Bangkok 2024: World Championships C-Pool schedule announced

Australia, Austria, Finland and hosts Thailand will take part in the fourth edition of the tournament from 26-30 November at the Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena 19 Nov 2024

A Para ice hockey official dropping the puck in front of two players

Austria and Thailand played at the last C-Pool Worlds two years ago and will be returning to the event this year in Bangkok

ⒸThai Para Ice Hockey And Wheelchair Curling Association / WPIH

By World Para Ice Hockey

World Para Ice Hockey has announced the schedule for the World Para Ice Hockey Championships C-Pool, which will take place from 26-30 November in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Sport Association for the Disabled of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (SPADT) will serve as the Local Organising Committee (LOC), having previously organised the 2022 edition of the event as well as the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Skills Development Camp.

The tournament will take place at the Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena and will be played in a round-robin format followed by a medal round with four teams: Finland, Austria, Thailand and Australia. Finland will be the top-ranked team entering the competition, having been relegated from the B-Pool.

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The complete schedule is as follows (all times are Local Time, UTC+7):

26 November
14:00 — Thailand vs. Australia
17:30 — Finland vs. Austria

27 November
14:00 — Austria vs. Australia
17:30 — Finland vs. Thailand

28 November
REST DAY

29 November
14:00 — Austria vs. Thailand
17:30 — Finland vs. Australia

30 November
14:00 — Bronze-medal game
20:00 — Gold-medal game

This will be the fourth edition of the World Para Ice Hockey Championships C-Pool, having previously been held in Bangkok (2022), Vierumaki, Finland (2018) and Novi Sad, Serbia (2016). At the last edition of the World Championships C-Pool, Great Britain took home the gold, Kazakhstan claimed silver and France won bronze.