The 2025 Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Qualification Tournament was the final qualification tournament for the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Held between 5 and 10 November 2025, the qualifier was played in Norwegian town of Jessheim, at the Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall. Six teams, from pools A and B of the world championships, took part. The top two teams in the qualifier secured the last two spots in the Paralympics.
Japan won the tournament and along with Slovakia, qualified for the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
Japan's Itsuki Ito was named best forward, and Wataru Horie was announced as the best goalkeeper in the tournament.
Host selection On 8 July 2025, Jessheim, Norway was awarded the hosting rights. Regarding the hosting announcement, Espen Hegde, president of the local organising committee said:
Michelle Laflamme, World Para Ice Hockey manager, proclaimed:
Format The six teams will play each other in a round robin format. The top two teams will qualify for the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
Venue The venue was the Jessheim Is- og Flerbrukshall in Jessheim. The venue was built in 2014 and also hosts numerous other sports. JessheimJessheim Is- og FlerbrukshallCapacity: 240 seats
Teams The bottom three from the Pool A and the top three from the Pool B advanced to this qualifier. Paralympic hosts and Pool B winners, Italy, had the choice to take part for preparation reasons, but declined. Their spot was taken by Kazakhstan, who finished fourth in Pool B. Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Pool A in 2025.Placed 7th in Pool A in 2025. (H)Placed 8th in Pool A in 2025.Placed 2nd in Pool B in 2025.Placed 3rd in Pool B in 2025.Placed 4th in Pool B in 2025.
Results
All times are local (UTC+1).
See also Para ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
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