Sweden at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Sweden at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	SWE
NPC	Swedish Parasports Federation
in Pyeongchang
Competitors	24 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ronny Persson
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Sweden will compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, held between 9–18 March 2018. They sent a team of 21 participants in 5 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Zebastian Modin Guide: Robin Bryntesson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 1.5 km sprint visually impaired	14 March

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	0	1
Biathlon	1	0	1
Cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Ice sledge hockey	17	0	17
Wheelchair curling	3	2	5
Total	22	2	24

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aaron Lindström	Slalom standing	51.72	10	51.23	5	1:42.95	7
	Giant slalom standing	1:12.19	20	1:12.97	18	2:25.16	16
	Super-G standing	—				1:31.77	18

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Zebastian Modin Guide: Johannes Andersson	7.5 km visually impaired	21:59.3	5 (4+1)	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Men's distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Zebastian Modin Guide: Johannes Andersson	10 km classical visually impaired	did not finish
	20 km free visually impaired	47:28.9	4

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zebastian Modin Guide: Robin Bryntesson	1.5 km sprint visually impaired	3:27.96	1 Q	—		4:21.4	1 Q	4:05.7

Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Group stage				Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Canada L 0–17	Italy L 0–2	Norway L 1–3	4	Czech Republic L 3–4 GWS	Japan W 5–1	7

Roster: Daniel Cederstam, Maximillian Gyllsten, Christian Hedberg, Markus Holm, Kenth Jonsson, Göran Karlsson, Per Kasperi, Niklas Ingvarsson, Rasmus Lundgren, Martin Magnevill, Robin Meng, Andreas Nejman, Peter Nilsson, Ulf Nilsson, Peter Ojala, Niklas Rakos, Anders Wistrand

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	35	0	+35	9	Semifinals
2	Italy	3	1	1	0	1	5	12	−7	5
3	Norway	3	1	0	1	1	5	12	−7	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Source: PyeongChang 2018

10 March 2018 19:00

Canada

17–0 (7–0, 5–0, 5–0)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 5,445

Game reference
	Corbin Watson Dominic Larocque	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson Andreas Nejman	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Han Youl Jan Vaněk
	McGregor (Hickey, Dixon) (PP) – 01:52 1–0 Sholomicki (Armstrong, Dunn) – 02:22 2–0 McGregor (Westlake, Hickey) – 05:22 3–0 Sholomicki (Dunn, Dixon) – 05:39 4–0 McGregor (Westlake, Dixon) – 09:20 5–0 Dixon (Delaney, Smith) – 11:13 6–0 Cozzolino (Delaney, Dixon) – 11:31 7–0 Delaney (Armstrong, Cozzolino) (PP) – 17:43 8–0 Smith (Sholomicki, Dunn) – 18:06 9–0 Hickey (Armstrong, Henry) – 24:37 10–0 Hickey (Westlake, McGregor) – 25:37 11–0 Armstrong (Sholomicki) – 26:38 12–0 Bridges – 31:55 13–0 Armstrong (Bridges, Cozzolino) – 33:05 14–0 Sholomicki (Smith, Dunn) – 34:53 15–0 McGregor (Dixon) – 36:48 16–0 Westlake (McGregor, Hickey) – 44:42 17–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	2

12 March 2018 19:00

Italy

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,322

Game reference
	Gabriele Araudo	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Jan Vaněk Leon Wesley
	Kalegaris (Planker, Rosa) (PP) – 13:16 1–0 Rosa – 39:36 2–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	2

13 March 2018 15:30

Norway

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 6,059

Game reference
	Kissinger Deng	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Jan Vaněk
	Nordstoga (Bøgle) – 13:07 1–0 Bøgle (Hamre, Solberg) (PP) – 25:00 2–0 2–1 31:35 – Gyllsten (Kasperi, P. Nilsson) Bøgle (Værnes) (ENG) – 43:45 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	19	Shots	10

5–8th place semifinal

14 March 2018 16:00

Czech Republic

4–3 GWS (1–2, 0–1, 2–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 6,032

Game reference
	Michal Vápenka	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Owe Lüthcke Linesmen: Matthew Fergenbaum Han Youl
	0–1 06:14 – Ingvarsson 0–2 07:10 – Kasperi Krupička (PP) – 08:59 1–2 1–3 16:12 – Ingvarsson (Gyllsten, Kasperi) Hábl (Kubeš, Geier) (PP2) – 34:47 2–3 Doležal (Geier, Kubeš) – 43:25 3–3
	Geier Krupička Hábl Geier	Shootout	Kasperi Gyllsten Ingvarsson Ingvarsson
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	8

Seventh place game

16 March 2018 16:00

Japan

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 5,979

Game reference
	Shinobu Fukushima	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Owe Lüthcke Linesmen: Jan Vaněk Leon Wesley
	0–1 00:52 – Gyllsten (Kasperi, Meng) Takahashi (Uehara) – 16:25 1–1 1–2 19:19 – Ingvarsson (Meng, Kasperi) (PP) 1–3 27:33 – Kasperi (Hedberg) (SH) 1–4 37:24 – Holm (Rakos, Kasperi) 1–5 44:17 – Ingvarsson (Gyllsten, P. Nilsson)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	10	Shots	14

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage												Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Viljo Petersson Dahl Ronny Persson Mats-Ola Engborg Kristina Ulander Zandra Reppe	Mixed	CHN L 4–9	CAN L 4–8	USA L 2–10	SVK L 3–8	GBR L 1–6	NOR W 5–4	GER W 9–5	FIN L 5–6	KOR L 2–4	NPA W 7–3	SUI W 5–3	10	did not advance

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot %	Qualification
1	South Korea	11	9	2	65	51	14	0.818	38	36	9	11	66%	Advance to playoffs
2	Canada	11	9	2	74	45	29	0.818	47	28	6	27	62%
3	China	11	9	2	85	42	43	0.818	43	32	2	16	67%
4	Norway	11	7	4	55	57	−2	0.636	41	35	5	15	58%
5	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	11	5	6	61	63	−2	0.455	44	37	2	23	62%
6	Switzerland	11	5	6	56	63	−7	0.455	36	45	2	11	61%
7	Great Britain	11	5	6	57	53	4	0.455	41	41	6	20	62%
8	Germany	11	5	6	57	68	−11	0.455	37	39	5	16	54%
9	Slovakia	11	4	7	62	72	−10	0.364	39	46	1	11	57%
10	Sweden	11	4	7	47	66	−19	0.364	29	45	8	8	57%
11	Finland	11	2	9	53	87	−34	0.182	35	46	1	11	51%
12	United States	11	2	9	58	63	−5	0.182	37	45	3	12	60%

Source: Paralympic.org

Round-robin

Sweden has a bye in draws 1, 3, 8, 11, 13 and 15.

Draw 2

Saturday, 10 March, 19:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	4
China (Wang)	1	3	0	1	0	4	0	X	9

Draw 4

Sunday, 11 March, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	8
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

Draw 5

Sunday, 11 March, 19:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Black)	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	X	10
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2

Draw 6

Monday, 12 March, 09:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	X	8

Draw 7

Monday, 12 March, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1
Great Britain (Neilson)	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	X	6

Draw 9

Tuesday, 13 March, 09:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 10

Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	9
Germany (Putzich)	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	5

Draw 12

Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	6
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	5

Draw 14

Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Seo)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 16

Thursday, 15 March, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Neutral Paralympic Athletes (Kurokhtin)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	3
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	X	7

Draw 17

Thursday, 15 March, 19:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	5
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3

See also

• Sweden at the 2018 Winter Olympics