The Ukrainian national ice hockey team is preparing for the start of the World Championship Division 1A competition. The team spent the final day of their training camp on 30 April in Bytom, Poland, and will move to Sosnowiec on 1 May, where the main event – the start of the tournament – will take place, reports Sport Bet.
During the preparations, the coaching staff, led by Dmytro Khrystych, decided to part ways with seven players who had taken part in the camp. Goalkeeper Serhiy Pysarenko, defenders Volodymyr Volkov, Hlib Petrov and Ivan Korodyuk, and forwards Bohdan Panasenko, Mykhailo Simchuk and Illia Shybinsky have left the camp. The team now has 24 players at its disposal, including the following:
Goalkeepers:
– Bohdan Dyachenko (Polonia Bytom, Poland)
– Oleg Petrov (Sokil, Ukraine)
– Oleksandr Levshyn (Prince George Cougars, Canada)
Defenders:
– Ihor Merezhko (Pilsen, Czech Republic)
– Artem Hrebenyk (Caen, France)
– Denys Matusevych (Kremenchuk, Ukraine)
– Oleksii Dakhnovskyi (Košice, Slovakia)
– Yevhen Ratushnyi (Sokil, Ukraine)
– Ivan Sysak (Feltre, Italy)
– Mykola Kosarev (Stavanger Oilers, Norway)
Forwards:
– Oleksandr Peresunko (Unia, Poland)
– Daniil Trakht (Lukko, Finland)
– Andrii Denyskin (Toruń, Poland)
– Oleksii Vorona (Toruń, Poland)
– Vitalii Lialka (Kremenchuk, Ukraine)
– Stanislav Sadovikov (Berani Zlín, Czech Republic)
– Ilarion Kupriyanov (Dukla Jihlava, Czech Republic)
– Yevgen Fadeev (Snoekpunt Ethers Limburg, Netherlands)
– Felix Morozov (Morzine-Avoriaz, France)
– Viktor Zakharov (Sokil, Ukraine)
– Denys Boroday (Sokil, Ukraine)
– Mykyta Oliinyk (Sokil, Ukraine)
– Artem Buzoverya (Coventry Blaze, Great Britain)
– Oleksiy Yevtekhov (Pardubice B, Czech Republic)
The coaches will finalise the squad for the World Championship on 1 May. Only 23 of these 24 players will be selected to represent Ukraine at the tournament. The national team’s opening match is scheduled for the very next day — on 2 May, the Ukrainians will face the tournament hosts, the Polish national team.
Time for the final selection and preparation for the opening games is extremely limited. But we have a team full of fighting spirit and a shared goal. Ukraine has something to prove — so let’s wish our players every success in this challenging tournament.
As a reminder, last year the Ukrainian national team failed to reach the top division, despite some impressive results.
World Cup 2026 – players have left the Ukraine national team’s training camp
The Ukrainian national ice hockey team is preparing for the start of the Division 1A World Championship
