The Ukrainian hockey team announced the final squad for the World Cup matches in Division IA.

Goalkeepers: Eduard Zakharchenko (Kremenchuk), Bogdan Dyachenko (Donbass) Defenders: Alexander Pobedonostsev, Vladimir Alexyuk, Igor Kugut, Vsevolod Tolstushko (all - Donbass), Dmitry Ignatenko, Denis Isayenko, Vladimir Varivoda (all - Krymchuk "), Kirill Katrich (" Kryvbas ") Forwards: Roman Blagoi, Vitaliy Lyalka, Nikita Butsenko, Sergei Babinets, Dmitry Nimenko, Artem Bondarev (all - Donbass), Artem Gnidenko, Sergei Kuzmik, Yuri Petrangovsky, Dmitry Chernyshenko, George Kicha, Vladislav Gavrik (all - "Kremenchuk").

Recall that home for the Ukrainian national team World Cup will be held from 22 to 28 April in the Kiev "Palace of Sports".

The first match Ukrainian hockey players will hold today, April 22, against Hungary. Also Savitsky's wards will play against Poland (23. 04), Austria (25. 04), Kazakhstan (26. 04) and South Korea (28. 04).

Earlier, two players from the Russian KHL refused to compete for the national team of Ukraine at the World Championships.