The “blue-yellows” won five victories in five matches of the tournament.
The Ukrainian youth ice hockey team (U-20) became the world champion in Division IV. Our team won all five matches at the tournament, which took place in Tallinn (Estonia).
In the last match, the “blue-yellows” defeated Japan with a score of 7:2. Before that, the Ukrainians beat Estonia (8:1), Poland (3:0), Italy (6:5) and South Korea (5:2).
Thus, the Ukrainian team with 15 points became the champion of the tournament and won a ticket to the second-ranked division IA, where it last played in 2011.
Since then, our team has taken second place in division IV three times and remained there the following year.
World Ice Hockey Championship U-20 in Division IV, tournament table
1. Ukraine – 15 points (5 matches), 29:10 (goal difference)
2. Japan – 9 points (5), 26:24
3. Italy – 6 points (4), 19:18
4. Estonia – 6 points (4), 13:19
5. South Korea – 2 points (4), 9:17
6. Poland – 1 point (4) 12:20
