The Ukrainian national ice hockey team won the first victory at the World Universiade 2023 in the USA.

Ukrainian students left no chance for the Swedish national team, defeating the Scandinavians with a score of 12:2.

Note that before that, the Ukrainian team had defeats from Canada (1:6) and Latvia (2:3 OT). Ukraine is in third place in the standings with four points..

Our team will play the next match against Japan on January 19. Two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs of the Universiade.

The Winter Universiade 2023 is a student competition in 12 sports. 43 teams are fighting in them.

The national team of Ukraine announced 60 athletes in eight disciplines for the tournament.

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Earlier it was reported that Ukraine won the first medal of the Universiade-2023.