Ice HockeySledge Hockey
Francesco A. Armillotta
The blues of ICE sledge hockey return home to look for the third consecutive Paralympic. Monday, 21 will trip Palatazzoli of Turin, the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games in Sochi Russia 2014.
Thursday 17 October 2013 5 minutes reading time
So will be back on the ice of the Piedmontese capital to mark the fate of the National born a decade ago to show up at the home of the Paralympics 2006. Since then, the Italian movement of ice hockey in a wheelchair has progressed a lot, until the conquest of the European title in 2011.
At the presentation of the event, which was held today in Turin, the Blues were in full force, eager to play the role Paralympic Ice Piedmont. Doing the honors of the house (there were also delegations Korean and Japanese), the President of the Italian Ice Sports Federation, Giancarlo Bolognini, the director of the sports section to the Piedmont Region Franco Ferrara, and Gianfranco Porqueddu, Coni president of the province of Turin.
The exhibition will be staged from Monday 21 to Saturday, October 26. And in front of the home crowd Italy will not be able to hide their legitimate ambitions towards the five circles. Archived disappointment rainbow, which saw the Blues out of the "magnificent five" allowed by right to the tournament after the World Cup Korean paralampico last April (defeat on penalties by Norway), there are legitimate chance to qualify for the 2014 Sochi, albeit in second place. The pass will be Olympic indeed won the first three places in the round-robin tournament with South Korea, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and Sweden. The aim of boys led by the Head coach Massimo Da Rin is to take the certainty of passage as soon as possible to avoid putting our qualification in recent meetings (with Swedish and Korean National fearsome first band in the world).
First, however, are scheduled races with Great Britain (which will open the tournament on Monday morning to Palatazzoli), the Paralympic runners in charge of Japan and Germany. The coach Massimo Da Rin, comments on his return to Turin National: "It's nice to be back after taking part in the Paralympics in 2006, but since then we've grown a lot. And for this tournament we can do well. "The captain of the Italian team, Andrea Chiarotti, of Turin Torre Pellice, does not hide that the Italian team will start with the underdogs," I am very happy to play in this city and so as it is for me, I also speak on behalf of my teammates - while on the road in the tournament does not hide ambitions - on us may be the pressure of the public and the media, they expect a lot. "
The complete schedule of the qualifying tournament Paralympic (live TV on Rai Sport 2)
Monday, October 21
11:00 Italy-Great Britain
13:30 South Korea-Japan
17:00 Sweden-Germany
Tuesday, October 22
11:00 Italy-Japan
13:30 South Korea-Germany
17:00 Sweden-Britain
Wednesday, October 23
11:00 Italy-Germany
13:30 Japan-Britain
17:00 South Korea-Sweden
Friday, October 15
11:00 Germany-Japan
13:30 South Korea-Britain
17:00 Italy-Sweden
Saturday, October 26
Germany-Great Britain
Sweden-Japan
17:00 Italy-South Korea
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