In the third highest level of the hierarchy, Estonians capitulated to the young Italians with 1:5. In the 32nd minute, the score was 1:2, however, in the continuation, the southerners used the numerical majority three times.
The Italian hockey players, who made 29 more shots on goal (48-19), took revenge for their national team’s losses (4:5, 1:2) against Estonia in the 2019 and 2022 ⅠB division tournaments.
Alan Lobis scored twice for Italy. A goal and an assist for Tommy Purdeller, who is in his second season with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario League (OHL). Niccolò Remolato passed successfully three times.
Last year, the Ukrainian U20 national team, which won silver medals in the ⅠB division, defeated Poland with the same result. 1+1 on the account of Turku TPS hockey player Oleksandra Shapovalov and Kherson “Dnipro” forward Mikita Sidorenko.
The home team Slovenia, which was eliminated from the ⅠA division, ground the neighboring Croatians to flour (7:0), who triumphed in the ⅡA division competition last year in Lithuania.
For the Slovenians, four (1+3) points were scored by Jävle “Brynäs” youth team striker Majs Crnkic. Two goals and an assist for “Oskarshamn” hockey player Nace Langus, who played his second season in the Swedish Premier League (SHL).
World U20 Hockey Championship, Division ⅠB (Bled, Slovenia)
DateTimeGameResult11.12.13.30Estonia – Italy1:5 (0:2; 1:2; 0:1)17.00Poland – Ukraine1:5 (0:1; 0:1; 1:3)20.30Croatia – Slovenia0:7 (0: 1; 0:4; 0:2)12.12.13.30 Ukraine – Estonia 17.00 Italy – Croatia 20.30 Slovenia – Poland 14.12.13.30 Croatia – Poland 17.00 Slovenia – Estonia 20.30 Ukraine – Italy 15.12.13.30 Poland – Estonia 17.00 Ukraine – Croatia 20.30 Italy – Slovenia 17.12.13.30 Estonia – Croatia 17.00 Italy – Poland 20.30 Slovenia – Ukraine
Goalkeeper Kyungmin Seo made 37 saves to help the South Korean U20 national team beat their peers from Lithuania 4-1.
The first goal was scored only in the 14th minute of the second third, when Jon Moo Lee unlocked the Lithuanian fortress. The Lithuanian team made the only successful shot in the 50th second of the final third, when Marius Dumčus made it 1:2. The 19-year-old striker has collected 27 (14+13) points in 29 matches in the Finnish U20 championship this season.
World U20 Hockey Championship, Division ⅡA (Dumfries, Great Britain)
DateTimeGameResult11.12.15.00 Lithuania – South Korea1:4 (0:0; 0:2; 1:2)18.30 China – Spain5:1 (4:0; 0:0; 1:1)22.00 Great Britain – Netherlands4:1 (3: 1; 0:0; 1:0)12.12.15.00 South Korea – Spain 18.30 Netherlands – China 22.00 Great Britain – Lithuania 14.12.15.00 Lithuania – Spain 18.30 South Korea – Netherlands 22.00 Great Britain – China 15.12.15.00 Netherlands – Lithuania 18.30 China – South Korea 22.00 Spain – Great Britain 17.12.15.00 Spain – Netherlands 18.30 South Korea – Great Britain 22.00 Lithuania – China
Used sources:
https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024…
https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024…
2023-12-11 22:15:00
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