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{{Infobox international ice hockey competition
 | tourney_name =IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
 | year = 1996
 | other_titles =
 | image = 
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 | country = Sweden
 | dates = March – March, 1996
 | num_teams = 6
 | venues = 1
 | cities = 1
 | type = ish
 | winners = Sweden
 | count = 
 | games = 
 | goals = 
 | attendance = 
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Edbom]] (18 goals)<br> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göran Karlsson]] (9 goals) <br> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jens Kask]] (7 goals)
 | mvp = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Edbom]] (27 points)
 | prevseason = 
 | nextseason = [[2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|2000]]
}}

The '''1996 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships''' was the first [[IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships]] held in March, 1996 [[Nynäshamn]], Sweden. Participating countries: Canada, [[Estonia]], Japan, Norway, Sweden and United States. Japan made its debut at the World Championship.

==Final rankings==
'' ( Rosters are not yet complete ) ''
{| border="1" Cellpadding="2"
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"|'''Gold:'''
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"|'''Silver:'''
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"|'''Bronze:'''
|! align="center" bgcolor="efefef"|'''4th:'''
|! align="center" bgcolor="efefef"|'''5th'''
|! align="center" bgcolor="efefef"|'''6th'''
|- valign=top
|{{SWE}}<hr> [[Jan Edbom]]<br> [[Bengt-Gösta Johansson]]<br> [[Kenth Jonsson]]<br>[[Marcus Nordstrom]]<br> [[Göran Karlsson]]<br> [[Jens Kask]]<br> [[Leif Norgren]]<br> [[Mats Nyman]]<br> [[Leif Wahlstedt]]
|{{NOR}} <hr> [[Helge Bjørnstad]]<br> [[Knut Erling Granaas]]<br> [[Eskil Hagen]]<br> [[Atle Haglund]]<br> [[Kjetil Korbu Nilsen]]<br> [[Rolf Öjen]]<br> [[Rolf Einar Pedersen]]<br> [[Erik Sandbraaten]]<br> [[Morten Syversen]]
|{{CAN}}<hr> [[Yves Carrier]]<br> [[Dean Delaurier]]<br> [[Dave Eamer]]<br> [[Angelo Gavillucci]]<br> [[Pat_Griffin_(sledge_hockey)|Pat Griffin]]<br> [[Jean Labonté]]<br> John May<br> [[Dean Mellway]]<br> [[Lou Mulvihill]]<br> [[Ken Schneider]]<br> [[Brian Swan]]<br> [[Dany Verner]]

|{{EST}} <hr> [[Viktor Artemjev]]<br> [[Aleksander Jarlõkov]]<br> [[Kaido Kalm]]<br> [[Viktor Karlenko]]<br> [[Jüri Tammleht]]<br> [[Maksim Vedernikov]]<br> [[Leonid Zubov]]
|{{USA}} <hr> [[Dave Conklin]]<br> [[Manuel Guerra Jr.]]<br> [[Dan Henderson (sledge hockey)|Dan Henderson]]<br> [[William Michael Kult]]<br> [[Wayne Chuck Lindsey]]<br> [[Kip St.Germaine]]<br> [[Thomas F McNally]]<br> [[Joseph M Wilson]]
|{{JPN}} <hr> [[Tadanobu Go]]<br> [[Naohiko Ishida]]<br> [[Kanichi Naito]]<br> [[Toshifumi Takeuchi]]<br> [[Atsuya Yaguchi]]<br> [[Mamoru Yoshikawa]]<br>
|-
|}

==Tournament==

=== Tournament summary ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Team
! {{flag|SWE}}
! {{flag|CAN}}
! {{flag|NOR}}
! {{flag|EST}}
! {{flag|USA}}
! {{flag|JPN}}
! Played
! Wins
! Ties
! Losses
! [[Goals for|GF]]
! [[Goals against|GA]]
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| '''1''' ||{{SWE|name=SWE}} ||bgcolor="#ffffff"| &nbsp;||1-1 ||4-1 || 4-1 ||11-0 ||21-0 ||5 ||4 ||1 ||0 ||41 ||3 ||'''9'''
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| '''2'''||{{CAN|name=CAN}} ||1-1 ||bgcolor="#ffffff"| &nbsp; ||1-1 ||3-0 ||5-0 ||10-0  ||5 ||3 ||2 ||0 ||20 ||2 ||'''8'''
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| '''3'''||{{NOR|name=NOR}} ||1-4 ||1-1 ||bgcolor="#ffffff"| &nbsp; ||4-1 ||2-0 ||15-0 ||5  ||3 ||1 ||1 ||23 ||6 ||'''7'''
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| '''4'''||{{EST|name=EST}} ||1-4 ||0-3 ||1-4 ||bgcolor="#ffffff"| &nbsp; ||5-1 ||8-1  ||5  ||2 ||0 ||3 ||15 ||13 ||'''4'''
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| '''5'''||{{USA|name=USA}} ||0-11 ||0-5 ||0-2 ||1-5 ||bgcolor="#ffffff"| &nbsp; || 3-0 ||5  ||1 ||0 ||4 ||4 ||23 ||'''2'''
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| '''6'''||{{JPN|name=JPN}} ||0-21 ||0-10 ||0-15 ||1-8 ||0-3 ||bgcolor="#ffffff"| &nbsp; ||5 ||0 ||0 ||5 ||1 ||57 ||'''0'''
|-
|}

'''{{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}} 1 - 1 {{NOR}}
* ( 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}} 1 - 1 {{CAN}}
* ( 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 (sledge hockey)|Pat Griffin]]
*{{EST}} [[Jüri Tammleht]]

==See also==
* [[Ice 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==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040212020831/http://hem.passagen.se/bernhag/mattias.htm Results (Swedish)]}}

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