MOSCOW, Aug 15 Ice Hockey World Championship (under 20), which takes place in Edmonton, Canada. Group A meeting ended with the score 5:2 (2:1, 2:1, 1:0) in favor of the Latvians. As part of the winners, a hat-trick was scored by Ralph Bergmanis (32nd, 38th and 59th minutes), also goals were scored by Mārtiņš Lavins (5) and Reiners Rullers (13). The Czechs scored Michal Gut (17) and Stanislav Svozil (30). For the first time in history, the Latvian national team reached the quarterfinals of the World Youth Championship. The Latvians scored four points in four matches and took third place in the standings. The team of the Czech Republic with four points is on the line below, yielding in head-to-head matches. The last place in the group was taken by the Slovaks (2 points), who lost their chances to reach the playoffs of the tournament. :0, 1:2). Subsequently, the tournament was rescheduled for August 2022. In March, the IIHF announced the suspension of the national teams of Russia and Belarus from all international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine. The place of the Russian national team at the youth world championship was taken by the Latvian team.
