On April 30, the Ukrainian national ice hockey team played the third match at the 2022 World Championship in division 1B.

The Ukrainian team met with Japan and was defeated with a score of 2:8.

After this failure, Vadim Shakhraichuk's wards lost their chances of reaching the 1A division. Only the winner of the tournament will get a ticket there..

Ukrainians at the start of the world championship defeated Serbia (7:

0), after which they lost to Poland in shootouts (2:3).

Ice Hockey World Championship in division 1B takes place in Poland from April 26 to May 1. Ukrainians will play the final match of the tournament on May 1 against Estonia.

It is worth noting that the Serbian national team will go down to division 2A after the defeat from Estonia (2:4)..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian national hockey team won the biggest victory in 12 years.