"Blue and Yellow" continue to lead the standings of their division.
The Ukrainian national ice hockey team beat the Netherlands team in the second round match of the World Championship – 2024in Division IB with a score of 4:0.
In the first period, the “blue-yellows” scored twice – Philipp Pangelov-Yuldashev and Igor Merezhko scored goals.
In the second 20 minutes, Dmitry Khristich's team once again hit the opponent's goal – this was done by Viktor Zakharov.
In the last period, Alexander Peresunko scored the fourth goal of the Ukrainian team, thus establishing the final score of the match.
Review of the match Ukraine – Netherlands
For the Ukrainian team, this is the second victory in a row at the World Cup, which is taking place in Lithuania. In the opening match, our team won a crushing victory over Estonia with a score of 8:0.
Following the results of two rounds, the “blue-yellows” lead the standings of Division IB with 6 points, ahead of China and Lithuania thanks to the best goal difference. The Netherlands, Spain and Estonia have not yet scored any points.
The Ukrainians will play their next match at the 2024 World Hockey Championship on Tuesday, April 30, against the Chinese national team. Starts at 12:30 Kyiv time.
Note that the Ukrainian national team is playing in the third strongest division of the world hockey championship for the fifth time in a row. The winner of the division will receive a ticket to the second division (IA) of the World Championship next year. The team that takes last place will be relegated to the fourth division (IIA).
We would like to remind you that last year the “blue-yellows” until the very end were in contention for promotion to division IA, but in the decisive match for promotionlostto Japan.