On Sunday, January 19, the Ukrainian student hockey team played its quarterfinal match at the Winter Universiade 2025 and managed to reach the next round of the tournament. The rival of the Ukrainians, who made it to the playoffs with three defeats from fourth place in Group B, was the Czech Republic, which took first place in Quintet A. Read also: The Ukrainian student hockey team lost crushingly to the USA, but reached the playoffs of the 2025 Universiade. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian team managed to cope with the opponent, winning in overtime with a score of 4:

3 thanks to an accurate shot by Nikita Kruglyakov. Winter Universiade 2025. Hockey 1/4 finals Czech Republic - Ukraine 3:4 OT (1:1, 0:1, 2:1, 0:1) Pucks: 1:0 - Soyka, 13:10. 1:1 - Boroday, 19:54. 1:2 - Borodai (Kruglyakov), 33:13. 2:2 - Hasman, 40:35. 2:3 – Sidorenko, 42:31. 3:3 - Hasman (Kremlachek), 44:51, 3:4 - Kruglyakov (Krivoshapkin), 62:07 The opponent of the Ukrainian student team in the semi-finals of the Universiade 2025 hockey tournament will be the winner of the Slovakia - Kazakhstan pair.