2011 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships

2011 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesFebruary 12–20, 2011
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Italy (1st title)
Runner-up  Czech Republic
Third place  Norway
Fourth place Estonia
Tournament statistics
Games played29
Goals scored210 (7.24 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Germany Udo Segreff (24 points)[1]
Sollefteå, Sweden

The 3rd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships was held between February 12, 2011, and February 20, 2011, at Niphallen in Sollefteå, Sweden. Participating 130 athletes from ten nations: Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden.[2][3]

The 2011 European Championships is held as part of the 2011 Paralympic Winter World Cup (PWWC 2011), which also includes alpine skiing, biathlon and cross-country skiing.[4]

In the Championships' second match, Norway's sledge hockey team set an international sledge hockey scoring record with 21–0.[5] The Swedish team set a new scoring record in the classification semifinals, with 23–0.

There was one woman competing at the Championships, the Netherlands' goalkeeper Betty Meijer.

  1. ^ Scoringleaders, PWWC 2011
  2. ^ 10 Days to Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 2 February 2011
  3. ^ Tio nationer anmälda till EM i kälkhockey Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish), Svenska Handikappidrottsförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté (SHIF), 19 November 2010
  4. ^ Crown Princess Victoria To Sollefteå[permanent dead link], Svenska Handikappidrottsförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté (SHIF), January 5, 2011
  5. ^ Seier og scoringsrekord for kjelkehockey landslaget (Norwegian), Olympiatoppen, February 15, 2011