Ukrainian U20 national ice hockey team

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Association Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
Trainer Andrij Srjubko
Assistant coach Serhiy Klymentev
Most games Artem Bondarew (22)
Most of the points Vitaly Semchenko (25)
statistics
First international match
Ukraine 20: 0 Lithuania
Minsk , Belarus ; November 10, 1992
Biggest win
Ukraine 20-0 Lithuania
Minsk , Belarus ; November 10, 1992
Biggest defeat
Finland 14: 1 Ukraine
Helsinki , Finland ; December 30, 2003
World Championship
Participation Since 1993
best result 8. ( 1995 )
(As of December 19, 2017)

The Ukrainian U20 national ice hockey team represents the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine in ice hockey in the U20 junior level in international competitions. Her best finish was an eighth place at the 1995 World Cup . The team last played in the top division at the 2004 World Cup .

history

Even before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there was a Ukrainian national selection of juniors, which competed against national teams from other Soviet republics. This played their first game in 1982 as part of the youth spartakiad in Minsk with a 6-2 win over the Estonian selection . As an independent national team, the team emerged in 1992 from the U20 national ice hockey team of the Commonwealth of Independent States and is thus also in the tradition of the Soviet junior selection . She first took part in the 1993 World Cup. Up to and including 1998, the U20 national team covered the entire junior area at the World Championships, while the U19 national team took part in the Junior European Championships. Since the introduction of the U18 World Championships in 1999 , the U20 national team of Ukraine has exclusively represented the U20 junior level at world championships.

Since their first appearance at a world championship in 1993, the Ukrainian team has mostly played in the second-highest division (Division I, until 2000: B-World Championship). When they first took part in 1993, the Ukrainians first had to qualify for the C World Cup against other former Soviet republics. After qualifying victories over Lithuania (20: 0), Belarus (3: 0), Kazakhstan (1: 0) and Latvia (2: 1), the Ukrainians were also able to succeed in the C-World Championship and by an 8: 3 final victory against them Denmark move up to group B. In the following year, the direct march through to the A group succeeded, as the decisive game against Norway could be won 4: 3. When they made their A-World Cup debut in 1995 , the Ukrainians finished last, but due to the planned increase from eight to ten teams for the following year, they could remain in the House of Lords. But after it was only enough for last place in 1996, the team had to accept relegation to the B group. Although 1999 and 2003 succeeded again in promotion to the top division, but the Ukrainian offspring again took only the last place, so that the immediate return in the second division followed. In 2011 the team even had to relegate to the third-class Division II, but was able to iron out this mishap a year later by winning the home tournament in Donetsk .

World Cup placements

  • 1993 - C-WM; 1st place
  • 1994 - B-WM; 1st place
  • 1995 - 8th place
  • 1996 - 10th place
  • 1997 - B-WM; 5th place
  • 1998 - B-WM; 2nd place
  • 1999 - B-WM; 1st place
  • 2000 - 10th place
  • 2001 - Division I; 3rd place
  • 2002 - Division I; 4th Place
  • 2003 - Division I; 1st place
  • 2004 - 10th place
  • 2005 - Division I; 5th place
  • 2006 - Division I; 5th place
  • 2007 - Division I; 3rd place
  • 2008 - Division I; 5th place
  • 2009 - Division I; 5th place
  • 2010 - Division I; 4th Place
  • 2011 - Division I; 6th place
  • 2012 - Division IIA; 1st place
  • 2013 - Division IB; 4th Place
  • 2014 - Division IB; 4th Place
  • 2015 - Division IB; 2nd place
  • 2016 - Division IB; 4th Place
  • 2017 - Division IB; 5th place
  • 2018 - Division IB; 4th Place
  • 2019 - Division IB; 5th place
  • 2020 - Division IB; 3rd place

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