It’s decided! Ostrava will host the 2019 para hockey championships

The Czech Republic has obtained the organization of a great sporting event of international significance. After ten years, the world championships in para hockey returns to our country. The eight best teams in the world will perform on the ice in Ostrava at the turn of April and May.

Vítkovická Ostravar Arena will welcome the best handicapped hockey players on the planet at the turn of April and May 2019. The championships will be held from April 27th to May 4th, and besides the home team other teams represented in OStrava will be the US, South Korea, Norway, Italy, Sweden, Japan and besides others the defenders of the gold, the Canadian team.

The International Paralympic Committee and the local organizing committee are expecting even better duels than the ones that took place during the last Paralympic Games in PyeongChang this March. The match for the gold brought a tremendous duel between the US and Canada back then, the US attained the gold only after the extension.

The chairman of the Organizing Committee Jiří Šindler said: “Once again, after ten years, we will hold a para hockey WCH in Ostrava. The championship was very successful in 2009, and it is a challenge for us. We want to have a top tournament not only for the players but also for the audience. We want to raise awareness in the Czech Republic about para hockey. We have planned both a massive media campaign and an educational campaign. We organize days of handicapped sports in more than 40 schools. This project will be organized in cooperation with two local universities.

Source: Paralympic.cz