March 16	11:00	Norway - United States	4: 2
March 16	20:30	Germany - Canada	0: 5

Placement games

Game for 7th place

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
17. March	11:00	United Kingdom - Italy	2-0

Play for 5th place

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
17. March	20:30	Sweden - Japan	1: 2

3rd place match

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
March 18th	17:00	United States - Germany	4: 3

final

date	time	encounter	result	Goal scorers
March 18th	20:30	Norway - Canada	0: 3

Final score

space	country
1	Canada
2	Norway
3	United States
4th	Germany
5	Japan
6th	Sweden
7th	United Kingdom
8th	Italy