1996 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
tourney_name =IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
year = 1996
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country = Sweden
dates = March – March, 1996
num_teams = 6
venues = 1
cities = 1
winners = Sweden
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scoring_leader = flagicon|SWE Jan Edbom (18 goals)
flagicon|SWE Göran Karlsson (9 goals)
flagicon|SWE Jens Kask (7 goals)
mvp = flagicon|SWE Jan Edbom (27 points)

The first IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held March, 1996 Nynäshamn, Sweden. Participating countries: Canada, Estonia, Japan, Norway, Sweden and USA. Japan made it's debute at the World Championship.

Final Rankings

" ( Rosters are not yet complete ) "

Tournament

Tournament summary

SWE 11 - 1 USA
* ( SWE: Jan Edbom 5, Göran Karlsson 2, Leif Wahlstedt 2, Mats Nyman 1, Jens Kask 1 USA: Wayne C Lindsey 1 )

NOR 15 - 0 JPN
* ( NOR: Atle Haglund 5, Rolf Einar Pedersen 3, Eskil Hagen 1, Kjetl Korbu Nielsen 1, Helge Björnstad 1, Rolf Öjen 1, Morten Syversen 1 )

SWE 21 - 0 JPN
* ( SWE: Jan Edbom 8, Mats Nyman 4, Göran Karlsson 4, Jens Kask 3, Bengt-Gösta Johansson 2 )

USA 0 - 5 CAN
* ( CAN: John May 2, Dean Mellway 2, Lou Mulvihill 1 )

NOR 11 - 0 USA
* ( NOR: Helge Björnstad 4, Eskil Hagen 2, Rolf Einar Pedersen 2, Atle Haglund 1, Erik Sandbraaten 1, Morten Syversen 1 )

SWE 4 - 1 EST
* ( SWE: Mats Nyman 3, Jan Edbom 1 EST: Viktor Karlenko 1 )

NOR 4 - 1 EST
* ( NOR: Helge Björnstad 3, Eskil Hagen 1 EST: Viktor Artemjev 1 )

CAN 10 - 0 JPN
* ( CAN: Dean Mellway 3, Dave Earner 2, Pat Griffin 1, Jean Labonté 1, Angelo Gavilluci 1, John May 1 )

* ( CAN: Lou Mulvihill 1 NOR: Helge Björnstad 1 )

EST 8 - 1 JPN
* ( EST: Jün Tammleht 3, Kaido Kalm 2, Viktor Karlenko 2, Viktor Artemjev 1 JPN: Mamoru Yoshikawa 1 )

JPN 0 - 3 USA
* ( USA: Wayne Chuck Lindsey 1, Thomas F Mc Nally 1, Joseph M Wilson 1 )

CAN 3 - 0 EST
* ( CAN: Dean Mellway 2, Jean Labonté 1 )

SWE 4 - 1 NOR
* ( SWE: Jan Edbom 2, Mats Nyman 1, Jens Kask 1 NOR: Kjetil Korbu Nielsen 1 )

EST 5 - 1 USA
* ( EST: Jüri Tammeleht 2, Kaido Kalm 1, Leonid Zubov 1, Viktor Karlenko 1 USA: William Michael Kult 1 )

* ( SWE: Jocke Larsson 1 CAN: Dean Mellway 1 )

Semifinals

SWE 7 - 1 EST
* ( SWE: Jens Kask 3, Jan Edbom 2, Bengt-Gösta Johansson 1, Jock Larsson 1 EST: Viktor Karlenko 1 )

NOR 2 - 1 CAN
* ( NOR: Eskil Hagen 2 CAN: Dean Mellway 1 )

3rd Place Match

CAN 3 - 1 EST
* (CAN: Lou Mulvihill 1, Dean Mellway 1, Pat Griffin 1 EST: Jüri Tammleht 1 )

Final

SWE 3 - 2 NOR
* (SWE: Jan Edbom 2, Göran Karlsson 1 NOR: Atle Haglund 1, Eskil Hagen 1 )

1996 World All Star Team

*USA Manuel Guerra Jr. (mv)- all-star goaltender
*NOR Eskil Hagen
*NOR Helge Björnstad
*SWE Jan Edbom
*CAN Pat Griffin
*EST Jüri Tammleht

ee also

* Sledge hockey
* Ice_hockey#Sledge_hockey
* Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
* 2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
* 2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
* 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

External links

* [http://hem.passagen.se/bernhag/mattias.htm Results (Swedish)]