Italy at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the
2018 Winter Paralympics

IPC code| ITA
NPC| Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
Website| www.comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian)
in Pyeongchang
Competitors| 25 in 4 sports
Flag bearer | Florian Planker (ice sledge hockey)
Medals
Ranked 12th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Italy competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea The delegation was composed by 25 competitors,[1] and won 5 medals (two gold), after the "zero" in Sochi 2014.

## Participants

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25 in 4 sports, all the athletes are men.[2]

Sport | Women | Men | Total

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Alpine skiing (30) (details)  | 0 | 3 | 3
Cross-country skiing (20) (details)  | 0 | 1 | 1
Para ice hockey (1) (details)  | 0 | 17 | 17
Snowboarding (10) (details)  | 0 | 4 | 4
Total | 0 | 25 | 25

## Medalists

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Main article: 2018 Winter Paralympics medal table

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom, visually impaired | March 14
Gold | Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom, visually impaired | March 17
Silver | Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's Super-g, visually impaired | March 11
Silver | Manuel Pozzerle | Snowboarding | Men's Snowboard cross SB-LL2 | March 12
Bronze | Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill, visually impaired | March 10

## Para ice hockey

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Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Italy finished 4th.

| Semifinals| | Gold medal game

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| 15 March| |

|  Canada| 7

| 18 March

|  South Korea| 0 |

|  Canada| 1

| 15 March

| |  United States| 2

|  United States| 10

|  Italy| 1 |

| Bronze medal game

| 17 March

|  South Korea| 1

|  Italy| 0

Summary

Key:

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

Team  | Group stage  | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl.

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Italy men's |  Norway
W 3–2 GWS  |  Canada
L 0–10  |  Sweden
W 2–0  | 2 QS |  United States
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Preliminary round
Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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
12:00| Norway | 2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)|  Italy| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,543

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Game reference

| Kjell Christian Hamar| Goalies| Gabriele Araudo| Referee:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Chae Young-jin
David Nothegger
| | 0–1| 16:02 – Kalegaris (Leperdi)

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Værnes (Nordstoga, Hamre) (PP) – 26:32| 1–1|
| 1–2| 33:19 – Rosa (Larch)
Bakke (Nordstoga, Pedersen) – 42:25| 2–2|
Solberg
Vatne
Pedersen | Shootout|  Larch
Rosa
6 min| Penalties| 4 min
12| Shots| 18
11 March 2018
19:00| Canada | 10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)|  Italy| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,795

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Game reference

| Corbin Watson| Goalies| Santino Stillitano| Referee:
Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
David Nothegger
Leon Wesley
| McGregor (Dixon, Westlake) (PP) – 03:59| 1–0|

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Dixon (Sholomicki) – 09:21| 2–0|
Delaney (Cozzolino, Armstrong) – 11:36| 3–0|
Hickey (Bridges, Delaney) – 17:03| 4–0|
Hickey – 19:11| 5–0|
Delaney (Sholomicki) (SH) – 20:20| 6–0|
Delaney (Sholomicki) (SH) – 25:34| 7–0|
Cozzolino (Bridges) – 33:06| 8–0|
Dunn (SH) – 36:27| 9–0|
Dunn – 41:23| 10–0|
24 min| Penalties| 6 min
16| Shots| 4
12 March 2018
19:00| Italy | 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)|  Sweden| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,322

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Game reference

| Gabriele Araudo| Goalies| Ulf Nilsson| Referee:
Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
Jan Vaněk
Leon Wesley
| Kalegaris (Planker, Rosa) (PP) – 13:16| 1–0|

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Rosa – 39:36| 2–0|
10 min| Penalties| 8 min
20| Shots| 2

Semifinal
15 March 2018
20:00| United States | 10–1
(5–0, 3–0, 2–1)|  Italy| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,889

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Game reference

| Steve Cash
Jen Lee| Goalies| Gabriele Araudo
Santino Stillitano| Referee:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Chae Young-jin
Matt Clark
| Grove (Landeros) – 03:23| 1–0|

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Misiewicz (Pauls, Roybal) – 03:58| 2–0|
Roybal (Pauls, Misiewicz) – 04:09| 3–0|
Landeros (PP) – 13:50| 4–0|
McDermott (Grove) – 14:56| 5–0|
Roybal (Misiewicz) (PP) – 22:52| 6–0|
Landeros (Carron, Farmer) – 23:35| 7–0|
Farmer (Page, Pauls) – 27:44| 8–0|
McKee (Grove, Page) – 33:32| 9–0|
| 9–1| 38:30 – Corvino (Depaoli) (PP)
Landeros (Roybal, Hanning) (PP) – 42:03| 10–1|
16 min| Penalties| 14 min
33| Shots| 4

## See also

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* Italy at the Paralympics
* Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "NPC Entries - Italy". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
2. ^ "Italy - Participants". Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

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Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea

America|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Mexico
* United States

Asia|

* China
* Iran
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Mongolia
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Tajikistan
* Uzbekistan

Europe|

* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Others|

* Neutral Paralympic Athletes

*[Pl.]: Placement match
*[BM]: Bronze medal match
*[Pos]: Position
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[OTW]: Overtime win
*[OTL]: Overtime loss
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points