Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group B World Championship 2026

[copravolley 574]

9 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Tuesday December 9th, 2025 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +1)

 

12:00   Japan  1 - 2  Poland

16:00   Hungary  3 - 1  Estonia

20:00   Italy  2 - 4  Lithuania

 

Provisional Standing After Day 2:

 

1.    6

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2.   6

3.   3

4.   2

5.   1

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6.   0

Any comments on the game of the next Olympic organizer at home?

[hckošice 16,090]

46 minutes ago, copravolley said:

Any comments on the game of the next Olympic organizer at home?

Well, I doubt, anyone from U20 will be in the Olympics roster 

 

Also, anyway in this age category every year is different one bad class does not reflect the program. I´ve heard the 2007 class will be quite good, definitely better than 2006 .

 

This is a common issue among second tier hockey nations, for obvious reason we do not have the pool of Canada or USA to have every year a top medal contender team, but time to time each of those nations have one good year which can bring great results.

Edited December 9, 2025 by hckošice

[copravolley 574]

6 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Well, I doubt, anyone from U20 will be in the Olympics roster 

 

Also, anyway in this age category every year is different one bad class does not reflect the program. I´ve heard the 2007 class will be quite good, definitely better than 2006 .

 

This is a common issue among second tier hockey nations, for obvious reason we do not have the pool of Canada or USA to have every year a top medal contendent team, but time to time each of those nations have one good year which can bring great results.

However, defeats to Lithuania, or probably to Estonia, shouldn't have happened at home- if they had taken this tournament seriously, allowed their players to train at this hockey arena, etc. Secondly, Hungary, France and Austria, for example, have never lost to Lithuania in any age group. Do you ever remember that Slovakia losing to Lithuania in any age group in history?

 

And now we are, losing to rivals with a population the size of Milan? And with no hockey tradition whatsoever, like Slovakia or even Latvia. Another thing is that Ukraine, a country at war for four years, is beating us in most of the youth age groups lately and increasingly among the seniors. To me, these things are unimaginable.

Edited December 9, 2025 by copravolley

[intoronto 6,665]

Italy 

[copravolley 574]

2 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Italy 

Exactly- you can even lose to Hungary, or even Poland, but do`not to Lithuania and don`t at home, for God's sake!!! Twenty years ago we were on level with Austria and Switzerland and where are we now? 

[hckošice 16,090]

Thursday December 11th, 2025 -

Round-Robin Day 3 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

12:00   Lithuania vs Estonia

16:00   Hungary vs Poland

20:00   Japan vs Italy

[copravolley 574]

For Italy, the match against Japan and likely the final match against Estonia will be a safe/relegation game, but I'm think that whether the match against Estonia will be decisive on anything, if we have 0 points after 4 matches. We're currently the worst team here – we have 0 points and are taking significantly fewer shots than our opponents in each match. Japan and Estonia are looking better for now and unfortunately, without significant improvement play starting tomorrow, we'll likely be relegated to the fourth division. With the absence of Russia and Belarus, this will be a shame, even for the weaker 2006/2007 age generation. Especially, since we are playing this tournament at home. For anyone could have competed with a good shape, except perhaps Hungary, who are currently the best team in the tournament.

[hckošice 16,090]

Thursday December 11th, 2025 -

Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +1)

 

12:00   Lithuania  1 - 4  Estonia

16:00   Hungary  OT4 - 3  Poland

20:00   Japan  5 - 1  Italy

 

Provisional Standing After Day 3:

 

1.    8

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2.   7

3.   5

4.   4

5.   3

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6.   0

[copravolley 574]

lol

[hckošice 16,090]

Saturday December 13th, 2025 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

12:00   Estonia vs Poland

16:00   Japan vs Lithuania

20:00   Italy vs Hungary